The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-05-22
Pilot Town school has over 60 names


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Children's Day services will be held in
Sylmar church on May 81.
Children's Day services will be held in
the M. E. church on Sunday, June 9TH.
]. Watson Reeder has greatly improved
the farm he recently purchased Of M. w
England
A "Y'' evening will be held at the home
of Miss Edith Wood on Monday evening,
May 25th.
Cecil Council, No. 2I, ST.. o. U. A. NJ,
will hold a festival at Rising Sun on
Friday aud Saturday evenings, June II
and 10.
Rosebank M. E. church will hold its
annual festival at Calvert, on May 80,
after the Decoration ceremonies, both day
and evening.
A consignment of seven yearling colts
were received from California Tuesday
by William M. Singerly, for the Elkton
Stock Farm.
Bay View Council o. U. A. M. celebated
the second anniversary of their installa-
ton Saturday night at their hall. The
hall was filled with friends of the order.
An ice cream and strawberry festival
will be held at Ebenezer on Saturday
afternoon and evening, June 9th. If
stormy on that date, the following
Monday evening.
A flag raising and festival will be held
at Pilot Town school tomorrow afternoon
and evening, by Susquehanna Council,
Jr. o. U. A. M. Several speakers will be
present in the afternoon.
The golden wedding anniversary of Mr..
and Mrs. ]. Seminar of Fair Hill, will
occur Thursday, May 2S. Preparations
are making for fitting celebration for an
event so important as a half century of
welded life.
Miss Mary Watts of Port Deposit has
the honor of being the only woman
member of the Maryland State Pharma-
ceutical Association, which met at BALTIC.
last week. Miss Watts has for four years
been employed at the Central drug store
at Port.
Two weeks ago two men were killed
by cave-inat the slate quarries at Delta,
10 onlthar
suited in the death of two more quarry
men, one of whom was James Burkins,
brother-in-law of Samuel J. Morrison of
Rising Sun.
At Friends Monthly Meeting, held at
Brick Meeting House (Calvert) last week,
Jacob and Sarah Swayne, Emaline B
Lynch and James D. Headly were ap-
pointed to represent East Nottingham at
the ensuing quarterly meeting to be held
on the goth at Deer Creek, Hartford county.
We are in receipt of an invitation OF
the 10th annual commencement of Goldey
Wilmington Commercial and Shorthand
College, which will be held at the Grand
Opera House, Wilmington, on Thursday
evening, June a. For practical business
this college offers facilities
second to none.
A concert by the Port Deposit Choral
Society will be given in Tome Institute
tomorrow evening, under the direction
of Miss E. E. Stone, teacher of music at
the Institute, assisted by Miss E. Grace
Updegraff, soprano; and Miss Isabel
Houser, pianist. About I25 voices will
make the granite bound town ring with
melody. Admission, 25c and 35c.
Frederick Creswe1l of Slab, York
county, Pa, received compound fracture
of his right leg while attempting to board
a north bound freight train at Port De-.
post last week. He had been working
in that vicinity, and was making his way
to McCalls Ferry, near his home. His
leg was set by DIR. A. c. Crothers, PENN
sylvania Railroad surgeon and he was
then sent to his home.
Wednesdays heavy rain destroyed the
locust bloom and the bees are mourning
the loss of their sweets.
The recent copious rains have saturated
the ground and will promote a bountiful
crop of weeds in the grass field. 4.
The grass crop is reported very poor i'll
all this region of country. Hay will be
scarce article next winter and farmers are
sowing millet.
Jethro Johnson of Bay View, started
last week on his annual trip, buying up
wool for use at their factory. During his
trip he will travel through Hartford,
Baltimore and Carroll counties. The
Johnson brothers have kept their wooden
factory running through the period of
many changes during the last half century.
Thousands of similar industries in every
line of manufacturing have gone before
the march of events, but by pluck, per-
severance and industry the Messrs. John
son have defed the evolution which has
buried so much of the past in unremem-
bered graves.
Tuesday afternoon word was received
by Shriff Mackey from Baltimore that a
number of colored men had boarded a
horse car on the train due at Elkton at
2.33 D. m, and refused either to leave
the car or pay their fare. When the train
reached Elkton, Sheriff Mackey, Deputy
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