The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-07-03
COUNTY NEWS.
Friday, July 3, 1886.
MINORLOCAIS


farm, July 4th.
The Home Mission will hold sociablt
at the home of Miss Isabel K. Buckley OF
Friday evening, July 10th.
The Rising Sun w. c. T. U. will meet
in the lecture room of the church OF
Thursday, July 9, at 2.3o o'clock.
Cecil Kirk of Principle has purchased
new threshing outfit, including an eight
horse power Otto electric engine, which
arrived at Rising Sun station yesterday.
The north bound train arriving al
Rising Sun at 7:I6 a. III. will from to-day
deliver mail along the BALTIC. Central, but
will not receive mail from the stations OH
the line.
Rising Sun church and Epworth
League will hold combined service next
Sunday evening, July 5th on the church
lawn if the weather is favorable. Services
beginning at 7 O'Clock.
A weasel entered the hennery of Vim.
Bryson, tenant on the sWetherill farm,
near Elkton, and killed sixty-seven spring
chickens. Mr.. Bryson set a steel trap for
the animal and was rewarded by captur-
ing the free booter.
Mr.. A. L. Duyckinck has purchased
from E. R. Burlington piece of ground
adjoining the railroad and rumor has it
that planning mill will soon be added to
the warehouse and lumber business of A .
L. Duyckinck & Co.
The w. c. T. u, the Y. w. c. 7. u.
and Loyal Legion of Woodlawn, held a
picnic on the lawn at the home of Clinton
L. Thompson, near Hopewell church,
last Saturday afternoon. The party was
held under the shade of three large trees,
between which were arches of cedar and
flowers.
James Laird, veteran of the civil war
died at his home in North East on Thurs
day, June 25th. Throat consumption was
the cause of his death. He was fifty one
years of age, and leaves a widow and four
children. Mr.. Laird served during the
war as member of the Second Pa
Cavalry.
William Wilson Jr., near Calvert, while
hoeing potatoes recently hoed up a
Spanish coin, which the older folks are
familiar with as the old levy, I2H cents.
1t is Spanish coin, the real, or eighth of
a dollar. The coin bears the date I774
and had been but little used when lost,
the letters and designs being perfect.
A tennis epidemic appears to have
struck Port Deposit and vicinity in a
malignant form. The turning point of
this social disease is the matrimonial type.
After that stage is reached the patient is
considered couvalescent and safe from a
relapse. All subsequent attacks are of a
very mild type bearing relation to the
original, something like verioloid to small
pox.
AS the 4th may be celebrated in the
favorite Chinese fashion in the middle of
the streets of our town tomorrow night,
fire noise may be expected. The
crackers, etc. must be held in the hand
when set off. This will include candles,
about the most dangerous fireworks made.
The fire balls are liable to fall on roofs
and often light on spectators burning
them severely besides originating destruc-
tive fires. The ordinance needs amend
ing.
A little child of Mrs. John Adams died
last Friday evening and was buried on
Sunday. The family live in the tenant
house on canning (recently burned) pro-
perty and are quite destitute. The father
and husband is the inmate of Pennsyl-
vania prison. The mother begged the
undertaken to bury her dead child, said
she had no money and that she could get
no person to lend her either sympathy or
assistance. Squire Taylor furnished her
a coffin and sent the remains to the West
Nottingham Friends burying ground.
One lone man in shirt sleeves followed
the coffin to the grave. A line from
Watson's Beautiful Snow seems appro-
pirate to the occasion.
ooh for the rarity of Christian Charity
under the SUM-"
The Northeasters propose to celebrate
the 4th i'll demonstrative way that would
have delighted old John Adams of revo-
lutionary fame The following is their
program. The Sunday School and Mite
Society are in charge of the ceremonies OF
the day.
Among the numerous events that will
occur are the prize baby show two valuable
prizes will be given to the handsomest
baby and the oldest dressed baby under
two years of age, trio of bachelors to
act as judges. A whistling contest, a
peanut eating and spoon egg race, all
confined to ladies. For the boys sport
will be offered in potato race, sack race,
wheelbarrow race and pie eating con-
test. At O'Clock Aunt Jerusha's country
cousins will make their first visit to town.
Being quite numerous family the COM
mittee of arrangements thought best to
extend to them an invitation to parade
the principle streets to view the many
points of interest. This will be unique
and novel feature of the occasion.