The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-03-05
COU NTY NEWS.
t'rida March 8 1897.
HIi%.ORLOCALS

"A udEk ClOuNl IOSG Ill INC uOIlu
and north west on Monday evening
and let Off one clap OF thunder.
The entertainment given at Mt.
Pleasant OH the 23d ult. netted $40
which goes towards church i'm
prOVementS.
Ellwood Nichols of Perryville,
formerly of Rising Sun, has opened
grocery and provision store in
Havre de Grace.
The standard oil trust has put in
supply tank at Conowingo this
week, Stephen j. reports it the first
sign of the "revival of business.
Judge Stump was chosen one OF
the vice presidents of the Maryland
Alumni of Princeton College, at the
banquet held in Baltimore lately.
Governor Lowndes very wisely
declined to proclaim the 4th OF
March legal holiday. The labor
organizations were opposed to it,
which is significant.
The iron bridge that is being
erected by the p. B & g. r. R. over
the deep cut near Rowlandville is
nearly completed and will be per-
manent piece of work.
Allen G.. Oliver the Newark
fancy poultry breeder has sixty
different varieties of poultry, twenty
varieties of water fowls and a large
collection of phesants.
The blackbirds made their ap-
pearance on Monday, the first mes
sengers of spring, just a little in
advanceofthe "agent ofprosperity,"
who showed up on Thursday.
Sneak thieves entered the stable
of Captain VIM. T. Foster, Elk
Neck, Thursday night last week
and carried off all the harness,
robes, ETC., the place contained.
The county commissioners have
requested Governor Lowndes to
extend the time of the Cecil asses
sors until April 20.
The governor has extended the
time till March 81.
Miss Mary W. Cameron and Mr..
Caleb V. Rose were married at the
home of the BRIDES mother at Bay
View on Sunday evening last.
After the ceremony the couple left
for Philadelphia where Mr.. Rose is
employed.
A "pie sociable" will be held at
the home of Misses H. Jennie and
Mabel Reynolds this evening,
under the auspices of the Young
Ladies Home Mission. All the
lady members are requested tc
furnish a pie or some of the per
Iuisits appertaining thereto.
Sheriff Harvey I'll. Mackey has
offered a reward of 800 for the
capture Of VIM. Montgomery, col
ored, who escaped with two other
prisoners from the Elkton jail on
Saturday night last. Montgomery
is wanted on the charge of murder.
No clue has been obtained of the
whereabouts Of the escaped pris-
oners.
Constables Davis and Coburn, OF
Kent county, were at Port Deposit,
last Friday seeking a clue to the
whereabouts of Samuel Schoield
the coIored man who assaulted Mrs
William Goodwin near Chestertowr
a few days since. Schofeld crossed
the bay in a small skiff and was seer
near Chase station where he in
quired the way to Port Deposit.
Almost every week the sheriff
sells out stable of running horses
their owners getting in debt to theil
boarding house and stable pro
prietors. One of these sales oc
Cured on Monday when four run
ming horses owned by Walter E
House were sold by Sheriff Mackey
at the How ard House yard. Cere
mony brought SIS; McHenry $40
Flash 50, and Valley Girl $3.50
Several enterprising citizens o
Port Deposit are discussing thu
ACCESSIBILITY of establishing a daily
steamboat service between Por
Deposit and Baltimore, stopping a
Havre de Grace, Betterton anC
Colchester. Should the idea b,
carried out the boat would leave il
the morning and return the sam,
evening, with a fare of $1.00 foI
the round trip.
Marriage licenses were ISSUED
last week to Zebley Finley Powell
of Leslie and Ella Bertha Cameron
OF North East; Eugene McCabe, o
Philadelphia, and Alice Rourke, o
Chestnut, Del; Caleb w. Rose, o
Philadelphia and Mary w. Cameron
of Bay View; Charlie Pizzano ant
Filomena Beitrani, both of Por
Deposit; G. w. Gainor and Maggie
Worth, both of Elk Neck; Arthur
jackson of Newark, and Fannie II
Grant of Cherry Hill.
The fourth annual meeting o