The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-08-21

IG. G. Sill.
John Kay of the engineering
corps of the battleship "Maine," is
visiting his parents at their home
near Rising Sun.
R. H. Kay, class 'o2 of West Noting
ham Academy, has secured position as
mining engineer with the Pardee Coal
Co.. Hazleton, Pa.
Prof. T. D. Bowers of Chestertown paid
visit to friends in Rising Sun and at
Wood1awn Camp this week. The Prof
will return next month and have charge
of the Friends Normal Institute.
William Reynolds and Helen Phillips
started on their wheels, on last Tuesday
morning, for a trip through Hartford
county. They will visit friends and re-
latives at Dublin, Bel Air and Benson.
Both are expert riders and will doutless
derive much enjoyment from the trip.
The working hours of the section hands
on the Perryvllle and Columbia railroad
have been reduced from nine to eight
hours day.
| The Christian Endeavor Society of
West Nottingham will hold sociable at
the house of Henry D. Keen on Tuesday
evening next.
John Mahan, star route mail carrier had
runaway on Monday, Notwithstanding
when asked for news said he didn't know
of any thing interesting.
]. H. Brown, photographer, will close
his studio at Colora from Aug. 24th to
2eth, and will be in attendance at the
Changers Interstate Picnic and Exhibit
ton at Williams Grove. Pa.
That Rising Sun Mckinley and Hobart
club is strong on paper, where the prin-
cipal part of McKinley's strength lies.
The poor mans name is scarcely men
toned. It's all Bryan and silver.
Sidney Mudd has been nominated by
the fourth district republican convention
for congress. Mr.. Mudd had no op-
position and was nominated by acclama-
ton. The opposition will appear later.
Friends met on Saturday of last week
at Sidwell's cemetery, in Lancaster county
and gave the place general cleaning up
by cutting off and removing all rubbish.
lakewood cemetery was treated in like
manner last Saturday.
DR.. John H. lamar, county physician,
removed the bullet from the back of John
Bowling, colored, who was shot on Sun
day last at Port Deposit by constable
Reuben Bond while resisting arrest.
Bowling will recover.
The remains of James Alfred May,
whose death occurred in Baltimore on
Sunday last, were taken to Elkton Tues
day and the funeral services conducted
by Rev. William Schouler of the Trinity
Protestant Episcopal Church. Mr.. May
was native of Elkton. He was brother
of w. H. May and fifty-one years of age.
Last Friday evening while Mrs. S. c.
Grason of this town was lowering the car
window near Barnsley she dropped her
pocket book containing $S345 out of the
car window. When the train reached
Nottingham some parties were sent back
i'll search of the lost treasure. The book
was found to have been knocked open by
the fall and $3.45 was found and returned
by Jacob Miller of Nottingham. The
book with the $50 was found and returned
by Charles Hartman of Coatesville. 1t
was fortunate for Mrs. Grason that her
lost cash fell into honest hands.
A stolen horse the property of Edward
Staggart of Newark, Del, was recently
recovered, through the efforts of Newark
Detective Association, and the thief Joe
Brown captured. Constable Mote was
ordered to take Brown to New Castle Jail.
He was shackled to prevent any chance
of escape. When near New Castle con-
stable Mote saw penknife in the road
and jumped out of his carriage to get it.
When he did so Brown urged the horse
forward and when safely away got rid of
his handouts and left. The constable got
out posse, but no trace of the thief has
been discovered.