The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-10-16
NEWS.
Friday, Oct. l6 1896.
MINORLOCALS

The profits of the Elkton Fair
are reported by the managers to
have amounted to nearly $1,000.
The Friends First day Calvert
school will close for the season next
Sunday. The bible class however
is expected to be continued.
The Rising Sun Cornet Band fur
nished music for Palmer and
Buckner meeting at Darlington,
Hartford Co., on Thursday evening.
The Calvert W. C. T. U. will
hold the first of the series of their
fall and winter meetings at Harry
Pyle's on Wednesday evening, Oct.
Dist.
The school commissioners met on
Thursday to formally accept the
new High School building which
will be opened for the pupils on
Monday.
Sand chrome appears to be again
in demand. Mr.. Samuel Tweed
near Sylmar is engaged in washing
and shipping sand chrome having
several men employed in the work.
The commissioners of Rising Sun
have passed an ordinance prohibit
ing the operation CT slaughter shops
within the limits of the town after
the twenty fifth day of March, 1897,
except by special permit from the
board of town commissioners.
The Womens' Physical Training
Glass of Port Deposit, under the
direction of Miss Nanette Jewett
and Mrs. Arthur Lamb, commenced
Monday afternoon at four O'Clock
in the Assembly Hall of the In
stitute with about a dozen members.
Hon. Thomas J. Parron, of Anne
Arundel county, and William j.
Smith of Elkton, will address a re-
publican meeting at Colora this
evening.
1t will be a good idea for the
Bryan men to attend who have
heard McSparran, just to witness
the mess these two ward rooters
will make of it.
The following members of Garfield
Corps were present by invitation at
the district convention of the De-
partment of Pennsylvania Woman's
Relief Corps, held Thursday, Sth
inst. in Oxford: Mrs. Wilson,
Mrs. Ryan, Mrs. Atkinson, Mrs. A.
G. Shippers, Miss Alice Hartenstine,
Miss Carrie Cummings, Misses
Hannah and Carrie Kirk.
A colored girl aged about Is
years, Mamie Scott, who lived with
her parents, near Middletown, Del.
having lost her beau through the
charms of another dusky damsel
concluded she had no further use
for life and mixing mess of drugs,
-turpentine, carbolic acid and
laudanum, bid her friends goodbye
and swallowed the compound,
which soon threw her into convul
sions. A doctor was hastily sum-
moned who soon brought the girl
round. The probability is she has
enough of suicide and will be look
ing out for another beau.
In tearing down the old building
in which Perkins harness shop
was located the bass drum belong
ing to the Washington Band of
Elkton was found in the loft. Both
ends had been knocked in by some
over enthusiastic musician back
among the thirties, at which time
the band fourished. Justus Dun
bar, father of William ID. Dunbar,
the blacksmith, and grand father
of John M. Dunbar, the leader of
the Elkton Cornet Band, used to
beat the drum. 1t was made by
e. Riley, maker of musical instru-
ments, Chatham street, New York.
NIL. Nduklu, Jul oluCot SlIlLSh, 10
the sole survivor Of the band,
which included among others the
late Francis A. Ellis and Hiram
Mccullough, Esqs.-Cecil News.
A final hearing by Governor
Lowndes in school commissioners
Whites case was had on Thursday,
Oct. Sth. The case was argued by
Henry NJ. Mccullough, council for
the petitioners and John S. Writ,
council for school commissioner
John r. White. The charges
against Mr.. White are inefficiency
and misconduct; that Mr.. White
had removed a competent teacher
without cause, that he had been
guilty of misconduct in office with
reference to the Zion school house
affair-and that he had participated
in bribing voters. Mr.. Writ
claimed that Commissioner White
by the testimony showed no official
dereliction, and that the charges
brought against Commissioner
White were purely of a political
character.
The Governor held the case under
advisement, and was expected to
decide soon.