The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-07-30
COU NTY NEWS.
friday, July 80, 1897.
H1I&ORLOCAIS


in field of II. p. PASSWORDS farm,
near Childs.
The storm of last Friday was very
severe in the lower districts of the
county. Hail cut up the corn and
vegetables injuring those crops a
great deal.
Aiken Brothers will retire from
the management of Falls Hotel on
Main street, Elllton, and Samuel B.
Foard will conduct it after the LIST
of August.
The injunction case brought
against the Conowingo Wall Paper
Co., to prohibit the removal of
machinery, has been dismissed by
Judge Waters.
There were twenty-three appli-
cants for Zion public school and
only one could get it and her name
was Miss Maud Brown.
"Maud in the light of her youth and her grace. -
A great deal of oats has been
ruined by the long wet spell which
caught the crop when it was just
ready for the scythe. Wheat left
in shock is badly damaged it is
reported.
While engaged in cutting wood
on Friday w. M. Thompson, of
Zion, received painful injuries. An
axe in the hands of a fellow work
man struck him in the face, break
ing several teeth and dislocating
the .jawbone.
At the Order of Golden Chain
picnic to be held at Old Baltimore
on Bush River Aug. 18th a boat
race will take place. Any boat not
over 25 feet long will be allowed to
enter. First prize $40, 2ud S., 3rd
So. 80; entrance fee 81.
The party of West Chester boys
who have been camping for the
past ten days at Conowingo, on the
Susquehanna, broke camp Monday
and returned home. They prefer
red good roof to a canvas tent in
such weather as we have had.
At special meeting of the Board
of Trustees of the Poor and Insane,
held Thursday, July ODD, at Cherry
Hill, Edward Taylor of Elkton,
was elected president and Abel j.
Mearns, secretary. Mr.. Taylor
succeeds the late John Harriet.
The teachers of the public schools
of Cecil county have presented Mrs.
Everist with an oil portrait of her
husband, the late T. S. Everist.
The picture was painted by Miss
Martha Beach, of Bridgeport, Conn.,,
who was once a resident of Port
Deposit.
The following marriage licenses
were issued by Clerk of the Court
John G. Williams last week:
Stanley w. Lebo and Lena NJ.
House, both of Oxford, Pa; VIM.
J. Jackson, of Aiken, and Laura
Craig, of Blythedale; Perry James
Price and Annie Wartield, colored,
both of Cecilton.
During thunder storm few
days ago lightning struck the large
barn belonging to Morgan Mitchell,
a Gamer near Aberdeen. Hartford
county, burning it to the ground.
Fourteen horses were gotten out
safely, calf and chickens were
burned. The building was insured
for 500 and contents for $4,000.
Eddie Effing, nine year old son
of III. J. Efling, while fishing in
Hunters dam last Wednesday
afternoon, hooked a large carp.
The fish struggled but the boy held
to the pole and lying flat on his
back pulled manfully. Finally the
carp was landed and when brought
home tipped the scales at u lbs.
The fourth annual camp meeting
of the Local Preachers Association
at Leslie opened Wednesday morn
ing under unfavorable circum-
stances. The camp was to have
started Tuesday night, but owing
to the inclement weather the open
ing services were held the following
morning. A large number of tents
are on the grounds, and should the
weather prove favorable a large
attendance is anticipated.
Cecil county has six free schol-
arships to its credit, one at Western
Maryland College, Westminster,
board and tuition free; four at
State Normal School, Baltimore,
books and tuition free; one at
Maryland Institute, Baltimore,
tuition free. A competitive exam
ination will be held at the School
Commissioners Office in Elkton, on
Monday, Aug. 8, at nine O'Clock, to
determine the awarding of the
scholarships.
The stealing of fruit in this vii
lage is nuisance and the boys,
and the men too, who have been
practising this thieving should be
ashamed of it. The boys operate
in day time as sneak thieves, the