The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-05-07
NTY NEWS.
Friday, May z. 1897.
MlNORLOCAIS


in Elkton by Bailif Biddle on Monday.
Cecil Council, o. U. A. M, of this towr
will hold festival on tn. evenings O
June 4th and 5th.
The Sunday school at lakewood has
opened for the summer with w. R. Citing
as superintendent.
The w. c. T. U. will meet in the lecture
room of the church on Thursday, May
18th, at 2. 80 O'Clock.
State Senator Charles c. Crothers, is al
a Philadelphia hospital for treatment Of
an affection in the month.
Cecil Council, o. U. A. M, will attend
services in body at Rising Sun M. E
church next Sunday morning.
Captain Magnin, editor of the Darby
Progress, Delaware comfy, Pa, will
deliver the address at North East on
Memorial Day.
At Renno's sale last Saturday, slab
wood, sawn stove length, sold from SIPS
to 81 per cord. Lumber and cord wood
went at good prices.
George w. England of College Green,
has accepted a position in the branch
house of the Geiser Manufacturing Com
pany of Waynesboro, Pa, at Toledo, o.
On next Monday afternoon that I'M
portant annual event the town election of
Rising Sun will be held. 1t is about the
only purely non political election we
know of.
The following were elected delegates
from Rising Sun Chapter of the Epworth
League to the annual convention at Elk
ton this month: Edwin Haines, Walter
K. Terry and Mabel Reynolds.
J. c. Bell and family and their servants
started from Conowingo in a special car
last Monday ell route to their summer
residence, near Hudson, New York.
Their riding and driving horses also went
by car.
The first shipment of young shad was
made by the United States Fish Commits
sion from their station at Havre de Grace
on Monday, to Fites Eddy, IS miles up
the Susquehanna river, consisting of 45o,-
600, fry.
A second live bird shoot was held be-
tween A. B. Keen of Rising Sun and Geo
Walls Of Oxford at the latter place on last
Wednesday. The stakes were S25 side
The score was 2I to is out of possible rs,
in favor of Walls.
Complaint is made to school commits
sioners of the abuse of school property by
vandals who if caught will be apt to suffer
at the hands of the law severely. Persons
are expected to report such cases as may
come to their knowledge
Issacher McLane died at an early hour
Wednesday morning at the residence of
his father-in-law, VIM. Peoples, of New
Valley, with whom he had made his home.
The cause of death was consumption.
He was twenty-nine years of age.
John Smith, the three year old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas P Smith, of Sing
erly, died at their home at that place
Thursday last of meningitis. Mr. Smith
is the section foreman on that sub division
of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad.
Bay View Sunday school was reorgan-
lied Sunday by the election of the follow
ing officers: Supt., Jethro johnson;
secretary. Lawrence Tyson; treasurer,
Mrs. ]. T. Janney; organist, Miss Annie
Simcoe; librarians, Miss Tacy Matthews
and Frank Davis.
At the annual meeting of stockholders
of Brookview (Rising Sum Cemetery
Company on Monday evening, the follow
ing we're elected as managers for the
coming year: H. H. Haines, E. R. Buff
fington, w. M. Pogue, c. Conner, w. K.
Terry, ]. T. Burkins, w. T. B. R. Rober-
son, E. M Hunt and w L. Ryan.
In Hartford county farm hand left the
feed box open i'll the barn of William 1.
Amoss, State Director of Farmers In
stitutes, and the cattle got to the feed and
gorged themselves. Then going to the
water trough, they drank to excess. The
result was the death of five fine cows, all
that Amoss had, the bull being the only
one Of the herd to survive
A fire was started by an engine, it is
thought OH the river hills at Frazer's
Run last week, which burned over large
tract, destroying young timber and lot
of fence rails which were piled in the
woods. The section hands of the railroad
were called out in the night to put out
the fire. The woods of J. c. Bell on the
lakewood road have been twice set on fire
recently by boys or tramps.
And now it is the blue kingfsher that
sails along the creeks with rafting cry
as she skins rapidly few feet above the
stream that is blamed for aiding in the
destruction of the Mississippi levees. The
bird bores holes in the banks six feet deer
in which it builds its nest; and these holes
are believed to furnish the water starting
place to find its way through the embark
ment.
While in the field blowing last Friday
Geo. Z. Reynolds noticed carrier pigeon
hopping about in search of worms. II
seemed quite tame and was caught with
out much difficulty. One of its legs wa!
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