The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-06-26

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Joseph Kirk, a resident of Perry
vile, who has been confined in the
Elkton Jail sometime has been taken
to the insane asylum.
John w. Sinclear and Miss Annie
M. MANI, of Wilmington, were
united in marriage by Rev. John
McElmoyle, at Elkton, Wednesday
evening of last week.
Capt. George W. Chamberlain,
a well known resident of Havre de
Grace, dropped dead last Friday
morning from heart disease. He
was sc years of age.
The fourth offer of the Tide
water canal at public sale failed to
secure bidder and the sale was
adjourned till the 9th when the
ditch was to be disposed of at a
preemptory sale which means given
away.
Loyal Temperance Legion will
meet Saturday afternoon at three
o'clock. A full attendance of men,
bers is desired as this will be the
last meeting till September and
arrangements will be made for hold
ng a parlor meeting.
The ladies of Zion W. G. T. U.
will hold a festival on the vacant
lot adjoining Mr.. Cameron's store
on the evening of July 4th. If the
weather should be stormy then on
the following Monday evening.
There will also be a display of fire.
works.
Prof. Warren l.. Kaufman, for
mer principal of the Friends Nor
NAL Institute, spent several days in
Rising Sun this week. Mr.. Kauff-
man has been teaching in Harris
burg for the past two years, but
will remove to New York next fall
where he has position in the High
School at Yonkers.
On Monday Postmaster General
Wilson issued an order discontinue
ing on June 30th experimental free
delivery postal service in a number
of towns, including Newark, Del.
That was sensible order. Peo-
pie are getting SO lazy in small
towns they'll want their victuals
taken to them while lying in bed,
like the Turks.
The Rising Sun and West Chester
gun clubs shot a match at West
Chester, Pa, on Thursday of last
week the latter club winning by a
score of 125 to ITO. Those repre-
senting the Rising San club were:
A. B. Keen, J. A. Hartenstine, S.
E. Clayton, J. S. Clifford, Harry
England, Nathan Steele, Cecil Kirk
and Herbert Alexander.
Mrs. Martha Susan Steele, wife
of the late James Morrison Steele,
died at her residence in Baltimore,
ON June 16, aged eighty-two years.
Mrs. Steele was the last member
of the Robert Evans family and a
half sister of the late James M.
Evans of Rising Sun. The old
homestead about two miles west of
this town is now owned and oc-
cupied by James Evans who is a
cousin of deceased one generation
removed.
Two driving accidents occurred
near Cecilton last week. A very
valuable horse, which belonged to
VIM. Newton, ran away and killed
himself. On Saturday five horses,
attached to a reaper and belonging
to Eugene Plummer. became I'm
manageable and started to run
away. The driver, Chris Hyland,
was thrown violently to the ground
and cut and mangled terribly by
the reaper which passed over his
body. DIR. Crawford dressed his
wounds and he is still in precar
ious condition.
There was CONSERVATION among
the brethern-the sisters if possible
were more exercised than the male
members-of the M. E. church of
North East, when it was discovered
that an army of carpet moths had
attacked the new carpet which had
been laid down in the church but
comparatively recently. An ex-
terminating war was Immediately
declared against the moths and an
attack ordered. The carpet was
taken up and beaten while it emitted
speck of dust or moths eggs, the
floor secured and scrubbed with
caustic I've, the cracks saturated
with benzene, kerosene and other
dead shots for moths. After a
thorough airing, busting and
general renovating the remnants of
the new carpet left by the voracious
moths were again laid in place.
The special services held in Mt.
Pleasant M. e. church last Sunday
were of a highly interesting char
acter. The house was well filled,
excellent music was rendered by
the two choirs, that of the junior
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