The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-07-09
COU NTY NEWS
Friday, July 9, 1897.
MINDRLOCALS

A post Office has been established
at Pilot Town the name of hich is
Pilot.
Cherries are the most abundant
small fruit crop in this part of the
county.
New wheat is selling for GA cents
a bushel. "Good times comm
wait a little longer"
The School Board will hold its
regular monthly meeting on Monday
next, in lieu of Tuesday.
The w. G. T. U. will give an en-
tertainment in the church on
Wednesday evening, July 14th, at
So'clock. All are cordially invit-
ed. Silver offering.
The Rising Sun base ball club
has organized and is prepared to
arrange games with any of the
teams of Cecil and adjacent coun-
ties. Address all communications
to H. L. Richards, Manager.
On Monday morning horse be-
longing to John H. Harris, while
hitched at e. r. Buffington's store,
became frightened by the noise of
fire crackers and broke loose. 1t
ran about two miles but was stop
ped before any damage was done to
the buggy.
Joseph Touchton threshed IL
acres of stalk ground wheat that
made rs bushels, so bushels per
acre, which will likely entitle Mr..
Touchton to the prize if one is
offered for the best acre of wheat.
Another lot of 81 acres made 43
bushels per acre.
During a severe thunder storm
that passed over that section of
country last Friday afternoon Mrs.
Jno. Hopkins of Principle Furnace
received a heavy shock from light
ming. A number of the forgemen
were also stunned. The lightning
is supposed to have struck the track
InaU runs INTO Cne forge.
Mail agents on the Elk Neck,
Calvert and Rising Sun-Port De
posit routes have been changed:
Isaac Durborow has the Calvert
route in place of George Dawson;
Charles G. Bayard the Elk Neck
route in place of Tom Davis, and
Charles Ranes the Rising Sun route
in place of John Mahan.
Murray Vandiver, Collector of
Internal Revenue for the district of
Maryland has completed the fourth
year of his term, having been sworn
in on July 1, 1898. Mr.. Vandiver
will retire from Office as soon as his
successor is appointed. G. w.
Cruikshank, formerly of Elkton,
holds position in the office.
Hay has been harvested in splen-
did condition, not drop of rain
having fallen upon it after being
cut. The wheat crop is excellent
in quality and a fine yield, and is
about all safely in the barn or
stack. Oats are looking and prom
Use well if the dry, hot weather
does not ripen them prematurely.
The Deibert boat building yards
at the junction of the Big and Lit
tie Elk creeks, called Elk Landing,
is one of the most promising indus
tries that has located in Cecil
county in the last third of a cen
fury. They launched a barge 15S
feet long last week. The yards
turn out numbers of this class of
craft.
The general merchandise store of
T. L. Hanway of Aberdeen, Har-
ford Co., was broken into Saturday
morning by four men. They were
seen coming out of the store and
officers notified started on their
track succeeded in locating them
hiding in the woods. The men
showed fight and the officers had to
call on B. Il o. railroad section
men to assist. They were sent to
Bel Air to await next term of court.
The Board of Trustees of the
Friends Normal Institute met on
last Wednesday afternoon and elect
ed Miss May Rodney of Bromall,
Delaware county, Pa, principal OF
the school for 1S97-9S. Miss Rod
ney is well known as an instructor
in this section, having taught at
West Noting Seminary a few years
ago. A competent assistant will be
engaged and the present high stan
dard of the school will be main
tanned for the coming school year
An open-air entertainment will
be given on the lawn of the manse
of West Nottingham Presbyterian
church, Monday evening, July II,
at 7:45, by the Misses Allen and
Miss Rodney, assisted by home tai
ent. The entertainment is giver
for the benefit of the Fresh All
Fund of Baltimore, the children tC
be brought to West Nottingham
Should the evening prove stormy
the entertainment will be given il