The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-09-04

Miss Mary Worthington is visiting
relatives and friends in and near Doy1es-
town, Pa.
The West Nottingham Sunday School
celebration will be held in the grove at
West Nottingham tomorrow.
The Young Ladies' Home Mission will
hold its monthly sociable at the Home OF
Miss Gertrude Dare this evening.
The Rising Sun w. c. T. U. will meet
in the lecture room of the church on
Thursday Sep. 10th, at 2,3o O'Clock.
The Board of Public Works has ex-
tended the time for finishing the assess
ment in Cecil county to November 10.
The delegates elected in the Carroll
county republican primaries Saturday are
all for Vim. B. Baker present member for
Congress. There was no opposition.
Barclay Reynolds, Jr., who graduated
from Bucknell University last spring, has
secured position as instructor of history
in the Friends Central School in Phila.
Seventh district republicans met in
Abraham's Hall, Port Deposit, last Tues
day night for the purpose of organizing
Mckinley and Hobart campaign club.
The republicans of Cherry Hill have
organized Mckinley and Hobart club.
The officers are A. T. McCrery, pres; C..
S. Peacock, secy.; P. R. Arbuckle, treas.
The Martin Gallagher farm in the
Fourth district was sold at trustees sale
at the Court House door Tuesday MORN
ing to Philip Gallagher, one of the heirs,
for 81 500.
Octoraro M. E. church will hold a
festival and supper Saturday evening,
Sept 18th. Supper served from S. to
o'clock. Tickets, 25c. Proceeds for
PASTORS salary.
The Borough authorities will soon put
a stone crusher at work on the farm OF
Jonathan Reynolds, near town. Before
the crushed stone can be used to advant-
age mud scraper is needed on the streets.
L. Thomas of North East on Thurs
day night last week thought he heard
burglars walking round his house. He
got up and took his gun to investigate
but the game disappeared before he got a
chance to shoot
Albert Granville of Philadelphia aged
I6, had his right leg run over at North
East by freight train Tuesday morning
He tried to board car and slipped under
the train. DR.. Housekeeper took him to
a hospital in Philadelphia.
Katherine S. and Lucy L., infant twin
daughters of Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Pierson, quietly passed away on Friday
and Saturday of last week. Katherine
S. died at O'Clock Friday morning and
Lucy L. at the same hour on Saturday.
Silas ]. loves spar quarries, Rock
Springs, have opened up again for fall
work. The prospects for spar in the new
quarries are fattering Mancil Tweed of
Newark, Del, shipped over 1000 tons of
Mr.. loves spar out of the old quarry to
Trenton, N. J.
The Tuite farm, containing 100 acres,
lying in the town of Elkton, adjoining
the grounds of the Cecil County Agricul-
tural Society, was sold at the Court House
door Wednesday morning by the owner,
Mrs. Mary E. Tuite, to John E. Alex
ander, at $I45 per acre.
The goldbugs hold their primaries to-
morrow afternoon to elect district dele
gates for the county convention that
meets at Elkton on Tuesday, Sept. s to
choose congressional delegates. The
congressional convention will meet in
Baltimore on Wednesday, Sept. g.
Miss Sophia G. Scudder of BALTIC. is
visiting friends in Rising Sun this week.
Miss Scudder is cousin of Miss Phoebe
Tomkins, former teacher of this place
Her ancestors were at one time quite
prominent in this section and owned
nearly all the land in and around where
Rising Sun now stands.
Harriet J. Rick, wife of Mark P. Rick,
residing near Langhorn, Bucks Co., Pa,
accompanied her cousin, Mrs. H. ].
Headly, on her return from Friends
conference at Swarthmore last week.
Mrs. Rick has not been in Maryland for
23 years and will remain about ten days,
recalling familiar scenes and faces.
Mr.. Mortimer Whitehead the eloquent
free silver speaker was entertained last
Sunday by Mr.. Ellis Duyckinck and took
the early morning train on Monday for
Maine where he is booked to speak to the
close ofthe campaign. The state election
in Maine is held before the presidential
election, and the canvass is very hot.
Mrs. Rebecca Matthews, daughter of
the late Lieutenant Mcdowell, and widow
of the late Lieutenant Samuel Matthews,
died at the home of her mother near
Rowlandville, on Saturday afternoon,
August 20. The funeral took place on
Tuesday, interment being at Rosebauk
cemetery, by the side of her husband.
A movement is on foot to have a joint
debate on the silver question on the Local
Preachers camp ground near North East
at some time during the campaign. 1t is
proposed to have some prominent speakers
on each side of the question to be present
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