The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-08-28

The Iron Hill racing closed last
Saturday and there will be a vaca-
ton till Elkton fair opens it again.
John Fl. Terrell of Elkton has
been appointed by the County
Commissioners clerk to the Board
of Assessors.
III. r. Torbert of the Wing is
away on his summer vacation in
Europe. Possibly to learn whether
our money is good in Yurrup.
There was partial eclipse of the
moon Saturday night and Sunday
morning, but people generally
didn't sit up to see Luna partially
veil her fair face.
Clarence Perkins, youngest son
of the late John Perkins, and Miss
Daisy Tuft, daughter of Mrs. Ann
r. Tuft, both of Elkton, were
married two weeks since in Camden,
n. j.
Michael Butler, horseman of
Elkton, was mistaken for horse
thief in Wilmington one day last
week and was arrested, but was
afterward released upon proving
that the horse in his possession was
his property. Butler had bought
the horse from Edward Taylor.
The local sportsmen have Or
ganized an association in Elkton
looking toward the enforcement of
the game law protecting rail and
reed birds, and have employed a
Waterman on the marshes to have
any violator of the law brought to
justice.
A Baltimore man has brought
suit for $4,000 damages in the
Circuit Court for Kent county
against William A. Potts, the pro-
prietor of "Pikes Peak" and other
amusements at Colchester. The
man who brings the suit claims
that he was injured while riding on
the switchback.
The weather this summer, like a
Chinaman's tricks, is "peculiar. !"
A formidable array of clouds APP
pear as though preparations for a
great rain were making, little
shower falls, the sun comes out and
all is serene again. This has oc-
Cured, not once or twice, but sew
eral times, and the earth remains
parched and dry.
The corn and tomato cannery of
the Fairfield Packing Company,
Will F. McSparran, manager, Dru-
more township, Lancaster Co., Pa,
was destroyed by fire last Friday
night. The cannery was equipped
with the best improved machinery
and contained considerable guam
tity of canned goods, all Of which
was lost.
Joseph Dugan, of the pulp mills,
Elkton, met with serious accident
while grinding a cold chisel in the
blacksmith shop of the mill. The
steam emery wheel burst, one piece
striking Dugan on the left limb,
cutting it to the bone and bruising
his leg badly. The chisel was
thrown to the ceiling with such
force as to make an indenture half
an inch deep.
The magistrates of Elkton have
been kept busy issuing attachments
on race horses. On one day one OF
the officials issued ID attachments.
Elkton's high moral show is i'm
pressing itself on the community.
One of the jockies was fined $50
for brutally assaulting one of the
citizens. Preparations are going
forward for two more tracks, which
will make five including the Agri-
cultural Fair grounds.
The Elkton papers report, as the
time for the Elkton Fair on Sep
TENDER s, 8, 10 and IL approaches
every indication more strongly
points to large and successful ex-
hibition. All the privileges on
the grounds have been sold at high
figures and the many inquiries
from intending exhibitors gives
promise that all departments will
be well filled. The improvements
on the grounds are nearing com
pletion.
Hon. M. J. Tanning, a temper
ance orator from New York, ad
dressed an audience on the Cour
House yard Elkton, ON Friday
evening last. His remarks were
devoted to argument in favor of thu
Prohibition party. The speaker
was visibly annoyed because hi
hearers did not give him greater
attention. So says the voraciou'
reporter.
Mr.. Tanning was not aware tina
the people generally regard tn
prohibition party as an old goldbus
chestnut. 1t got such rank odo
of Wall Street in its garments tina