The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-04-19
COUNTY NEWS,
Friday. April ID 1895.
MINOR LOCALS


and will close June LIST.
Cows sold at the administrators
sale of James Headley for $12 to
1886, horses $40 to SIG.
William Morrison of Sylmar is
intending to engage extensively in
onion culture this season.
A. B. Kay is improving the
house on his farm at Harrisville by
the addition of a new kitchen.
Mrs. Barclay Reynolds fell off the
boardwalk on Saturday evening
and received a sprained wrist.
1t was reported that Mr.. John
Harlan has discovered a vein of
asbestos upon his place near Leeds.
Stove wood sold for ST. to 50
per cord at Renno's saw mill. That
is low as wheat if full 1913 it. cords.
The Rising Sun w. c. L. U. will
meet in the lecture room of the
church on Thursday, April 25th,
at $50 O'Clock.
A business meeting of the Y. l..
HI. NJ. will be held at the home of
Miss H. j. Reynolds tomorrow
afternoon at o'clock.
Mr.. Caleb Conner has put in a
separator at Liberty Grove and
will skim the farmers Tactic fluid
in that vicinity next summer.
The Happy Harvesters Mission
Band of Zion held their regular
monthly meeting at the home of
Thomas Fassitt, last Friday night.
Spar hauling is very brisk from
the Taylor mines, near Rock
Springs, also from the mines near
Fremont Pa, to this place for
shipment.
Rev. Robt. Watt of Wilmington,
will preach In Rising Sun NJ. E.
Church ON next Sunday morning
and evening, and at Sylmar in the
afternoon.
Edward Knight and Miss George
Stearn were married on Wednes-
day 10th inst, at his mothers
residence at Cherry Hill, by the
Rev. G. P. Jones.
The entertainment given in the
public hall Saturday evening by
the public school scholars was very
enjoyable. The children acted
their parts well. The receipts were
about $27.
A W. @. T. U. parlor meeting
was held at l.. G. Lightfoot's,
Calvert, last week was well attended
and the time spent very pleasantly.
In the spelling bee Miss Anna Sid
we'll carried off first honors and
Miss Lizzie Paul second.
On Tuesday evening Thomas
Riale cared from Rising Sun station
26 head of fat cattle to Baltimore
from which port they were shipped
by steamer to Europe. The primest
stock is selected for export. No
rough beef crosses the ocean.
Sylmar Sunday School elected
the following officers last Sabbath:
Superintendent, A. R. Brown; AS
sistant, S. j. Morrison; Secretary,
Audie Johnson; Treasurer, Rachel
TouchtOn, Librarian, Mary Reyn-
Odds; Assistant, Alice Nields.
The Zion Lawn Tennis Club re-
organized April 10th with the fol,
lowing officers: President, Rev. W.
J. Fitz Simon; Secretary, Miss
Marietta Mearns; Treasurer, Miss
Lalla B. Groves; Executive Com
mittee; Misses Katherine Ruther-
ford, Marietta Mearns and Ernest
f. Mearns.
Memorial service will be held in
Bethesda M. E. Church, lakewood,
on Sunday afternoon next Dist inst,
at 3 O'Clock, in honor of the late
John j. Bennett, to be conducted
by the pastor, Rev. j. E. Maloy,
assisted by Rev. j. w. Norris and
Rev. HI. w. Ewing of Port Deposit.
The public invited.
Robert Hart of Liberty Grove at
tempted to commit suicide by cut
ting his throat with razor on
Wednesday afternoon. He is an
old man and his mind is said to be
afflicted to which the attempt on
his own life is attributed. DIR. r.
r. CrOthers dressed the wound
which is not considered fatal.
The Woman's Foreign Mission
Society held an Easter social at the
home of Mrs. L. p. Haines last
Monday evening. A very inter.
esting musical and literary program
was rendered, after which refresh
ments were served. A pleasant
evening was spent by all present.
The "silver offerings" amounted to
over $40.
George G. Reynolds has threshed
over 81 900 bushels of wheat and
oats the past season with his gaso-
line engine, 1000 of which was
wheat.