The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-01-17
COUNTY NEWS.
Friday, Jan. IL, 1896.
MINOR LOCALS

The Western Union have replaced
their iron wires with copper from
Rock Run to Perryville.
Omar ID. Crothers, a nephew OF
State Senator G. G. Crothers, has
been appointed page in the State
Senate.
David II. Cullen has exchanged
his farm of 100 acres near Calvert,
for brick dwelling house and
three building lots in Oxford.
"a supper and festival will be
held in the lecture room of the
Charlestown M. 4. Church, Friday
and Saturday evenings, January
18th and 18th.
Grounding, or Candelmus day
comes on Sunday and the 22d OF
February on Saturday, both days
in the teachers time, and they are
all in tears; boo-hoo, boo-hoo
Mrs. Annie Jackson of Kennett
Square, mother of Mrs. Jesse Stops,
of near Elkton, died on Saturday
and was brought to Elkton Tuesday
and buried in the Elkton cemetery.
The skating carnival has been at
it's height this and last week, and
during the afternoons and evenings
Hunters mill pond has been alive
with merry skaters of beth sexes.
Sheriff Mackey on Tuesday
morning took Joseph Veasey to the
House of Correction at Jessup's, to
serve sentence of nine months for
selling liquor contrary to the pro-
hibitory law.
Thomas Richardson died at his
residence in Charlestown, this
county, on Sunday afternoon, Jan.
18th in his Dist year. The funeral
was held on Wednesday; interment
in Charlestown cemetery.
Rev. j. d. G. Hanna will give a
stereopticon entertainment entitled,
s"The Ups and Downs of Home
Life" in Zion M. E. church on
Thursday evening, Jan. 23rd. Adj
mission, 25 cents; children, 15c.
The loss of 80 tons of baled hay
and straw burned in the barn at
Elk Landing, on November 22d
the property of j. II. Armstrong &
Company of North East, has been
paid by the Calendonian Insurance
Company. The loss was covered
by $3.50 insurance.
A recital by Miss Lois Estelle
Hall, graduate of BALTIC. School OF
Oratory, assisted by able musical
talent, will be held at the chapel at
West Nottingham on Saturday
evening, Jan. 18th. All are invited
to attend and present a silver offer
ing. Proceeds for benefit of the
Christian Endeavor.
If the party who took j. G.
Hindman's kimble-rein from his
horse at Jehoiakim Brickley's sale
last Monday will kindly leave the
same hanging on Mr.. j. C.'s fence
any evening within a week, no EN-
barrassing questions will be asked,
and the said party will escape a
social call from the constable.
The Circuit Court on Tuesday,
through Judge Wicks, Judge
Stump concurring, overruled the
motion made by counsel for the
contestees to dismiss the petition
for a recount of the ballots cast al
the last election, filed in behalf OF
the Republican contestants and &
recount of the ballots will be had
Nearly $4,000 worth of business
was transacted at the ElktOr
telegraph Office during the pas
year. When the telegraph is takeI
possession of by the government az
a department of the post Office, az
it is in all other countries, twice
the amount of business will be done
and at no more cost in the aggre
gate to the public. Our corpora
ton, monopoly ridden government
is falling behind all other civilized
governments of the world in pro
mOting the interests of the people
Its whole care and resources ar,
expended in fostering a small
specially favored minority, VIII
are substituted for the royal familie
and class of mobiles under mon
archial governments.