The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-02-07

three o'clock.
The timber in the raft which went
on the rocks at Bald Friar during
the high river has been towed to
shore.
The Commissioners of Chester
county, Pa, have offered reward
J of $500 for the arrest and conviction
of the murderer of Mrs. Porter.
The initiatory preparations have
been made for the local preachers
camp meeting near North East.
The camp will open July %. Rev.
w. T. Hammond was elected man
lager.
The steam tug Elizabeth McOwan
left Chesapeake City about mid
night on Sunday with two barges
in tow bound for Philadelphia.
When about three miles up the
canal the tug caught fire and was
quickly burned to the waters edge.
The tug was owned by Peter Hagan
& Co.. of Philadelphia, and was
valued at from $4,000 to $4,000.
The firm of B. P. Nichols & Bro.
which has been conductinga general
provision store here for number
of years, has been dissolved. Elwood
Nichols, the junior member of the
firm, will move to Perryville and
open a similar store there. The
business here will be continued by
B. P. Nichols.
This is given out as the latest
arrangements and is correct.
The silver men continue to worry
the Rothschild national bank end
of the senate. On Saturday they
passed the free silver bill in the
senate, and the silly old daily
papers tell their readers once a
week, the silver craze is almost
dead and that the passage of the
bill is a barren victory. 1t is keep
ing up the fight that is sure in the
end to win. That is not barren
but inspiring to the people.
At the annual meeting of the
stockholders of Rosebank cemetery
held in January last the following
board of directors was elected: s.
j. Brown, pres; G. M. Reisler,
sec., treas. and supt.; A. r. Brown,
Milton Hasson, DR.. j. B. Slicer,
John p. Wilson: Ross Biles and
Samuel Haddock. Turner Dawson
was appointed sexton for the en-
suing year. The treasurer's report
showed the available funds of the
association to be $624.S7, which is
exclusive of the Olmstead property
in Rising Sun.
States Attorney w. S. Evans re-
ceived letter Wednesday from
VIM. III. Deem, of Fowling Creek,
Md, saying that the description of
the unknown murdered man found
with a bullet hole in his head at
the mouth of the Bohemia river
Wednesday of last week, answered
that of a nephew who had left
school Jan. 25th to visit friend at
Moorestown who had graduated at
Swarthmore with John Milton
Willis. 1t will be remembered that
in book found on the murdered
man was written several names,
and prominent among them the
name of John M. Willis.
The all-day meeting which
signaled the reopening of Mt. Pleas
ant M. E. Church last Sunday, was
we'll attended. Rev. F. B. Short
preached two excellent sermons,
one in the morning, and the other
in the evening. The latter after
the young peoples meeting, which
was conducted by Harvey Davis.
Rev. Mr.. Rooms of Rising Sun
preached an appropriate sermon at
the afternoon service. A collection
was taken up morning, noon and
night, and the sum total amounted
to $54 cash, with fifty more prom
ised by subscription, to be paid be
fore the first of March. The edifice
now presents q very neat and at
tractive appearance. The floor is
entirely new, new benches, new
lamps, new clock, walls newly
wainscoted, including an arch be-
hind the pulpit, and the remainder
neatly painted in drah.
The trustees of the poor and in
sane asylum held their January
monthly meeting on the 25th ult.
at which meeting DR.. Crawford's
term of Office expired and his success
sor John w. Harriott, took the oath
of office and entered on his duties.
The balance in the treasury was
$4927 "a to meet the current eX-
penses of the aims house and insane
asylum for the fiscal year ending
June 30th, 1896, from which there
were warrants drawn against the
same amounting to $449.76.
The oyerseer was ordered to
receive Robert Creamer, James S.
Mitchell, VIM. Manlove and Annie
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