The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-08-28
The flint mill at Conowingo closed last


yesterday.
Who rounds up the colored brother at
Port Deposit? The colored people of Port
have organized Mckinley club.
A. F. Mearns of Zion, received a kick
in the stomach from a horse Sunday
evening he was driving out to pasture.
Potatoes are scarcely half crop, pas
lures are drying up and the corn crop is
shortened by the long drought. The
corn is about ready to cut up.
A six mule team hitched to large hay
wagon brought sc white persons from
Hartford county to colored camp meeting
held at Conowingo last Sunday.
Stanley, infant son of Samuel A. and
Jennie w. Taylor, of Rising Sun, died on
Tuesday last, aged mounths. Inter
ment at Little Brick Thursday, 27th inst.
Jos. hopper has purchased the Rising
Sun bakery of Mason F. Wilson and will
take charge Sept. 1st. hopper has been
employed as baker here for number of
years.
The death of Helen Mearns, infant
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. T. Norwood
Pratt of Springfield, Illinois, occurred
July 26. Mrs. Pratt is daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. A. ]. Mearns of Zion.
A Bryan and Sewe1l Democratic Club
of the Third district was organized on
Saturday night. Officers were elected as
follows: President, w. D. Bratton; secy.,
John H. Terrell; treas, A. D. Dean.
The water of Little Elk creek is so low
las it is of most others) that it is utilized
twice at Singerly's paper mill. After
passing through the six paper machines
in the lower mill and used in the digester.
Part of the machinery is not in use on
account of the low water.
Miss Norman Smith, popular young
bicyclist of Havre de Grace, met with a
severe accident recently in collision with
friend. Miss Smith was thrown from
her wheel several feet into the street, re-
ceiving cash of about three inches in
length across the throat.
Mr.. S. T. Hindman, of Colora, has been
awarded the contract for building large
church in Cambridge, Dorchester county,
and will commence the erection of the
same about September I. Commissioner
Hindman will take his workmen with
him from this neighborhood.
Calvert is lively this week with activity
among the Friends. On Thursday the
ministers and elders held their select con-
vocation; Friday is Quarterly Meeting
day; Saturday is set apart for the First
day School Conference which embraces
all the schools within the limits of Quart
erly Meeting. The exercises consist of
essays, discussions, and recitations by the
younger members.
Many Friends from this section attended
the great Swarthmore Conference which
closed on Wednesday. Three thousand
were said to have been in attendance.
who hailed from all parts of the country.
The members of the Conference, or large
numbers of them were boarded and lodged
on the ground. The college was used for
sleeping accommodations and was as
signed to the use of the ladies.
Boots the wife beater was fastened to
the whipping post by Sheriff Mackey on
Monday afternoon in the Jail yard and
received 10 lashes with a cato ninetails
borrowed from the Delaware sheriff.
The sheriff didn't strike with all his
might and Boots did not cry out but no
doubt he thought wife beating a costly
luxury. Eighty-seven persons witnessed
the whipping. The "post" was piece of
pine timber SKIS inches planted in the
ground with a ring to fasten the prisoners
hands to, and the stripes were given on
the bare back.
About 80 O'Clock Saturday night Mrs
Edward Draper and little child, of Will
mington, who are visiting at Elkton were
accosted by negro while walking on the
street, who snatched her pocketbook
containing SO and four rings. At her
frantic cries several men pursued the flee
ing rascal, but he made good his escape
by running to the freight yard near the
depot. At midnight the watchman at the
grounds and several citizens saw negro
crawl out of the coal pile north of the
station and take to his heels. Several
shots were fired at the man, but all trace
was lost at the lumber yard On Satur-
day night, July 25th Mrs. Socha of New
York, was robbed of pocketbook at the
same place in similar manner.
The Friends Normal Institute will open
for the fall term on Monday, Sept. 9TH.
Prof Bowers was in Rising Sun last week,
and is very much encouraged at the pros
pect for a large attendance. 1t is especially
desired that all students intending to
enter school will do so at the beginning
as the Prof is anxious to grade the
students and begin work at once. Mr..
Bowers will have charge of the entire
school unless the attendance requires an
assistant, in which case lady assistant OF
large experience will be employed. The
course at the normal this year will be
an improvement upon last years course.
SrsN