The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-12-04
NEWS.
Friday, Dec. A. 1896.
MINORLOCAIS

will be entertained at the home OF
Misses Hanna and Carrie Kirk to-
morrow evening.
Delbert Aiken of Warwick, took
charge of the Falls Hotel of Elkton
lately occupied by Chalkley Phillips,
ON December LIST.
The Whitaker Iron Company at
Principle Furnace have taken on
twenty five additional men, the
company having started six forge
fires.
T. G.. Smith of Oxford held a
public sale of a carload of apples at
Rising Sun station last Tuesday.
About 100 barrels were sold, at an
average of $1.25 per barrel.
A young man, son of Smith Love
of Conowingo, attempted to board
moving freight train at that place
one day last week and fell between
the cars and had one foot cut off.
The Rising Sun gun club held its
monthly shoot on Thanksgiving
day. A. B. Keen won the medal
with % killed out of %. The
average of the Is shooters was II.
VIM. Thompson a veteran of
Shows Battery, returned home to
Port Deposit ON Friday last from
St. Joseph's Hospital having been
operated on for abscess by Prof.
Tiffany.
The barn on the farm of James
Angle, near Bay View, was entirely
destroyed by fire, together with its
contents Wednesday night, Nov. %.
1t is thought some boys who were
playing near the building set it on
fire.
Robert Il. Marshall, Supt. of the
Altoona Division, and one Of the
brightest young men on the Penn
sylvania Railroad, committed sui
eide at his brothers. home in Wash
ington, Monday, by shooting
himself.
An Elkton chicken on being
dressed was found to have a liver
as large as an ordinary mans double
fist and weighed IA ozs. and chicken
4 Tbs. The liver is on exhibition,
preserved in alcohol at DIR. Wells
drug store.
Three petitions are circulating in
Colora in the interest of as many
aspirants for the post Office. Mr..
Allen Elliott of Porter's Bridge is
moving for the establishment of a
post Office at that old and well
known center.
Mrs. Koneo Hager, widow of the
late John Hager of Chesapeake City,
died on Sunday after brief illness
of paralysis. Two children survive
her-Henry, who resides at Chesa-
peake City, and Mrs. Wesley Cool
ing, of Philadelphia.
George w. Cosden, station agent
of the Phila., Wilm., and Baltic,
railroad at North East, has pur-
chased of the receivers of the Nc
Cullough Iron Company large
farm and woodland, consisting of
$50 acres, for $4,000.
The property of the Cecil Tele-
phone Company of Cecil county,
consisting of pole line, wires and
fixtures throughout the county,
was sold ON Saturday by John NJ.
Terrell, auctioneer, for w. I. War
burton, assignee, to Robert G. Lewis
of Elkton, for 5000.
The star fish are destroying the
oysters in New England waters.
They have appeared in greater
numbers this fall than ever before.
These curious fish are being caught
in immense quantities and sold to
the farmers for so cents a load, who
use them on the land as fertilizers.
TheJac Tome Institute teachers
and some friends have formed a
pedestrian club. They take long
walks on moonlight nights which is
very pleasant and healthful, is
generally considered, but Byron
says,
1.-THE DEVILS in the moon for mischief"
A parliamentary Club" has
been organized at Port Deposit.
Pres, Arthur b. Leach; Sec, Miss
Harriet Wild. The club meets
three times month in the. direc-
tors room of Mr.. Tones residence.
1t has a membership of thirty.
Wonder what legislation the club
contemplates ?
The ladies of the Port Deposit
Presbyterian church are working
diligently to make their fair sue
cess. In addition to what they have
made themselves many articles
have been purchased in New York
Philadelphia and Baltimore, which
will be sold at a reasonable rate,
The fair will be held on the 10th
and 18th.
The beautiful snow put in its
first appearance for the season or
Sunday night and for the first was
a rouser. 1t fell to the depth OF