The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-08-02

| u IlOIIOW, SATURDAY.
Miss Chandler graduate of German
town high school will teach the Friends
school at Calvert the next term.
The annual meeting of the Cecil Fire
Insurance Company will be held in Elkton
on Saturday tomorrow at IL o'clock.
Miss Mary F. Gillespie will teach vocal
and instrumental music at West Noting
ham Academy during the coming year.
David Snyder's little daughter at Har-
risville, fell into the ice house on Thurs
day of last week and broke one of her
arms.
The Regain Brothers are making ar
engagements to put up new building at
Cohowingo, where they purpose locating
their drug store.
R. c. Thackery, who has been very i'll
at Atlantic City, returned home Tuesday.
Physically and mentally he is in a pre-
carious condition.
A colored lad of ID years, William
SuSdler, was severely injured by run off
of yoke of oxen on the farm of Joseph
Jenkins near Rock Springs.
Sneak thieves entered two houses at
Baldwin on Saturday afternoon and stole
number of articles. Parties in the
neighborhood are suspected.
Rising Sun Sunday School held a pic
mic at Happy Valley yesterday. "a tickets
were sold at the station and number of
the members drove down.
Woodlawn campmeeting will open
August 9th and extend to the 10Th.
Rev. T. E. Martindale of Milford, Del,
will be the preacher in charge.
Geo. P. Wright removed this week from
the S. ]. Clayton property, corner Cherry
and Queen Sts., to the Passmore house
which is occupied by his parents.
The New York and Brooklyn hay
dealers are offering $I2.5o for No. I tim
othy hay. Our farmers are asking about
SIS. They ask enough to be able to fall
without feeling hurt.
Richard Smith a rnachinist at the
Elkton pulp works is a taxadermist and
has handsome collection of stuffed birds
and impaled butterflies, some of the
insects are rare species.
lakewood in future will have nice hall
for meetings which has been built by the
American Mechanics. The building is
nearly completed and reflects credit on
the enterprise of the order
Cards are out announcing the wedding
of Mr.. w. H. Seward Cooper and Miss
Alice Constable Taylor of Charlestown, to
take place August 9TH at 8. 80 p. III. at
the Asbury M. E. Church.
The Broughton property, situated in
the 9TH district, of this county, consisting
| of E acres, more or less, was sold on
Saturday last, w. T. Warburton, trustee,
on the Court House yard to Jno. S. Settle
of Leeds, for $3.50.
While returning from the Oxford ball
game last Wednesday Robt. Tennent had
breakdown near Headley's. Two
wheels gave way while he was trying tc
pass another team and the load dumped
in the ditch-nobody hurt.
Mrs. Sarah A. Wilson of Port Deposit,
widow ofJohn B. Wilson, died on Sunday
last at the home of her son, VIM. H.
Wilson at Principle Furnace this county
aged "a years. Funeral was held OH
Wednesday; interment at Hopewell.
The honest commercial men and their
newspapers are publishing report that
the farmers of Minnesota and the Dakotas
are forming league to hold their wheat
for dollar bushel, and the farmers are
being denounced roundly. When the
bears and bulls of Chicago make corner
in grain its all right.
An Elkton boy, Chester Scott, about
IS years old was struck by ball last
Saturday while walking round the play.
ers who were practicing. The blow was
on the side of the face which rendered
him unconscious for while. DIR. Bratton
attended to him. His cheek was cut on
the inside and much swollen.
Mrs. J. S. Cochran had narrow escape
from drowning last Tuesday while crab,
bling in the Bohemia river with party OF
ladies from Middletown. By some mis-.
hap the boat was overturned sufficient to
throw Mrs. Cochran into the water, and
grasping the side of the boat she managed
to keep up until rescued by a party Of
men attracted by the screams of her com,
panions.
The Rising Syn w. c. T. U. held a
sprightly meeting In the basement of the
M. f. Church last Saturday afternoon.
The county unions were reported in good
healthy condition and prospecting. Mrs.
Abrahams, president of the union can.
yassed for the white Ribbon Herald
and urged the Importance of wide cir.
culation of the paper. Mrs. Shippers read
letter from Miss Belle Kearney written
from the Swiss mountains, and also an
article in the interest of woman suffrage.
Mrs. n. c. Brown read an article on the
duties of mothers. The meeting closed