The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-08-21
COUNTY NEWS.
Friday, Aug. Fl. 1896.
MINORLOCALS


A colored peoples camp will b.
held in Wayne Reynolds woods Oh
Sunday, Aug. 3Oth.
Woodlawn Camp closed thi
morning with the customary cere
mony on such occasions.
Andrew Woedall has bought thu
David Stewart farm in Kent county
containg 219 acres for $4,000.
The famous trotting stallion
"Gilt Edge" owned by Henry Hess
Fair Hill is dead. He was twenty
years old.
Samuel T. Freeman of Woodlawn
and B. F. Cohee of Fredericktown
have been appointed deputy game
wardens for Cecil county by GOV
Lowndes.
The Keystone Racing Associa
ton has purchased twenty five
acres of the Rose farm adjoining
their track at Iron Hill. The price
paid was $4,000.
Three running horses were sold
to the highest bidder in the Howard
House yard, Ellton, last week
Rambler sold for 1913, Starlight Sic
and Absconder $27.
The assessors in Cecil county will
not complete their work of assess
ing the property within the specified
time. At present but two districts
out of the nine have been finished.
L. M. Haines, John S. Writ and
G. G. Crothers have been chosen
delegates to represent Cecil at the
convention called for August % fol
the purpose of forming a Maryland
Bar Association.
States Attorney VIM. S. Evans is
conducting the investigation of the
Mrs. Richards murder case, grow
ing out of the confession" of Frank
Jordan, but refuses to give out any
thing for publication.
A partial eclipse of the moon,
visible in this part of the country,
will occur on Saturday, August %.
The middle of the eclipse will be
near midnight. About three
fourths of the moon will be obscured.
J. Isaac Burns and Miss Ada X.
Pearson, both of Havre de Grace,
were married at st. Johns EpiscO-
pal church on Tuesday last. Mr..
Burns was formerly resident OF
Rising Sun and is now a member
of the carriage building firm of w.
L. Burns & Bros.
William Hogan, aged fifty years,
Justice of the peace at Fair Hill,
died on Saturday after q lingering
illness of consumption. He was
but recently appointed to the
position by Governor Lowndes.
He was postmaster at Fair Hill
under President Harrison's admin
istration.
More rock fish have been ship
ped from Havre de Grace this sea-
son than for many years past. For
many weeks the shipments from
that point have averaged about 100
barrels per week, which is about
ten tons. The fish sell for from Z
to II cents pound. Last season
the price was Is to % cents pound.
A raid was made by the Della
ware authorities last week on the
"club," which has been in opera
ton at Iron Hill race track just
over the State line in Delaware.
Five of those who were found ap-
parently engaged in dispensing
beverages contrary to Delaware
law were arrested and taken tc
Wilmington.
On Thursday, August 18th jacob
Tome passed his eighty sixth mile
stone. Mr.. Tome is hale and active
attending to his extensive business
which is mostly in the banking line
He visits the banks he is interested
in every week and keeps a supervis
ing eye over the details. Moving
around and doing something, rests
him he says. Nothing so tiresomt
with him as idleness.
About three o'clock on Thurs
day morning of last week Mr.. B
M. Wells, who resides close to the
depot at Elkton heard a horse OF
the platform. Going down h'
found that it had fallen on thu
track. He ran down to the tower
and had the operator block thu
south bound track and obtaining
the assistance of several men man
aged to get the animal off the tract
and prevent perhaps a train wreck
Our town commissioners ar,
having section of side walk O
blue flags laid down, commencing
at DR.. Kinks drug store and run
ming toward the railroad station OF
Queen street. The town has in
vested in a car load of the ston
which will lay the walk more thai
one third of the way to the station
The fiaging makes very durabl
and nice side walk. and in th