The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-12-13
COUNTY NEWS
Friday, Dec. LIB 1895.
MINORLOCALS

SNOW covered the ground on
Monday morning, the first winter
robe of the season.
Miss Nellie B. Davis and DR.. E.
S. Boyle of Port Deposit, were
married Thursday, Dec. 10Th.
Loyal Temperance Legion will
meet in the lecture room of the
church Saturday afternoon at 3
O'Clock.
James Smith who died at his
home in Perryville was buried on
Sunday last in the West Noting
ham Presbyterian Cemetery.
There is a Club at Fair Hill
called the Vico Club, organized by
the young people for "mutual en-
joyment" and gold rings and orange
flowers for the price winners.
The Bank pronerty has been i'm
proved this week by a set of blue
stone steps at the entrance and a
large blue-stone tagging from Mr..
Haines' gate to the porch steps.
Mr.. George Christie of Rowland
vile, and Miss Priscilla Stephen
son, of Port Deposit, were married
ON Thursday evening, Dec. 9th, at
the home of the bride in Port
Deposit.
The students ranking highest in
scholarship at West Nottingham
Academy for month of November
were Misses Cora Wiley, Mabel
Wiley, Margaret Shaw and Mary
Gillespie.
DIR. H. H. Mitchell, returned
home to Elkton on Tuesday of last
week from the University Hospital,
Philadelphia, where he has been
for treatment. His health is much
improved.
The Y. P. FL. M. circle was en-
tertained by Prof. T. D. Bowers at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. w. M.
Pogue on Saturday evening About
80 members and friends spent a
very enjoyable time.
Mary Head Way of Oxford and
some Lancaster county friends ex-
pect to attend the temperance
meeting to be held in Friends
school building ON Sabbath after
noon, 18th inst. at 2 O'Clock.
There were ITO teachers answered
to roll call at the opening of the In
stitution last week, and but 8 of
them were boys all the others were
girls sporting the title of Miss with
few exceptions who were Mrs.
G.. w. Wilson of this town, con-
tractor and builder had a danger
Gus fall from scaffold last week at
Aeondale where he is engaged
building new banking house.
Fortunately he escaped without
much injury.
Winter has Overtaken some of
the usually forehanded farmers of
Chester and Lancaster counties
whose corn is yet in the field un-
husked. The crows will have nice
times when the news is circulated
among the black family.
The two running horses which
were attached for unpaid bills when
the races closed were sold at sheriff
sale last week. One of the animals
sold for $50, the other for $50.
The jockies knew the worth of
their horses and got it no doubt.
Mr.. L. R. Mearns' team was
frightened while on the road to
Rising Sun with load of hay by
reckless driving by some of the
young bloods, whirled, broke the
tongue and the horses ran some
distance before they were stopped.
Rev. Jacob 7. Logan, formerly
of Elkton, but now residing in
Wilkesbarre, Pa, and Miss Sylvia
T. Backenstone, of Emaus, Pa,
were married in Phillipsburg, N.
j., ON Wednesday, Dec. 4, by Rev.
G. Eakins, assisted by Rev. A. G..
Miller.
George Stewart an employee of
the Maryland Clay Co., North East,
on Thursday of last week had his
arm broken. His coat was caught
in the machinery and in the effort
to get loose his arm was caught and
broken. DR.. Housekeeper set the
broken parts.
Complaint of dry wells is be,
coming general. There are likely to
be many dry wells this winter, the
rain fall has been limited, and the
ground bids fair to freeze up before
it receives the usual supply of ,mois-
ture. The streams will be low
during the winter.
Samuel j. Brown near Sylmar,
has threshed three acres of oats
which yielded 231 bushels, machine
measure. Seven acres of wheat
threshed 33 bushels per acre, Fultz
variety. The average crop OF
Maryland is IS bushels of oats II