The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-03-20
COUNTY NEWS
Friday, March 20, 1896.
MINORLOCALS

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The Rising Sun W. c. T. U. will
meet in the lecture room of the
church on Thursday, March 26th,
at $50 o'clock.
Diphtheria has broken out in
Zion, in the ninth district. The
disease at Woodlawn, which re
suited in five deaths, is fast disap-
pearing.
The public school tax for the first
quarter of the present year has
been distributed. Cecil's portion
is 50, 461 90 for white schools, $457.
&c for colored schools.
March got in more of it's variety
weather by snow and rain storm
lasting several days and extending
over number of states. The storm
is of much interest to farmers, the
snow being great benefit to the
wheat.
Walter T. johnson, of Theodore,
has delivered to the Rising Sun
public school the Standard diction-
airy recently purchased by the
school. The dictionary is in two
volumes, bound in full Russia, and
sells for $22.
John M. Terrell auctioneer for
w. T. Warburton, trustee, sold on
Saturday at the Court House door
in Elkton, the farm of the late
Samuel III. Miller, near Elkton con-
tanning 100 acres of land, to Wesley
Reynolds for $2475.
Mondays sleet covered the trees
with icy crystals which sparkled
brighter than diamonds in the sun
on Tuesday morning and the merry
sleighs had carnival on Tuesday
morning, the first and probably the
last the present winter will afford.
Photograph entertainment I'M
der the auspices of Crystal Lodge.
The photograph will be in the
Rising Sun Hall ON Tuesday eve
ming, March 31st, under the man.
agement of Prof. Barnshill. This
is among the finest of entertain
ments.
Ex-Clerk of the County Com
missioners Charles III. Smith has
entered suit in the Circuit Court
for Cecil county by his counsel, A.
J.. Crothers, against Thomas H.
Settle, a merchant at Providence,
this county, for SANDER and claims
$4,000 damages.
A negro hired a team from Mr..
S. Smith who keeps a livery at
Cherry Hill. He drove to Port
Deposit, ordered the team put up
at a livery stable and kept till
called for. Mr.. Smith recovered
his team the following day and had
a warrant issued for w. Jones the
colored man who hired the team.
A Frederick county groom, who
had purchased pair of toothpick
shoes as part of his bridal trousseau,
tainted during the marriage cere-
mony, the circulation of his blood
being impeded by his footwear.
After his bride had removed one OF
his shoes and the minister the other,
he recovered sufficiently to allow
the ceremony to proceed, and then
went home wearing capaciOus
pair OF the minister's boots, a sadde1
but a wiser man.
A spelling bee was held at Union
school near Appleton on Friday
evening, March 9th. First prize,
a pearl handled gold pen, to Miss
Evelyn Kimble of Union; second
prize, "Tennyson's Poems," to Miss
Annie Peterson. of Union; third
prize, "Whittier's Poems," to Miss
Helen Biles of Fair Hill; fourth
prize, "The Beautiful, the Wonder
full, and the WISE" to Miss Halle
Seminar of Fair Hill, and the fifth
prize, "Childs' History of England, y
to Mr.. Harvey Scott of Andora.
Squire Isaac r. Taylor will again
step into his old Office of Justice OF
the Peace which he for many years
ably filled, on the first of May, his
appointment having been confirmed
by the senate. John Hartenstine
and Noryel Brown, Notaries Public
have also been confirmed. All the
appointments for Cecil county were
confirmed but two, Samuel G. Bye
School Commissioner and William
r. Nesbitt, Notary Public of Port
Deposit, These two were "held
up" for further consideration. Oul
'little bird' reported the oQntrma
tions in advance of the action o.
the senate.
The annual town election o.
North East was held on Monday
last. The election was quite lively
and 200 votes cast. The result o
the election was victory for the