The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-03-01
NEWS,
Friday, March 4 1895.
MINORl.OCALS


paralytic stroke on Tuesday last
week at the Clayton House, Viii
mington, where he resided.
Fishing through the ice in North
East river has been quite an indus
try. Good catches of pike and
yellow neds reward the air hole
anglers.
Warren Reynolds of Rock Springs,
has accepted a position as clerk i'll
Mcdowell & Robey's store at Como
wingo, and a Hartford county man
will open store at the former place
in the spring.
Miss Myrtle Hartzell and Mr..
Thomas u. Minehart, both OF
Chambersburg, Pa, were married
at the M. E. Parsonage, ElktOn, by
the Rev. I. l.. Wood on Thursday
evening, Feb. Dist.
Bridget Walker died on Wednes-
day last, in Baltimore, in her 10th
year. Funeral services will be held
in st. Agnes Chapel, Rising Sun,
this morning at 10 o'clock. Inter
ment at West Nottingham Cemetery.
A literary and musical entertain
ment will be held at Octoraro NJ j..
E. Church on Thursday evening,
March eth, consisting of recitations,
dialogues, tableauX, musical selec-
tions, etc. Admission, 10 and Is
cents.
The teachers of the 9th, 18th and
Sth districts will hold their regular
monthly meeting in the public
school room, Port Deposit, on
Saturday, March I'd. In addition
to the regular program Mr.. Fl. r.
Torbert is booked for an adde's.
Charley Riley a crazy man who
is native of the eighth district,
and has been resident of Elkton
jail for number of years, regales
the neighbors nightly about mid
night by alternate swearing and
praying through the grated window
of his cell.
Mr.. Basil II. Brown, a brother
of William Brown of this place, has
been elected 10 a seat in the Second
Branch of the City Council.
Mr.. Brown has been produce
merchant in Philadelphia for several
years and is prominent member
of the exchange.
Ice cutting at Frenchtown and
Perryville has been completed as
far as they were able to procure ice,
what they have harvested has been
very fine. The crop will fall about
twenty thousand tons short OF
former years. The houses on the
island have to remain empty on
account of the gOrged, broken ice
in the river.
A club known as the Maryland
Society of Chicago was recently
organized in that city. Among
the members are the following from
Cecil county: Julius Clayton, H.
Rudolph Mccullough and j. II. r.
lamar, the latter two being from
Elkton.
Clayton is the man who recently
defied the Judge in the case of a
verdict which the court ordered the
jury to return.
The famous carriage builders
McLear and Kendall of Whining
ton, have failed. When such old
and well established firms as this
go under the chances for anything
below the big syndicate surviving
is very slim. The day is long since
gone by when the industrious
mechanic can build up an indepen
dent business. Yet we still have
innocent people who think "com
petition is the life of trade
The farmers have generally CLOSED
up their fields but the snow drifts
remain in possession Of the roads
the county commissioners refusing
30 pay the cost of opening them
II some person should bring a sui
with a well established case fol
damages the court would decide
this vexed snow question. If trees
fall and Obstruct the road, or rocks
fall and block the way or anything
else falls and obstructs travel thu
commissioners are bound to oper
the road. The roads belong to the
county for well defined purpose
The commissioners are the county,
agents and the logic of the cOndi
tions are they must keep then
clear of obstruction to travel. |
the main Travelled roads were opel
the public would be satisfied, anC
by prescribing conditions, such a.
alloting four or six men with a pail
of oxen or horses and sled or Wagon
TO each section of drifts the COS
wouldn't be nearly so great as il
supposed. Such blockade as oc
Cured this winter is very rare
The people should think Of thei
pocket first and their party as thu
second, third or fourth considera
zion, or better not at all, when elect