The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-06-05
NEWS.
Friday, June 5, 1896.
MINORLOCALS

A festival was held at Harmony
Chapel, Rowlandville, Friday and
Saturday evenings of last week.
Children's Day services will be
observed in the Presbyterian church
at Zion next Sunday morning at
1870.
The strawberry crop is being
shortened by the dry weather.
Gardens are suffering from the
same cause.
The June term of the Circuit
Court will convene on Monday,
June Is. The term generally lasts
but one day.
The Rising Sun w. G. 7. U. will
observe Flower Mission Day on
Thursday, June 18th, at 2:3O o'clk.
All members and friends please
bring flowers.
Special services will be held in
Mt. Pleasant M. E. church next
Sunday morning and evening, under
the direction of Rev. William
Rudolph of Baltimore.
Charles Kirscht, Rising SUMS
knight of the last, has a regular
customer in Butte City, Mont,
whom he keeps supplied with
made to order footwear. 49,.
Alfred Fox was thrown from a
road scraper near Zion and sustained
a severe wound below the knee
which has laid him up, being unable
to walk for the time being.
The Orphans Court has ap-
pointed w. T. Warburton and G.
G. Crothers administrators of the
estate of Jas. A. Davis, in place of
Anthony S. Davis, resigned.
Next Sunday will be Children's
Day at Rising Sun M. Il. church.
A special program has been pre-
pared for the morning and evening
services. There will be no after
noon service.
The recital by the pupils of Miss
Mary f. Gillespie, at Mr.. Thos.
Riale's this evening, promises to be
a very interesting musical enter
tainment. The public is cordially
invited. Admission, 15c.
The Friends Normal Institute
closes to-day. Professor Bowers
the present principal of the school
has applied for the professorship of
languages at Tome Institute for the
coming year and will likely receive
the appointment.
Printipio Furnace Silver Cornet
Band will hold strawberry and
ice cream festival in the grove near
the band room on Friday and
Saturday evenings, June 10Th and
18th. Several visiting bands will
be present and furnish music for
the occasion.
We extend our thanks to Jacob
Swayne for a box of very fine
strawberries of the Parker Earl
variety. Mr.. Swayne reports the
awberry crop very poor one
this year on account of the dry
weather, but the samplehe left.with
us shows that it far from being a
total failure.
The commencement exercises of
West Nottingham Academy will be
held Thursday, June 18th, at 2 p.
m. The alumni Grafton will be
delivered by w. T. Warburton,
Esq, of Elkton. j. A. Nesbitt, '97,
is Presentation Orator; W. A.
Shaw, 1917, Historian; Miss Mary
Gillespie, '97, Prophet, and Miss
Cora May Wiley, '96, Mantle
Orator.
A hostler employed by Isaac
Carson at the Fair grounds, Elkton,
died suddenly at 11.30 on Saturday
night. His associates knew him
simply as "Billie" and are unable
to give any particulars in regard to
his past life. He was taken sick
on Friday and died in Il box stall
without a physicians attendance.
He was doubtless one of the great
unknown, homeless wanderers who
travel to and fro, up and down the
earth, such as our civilization is
producing in multitudes.
The Oxford fair opened on We'd
nesday with the money debate.
The gold side did not show up well.
Neither of the champions who were
to have conducted the debate, Rep.
Horr of Michigan, and Mortimer
Whitehead appeared and the affair
fell upon domestic talent. The
gold champions made a poor show
ing of their side, as is invariably
the case, as they have no case when
stripped of its sophistry and false
premises. In common parlance
the silverites'mopped the floor with
there opponents.
Four thousand people attended
the races at the Barksdale track on
Saturday. Forty cars were required