The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-11-06
COUNTY NEWS.
Friday, Nov. 6. 1896.
MINORLOCALS

Inc Rising sun w. u. Il. U. Will
meet in the church on Thursday,
Nov. II, at 2.30 o'clock.
Charles Ferguson of Theodore,
has invented and patented a new
design for a spindle on wagons of
all kinds.
Jas. L. Gallagher, and family
residing near Rising Sun left this
week for Phila., where they will
hereafter make their home.
The Port Deposit water company
purpose using the water of small
streams and building large
reservoir on the high ground above
the town.
Mr.. Lincoln Kirk, the Impers-
onator, will entertain the people of
Zion in the Academy on the even
ing of Saturday, Nov. 7, for the
Y. p. S. G. Il.
In a suit for SANDER between
residents of Cokesbury, Squire
Brown of Port Deposit, sentenced
the offender to two months in the
House of Correction.
Hallow Fen passed very quietly
in Rising Sun. A few handsful of
corn thrown against the windows
by the smaller children was the
evidence of the event.
The Peninsula Methodist, pub
lished by j. Miller Thomas, Will
mington, has been sold to the syn
dictate of Methodist preachers who
own the Conference Herald.
Miss Anna Coudon of Akin will
hold Chrysanthemum Exhibition
November 10th to Dist, from 2:30
to p. m. Admission, Toe. The
plants on exhibition will be for sale.
Racing ON the third track at Iron
Hill began on Saturday and will
continue two weeks, when the
Singerly track will reopen again,
and the gambling will go merrily
on.
The boring of the artesian well
at Havre de Grace was stopped at
depth of one hundred and fifty
five feet by the breaking of the
iron pipe. Another well will be
sunk a short distance south of the
present one.
William T. Giles, well known to
every body in the county who visits
Elkton occasionally has sold out to
Andrew ID. Dean and Oliver c.
Giles. Billy will retire from
business and reside in Wilmington
in the future.
The Young Ladies Home Mission
will hold Leaf Social at the home
of the Misses Keilholtz this even
ing. The members are urgently
requested to attend promptly as
there will be several new features
on the program.
Florida on wheels is a car filled
with the rare flowers and plants of
that state which travels round the
country and exhibits. The floral
show, children of the sun from the
semi tropics of the U. S. will be in
Elkton tomorrow.
The Chrysanthemum Tea given
by the young ladies of the Sunday
school on last Friday evening was
a tlattering success and Melted over
$50. The room and tables presented
beautiful appearance, being deco
rated with a profusion of chrysan
themums arranged in lastly designs.
Thomas Trayner of Calvert, who
was reported as expecting to go
West. has been offered a position
by North Carolina capitalists to
manage a copper mine in that State.
The mine has not been worked
since the war. The owners hope
to develop gold and silver as well
as copper.
Last Sunday was Glad Tidings
Day at Rising Sun M. L. church
and large congregations were pre-
sent both morning and evening.
Rev. w. G. Rooms preached a
sermon appropriate to the occasion
in the morning and in the evening
q special program of song and
recitations was rendered.
A very sad accident occurred
here last Sunday. Little Warren
Chamberlain, aged about 6 years,
son of Thos. Chamberlain, EN-.
ployed by the p. w. & B. r. r.
Company, while playing in the
yard of James b. McClintock was
kicked on the head by colt and
so seriously injured that at this
writing (Monday) he is not ex.
pected to live.-Perryville Record.
Bass fishing is reported to be
extra good at Port Deposit, the
river being full of fish which bite
eagerly. Recently there was al
sudden rise iG he river, the water
rising so rapidly that a strong
current was formed which carried