The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-07-05

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Susan Biddle, of Chesapeake City
were married on Sunday evening
by Rev. T. B. Hunter.
The managers of the Elkton Fail
will offer prizes for bicycle races
for Cecil county riders at the mex
exhibition. Sun boys, get ready.
Last Thursday evening the barr
ON A. p. Mahoney's farm a
Lutton's Corner was struck by
lightning and part of the gable wa!
torn away, leaving the rest un
damaged.
1t is reported that the large
weave mill at Baldwin's Banks has
been purchased by Chester parties
who will speedily put it in opera
ton with new and improved
machinery.
Harry S. Laird of Greensburg,
Pa, has been appointed Assistant
Supervisor on the Maryland Divi-
sion of the Philadelphia, Whining
ton and Baltimore Railroad. Mr..
Laird comes direct from the Altoona
office.
Lidie Reed, colored, of Elkton,
was arrested on Wednesday of last
week charged with stealing dress
from Dora Pitt, also colored. She
was taken before Justice Cleavcr
on Saturday and on pleading guilty
was sentenced to thirty days in jail.
The Democratic committee on
appeals of the State was summoned
to Carrollton hotel in Baltimore last
week to adjudicate the little I'M
pleasantness among the happy
family of Cecil. The committee
decided that the first Of June pri-
maries were regular enough and
the ticket they nominated was
bonafde.
The Fourth in this neighborhood
was generally celebrated in the
wheat fields. The stores in town
were closed and a display of bunt-
ing shown at various places. The
Grand Army flag floated over the
street at the junction of Queen and
Cherry streets and the small boy
INDUCED in fire crackers a la
Chinaman.
Died, Hannah Warfeld, colored,
on June 3Oth at the residence of
her sen at New Bridge, Sth district,
in the 6Sth year of her age. J. T.
Burkins conducted her funeral,
which was held on Tuesday last at
Mt. Zoar, and furnished us the fol-
lowing description of the ceremony
that took place:
The deceased was member for
many years of the order of Good
Samaritans, located at Port Deposit.
The members of the order attended
the funeral and took charge of the
casket after the funeral sermon,
which was preached by Rev. Geo.
J. Boldly in Mt. Zoar church.
The members of the order in
handsome regalia surrounded the
casket, placing hands on each
others shoulders, and sang fun
eral dirge, the chorus to which was
Amen This was repeated three
times in impressive tones, accom-
panied by crossing the arms over
the breast, repeating this motion
with change of arms each time the
word was spoken. The officer who
directed the services was a woman
and carried large gavel appro-
priately decorated and trimmed
with Grape. Each member of the
order participating in the solemn
rites held in the hand a small bunch
of evergreen-bOx wOOd-which
was deposited in the coffin. The
procession then moved from the
church to the grave, two abreast
under crossed spears held over the
door by two members. Arranged
at the foot of the grave they sang
an appropriate hymn, and as they
sang each members in turn threw
three shovelfuls of earth into the
grave. passing to the opposite end
of the line as the ceremony of re
turning "dust to dust" was per-
formed. The ceremony of the
fraternity was solemn and imposing.
"Cecil rIanor'
Is again in court. John Claflin,