The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-01-31
NEWS.
Friday, Jan. 81, 1896.
MINOR LOCALS

relatives at f1dVTe Q6 OTdCe.
A party of Gypsies passed through
Calvert on Monday, facing northward.
Miss Mollie R. Wilson was the guest of
Misses H. Jennie and A. Mabel Reynolds
this week.
Thomas P. Smith has been appointed
postmaster at Singerly, vice E. G. Ben
jamin, resigned.
The ice has all gone out of the river
below the P. w. & B. bridge since the
soft weather set in.
Rev. w. ]. Fitz Simmon of Zion started
Tuesday for a two months trip to
Bermuda Isles for his health.
James w. Yerkes was the lucky one in
the gold watch drawing recently held at
Lombard. His number was 50.
The Perryville Record reports Judge
Stump confined to his bed with bad
cold and threatened with pneumonia.
The Thompson farm containing Sc
acres, near Woodlawn, was sold at public
sale last Saturday to VIM. Whalen for
$3.50.
The Rising Sun Dramatic Club will re-
produce "Imogene' and Timothy De-
lano's Courtship' at North East, Saturday
evening, Feb. s.
The Young Ladies Home Mission will
be entertained on Friday evening, Feb.
9TH, by Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. F. Brown, at
their home on Cherry St.
Daniel w. McCauley, former Cecil
countian, died at his home in New York
city Monday night of complication of
diseases, in the 65th year of his age.
Hon. Geo. M. Russum received his
commission on Saturday morning as chief
judge of the judicial circuit. The oath of
office was adminitered to him by the clerk
of the Court Fields.
Roman McDougal moved last week
from Clayton Balderston's place to VIM.
Gillespie's farm near Rowlandville. He
will conduct the farm for Mr.. Gillespie
during the coming season.
7. Watson Reeder has bought from
Mrs. M. w. England of Wilmington the
Ruth Anna England farm of 20 acres,
near Sylmar, for $3.50. The improve
ments consist of good brick house and
frame barn.
Robert Caldwell is visiting friends in
this neighborhood. Mr.. Caldwell is a
son of John w. Caldwell who formerly
lived at Pennington, but for many years
has been a resident of King and Queen
county, Va.
John E Lewis, who for TWENTY-FIVE ,
years has been proprietor of the Deer Park
Hotel, at Newark, Del, has sold that
property to Milton Steele, a we'll known
hotel man of New Holland, Pa. The
price paid was $22,5oo
Constable George T. Murray arrested a
colored boy named Green of Hartford
county, on Monday morning near Bay
View this county, charged with having
placed cross tie on the B. & o. R. R.
near Van Bibber station Hartford county,
on Thursday of last week.
The area drained by breaking of West
Amwell dam is about so acres, adding
that much cultivatlve land to the owners
holdings. Mr.. Dawson the present owner
of the property intended blowing the dam
up with dynamite, but the water has
saved him the trouble and expense.
Sheriff Harvey Mackey took to the
Maryland Penitentiary OH Friday, Geo.
Woods and Charles Wilson, the two
colored men convicted at the December
term of court of breaking in P. w. & B.
freight cars at Perryville. They were
each sentenced to serve a term of two
years.
Haines and Kirk are taking account Of
stock this week and notwithstanding the
general depression of business in all lines
of trade, their sales for the past year have
been we'll up to if not something ahead Of
former years. The gratifying results are
attributable to high quality of goods and
LosV range of prices.
A small barn owned by f. A. Clendenin
& Bro, on the place occupied by Jacob
Rambo, on the road from Colora to
Ewing's Mill, caught fire on last Tuesday
afternoon and was consumed. The origin
of the fire is not known, but is supposed
to have been caused by children playing
with matches. The loss of the barn and
contents will amount to about $I5o.
The M. f. Church at Mt. Pleasant will
reopen on Sunday, February I'd. An all
day meeting will be held, at which the
pastor Rev. Ernest Greenfield, will be
assisted by Rev. Burgette Short of Will
mington, Del, who will preach at 1896
m. and 1880 p. NJ, and Rev. w. G.
Rooms of Rising Sun, at 2:3op. IN. Service
every night next week except Saturday
Preaching Sunday, Feb. 9th, morning
and euening, by Rev. George Alcorn o
Phila. Conference.
The heavy rain of Thursday raised {
freshet i'll the Big Elk, which on Friday
night caused the dam at West Amwel
rolling mill, two miles north east of Elk
tou, to give away. Ezekiel Dawson, who
now owns the property, on Saturday
loaded two wagons with German carr
which he sent to the Elkton market. H,