The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-11-13
NEWS.
Friday, Nov. 1:s 1896.
MINORLOCALS

Inc parts OF the root blown OIL OF
Conowingo bridge by the tornado
last summer is being renewed.
J. G. Bell and family who spend
their summers on the Hudson and
their winters at Conowingo, have
returned to the latter place.
Zion's new public school house
has been finished and the school
marin with her flock has taken
possession and the war is over that
was waged so fiercely erst while.
1t is reported that NJ. Gambrill
q Co., who operate the large weave
mills at Banks, this county, have
closed negotiations for the erection
of mill at Elkton.
Bids for lighting the street lamps
of North East ranged from Sc to
$40 month. There appears to be
IL wide margin in opinion as to the
value of the work.
The Gardner farm, near Cecil
Paper Mills, owned by VIM. L.
Reynolds and containing 2094 acres,
was sold at mortgagee's sale last
Tuesday to Jacob Tome for 50, 200.
Mrs. Mary S. Brickley, widow of
the late Samuel Brickley, and
mother ofSamuel M. Brickley, who
lives short distance from Rising
Sun, celebrated her 91st birthday
on November I'd.
Ed. G. Collins and John M.
Thackery both natives of Elkton
are in the hotel business at No. Is,
and IL Bowery, New York. Thack
cry left Elkton last week to join
Collins who is proprietor.
The general inspection of the
Pennsylvania Railroad will be
omitted this year on account of the
hard times.
A good deal of other kinds of
work is postponed for the same
cause.
Thomas Glacken, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. II. L. Glacken, died on Sun
day night aged about 6 years.
This is the second child they have
lost in a week. The disease has
been pronounced diphtheria by the
doctors.
We learn that the Woodrow
hotel at Conowingo, the popular
hosiery is having a fine run of
custom. "Stephen ~ deserves
such public recognition. He
always looks closely after the COM
fort of his guests.
On the charge of attempted
assault preferred by Mrs. Laura
Robinson, Robert Wilson was
taken before Magistrate Groves of
Elkton on Wednesday of last week
am was held under $500 bail for
his appearance at court.
The Port Deposit Water Co., was
organized last week with capital
stock of $4,000. The incorpora-
tors are VIM. B. Lerch, Howard
Frederick, George II. Buck, John
Falls, John S. Writ, Adam Peoples
and Joseph M. johnson.
S. P. Ryan & Son of Rising Sun
have received the contract to move
the store house formerly occupied
by Bayard Taylor, at Rock Springs,
to the opposite side of the road and
erect on the site of the old building
a new store house. The contract
was awarded by Mrs. Mary G.
Mullin.
Il. P. Brickley of Port Deposit
died ON Sunday night, Nov. s, OF
typhoid fever. The deceased was
AS years old and leaves a widow,
one daughter and one son. Mr..
Brickley was a merchant, one OF
his specialties in trade being smoked
herring, in which he was one of the
largest dealers in the state.
Cecil Lynch about 16 years OF
age living with Clinton Purnel
whilst taking gun out of a boat al
White Point on Thursday afternoon
last week struck the hammers
against the side of the boat and dis,
charged the gun, the load barely
missed his body and shot away d
portion of his arm above the wrist
The report is going the rounds OF
the local papers that there are six
applicants for the Rising Sun post
office. The report might as wei
call it 90 and the applicants had
better take IA steady jog towards
the goal as they might have a Ions
race to run. The present incum-
bent's commission does not expire
until Dec. 1899, three years more
The entertainment given by the
Lafayette Glee Club in the chapel
at West Nottingham, for the bene
fit of the piano, was very we'll at
tended considering the stormy
evening. The selections rendered
by the club were excellent ant
thoroughly enjoyed by all present
After the entertainment was owe
Mr.. and Mrs. j. G. Conner enter
tanned the club and few friends
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