The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-12-17
NTY NEWS
Friday, Dec. ~. 1897.
MlNORLOCALS

VIM. b. Whitman will sell farm
stock, implements and feed at pub
lie sale at Rock Springs, Tuesday
Dec. 2Sth.
M. Il. Nesbitt has sold his gen.
eral merchandise store at Sylmar tC
G. F. Campbell of Kinks Mills
Lancaster county.
Isaac Preston, of Colora, has been
granted an original government
pension of $6 per month and back
pay amounting to 5000.
r. R. Burlington of this town,
has the contract to furnish AZ suits
of clothing for the inmates of the
Aims House and Insane Asylum.
Thieves broke into box car at
the Elkton station Thursday night
of last week and carried away q
overcoats, part of consignment
sent to Levinson & Levintein.
j. Wesley Falls of North East
was elected Secretary of the Farm
ers and Mechanics Mutual Fire In
surance Co. of Cecil County on Sat
urday last, vice Samuel G. Bye,
resigned.
John G. Williams qualified on
Tuesday as clerk of the Circuit
Court before Chief Judge James
Alfred Pearce. Mr.. Williams
only appointment was that of Miss
Henrietta f. Hague as deputy.
Capital punishment is the ques-
ton for discussion at Colora
Lyceum this evening. That's an
old timer, boys. Choose fresh,
live questions, whose discussion
brings out valuable information.
Mr.. d. W. McVey gives inter
esting notes of his recent trip to
Ohio in the MIDLAND JOURNAL this
week. Mr.. McVey found the Buck
eye people, like his neighbors and
friends at home, had IL cheap" to
learn about public affairs.
Last Saturday night appears to
have been thief night. E. M.
Hunts place was visited and sew
eral barrels of corn stolen. The
corn thieves were probably a sep
arate gang from the burglars who
robbed Haines & Kinks hardware
store.
Jos. G. Moore, who for number
of years resided near Birmingham
school house, north of Rising Sun,
died at his home in Philada. on
Monday last, aged 81 years. Fun
eral services were held at his late
residence on Wednesday, and inter
ment was made the following day
at New West Grove buryingground.
At the recent meeting of the di-
rectors of the p. w. & B. railroad
in Philadelphia, a dividend of 4
per cent was declared for the past
six months. The total dividends
for the year amount to Z per cent.
Every body is getting share of
the farmers wheat; the railroads
for carrying it to market and for
bringing back the Sunday clothes
he buys with the proceeds.
The Peninsula Mutual Relief
Association, life insurance COM
pany with large membership
throughout Delaware and the East
ern Shore of Maryland, has notified
its members that it is unable to
meet maximum policies of S., 900 in
full, and has accepted an offer OF
the jewelers. and Tradesmen's Co.,
of New York, to take up the pol
icies and reinsure its members.
The Maryland Pharmaceutical
Association at its meeting last week
had under consideration a bill to be
presented to the coming legislature
whose objects are to prevent the
compromising and selling of drugs
and medicines by any except duly
qualified and competent persons.
Such law would shut off the ten
cent medical exhibitions which are
so immensely popular with the
lower million.
The fair and festival recently
held by Home Council, o. U. A
NJ, of Principle, was a tiatterine
success. The net proceeds were
$2O3.64. The amount was used tC
cancel the debt on the council hall
building recently purchased. The
following, with the amounts col
lected by each, were awarded the
prizes offered: Miss May Lynch
$60.52, bicycle; DR.. Dennison, S35
set of harness; Jos. Williams, S44
bedroom sui, l. d. Miller, S24
spindle wagon; l. ID. McCauley
$50, gold watch.