The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-03-15
1. w. Richards contemplates starting a

contemplate giving an entertainment III
their hall soon.
1t is estimated it will take $4,000 tc
repair the loss sustained by the people Of
Port Deposit during the ice gorge.
The last of the snow drifts which have
held possession of some of the roads since
| the blizzard were cut through this week,
Pneumonia is reported to be epidemic
in the Elkton neighborhood. AS the
marsh fills that section will become more
unhealthy.
Cyrus c. Bair will sell horses, cattle
and other personal property at his resi-
dence u miles west of Rising Sun on
March 10Th.
John Frazer of Elktou, and Miss Mary
Harvey of Childs, were married yesterday
Thursday evening at the home of the
brides parents.
Frank L. Peterson and Miss Katie E
Stewart, of Appleton, were married at the
M. E. parsonage, Elkton, on Tuesday by
Rev. L. Wood.
Mr.. VIM. Binds and Miss Sallie Boyd
were married on Thursday evening last
week at her brothers home in Perryville
by Rev. Mr.. Budd.
Miss Addie Brown, daughter of the late
Edwin Brown formerly a prominent
merchant of Elkton, died at her home in
Philadelphia on Monday last.
Benz. Buckley dressed hog for Watson
Reeder last Wednesday which weighed
6o2fbs. 1t was of the Poland China breed
and was two years old last fall.
Dallas Birkhead, in Elkton Jail charged
with passing forged checks, gashed his
throat with broken glass from his cell
window, but did not hurt himself very
badly.
Washington H. Bennett is dangerously
i'll at Laurel, Del, and but little hope is
entertained of his recovery.
Like poor Yorick he was man of III
finite jest.
Isaac Mackinson was placed in Elkton
Jail on Sunday evening, charged with
committing an assault on Richard Mailed
manager of the Mccullough Iron Works
at North East.
A very pleasant evening dance was
held by the young men of Rising Sun at
the home of Mr. A. Brumfeld on last
Saturday, twelve couples participating Ii
the enjoyment.
The foreman of the Oxford Press had
better strike for tall timber before those
two newly married couples reach him.
He had their wedding announcements i'll
the death list this week.
The residents of West Grove are dis
gruntled because the Post Office Depart
nent has knocked the capital &c" out Ct
their post office and made it Westgrove
instead of West Grove as heretofore.
At Perryville All unknown white man
supposed to be insane tried to cut his
throat on Friday last but the knife being
dull did not succeed. He was caught in
the act by one of his companions, and
the knife was taken from him.
Edmund A Williams, of the Fourth
district, is held in Jail in default of $500
bail under complaint made before Squire
Cleaver by his father James T Williams
x.,t,n &c afroiH hat his
son will do him some bodily harm.
w. P Reynolds intends increasing his
log-hauling force this year and has pur
chased pair of large western horses from
Elwood Webster for that purpose. He
contemplates operating two six-horse
teams in connection with his portable
saw mill.
On March g. at the sale of real estate of
Joseph Nesbitt. by L. M. Haines, trustee,
ia acres of land, unimproved, brought
$I635. and s acres $II2.5o This is con
sidered one of the best sales of real estate
that has been made in Cecil county. The
land has never been farmed and has been
used as pasture for 40 years 1t is situated
On the road from Vinegar Hill to Liberty
Grove The purchaser was DR.. R. R.
| Crothers.
A young man named T J. Cooke OF
| New York was arrested on Saturday last
in Elkton by Sheriff, w. 7. Boulder
bailiff on the charge of receiving money
under false pretenses In claiming HIM
self to be the authorized agent of the
Ladies' Home Journal. He was given a
| hearing on Tuesday before Justice Cleaver
and was sentenced to the House of Cor
rection. The prisoner is about twenty
eight years of age,
The second shooting match between
Rising Sun and Colora clubs took place
Saturday last near Rising Sun. The score
was Rising Sun, 81; Colora, So.
The second match between southern
| Chester county and northern Cecil county
sports will be shot at Rising Sun on Tues,
day. The first match was held at Oxford
recently and was won by the northern
Cecil shots who expect to maintain their
prestige Tuesday.
Howard Williams, colored, aged about
thirty years, an inmate of the county
almshouse at Cherry Hill, was found dead
Monday morning by Superintendent
Lynch in field close to the institution
He was admitted to the almshouse from
North East in December last and was not
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