The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-04-09
chas Burlington of George school spent

week.
Miss Sarah Scott, instructor at George
school. spent few days at her home near
Rising Sun this week.
Barclay Reynolds, Jr., instructor in the
Friends Central school, Philada, spent
Sunday with his parents near Rising Sun.
Frank Sheppard of Wilmington and
Miss Marion Sheppard of New York spent
several days this week with their parents
in Rising Sun.
David Let's of Zion won the gun clubs
medal at the shoot Tuesday
John Barker of Port Deposit has secured
the contract of erecting E. c. Gathers
new barn.
Mrs. Margaret J. cantwe1l of Elkton,
was granted an original widows pension
by the government last Friday.
A flag will be presented to the Cherry
Hill public school on Thursday next, by
the Cherry Hill Council, ]. o. U. A. NJ.
The Cronin farm near Leeds was sold at
public sale Tuesday to Thomas R. Smith,
for $I25o. The farm contains 50 acres.
Four RATS passed down the river last
week. The river is too low now to run
any more should they reach Peach Bottom.
The woods at Pilottown was accident
ally set on fire last Saturday and some
dwellings nearby were in great danger of
being burned.
Thomas Devine, living near Bay View,
died Friday, aged Sc years, after a long
illness. The funeral took place Tuesday.
Interment in Bay View cemetery.
Shad and herring are quite plentiful
and like everything else are selling at
reduced prices, measured by that of
former years at the opening of the fishing
season.
George Balderston planted row of
sugar naples for shade on South Queen
street this week which will be a great
improvement to the street when the trees
have attained sufficient size.
The report of the State Board of Educa-
July 81, 1896. there were 22o4 schools i'll
operation in the counties, with I2o, $50
pupils, requiring 2o4o teachers.
Manly Bremen has been appointed by
Governor Lowndes one of twenty dele
gates to represent Maryland in the South
ern Interstate Insurance Conference to lie
held atSouthern Pines, N. c, on April rs.
c. Candy Balderston of Colora has &C
cepted a position with the firm of
Williams, Brown & Earle, manufacturers
and importers of mathematical and pho
tographic instruments and supplies, etc.,
10th & Chestnut Sts., Phila.
Philadelphia capitalists are having the
old Charlton works at North East cleared
up preparatory to putting in new machin-
cry. They expect to have the works in
operation in a short time. The works will
be run for the purpose of manufacturing
wood alcohol. At least this is the report
Mr.. Clifford Kirk and sisters, the Misses
Kirk, entertained the Rising Sun pro-
gressive euchre club at their home near
Calvert on last Wednesday evening. Six
tables were played, several of the gentle
men tying for first place. Mrs. G, G.
Sill carried off the ladies' honors. The
next meeting of the club will be at the
home of Dr. G. S. Dare on April 2Ist.
Messrs. A. D. Hawkins and H. c. Gal
loupe, representing the Chapman Pub
fishing Co. of New York and Chicago
have been i'll Rising Sun for the past
week collecting data for PORTRAIT and
Biographical Record of Hartford and Cecil
Counties" The work is being done in a
very thorough manner and the book when
completed will consist of about 1000 large
quarto pages.
Rev. S ]. Morris, D. D T., the new pastor
of Rising Sun M. E. church, arrived on
last Saturday morning and filled the
pulpits at Rising Sun and Sy1mar the fol-
lowing day. Mrs. Morris, accompanied
by her daughter, Mrs. Cannon. came to
Rising Sun on Monday and a reception
was held at the parsonage that evening,
quite large number being present to
welcome them.
The musicale and recital in the Town
hall last Saturday evening, by Misses
Lois Estelle Hall and Maude Bernice
Leedom, under the auspices of the Rising
Sun Band, was fairly we'll attended. Miss
Halls selection of Salvador" and Miss
Leedom's song with guitar accompani-
2 ment were the most pleasing features OF
the program, judging from the apprecia-
ton shown by the audience.
While walking along the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad near Barksdale last Satur-
day evening, Charles Thompson, OF
Newark, stopped for the purpose of light
ing his pipe, but instead of striking the
match upon stone, as he supposed, he
struck it upon dynamite cartridge. In
stantly there was an explosion, and three
of his fingers were so badly injured that
they had to be amputated at the second
joint.
A party of young men were standing in
front of E T. Reynolds drug store last
, Monday evening when one of them struck
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