The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-05-15
COUNTY NEWS.
Friday, May Id, 1886.
MINOR LOCALS

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Garfield Post, G. A. r., will
attend Rising Sun M. e. church in
a body on Sunday morning, May
Oath.
Mumps invaded the Seminary at
Zion, seized the teacher and several
pupils, causing the school to close
for short time.
The price Taid at Hambleton's
creamery for April milk was at the
rate of II cents a pound for the
butter it contained.
The fishing season for 1896 has
ended unproitably to the hauling
seins. OILERS are still at work,
catching some shad.
Mrs. Alice Passmore of Montana
is visiting friends and relatives East.
She IS the daughter. of Ellen S.
Martindale of Calvert.
A strawberry and ice cream fes-
tival will be held at Woodlawn on
Thursday, May Dist, afternoon and
evening. Proceeds for Hopewell
parsonage.
The Happy Harvesters Mission
band met in the academy building
at Zion last Friday evening and
packed a box for Miss Ferris mis-
sion school.
The storm on Tuesday was quite
severe in the Perryville neighbor-
hood, accompanied by fall of hail,
which did considerable damage to
garden plants in its track.
A serious accident occurred at
Rosebank school on the 9TH inst. 4
A little daughter of William Fell,
while playing fell and broke the
larger bone of the leg near the
ankle.
A concert by quartet from the
Lafayette College Glee and Mando
lin Club will be held in the chapel,
West Nottingham, on Wednesday
evening, May goth. Admission,
35c; children, 25c.
One of the roads in this vicinity
has been sold for $50 which was
formerly kept in order for $50. If
this is an average specimen of the
regime the tax payers will inquire
where the economy comes in.
Miss Annie Stewart of Chester
town, state lecturer for the w. @.
T. u, has addressed several meet
ings in Cecil county this week.
She gave a talk in Rising Sun
church last Tuesday evening and at
the conclusion organized a Y.
District Lodge I. o. G. T. will
meet in Colora Hall Saturday, 10th,
at / o'clock. A business session
will be held in the afternoon and
supper will be served at 5 O'Clock.
There will be grand temperance
rally at night, consisting of music,
recitations, speaking, etc.
One of Solomon's fools whose eyes
are at the end of the world, passed
through Elkton the other day &C
companied by three dogs. He is
ona walk round the world. Eighteen
months is the allotted time for the
journey, and no money to start
with is a part of the contract with
a sporting paper.
Edward Pugh, of North East,
was taken to Elkton Jail by con-
stable George Murray on Monday
night to await the action of the
September term of Court. Pugh,
who was intoxicated attempted to
assault Mrs. George Lawton at the
Kaolin Works in North East. She
had the fellow arrested and Magist
rate Biddle committed him to jail
in default of $500 bail.
C Miss Martha Biddle has resigned
as teacher in the public schools of
this county. Miss Biddle has been
in the harness for many years and
was always considered enc of the
best teachers in the county. Her
resignation addressed to the Board
of School Commissioners contains
the following pathetic sentence.
at is great trial for me to write
these words, which indicate crisis
in my professional experience, but
it is in the course of human events,
and / must propose to relinquish
the charge"
A gentleman stated in Chester
town ON Saturday, that he had
been informed by party who was
in position to allow him to speak
authoritatively, that arrangements
have been perfected by Albert
Constable, Esq, of Elkton, and a
lady in Port Deposit, for the in
stitution of suits to test the legality
of the title to much of the most
valuable property in Kennedyville.
1t is claimed that title to the land
will not bear IA vigorous legal test
and it is proposed to bring the
matter before the courts for adjust
ment.-Chestertown Transcript.
This is another instance going to
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