The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-02-14
COUNTY NEWS.
Friday, Feb. IL 1896.
MINORLOCALS
st. Valentines Day.

his stall last week. They were
from North Carolina.
Harmony Castle, K. G. E., at
tended church in a body last Sun
day morning and listed to an excel
lent sermon by Rev. w. G. Rooms.
The Reynolds Bros, of North
East, caught pair of fine white
shad in their hauling sein last
Friday night. They were both roe
fish and weighed about 10 pounds.
Saturday evening, February Goth,
is the date selected for the presen-
tation of the drama "The Miller's
Daughter which is being re-
hearsed by the Rising Sun Cornet
Band.
There are six applicants for
Havre de Grace post Office. Post
offices ought to be put up like the
star mail routes, at public auction
and given to the lowest responsible
bidder.
Theodore J. Vanneman of Port
Deposit is an applicant for Insur-
ance Commissioner. He would
make good officer. Mr.. Vanne-
man is one of the old Vets of Shows
Battery.
Three of the keepers Of the in
sane asylum at Farnhurst, New
Castle county, have been indicted
by the grand jury of that county
for the murder of Leon Pisa, a
patient in the asylum.
Cards are out announcing the
marriage of Miss Ida Elizabeth
Maxwell to Howard Leroy Brum-
field, on Thursday evening, Febru-
AIRY Goth, at the home of Miss
Louella Maxwell at Principle.
A Choral Society has been in
augurated with meeting place the
assembly hall of the Tome Institute,
rendered by Mr.. Tome. The society
have adopted bylaws for the gov
eminent of the musical association.
Miss Helen M. Pratt, of New
York, gave d lecture Friday even
ING in the Tome Institute. The
subject of her discourse was ga
man with country" She chose
a good subject. We haven't been
able to learn how it was handled.
Governor Lowndes has nominated
supervisors for this county. The
gentlemen named are John G. Nc
Nance, William G. Fulton and
William w. McGuigan, the latter
a democrat. Mr.. Fulton and Mr..
Michigan are residence of the Sth
district.
The Port Deposit quarries are
working but small force and the
Bibb stove foundry is running half
time, and the good times do not
come, but the Rothschild news
papers continue to say they are
just going to appear. The last
batch of bonds is to bring them
sure. Wait and see.
An accident occurred one day
last week at the new railroad cut a
mile east of ElktOn by trestle
giving way which overturned
several dirt cars into Cow run, to-
gether with the men who were on
the cars. The laborers who were
unloading the cars were Italians,
some of whom were severely in
jured.
The Rising Sun public school will
hold Washington's Birthday en-
tertainment in the Town Hall on
Saturday evening, 22nd inst. The
program will consist of impersona-
tions, recitations, &c. Admission,
15c. Turn out and see the little
folks display their honors to the
Father of his country.
The proceeds for the purchase OF
a dictionary.
Last week a Miss Tyson, who
lived in the upper part of Cecil
county, died at Puseyville, Pa,
whittier she had recently gone. She
was an eccentric lady about sc
years old, and after her death a
small satchel which she generally
carried was found to contain $l65C
in promissory notes and cash
Notes on the National Bank ol
Rising Sun amounting to $500 were
found in the satchel. Her remains
were buried at Calvert.
The Susquehanna Electric Power
Company has applied to the leglsla
ture to have further privileges
glan.ed, such as watering the stock
mortgaging the property sufficiently
to have it sold under foreclosure tt
freeze out the little stockholders
without destroying the franchise
secured by the original charter
forming trust with other electri'
companies, etc. The work of con
structiop will commence in thu
spring.
The destructive fires that hay'
occurred on the Eastern Shore hay