The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-08-30
COUNTY NEWS,
Friday, Aug. 80. 1895.
MINOR


The public schools throughout
the county will reopen on Monday,
September 2nd.
A grand picnic and patriotic eel
ebration by American Mechanics
will be held at Gilpin's Falls on
Thursday, September 9Th.
Susquehanna Council, Jr. O. O..
A. NJ, of lakewood, will hold IL
festival on Friday and Saturday
evenings, Sept. 9th and 18th.
Howard Reynolds reports the
star acre of potatoes in this section.
He raised 400 bushels of the State
of Maine variety on one acre.
Members of the Rising Sun w.
G. II. U. will meet with Mrs. Edwin
Haines on Wednesday, Sept. 4th,
at 8 p. M, to elect delegates for the
State and County conventions.
A union camp meeting at Leslie,
commences the 3Oth of August and
closes Sept. 18th. The camp will
be under the auspices of Cedar Hill
circuit. Rev. E. w. Scott, minister
in charge.
Warren MeellinS was arrested in
North East last week by Constable
Murray for drunkenness and dis
orderly conduct on Sunday and
assault on Groome Clark. He was
fined $40 and costs.
An ice cream, watermelon and
peach festival will be held in the
grove at Calvert, Md, on Thursday
evening, Sept. 9Th, under the aus
pieces of Calvert w. C. T. U. If
stormy the next evening.
Mr.. Charles Alexander, tenant
on the farm of Mr.. John e. Alex
ander, about two miles north of
Elkton, had on Friday evening
last II turkeys killed by setter
dogs owned by one of his neigh
bOrs.
Marriage licenses were issued last
week to Scott Deamon, of Charles
town, and Miss Annie division, of
Principle Furnace; Wilmer j. Dew
onshire and Miss Annie E. Hasson,
of Port Deposit; George B. Har
rison, of Baltimore, and Miss Edith
=. Eames, of Colora.
The fireman of a B. & O. freight
train threw off a piece of ice to a
gang of section bonds as the train
ran by. The ice unfortunately
struck Lawson Maffet and injured
him dangerously. He was taken
to his home and the company's
physician, DR.. Housekeeper, is in
attendance.
R. G. Thackery, attorney, sold
the following properties last week:
The farm of Mrs. Priscilla j. Pur-
ner, near Elkton, to George w.
Shippers, of Iron Hill, for $1,000;
the farm owned by the late Mrs.
Elizabeth Gallaher, situated at
Liberty Grove, to J. W. Montgom-
cry for $2505.
Harriet Hilton, colored, has eel
ebrated the Tooth anniversary at
Webster, Hartford county. She
and her husband were slaves of
Mrs. Carrie Stump, the grand
mother of Mr.. Henry Archer, of
Stafford. She was born at Oar
lington, August 20, 1895.
The stack yard on the farm of
William Hall, near Newark, Del,
caught fire on Tuesday last, but
was extinguished before any serious
damage was done. They were
threshing at the time and it is
supposed that the fire was started
by spark from the engine.
The Maryland State Normal
School will open on September 10th,
by which time new students must
register. Examination for admis.
sion and promotion will be held
September 18th, 10Th and 18th.
Regular recitations will commence
on Monday, September 10th.
Richard Lilly, an employee of
the B. & o. Railroad on the FOy's
Hill section, this county, whilst
working at the levers of the hand
car on the forward end, lost his
grip and fell between the rails in
front of the car which passed en-
tirely over him, breaking a bone in
one of his legs and otherwise bruis-
ing him.
Daniel Golf, of Millville, N. j.,
who has engaged in mining clay in
this county for some time past, Is
now operating mine of clay OF
excellent quality on the farm G. W.
Grant, at Elder Station, on the Bal
timore and Ohio railroad. He will
begin shipping the clay to potterS
of the Philadelphia Pottery Com
pany next week.
Henry Ferguson and Willial
Ferguson, of the fifth district, were
brought to Elkton Jail, they hav
ing been charged with the larceny
of goods from the stores of several
North Fast merchants. They were