The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-11-08
MINORLOCALS

President Cleveland has named
Thursday, Nov. 2Sth, as Thanks
giving Day.
Be sure and read the opening
chapters of our new serial, "The
Tax on Bachelors on the first
page of this issue.
j. II. Mackey will sell at public
sale on the j. p. Cutler farm near
Porter's Bridge on Nov. Is, farm
stock and implements.
Miss Margaret Haines of Phila.,
who has been visiting her mother
near Rising Sun for several weeks
this fall returned to her home in
Phila. last Tuesday.
Thomas Whitson, minister of
Orthodox Friends, has appointed a
meeting at Calvert next First day
Sunday at 3 O'Clock. He will also
be at Colora in the morning.
A game of foot ball between
West Nottingham Academy and
Oxford was played Oh the formers
grounds last Tuesday. 1t proved
an easy walk-over for w. n. A,
the score being $40.
L. NJ. Haines, trustee, sold at
public sale on the premises or
Wednesday Of last week the farm
of Oliver Widdoes in the Fourth
district, containing 81 acres of land,
to Hiram Clement, of Calvert, for
$4,000.
Alver G. Reynolds who has been
clerking in a drug store in Phila.
for the past few weeks, returned to
Rising Sun last Saturday with an
attack of catarrhal and
is now lying very low at the home
of his brother.
Mrs. Mary S. Davis died at
Calvert, on October 20, and was
buried at Oxford cemetery Nov. 1.
She was about "a years of age. She
had 20 grandchildren, &c great
grand children and 16 great great
grandchildren.
Harvey Mackey was the favorite
on the tickets and was chosen like
Israel's first king because he is tall
and comedy. Like Saul the son Of
Kish he was going through the
county engaged in the same business
when the people got acquainted
with him.
Typhoid is quite prevalent
around Port Deposit this fall, a
number of families being afflicted.
On last Monday night Jerry Larue,
colored, residing near Canal, died,
which made the fourth death in
the family within a month from
this disease. Two boys and one
girl, children of Larue's, have died
within the past three weeks.
Ebenezer Featherman of Not
tingham, Chester county reports a
crop of 800 bushels of potatoes from
four acres. The potato crop is very
large this season but the price leaves
no profit for the crop. In some
parts of the west where the crop is
large there is not money enough in
it to pay for the digging. They go
to waste while thousands of people
in the country are on the ragged
edge of starvation. And some folks
are green enough to believe there is
cover production"
VIM. H. Myers died at the
German Hospital in Philadelphia
on Monday. His remains were
brought to Rising Sun on Thursday
morning and buried at the Union.
The Methodist congregation and
members Of Crystal Lodge, l. o. G.
r., contributed and collected a fund
to defray his funeral expenses. He
died of chronic disease contracted
in the army. "Billy" served nearly
two terms IA years. in the U. S.
Cavalry on the frontier. He re-
ceived a small pension from the
government.
The Prohibition party was I'M
fortunate in its electioneering rallies
this fall. A mass meeting was ar
ranged for at EIkton but was SHINY
attended, owing to lack of advertis.
ing or drumming up it is claimed.
At Rising Sun Preparations had
been made for IA similar effort on
Thursday evening but the rain was
''wet blanket" in the most litera
sense and to add to the party'S
anlncky star the train which
brought the speaker was detained
an hour and 4 half. The two singers
who were imported from Indiana
to give music to the audience wept
not brought forward and so an entire
failure was the result.
Arrested For Horse Stealing