The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-04-23
COU NTY NEWS.
Frida April 23 1897.
MlN.ORLOCALS

Mis- RLOCALS
The assessors finished the listing this
week, winding up with Port Deposit.
S. T. Reynolds is identifying his home
on Walnut St. with a new coat of paint
Geo Craig of Blythedale has bought
out the livery business of Taylor & Co. at
Perryville.
The Orphans Court last week refused
to probate the will of Jas. L. Steele who
committed suicide, and appointed his son
and daughter executors.
An "Uncle Sam" festival will be held
in the G. A. R. Hall, North East, on
Friday and Saturday evenings, May 18th
and 18th by Abrams Camp, No. 10, S. of
V.
Prof T. D Bowers returned on Monday
last from a short visit to his home in
Chestertown, accompanied by his mother,
who will spend few weeks in Rising
Sun.
If i'll need of building material of any
kind you will save money by visit to A.
L. Duyckinck 6, Co S Rising Sun lumber
yard and getting an estimate. Read their
ad i'll this issue.
The Easter services held at the Metho-
dist Episcopal and Catholic churchs last
Sunday were of very interesting char
acter and were listened to by large and
appreciative audiences.
John S. Writ, Esq, of Elkton, has
accepted an invitation to deliver the
annual address before the Philokalian
Society at St. Johns College, Annapolis,
during commencement week.
Haines & Kirk, the Rising Sun hard
ware merchants, have stock for spring
trade which is complete i'll assortment
and right in price. A few of the items
are mentioned in this week S ISSUE Read
their ad and make practical use of the i'll
formation it contains.
Shad are being caught as high up the
river as Bald Frier and above Shad
caught that distance from tiCe water are
worth double those caught at Port De-
post and further down the bay. The fish
are larger and the flavor gr atty improved
by their fresh water bath.
The progressive euchre club met at the
home of DIR. G. S. Dare last Wednesday.
Miss Mary Worthington and DIR. T. B.
Moore carried off the honors of the even
ing, winning IL and II games out of
possible IS. The next meeting of the
club will be at the home of Mrs E. E.
Ewing on May 5th.
If the road supervisors would cut the
fange of sod along the side cutters and
throw it into the gutter in place of in the
middle Of the road and remove the loose
stones from the roads, i'll nine cases i'll
ten they would improve the roads much
more than is done by the elaborate
"mending" generally done.
John S. Dabler finished boring a we'll
on Wednesday for B. P. Nichols, back of
his store and dwelling 100 feet deep.
NI (dDlCl las DOlSu Two OluSI Wells
here this month. One at Mr.. Conner's
creamery and the other on the Job Haines
place in town. The place is now owned
by Abner Carter and tenanted by E. H.
Reynolds.
Susquehanna Council, No. II, Jr. o. U.
A. M, the Daughters of America of Oak
wood and Colora Council, Jr o U. A. M,
will attend services at Octoraro M. E
church in a body on Sunday, May 2, at
p. nj. Preaching by the pastor, Rev.
w. L. Cann,- assisted by Rev. Ernest
Greenfield of Mt. Pleasant. The public is
invited to attend.
The buildings and fixtures the Elkton
Cannery were sold at public sale on the
premises Tuesday afternoon. The main
building went to w. H. H. Edwards for
$I6I; the Bohemian" building to George
R. Howard for $40; the office building to
A. M. Strickland, for SIS; the boiler to
John Harlan, for $I66. The smaller
articles went to various purchasers at low
f1pnres