The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-01-11

i Hugh Boyd an old resident OF
Perryville was stricken with paraly-
sis of the face and tongue last
Wednesday week.
The Port Deposit musical and
dramatic association will give one
of their minstrel shows in the Jr.
10. U. A. NJ. hall in Perryville,
next Monday evening, 18th inst.
There will be an entertainment
in the M. e. Church at Woodlawn,
on Wednesday the 10th instant by
the Lewis & Spence Graphophone
Co, for the benefit of the church
Admission 25c, children 15c.
Mr.. J. Wesley Falls met with a
painful accident by falling on the
ice on the river at Port Deposit last
Friday. A painful cash in the
head and his left arm severely
sprained was the result of the fall.
William Shivery aged about As
years died of pneumonia on last
Monday morning at his home by
Jones' Chapel near ElktOn. He
leaves a widow and number OF
children some of whom are nearly
grown.
The Oxford Board of Trade have
published quite volume setting
forth the most conspicuous features
Of the town and the dignitaries
thereof. All of the public build
ings, and not few of the private
ones are presented in half-tone, and
all the public men, and boys also,
are given conspicuous places in the
book. Many are chosen and few
are left.
Sunday nights rain and the
warm wave on Monday licked up
the snow and ice rapidly. The
thaw also abruptly closed the
skating carnival which was so en-
| joyed by our young folks, boys and
girls, last week. Our Sun girls all
skate and skim like swallows over
the ice. Being beautiful girls they
are necessarily beautiful skaters
Notwithstanding an occasional fall.
A hard fall on the ice is not hard
to get.
The Maryland Clay Co., are pre-
pairing to make extensive improve
ments at their works near North
East. They will erect cable road
from the clay pit to the works a
distance of about half a mile over
the P. w. & B. r. r. The cars
will have a capacity of two tons
each, and the loaded cars will pull
the empty ones back. This will be
a great saving to the company over
the old method of carting the
kaolin. They also expect to open
a new pit soon.
An old fashioned sea story full
of interest and adventure, with a
strong love motive, is begun by W.
Clark Russell in the January Cos
mopolitan. ''Ouida" succeeds
Froude, Goose, Lang, and other dis
tinguished writer's with an install
ment of the "Great Passions of
History" series, which has been
appearing in The Cosmopolitan. A
discussion is aroused by Mr.. Edward
Bok's article on "The Young Man
and the Church." which will con-
sumo tons of ink before it is settled.
Just preceding the famous Char
cots death he prepared an article
for The Cosmopolitan on Pasteur,
to be published after Pasteur's
death. But Charcot has died first,
and so with the consent of Charcot's
executors, the article is given now.
The present "Theatrical Season in
New York" is critically considered
by James s. Metcalfe, editor of
Life, and there are stories by Tour
gee, Howells, and the famous
French writer Francois Coppee.
One or more men, with some
capital and having knowledge of
mercantile pursuit, desiring to
enter business or change location,
can hear of a rare chance to pro-
cure one of the most desirable
stores in Cecil county, Md, by
calling on or addressing A. D.
Spencer, 204 and 205 Betz Building,
Broad St., near Chestnut ST.,
Philadelphia, Pa. Him
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