The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-02-28
COUNTY NEWS.
Friday, Feb. %, 1896.
MINOR LOCALS

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The frame dwelling of John Pitts
who resides near Lewisville, Pa.
burned to the ground on Friday
The contents were a total loss.
The Spring Fair of Oxford
Agricultural Society will be held
June 3, 4, and 5, and the fall fail
September %, %, "a and %.
There are numerous applicants
for the clerks Office made vacant
by the death of Jas. t. Graham.
The vacancy will be filled by ap-
pointment by the Judges of the
circuit court.
The members of Loyal Temper
ance Legion are requested to meet
at the home of Mrs. n. G. Brown
on Saturday afternoon, at 3 O'Clock,
to arrange for a parlor meeting to
be held the following week.
Robt. N. Smith aged % years
son of James Smith of Charlestown
this county met his death it is sup
posed by the cars at Newport, Del,
early Friday morning last as his
body was found ON the track badly
mutilated.
Miss Annie Sidwell teacher OF
Calvert public school gave an enter
tainment last Friday in honor OF
Washington's birthday. Recita-
lions, songs and essays appropriate
to the occasion made up an interest
ing program.
The secretary of the Calvert w.
G. r. U. has received the silver
medal to be awarded this evening
at Calvert. Besides the program
already announced, Ellwood Nichols
is to give an Grafton and Mrs. A.
G. Shippers a humorous reading.
States Attorney Evans has been
receiving numerous anonymous
letters informing him of breaches
of law. The writer's of anonymous
letters on such subjects are generally
towards or mischief makers. The
States Attorney pays no attention
to such letters.
Miss Gertrude S. Dare enter
tanned a number of friends with
progressive euchre on last Friday
evening. in honor of her friend,
Miss Linda Warren Brown. Seven
tables were played and the contests
for first and second honors were
close and interesting.
The Fourth Quarterly Conference
for Cecil Circuit Methodist Protest
ant church, will be held at Bay
View, in the house of worship, on
Saturday Doth inst. beginning at 10
O'Clock a. m. This is a very i'm
portant conference as there is much
business to transact, hence a full
attendance of all the official members
is desired.
The printing office of J. W.
Stowell at fredericksburg, Caroline
county, Md, was burned on Tues
day morning of last week with all
it's contents. No insurance. The
office was one of the best equipped
on the Eastern Shore.
The Peninsula Farmer, The
Talbot Populist and Peoples Paper
were printed at the Office. The
proprietor was a young man and
had all his earnings in his office.
Through the efforts of Mr.. Jacot
Tome a new train between Port De-
post and Perryville for the con
venience of the Tome Institute
scholars has been put on. The
Baltimore Central train arriving al
Perryville at 1855 p. m. goes back
to Port Deposit leaving Perryville
at LOS p. m. and returning leaves
Port Deposit at 3.25 reaching
Perryville 3.3S. The train hereto
fore leaving Port Deposit at 5.15 p
m. has been taken off.
The Rising Sun Cornet Band de
sires to thank Mr.. e. III. Dough
erty, of Chester, Pa, for music
"God Protect Our Land" in mil
itary band form.
The piece is also published il
vocal form, with piano accompani
ment by Edward Dyer. The words
breathe the purest patriotism an(
the music is we'll adapted to thu
solemnity of the poem. The bant
is much pleased with the piece a
it is bright and full of melody.
Howard Jones, an employee a
the Susquehanna Paper Mills a
Conowingo, fell and severely Injuries
himself on Wednesday of last week
He was descending a ladder afte
an inspection of the sulphite bin
and missed his footing, fallin
through a hole in the floor, to tn
cellar, 30 feet below, and strikin
on his head. He regained con
seriousness for a few minutes afte
being carried to the engine room
but soon lapsed into semi-cor
scious condition in which state b
still remains.
Stephen Robert Hindman, fol
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