The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-06-26
The peach crop of Kent county, Md. is
estimated at million baskets.

took Elizabeth Davis little colored girl
of 2H years old to home for children in
Baltimore.
Wooda1l Holt, son of Andrew Holt,
residing in Elk Neck, met with painful
accident last week. He fell off a load Of
straw and broke his arm in two places.
The body of John Janney of Newark,
N. J., was taken to Bay View for burial
on Thursday 18th inst. Mr.. Janney was
former resident of this county. He died
of appoplexy aged Is years.
Eli S. Seminar, of this county, has
been awarded the contract for building
the new school house at Havre de Grace.
Mr.. Seminars bid was $1,000, i'll COM
petition with six other bidders.
The Epworth League of Mt. Pleasant
M. E. church will hold a festival at the
church near Colora OH Friday evening,
July sd. If stormy on this date, the
festival will be held on the following
evening.
There is talk of establishing wrench
factory at North East. Mr.. Stephenson
of that town has invented and patented a
wrench, which is claimed to possess
peculiar merits and an effort is making to
form stock company for the extensive
manufacture of the tool.
VIM. T. Warburton delivered the Grafton
at the West Nottingham Academy COM
mencement last week. The commence
ment was attended by a large assemblag &c
of patrons and friends of the school.
Colora Band supplied music for the occa-
sion. The exercises were held in the adj
joining grove.
Two racers were sold by the sheriff at
the Howard House yard Elkton, Monday
morning on an attachment issued by
Harry B. A1rich against their owner,
Albert Man. A five year old bay stallion,
"Sir Tom," went for twenty dollars, while
the bay ge1ding, ga Head" five years
old, brought fourteen dollars.
The assessors are at work distributing
blanks to persons possessed of taxable
property which taxpayers are required to
fill up under oath, giving all their property
real and personal, that is liable to taxa
ton, together with its value, and in order
to simplify and expedite the assessor s
work it is desired that all taxpayers fill
out the schedule and have it ready when
the assessor calls.
A number of persons who entertained
the followers of the races are having
trouble collecting the amounts owing.
Several have had their horses attached
while others succeeded in leaving the
town without paying. In one case, that
of Jacob Hammond VS.. Charles Kent and
Thomas Kent, an attempt was made to
disprove ownership, but magistrate
Warner did not agree, and the horses
were held for the bill.
The initial members of the colored
Baptist church at Port Deposit were I'M
mersed last Sunday afternoon in the river
at the lower end of town. Three men
and one woman were clipped" in pre-
sence of large crowd who assembled to
witness, to most of them, new religious
performance. After prayer, singing and
collection the preacher walked out into
the water accompanied by Rev. Benz.
Brown colored preacher who week
ago was ordained in Baltimore and each
member was plunged under the water for
a moment. The all important collection"
it will be observed was not neglected.
Notes from Hartford county by cotem-
porary says,
''The canning industry that has made
Hartford county famous in every State in
the union seems to be getting very draggy
indeed. There will probably be less fruit
packed this season than for ten years as
the outlook is anything but bright, due
no doubt to the fact the Western States
that have heretofore been buyers are now
packing their own goods besides compel
ing for eastern markets."
Well, no. We don't think that can be
the reason. Canning will hardly Fay for
the cans. The people who used to buy
canned goods and would buy them if able
at paying prices are out of money and out
of work. They are glad to get the dry
corn on the cob in place of processed
green corn.
A serious accident occurred at Port
Deposit Saturday night which resulted in
the killing of two horses and breaking
the left leg and collar bone of Lawrence
Paxson, and injuring Harry Alexander,
Hiram c. St. Clair and Amos Burlin so
badly they had to be taken to their homes.
The party of four riders had ridden to
Rock Run on horse back and Burlin and
and St. Clair decided to go home while
Paxson and Alexander wanted all to take
another race. After the latter two had
started for point above the quarries.
Burlin and St. Clair decided to go also
thinking they might over take their COM
rades, but instead met them coming back
and all with their heads down and not
looking ahead came together with such
force as to knock the horsemen and
saddle clear off the horses. Three horses
fell almost in pile but the riders were
thrown 20 to 80 feet in the air, Paxson
falling probably 40 feet from his horse.