The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-07-31
NEWS.
Friday, July 81, 1896.
MINORLOCALS


City.
The Sunday school pic-niced at
Oxford Park on Wednesday and
had an elegant time.
The Ellton literati are prepar-
ing for another University Elk
tension Course of Lectures.
The Local Preachers Camp Meet
ing near North East is in full swing
this week with every spot of ground
appropriated to tents, occupied.
The Hergelroth Pavilion Theatre
Co., which showed two nights at
Rising Sun, pulled up stakes and
left for Port Deposit on Thursday.
The Rising Sun and Bay View
base ball clubs played at Bay View
yesterday. A game has been ar
ranged between the home team and
Perryville, at Perryville tomorrow.
Dunbar Morgan, an Elkton
blacksmith, while engaged in shoe
ing a horse was kicked on the
shoulder and narrowly escaped
being killed. The horse was a
vicious animal.
Cards announcing the marriage
of Miss Bessie HI. Kellogg to Prof.
Charles B. Howe, who were formerly
teachers in the Tome Institute,
onThursday, July 23d, were received
by her many friends Friday.
The young men of Rising Sun
gave very pleasant impromptu
dance in Cummings carriage ware
room on Wednesday evening, the
music being furnished by a harp
and violin. About twelve couples
were present.
The LIST Mckinley & Hobart
Club of Cecil county, Rising Sun,
Md, will hold its next regular meet
ing in DR.. Kinks Hall, Saturday
evening, August LIST, 1896. Re
publicans come out.
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Miss Martha Finley, the well
known authoress, who resides in
Elkton, realizing the importance of
good library in connection with
the High school, has very gener-
ously offered to donate "The In
ternational Cyclopedia" containing
Is volumes.
Low water in the Elk and North
East rivers is bringing crabs up
those streams, and grabbing is one
of the amusements of angle loving
citizens. The sport is not so artistic
or exciting as fly fishing unless the
crab happens to get hold of the
fisherman's finger.
James Smith, roll boy at the
Singerly paper mill, had his foot
seriously injured in the cog gearing
Friday. He was in the act of
putting a belt in place and making
a miss step the horrible accident
occurred. The gearing at that
spot is uncovered. The mangled
foot may necessitate amputation.
The protracted drouth has cut
pastures so short that farmers are
helping out the rations of the cows
with other food. The welcome
rain on Monday evening will
relieve the condition to some extent
In this section the storm was severe
and the discharges of very heavy
thunder. In fact it was an electric
storm of unusual severity.
The assessors have finished their
work in the First district and
started in the third this week.
They report the entire first dist
riot is for silver. 1t is silver, silver
everywhere. The gold ring has
raised fund of S25, 100000 to
fight the "craze." That nor any
sum the ring can raise will not buy
the American people this year.
At st. Theresa's Catholic Church
Wednesday morning Miss Annie
Marie Size, daughter of Mr.. John
Size, of Port Deposit, and Mr.. NJ l..
Jennings, of Baltimore, were mar
ried. Nuptial mass was celebrated
by Rev. p. p. Arnd, assisted by NJ q.
b. Size, brother of the bride, and
o. N. Jackson. f. Oorcoran was
master of ceremonies. The brides
maid was Miss Theresa Slice, sister
of the bride, and H. Burns was
groOmsman.
Bishop Alfred A. Curtis, of the
Catholic diocese of Wilmington,
will shortly retire from the Epis-
cOpacy and from active work in the
church. In January last he re-
quested the Pope to relieve him
from the charge of the Wilmington
diocese on account of i'll health; and
a few weeks ago the Pope gave his
consent to the Bishops request
The resignation will become effec-
tive upon the appointment and in
stallation of his successor.
rlarriage Licenses.
The following marriage licenses
were granted by Clerk of the Court
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