The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-09-24
SO Years of Cures.
Court News.

Court News.
The Orphans Court, County
Commissioners and School Board
were all in regular monthly session
last week on Tuesday and Wednes-
day.
ORPHANS COURT.
In the Orphans Court the fol.
lowing bonds were approved Bond
of VIM. II. Harriott, admr. C. t. a.
of John w. Harriott; bond of James
R. Kirk, admr. of Henry B. Kirk;
bond of Lemuel Hitch, admr. of
William +. Taylor; of Martha J.
Brickley and Jehoiakim Brickley,
admrS. of James Cameron; bond of
Margaret M. Mcdowell and Mil
lard F. Mcdowell, admrs. of Reese
P. Mcdowell.
The following accounts were pre-,
scented, approved and passed First
and final account of Priscilla r.
Pickering and Charles II. Morris,
eXrs. of Jonathan Pickering, and
distribution struck on same; first
and final account of Annie V.
Bryan and A. Goodman Bryan.
admrs. of James E. Bryan, and dis
tribution struck on same; fourth and
final account of George A. Blake,
gdn. of Geo. M. S. Bernard.
| COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
The following business was tran
sacted by the County Commits
sioners The petition of Thos. G.
Bond and others, for an pension
for Mrs. Hannah J. Anthony, was
granted.
L. NJ. Haines and Mr.. Stewart
appeard before the Board in the
interest of the p, W. & B. Rail
road, asking for a change in the
public road leading from Elkton to
North East near Bacon Hill in
order to make a better and safer
railroad crossing at that point.
The request was granted with the
condition that the railroad company
should erect and maintain a tight
board fence where the country
road paralleled the tracks. The
company was also given permission
to make a temporary change in the
road to facilitate their work.
Bids for supplying the Court
House and Jail with coal were
opened and the contract awarded to
the Scott Fertilizer Company for
$364.24 for forty eight tons of fur
mace and thirty tons of stove coal.
David M. Raglan was appointed
vaccine physician for the Eighth
district.
SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS,
The School Commissioners tran
sacted very important business at
their session last week among
which was the following;
Misses Lydia Maxwell, of Prln-
cipio, and Bessie Rawlings, of
Woodlawn, were appointed to the
Normal School.
The trustees of school No. 3,
Fifth district, petitioned tho Board
to increase the salary of E. B.
Fockler, principal of the North
East school, 800, as the wish to
retain him, he having been offered
a larger sum to go elsewhere,
1t was moved and unanimously
carried that Secs. and s of Art. Z
of the bylaws, relating to salaries,
be repealed and re-enacted so as to
read as follows:
Section Z. The salaries of teach
ers shall be computed by the day,
allowing only for the days actually
taught and being governed by the
number of pupils enrolled, three
days being allowed each term in
case of sickness.
Notice of the resignation of Lii.
liam Finley, No. l, Fifth, was
received,
Following appointments were
confirmed: Bessie Jefferson, No. 1,
colored, Third; Mary j. Mahoney,
No. l, Fifth; John A. Nesbitt, No.
8, Sixth.
A large number Of small bills
were presented, approved and
ordered to be paid.
Mr.. Kirk was directed to have
water supplied to the Perryville
school, Mr.. Blake to Oak Grove and
Mr.. Ash to Finger Board,
Messrs. Ash and Blake were di-
rected to revise the by laws.