The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-04-17

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Cummings.
Chas. S. Pyle moved to the JEFF
ferson Haines house on East Main
street this week.
Miss Fannie Hopkins of Hartford
county is visiting Mr.. G. G.
Hopkins and family.
The report of the Maryland
Weather Service issued last week
says the peach crop is safe.
Rev. L. E. Barrett, p. E., will
preach in the M. E. Church in this
town next Sunday morning at 1880.
Thomas Leiper, brother of the
late Geo. Leiper died early Monday
morning at the residence of his
niece, Mrs. Ross Perkins, in Elk
Neck, as a result of stroke OF
paralysis he suffered on Sunday.
Owing to some dissatisfaction
about the organization of Con-
clave at Colora the Heptasophs
failed to organize there last week
as reported. They also failed to
effect an organization at Rising
Sun.
The Republican primaries will be
held tomorrow afternoon. The
question to be put to voters by the
judges to test their right to vote is,
Are you for or against silver? and
why? If unable to answer they
have no right to vote.
At the Friends preparative meet
ing held 9TH day last week at Brick
Meeting House, Jacob and Sarah
Swayne, Reuben Kirk and Priscilla
Pickering were appointed repre-
sentatives to attend the ensuing
monthly meeting to be held at
West Nottingham.
George Cresswell, a native of
Cowantown, this county, but more
recently of Wilmington, was killed
about 7 o'clock Friday morning
while coupling cars at Pigeon Point.
He missed his footing and fell be
tween the bumpers of the cars and
was squeezed to death.
1t was reported that the pension
of S. B. Gray of North East had
been increased. Gray has been
heard from and says it has been
decreased. He was receiving $S a
month and the pension has been
decreased to Sc.
In writing to the Appeal Gray
says, "now, listen, on nearly the
same day that they cut my pension
at Washington, the Maryland Legis-
lature at Annapolis voted several
thousand dollars directly out of the
taxpayers pockets to support ex-
Rebels in the State of Maryland.
How is this, thirty years after the
glorious surrender at Appomattox?
Not much honor coming through
the Union camps. 8. B. GRAY.
"North East, Md, April 49,"
Rosebank Sunday school has
elected the following named officers
for the ensuing year: Superinten
dent, David X. Fitzgerald; assist
ant, Webster Brown; secretary,
Annie j. Brown; treasurer, Mrs.
Jennie Reisler; librarian, James s.
Huss; assistant, Thomas w. Nc
Mullen; chorister, B. r. Watson;
organist, Annie L. Brown. Officers
of the Missionary work: President,
Mrs. Jennie Reisler; secretary, Mary
A. Brown; treasurer, Ella Brown.
Cecil county was represented at
the Bankers Association meeting
last week in Baltimore by Mr.. III.
Fl. Haines President of the National
Bank of Rising Sun, Mr.. G. B.
Finley Cashier of the National Bank
of Elkton, Mr.. r. G. Hopkins
Cashier of the Cecil National Bank
of Port Deposit, and Mr.. 1. D..
Davis and w. T. Warburton
Second National Bank of Elkton.
Jacob Tome of Port Deposit was
chosen one of the vice-presidents.
Not all of those men joined the
city goldbugs in their hurrah
against silver, although they may
have thought it as well to remain
silent at the Beshazzar feast.
Several hundred race horses are
in Elkton, and on Saturday after
noon the races began. Twenty cars
filed with the diamond stud gentry
came down on Saturday.
All the stables upon the fair
grounds are full and every available
stable in the town and vicinity &C.
cupied. Carpenters were busy all
week previous converting sheds,
wagon house, etc., into box stalls
for the runners, and the town is
crowded with the owners jockeys
and attendants.
Many of the fast fraternity will
attend church ON Sunday and pat
ronize the contribution box. $4,000
was planked down to the managers
of the Agricultural Society.
MI. SiRgerly is facetious. He
attended the Bankers Convention
recently held at Baltimore where
he made the following sDeech which