The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-08-30

Miss Ella Morrison, of Whining
ton, is the guest of Miss Hanna
Kirk.
Miss Lillian Alrich, of Elkton,
is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. G. G..
Hopkins.
Miss Bessie Marshall, of Phila-
delphia, is visiting Miss Mary
Brumfeld.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. w. Wilson
spent several days at Ocean Grove
last week.
Mary Wickersham, of Philada.,
spent a few days with Esther p.
Reynolds, near Rising Sun, this
week.
Miss Helen Lewis, of Kenneth
Square, has been visiting Miss
Florence WOrthington.
Miss Isabel Buckley and Mollie
Wilson and Timanus Wilson left
Rising Sun last Saturday for ten
days TRIP to Boston.
Miss Attic Flitcraft, of Bridge
town, N. j and Miss Gertrude
Roberts, of Camden, are the guests
of Miss A. Mabel Reynolds.
Elmer G. Watson and Miss Mag
gle Berger, both of Chesapeake
City, were married by Rev. Mr..
Mowbray OF Elkton M. E. Parson-
age on Thursday evening, Aug. %.
Prof. J. G. Conner, of West Not
tingham Academy, returned from
his summer vacation last Wednes-
day and reports the prospects for
the Academy to be brighter this
fall than for number of years.
A second social dance was given
by the young men of Rising Sun in
the Town Hall last Tuesday even
ing. A harp orchestra from Phil
adelphia furnished music for the
occasion. 1t was a case of
Never mind the weather, love-"
for although extremely warm on
that evening, the participants en-
jOyed themselves immensely.
H R. Torbert, editor of the
Wing, sailed for Europe directly
after the State convention to recup-
crate his health after the exhaust
ing primary campaign. 1t was
patent that something would have
to be done or a funeral superin-
duced by over political exertion
would take place in Elkton.
The lineman of the Elkton cleo
trio light company, Harry Alrich,
while up one of the poles repairing
a wire made trifing mistake in
the work and instantly ball of
electricity burst out and dropped
to the ground with a loud report.
He escaped injury by the merest
good luck. Electricity is danger
Gus agent to work with. Coal oil
used to occupy front rank but the
new illumination has sent kerosene
to the rear.
The private school of Conowingo
will be opened on Sept. I'd. The
patrons Of the school recently held
a meeting to ascertain the number of
pupils that would attend and found
that school of about 20 small
children could be gathered to-
gether. Mr.. j. G. Bell presented
the school house to them two or
three years ago and has paid the
teachers, the books and fuel only
being provided by the parents of
the children. The people of that
neighborhood will have cause to
revere the memory of Mr.. Bell.
Work on the hippodrome at the
Elkton Stock Farm, owned by VIM.
M. Singerly, has been commenced.
The building will inclose an eighth
of a mile track and be an oblong
shedding 600 feet long and 80 feet
wide. The framework will be of
steel and the roof of corrugated
iron pitching outward. The track
will run around the outside of the
shed and be 16 feet In width, while
the inner side GA feet in width
will be built up in box-stalls and
other quarters. The structure will
be supported by about 175 posts
and will lest upon about 200 piers.
Fifty men will be employed on the
work.