The midland journal., 1896-06-12

Mr.. Nathan Worrall and sister, Miss
Jennie, of Wayne, Pa, were the guests of
Misses Maggie and Nettie Reynolds this
week.
Lewis R. Kirk and family of Malvern,
Pa, accompanied by Phineas Lewis,
drove to Rising Sun last Sunday and
spent the day with DIR. Kirk and family.
Mrs. Henry McCay of Port Deposit, at
tended the commencement of the State
Normal School last week, her daughter
Miss Lulu McCay being one of the
graduates.
Miss Blanche Hindman is visit
ing relatives in GovanstOwn, BALTIC.
county.
Misses Violette T. and Halle II.
Haines and Albert L. Burlington
were members of the graduating
class at Swarthmore this week.
Barclay Reynolds, Jr., graduates
from Bucknell university at Lewis
burg, Pa, on Wednesday, June "a.
We extend our thanks for an invita-
tion to the commencement exercises.
Mrs. A.C. Jewell visited friends in
Rising Sun this week. She left
home in California in April and
has been tarrying with numerous
friends since. She left Rev. Mr..
Jewell enjoying good health and
the delightful climate of that
country, and active in church work
both temporal and spiritual.
Prof. L. IT. Ascherfeld of Havre
de Grace spent last Tuesday in
Rising Sun, having started the day
previous on a three-weeks' bicycle
trip through Penna. Mr.. Asher
field is the proprietor of music
store and is the author of a number
of compositions for the organ and
piano. He combines business with
pleasure on his trip and took orders
for several of his pieces.
Prof. R. W. Tinsley, vice-prin-
cipal of Friends Normal Institute,
left for his home in Charlottesville,
Va, yesterday. He will fill a po-
sition as instructor in natural
sciences at the University of New
Mexico at Albuquerque next fall.
The church and the social circles in
Rising Sun will lose a valued work
er and lively companion by the
Prof's. removal from our midst.
Prof. T. d. Bowers will also leave
for his home in Chertertown to-
morrow. Both of these gentlemen
have made a wide circle of friends
in the community and it is with re
gret we see them leave.
William Guy, the young colored
man who was shot while returning
from a picnic at Mt. Pleasant, Del,
died from the effect of his wounds.
Richards Staats, colored, is in New
Castle Jail, charged with the crime.
At their home, at Fair Hill, May
2S, Mr.. and Mrs. Jonathan Sent
man celebrated the fiftieth anniver
sary of their wedding. A large
company assembled to congratulate
and break bread with the ancient
couple.
Children's Day services were
held at Bay View last Sunday.
The church was decorated with
flowers. The most conspicuous
was harp and a pair of scales
covered with cut flowers. The
church was crowded morning and
evening.
A gentle rain came on Tuesday
morning which was much needed.
The drought of two weeks had
begun to tell seriously on the grass
crop and gardens. The rain will
fill out the maturing wheat and the
prospect for a fine crop is very
promising.
In the matter of improving the
streets of Elkton, Mr.. W. NJ.
Singerly has offered to place
Singerly avenue in thorough re-
pair at his own expense and con-
tribute $50 toward the placing in
the best condition, Main and Bridge
streets from the Pulp mill to the
P. w. & B. railroad.
The furniture is now being
placed in the new M. e. church at
Perryville. The auditorium is
seated with beautiful oak chairs
arranged in ampitheatre form and
it is safe to predict that when the
chairs are all placed there will be
no more handsomely seated church
in the county.-Record.
Sheriff Mackey arrested Pusey
Mcconnell, q resident of the
"Ridge" who is charged with
habitual chicken stealing, etc., and
took him to Elkton Jail to board
for the summer and await the
pleasure of the September Grand
Jury. The chicken crop will be
about ripe when he returns.
Harry Pritchard, who resides on
tho Rlua Rail road a short distance