The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-07-10
COUNTY NEWS
Friday, July 10. 1896.
MINORLOCAIS

held near Leslie July rs ana con-
tinue for one week.
The Home Mission sociable will
be held at the home Of Miss Isabel
Buckley this evening.
J. Harvey Groves, at the Elkton
creamery is now making eight
hundred pounds of butter per week.
The dry weather threatens to
ruin the potato crop. Large tops
but no tubers is the story farmers
tell.
The new Elkton Trinity Church
which has risen out of the ashes of
the old one, was opened last Sunday
for service.
Large numbers of crabs are now
being caught in the Elk river and
deviled crabs are the rage at the
Head of Elk.
Joshua Mckay, Esq, has been
appointed attorney for the Excel
sior Branch of the Calvert Building
Loan Association.
Mr.. Webster White of the Ninth
district has turn out of 33 bushels
of wheat to the acre. The quality
of the grain is necessarily fine.
The Comptroller has made the
annual distribution of the free
school fund, payable on the 18th of
July. Cecil county's share is ST.
612.S4.
There was a horse in Elkton
last week changed owners seven
times in less than an hour, the
highest price being SIT and the
lowest 50.
Mrs. Micah c. Pyle died at her
home at Calvert last Friday, July
Sd, in her S5th year. Funeral
Wednesday last; interment at Brick
Meeting House.
Mrs. Ella Carter, wife of Timothy
Carter, a farmer residing near Elk
ton, died Tuesday morning from
dysentery, aged 81 years. A hus-
band and four children survive her.
Charles f. Rogers, a prominent
tobacconist of Havre de Grace fell
dead in front of the Spencer House
at that place on Sunday evening.
Mr.. Rogers was thirty two years of
age.
The town of Easton, Maryland
has laid tax Of 81 year on
bicycles. If "bikes" can dodge
the tax gatherer as skillfully as the
dogs he'll not collect much from
them.
In the midst of the fireworks dis
play, celebrating the Fourth at Zion,
spark from a pin wheel got into
the box where the balance of the
fire works were and they went off
with a rush.
The Keystone racing association
are intending to start their horses
tomorrow on the new Iron Hill
track. They were not able to get
it ready to desecrate the 4th as was
the intention.
Hay and wheat harvest is about
ended. The hay was generally
light, but timothy thickened up
quite good deal after the rains
and some fields made a fair crop.
Wheat is generally very good and
a fine yield.
John Hanna of Rowlandville died
on July 2, aged 81 years. His
funeral was held Sunday last; in
torment at Baptist church burying
ground, Lancaster county. He
leaves wife and large family of
children, all of whom are grown.
AT the funeral of Miss Ella
Rattenbury who died at North
East, June, 81, an English custom
was practiced, six. young ladies
dressed in pure white were in at
tendance upon the body in addition
to the usual six male pail bearers,
We call special attention to
Baugh and Sons Company's fall
advertisement. This old reliable
house is offering Baugh's Animal
Bone Fertilizers at such low prices
that farmers can use them literally.
They are Offering special induce
ments to cash buyers.
The Eagles festival in Rising
Sun last Friday and Saturday
evenings was well attended on the
latter evening. Miss George Me
Clure held the lucky ticket which
drew the $75 Crawford bicycle,
Lawrence Martin secured the lap
spread and Eli Coulson the whip.
The gross receipts were about $40
After several efforts the Susque.
hanna and Tidewater Canal has
been sold by Messrs. George L.
VanBibber and S. johnson. Poe
trustees, to Mr.. +. j. d. Cross, o.
Baltimore, for $50, 700. The cana
extends from Havre de Grace tC
Columbia, Pa. 1t is understood
that it was purchased in the in