The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-03-12

VI lDN POc)ts
Spring is rapidly approaching.
The temperature of the present
week has been quite mild and enjoy
able for March.
Fifty "soger" boys of Elkton at
tended the Inauguration with
Captain Wright in command to
keep them in line.
w. III. johnson and Lafayette
Haines, former employees of the
Hartford paper mill have procured
a permanent job in West Virginia
and intend moving their families
there.
Rev. and Mrs. w. G. Rooms of
Rising Sun M. E. church will at
tend the annual meeting of Will
mington Conference, which con-
venes at Chestertown, Md, ON the
18th. Mr.. X. expects to return
next year.
Mr.. Frank Montgomery and Miss
Elizabeth Morrison have just an
nounced their marriage to their
friends and the public, although it
took place some weeks ago, the
ceremony having been performed
in Camden, N. j.
Cards have been issued by Mr..
and Mrs. George w. WINS, of
Colora, for the marriage of their
daughter, Miss Mary Anna, to Mr..
Wilson A. Kimble. The ceremony
will take place on Wednesday,,
March II, at 1870 O'Clock.
Charles A. Grubb, merchant at
lakewood, having failed to make
terms with Mr.. Whalen, who owns
the store house there. has decided
to fit up a room in his own house
Just across the road, to which he
will move his goods and continue
business.
The dancing platform and other
buildings which were used by w.
j. Adams last summer for picnics
at Conowingo have been bought by
G.. A. Grubb and Archie Trimble
and will be taken to Mr.. Grubb's
woods at lakewood and regretted
for same purpose.
A branch Pasteur Institute will
shortly be established at the City
Hospital, Baltimore. A room has
been set aside for the pupose, but
no patient can be treated for at
least six weeks or until the rabbits
that have been inoculated with
virus get the proper degree OF
virulence.
The Dutch are taking possession,
not of Holland however, this time,
but of the Eastern Shore. A comp
any or colony of 25 have come from
Iowa and are stopping in Dorchester
county. Successful efforts are
making to draw settlers from the
west to Alabama and other south,
ern locations.
Last week while the wrecking
train was removing the wreck of a
freight train from the track al
Elkton a rope of the snatch block
broke and struck Charles Leonard,
conductor of the PerIyville wreck
train, across the small of the back
which laid him out for a short time
as his comrades thought dead. He
was only stunned and recovered
shortly.
VIM. Fluffy, Jr., of Red Point
aged % years, while cutting trees
in the woods last Friday met with
a serious accident. A tree in falling
struck and knocked off quite a large
limb which fell and struck youns
Fatty on the head knocking hin
insensible for sometime. DIR. House
keeper was summoned and found
him to be suffering from concus
sio nof the brain and to be badly
bruised about the shoulders anC
breast.
An infant daughter of Ezra Reyn
olds of the Sth district died on las
Wednesday night, aged about three
years.
Mr.. William A. Cook died at hi
residence about three miles nOrtl
of Elkton, on Thursday last week
He was a native of Kent county
Delaware, but had resided in Ceci
county for several years. He leave
a wife and six children.
Miss Rebecca Mckinney, ageC
81 years, died at her home nea
Rock Springs Thursday morning
March l1th. Her funeral will b.
held Saturday, 18th, at 1880 a. m
Services at the house; interment a
West Nottingham cemetery.
Mrs. Margaret F. Crouch relic
of the late Thomas G. Crouch, TO
many years citizen of ElktOn, die
at her home in Wilmington, Del
on Wednesday, March Sd, from
cancerous affection from which sh
has been for years sufferer.
Thomas A. Price Dead.
Thomas A. Price, aged thirty
one wears. formerly of Elkton, bu