The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-11-20
Miss Lille Waring of BALTIC. is
visiting Mrs. G. G.. Sill.

near Pennington.
Miss Mabel Reynolds was the
guest of Miss Katie Clifford OF
Principle this week.
The progressive euchre club met
with DIR. and Mrs. G.. G. Sill last
Wednesday evening.
DIR. Eber Heston of West Grove
spent several days this week with
relatives in Rising Sun.
Miss Mary l.. Brumfeld of
Turkey Point is visiting her cousin,
Miss Mary Brumield, near Rising
Sun.
The marriage is announced of
Miss Cornelia w. Abrahams to Mr..
John Evans Buckley, to take place
in Baltimore, on Wednesday, Nov.
25th. Miss Abrahams was formerly
of Port Deposit.
Mrs. NJ. r. Robinson, widow of
the late Rev. Jas. Robinson, a
former pastor of this town, spent
several days in Rising Sun last
week visiting friends. Mrs. Robin
son now resides at Perrymans, Har-
ford county.
The regular monthly meeting of
the Cecil Farmers Club, will be
held at Mr.. Alfred Kinks on Nov
25th.
A change in the BALTIC. Central
time table took effect last Monday.
The north bound train formerly
due here at 1908 now arrives at
at 9:54 a. m.
Matthew Drummond died at his
home in North East Sunday, aged
about sixty years. His funeral was
held Wednesday morning. Inter
ment at Cherry Hill.
The Free Silver Club of the
Fourth district will meet in the
future once a month at Fair Hill.
The first meeting will be held Satur
day evening, November Dist.
Mr.. VIM. M. Singerly has sold
his stock farm near Elkton to Mr..
VIM. M. Rodgers who is now in
the west with stable of thorough
breds. Terms of sale are not made
public.
John Keen left at the MIDLAND
office a large red beet as a sample
of a big crop raised by him this
year. 1t weighs Tbs. 2ozs. and
measures 10 inches in length and
II! inches around.
Miss Mary Armstrong of Port
Deposit was curling her hair and
accidentally upset the lamp which
so nonplussed the lady she dropped
the curling tongs down her back
and was severely burned.
Wilmer T. Marcus, son of James
Marcus, former resident of Elkton,
died on Wednesday night, Nov. II,
at the home of his parents in Will
mington. He was in the twenty
second year of his age. The re-
mains were brought to Elkton
Friday, and inferred in the Elkton
cemetery.
Thieves entered the back room
ofN. F. Kidd's gentlemen's furnish
ing store, Port Deposit, but could
not force open the door into the
store room. They took Mr.. Kidd's
Ratchet, and with it entered Krauss
& Bros barber shop, and stole
some razors and shears. From
there they entered a room over
Stephenson & Reynolds hardware
store, but the bolts prevented them
getting into the main room.
While VIM. Gibson was packing
hay at George w. Gifford's at Zion
he saw flash of fire ON the frame
of the hay press. Selling the burn
ing hay he threw it off the press,
escaping with slightly burned
hand. The supposition is that a
parlor match had been dropped by
some one in the loose hay. Mr..
Gifford's barn was burned in 1887.
The parlor match is doubtless
the origin of most of the barn fires
that so frequently occur.
From remarks of the Democrat,
it looks like the electric light COM
pany of Elkton is in fair way too
light out. Elkton is rather to
small town to support an electric
and gas light company. What
every town and city ought to do is
to have municipal light and water
plants of its own. When the
citizens can support two or three
as in the case of Elkton-incorpo-
rated companies to supply these
necessities they can supply them
solver and save the money which
goes to enrich the stockholders.
Frank Chaplain aged As COM
mitted suicide at Atlantic City last
week by cutting his throat with a
razor. The report went out that he
was from Elkton, but inquiry failed
to find that such person ever
lived in Elkton. The cause of his