The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-05-14
Miss Mary Brumfeld entertained

| heN. w. w OudW anu family, Vi
Port Deposit, will sail today fol
Ireland, where two months will be
spent with Mr.. Shaw's father.
Miss Lidie J. Mackey of Hickory
Hill, Pa, and Mr.. Forrest N
Levett of Newark, Del, were
married on Wednesday 18th inst.
i; Cards have been issued for a
Crosse Dance" in the Rising Sun
hall ON Friday evening, May %.
The committee in charge, Ell. F.
Richards, Evans Ewing and FL. L.
Worthington.
Barclay Reynolds, Jr., teacher at
Friends Central school, Phila.,
spent the week at his home near
Rising Sun. This being Yearly
Meeting week vacation was given
the pupils of the school.
Thirty five of the operatives who
came from Baltimore to work in
the shirt factory at Havre de Grace
were laid off last week. The cause
for the reduction in the force is not
made public, but no doubt is lack
of orders.
l The West Nottingham Academy
base ball nine played a scrub nine
from Rising Sun Friday last ON the
academy grounds. The score was:
Scrubs, 20; Academy, IA. Batteries,
McDougal and Dare; Conner, Rich
ards and Wiley.
Elias Brown, a young colored
man who lived with his father, near
Pilottown, was arrested and taken
to Jail last Friday night. He is
charged with having stolen a pen
sion check in March last which
belonged to another colored man.
Cecil Council, o. U. A. NJ, of
this town, attended services in a
body at the M. E. church last Sun
day morning. About so members
of the Order, including several
visiting delegations, were present
and listened to very interesting
sermon by Rev. S. J. Morris, d. d.
The school commissioners of
Caroline county have reached the
conclusion that women are actually
fit to be school trustees. They had
the question under consideration
for one whole year. We should
think fifteen minutes would have
been ample time to have devoted
to the weighty problem.
Eli S. Seminar, of Cecil county,
who erected the new school build
ing at Havre de Grace, has filed a
bill in the Circuit Court for Har-
ford county, asking for the sale OF
the building to pay the sum of So,
619.27 alleged to be still due him
on the contract. The School Com
missioners have refused to pay the
balance until a mechanics lien for
$46S.S7, placed by stone dealer,
is removed from the property.
w. d. Gallaher, a market man,
!, while driving home with a load OF
market products met with an &C.
cident near Red Pump, the bolt
which fastens the singletree to the
wagon broke and the tree dropped
on the horses heels. AS quick as
J shot the animal dashed forward
, leaving wagon and driver standing
} in the road. The horse ran home,
: about two miles and was caught and
stabbed by the hired man who
Immediately went in search of Mr..
Gallaher, who was found with every
thing all right except the broken
bolt.
William Benjamin, of Leslie, has
had a third stroke of paralysis and
his recovery is doubtful.
Norris, year old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Wayne Reynolds, was severely
burned about the face, hands and
breast by spilling a bottle Of car
bolicacid upon himself last Tuesday
Last Friday while Mrs. Samue
Welch, who resides near Ebenezel
church, was looking for her COW
: she slipped and fell, breaking hel
arm in two places and injuring he
elbow.
Lewis Kirk, the thirteen years
old son of Josiah Kirk, of Libert.
Grove, was caught in the betting il
: his fathers grist mill Monday ant
had rib broken and was other
> wise injured. He is improving
!. Mr.. George S. Fox has been lait
up for a couple of weeks with
: wounded knee. He struck tina
delicate member on the step of hi
+ buggy but thought nothing of i
:, for day or two, when the hur
t developed serious symptoms.
= Lawrence Finnan, the seven
:. years old son of station maste
- Lawrence j. Finnan, of Elkton
Tuesday night, ran against tn
4 shaft of an approaching carriage
1t pierced his left cheek, enterin,
his month. The little fellow wa