The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-03-13
COUNTY NEWS
Friday, March l3. 1896.
MINORLOCALS

WOOu.
Mrs. VIM. Reynolds daughter OF
Jno. p. Wilson died at Oxford on
Monday, March 9.
Charles III. Robey of Conowingo
has bought of w. r. Love his house
and lot at Pilottown.
The jingle of sleigh bells was
heard in Rising Sun yesterday for
the first time this winter.
John w. Ford and Miss Mary X .
Johnson were married in Perryville,
Thursday, March 9Th, by Rev. R.
III. Hoover.
The road leading to the depot at
Conowingo was repaired recently
by j. G. Bell, who applied two car
loads of cinder to it.
The property of Robert Nc
Kinsley. near Back Creek Mills,
was sold at Sheriff's sale ON Tues
day Sd inst, to John Banks.
John OFT, of Providence, was
arrested on Saturday charged with
threatening to shoot Sewell Hill.
OFT gave bail for his appearance at
the March term of Court.
Mr.. w. M. Singerly has an agent
in Kent county purchasing all the
white poplar he can secure to grind
into paper at his pulp works in
Elkton. S. to 81 a cord is paid for
the wood, which is cut into five foot
lengths, split and barked.
On account of the severe weather
and the ice from the Susquehanna
river four of the Ericsson Line
steamers were stuck in the bay just
below Turkey Point. The iceboat
Gen. 1. j. Wistar, Of Chesapeake
City, was sent to their relief.
Capt. Benoni Cooling, ex-sheriff
of Cecil county, died at his residence
in Charlestown ON Monday, March
8, funeral Thursday; interment in
Charlestown cemetery.
Mr.. Cooling had been ill for a
year or so, due to infrmities of old
age, and his death was not I'M
expected.
A fire started in the woods near
Baldwin station on the B. & o. one
of those windy days last week and
burned over a large area of wood
land. The buildings of James E..
Jackson were in much danger and
with great difficulty the fire was
checked at that point and the build
ings saved.
= William B. Writ, brother of
John S. Writ of Elkton, died in his
room at Chicago from neuralgia of
the heart, Wednesday, March A..
But two weeks previous to his death
he had been in Elkton attending the
funeral of his mother. His remains
were brought to Elkton for inter-
ment on Monday.
& A number of farm laborers in
the lower part of Kent county have
formed a strike for SIS a month.
The farmers ought to join the strike
in order to get the money to pay
the laborers. They will find there
will not be much in striking for
higher wages from the farmers. In
many cases they are in worse fix
than their laborers.
The dwelling house ON the farm
tenanted by William III. Deshane,
near CeciltOn, was consumed by fire
Wednesday of last week. The fire
started in the roof near the chimney
from a defective flue. The furni-
ture and other contents were res
. cued. The loss is partially covered
by insurance a portion of which is
placed with the Cecil Mutual. The
property is owned by Mrs. Henry
Cochran, of Philadelphia.
Early on Friday morning last a
disastrous fire swept Snow Hill.
Two fire companies were sent down
by special train from Wilmington
A score of buildings were destroyed,
and about a hundred were slightly
damaged. The total loss is about
$4,000 and the insurance is about
one fourth. Many of the buildings
bore no insurance whatever, some
of the sufferers by the great fire OF
August Z, 1898, not having renewed
their policies.
Stephen Pluck lives in the third
district near Cherry Hill. He is
SIS years of age, and was once fore
man at the Almshouse. He was
seated on top of load of wood a
few days ago and accidentally fel
off, some of the wood rolling off and
falling on him. Nothing daunted
he mounted to his seat on top OF
the wood again and rode home
On examination it was discovered
that his shoulder was badly sprained
and he had also received severa.
painful bruises. Stephen is pretty
robust for an octoganerian.
Senator Crothers has introduced
a bill in the Senate to authorize the
School nnmiccionarc of Caoi