The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-09-06

on the church lawn this evening.
The w. G.. L. U. will meet in
the lecture room of the church Oh
Thursday afternoon, Sept. II al
$50 o'clock.
A small eel got into one of the
water pipes which supply the How
ard House at Elkton and completely
shut off the water.
The Zion NJ. E. Sunday School
picnic was held at Gilpins Rocks on
Thursday of last week and was
quite success in every respect.
Henry Gather will sit at the
Office of Jos. s. Pogue & Son, for
the registration of voters of the 9th
district, Sept. 18th, 18th and 18th.
Joseph d. SINNERS has bought a
piece of woodland in the Seventh
district from A. G.. CrotherS, at
torney for John M. Mccullough
and wife.
J. III. Harris will sell household
goods and other personal property
at public sale at his residence in
Colora, Sept. 18th and not the 2Sth
as stated in last weeks issue.
Quite a severe thunder storm
passed over this section on Satur-
day last. A large tree near the
residence of j. G. Richards, on the
Dare farm, was struck by light
ming.
Mr.. Foster, an aged gentleman,
father Of Frank Foster, with whom
he resided, died last Friday after
noon. He was buried at Hopewell
on Sunday afternoon, services in
the meeting house.
Geo. w. Ford, Rising Suns
jeweler, has presented the Rising
Sun Base Ball club with a set of
pretty stick pins. They are in the
form of pennant and have the
words "Rising Sun, Md" incribed
on them.
VIM. T. Warburton and Col. L.
d. Davis have purchased of Mrs.
A. G. Tuite, 10 acres of land west
of the fair grounds. When the
kink is taken out of the railroad
the tracks will run right through
that 10 acre lot.
Harry c. Morgan, son of the late
Jas. III. Morgan, of ElktOn, who is
a freight breakman on the Del.
railroad, met with a painful acct
dent on Tuesday evening last by
having his thigh broken and bruis-
ed. He was taken to the Delaware
hospital at Wilmington.
Alexander Evans, son of the late
Hon. Alexander Evans and Miss
Annie Howard, eldest daughter of
Mr.. w. p. Howard, were quietly
married Thursday afternoon Aug.
20, at 3 o. clock at the residence of
the grooms mother, Mrs. Mary
Evans, in Elkton, by Rev. VIM.
Schouler of Trinity P. e. Church.
Susquenanna Council, Jr. O. U.
A. NJ, will hold fair and festival
at lakewood, this evening and to-
morrow evening. There will be
speaking, Rotations, etc., in the
new hall.
Mrs. A. G. Shippers of Colora
will speak on Saturday evening.
John Green, of the Clerks Office,
on Monday finished transcribing
the longest mortgage ever recorded
in Cecil county. The instrument
is from the Whitaker Iron Co. to
the Wheeling Title and Trust Co.,
and the amount covered by it is
100000. 1t fills twenty six pages
of the record book.
Marriage licence were issued last
week to f.: DR.. Edwin ID. Graves, of
Marietta, Pa, and Florence III.
Reed, of Chesapeake City VIM.
H. Linch, of North East, and Sarah
E. Whaley, Of Baltimore :; S. VIII
mer Morrison, of Colorado, and
Maggie E. Clendenin, Cecil co. ;
VIM. B. Peterson, and Lizzie Les
lie, of Chesapeake City Alexander
Evans of Elkton, and Anna Eliza
Howard, of Chesapeake City.
An ancient democrat of 81 years
who resides near ElktOn and re-
ioices in having voted the demo
cratic ticket 66 years has 'jined"
the Sd district club and is hoping
he will be spared to voter once
more this fall. The Democrat
asks-"HOw is that for a record ~
We should say a record more wor-
thy in the breach than the Observ.
ance, and rather to be ashamed OF
than to boast of.
The Elkton papers report a
''mysterious" hog complaint.
"John Fenton, who resides neal
Elkton, has recently lost about %
pigs from a mysterious disease. II
first makes its appearance by a
weakness in the back, followed by
the hind legs being paralized sc
that the animal is unable to walk
and in a faw dave IL diaS -