The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-11-26

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Rev. w. G. Rooms, of Bridge
vile, Del, is spending this week
with 7. j. Wilson and family.
Mr.. Fritz Ecklund and Miss Lula
Gerhauser were married Thursday
evening, Nov. 18th, at North East
by Rev. Giles B. Cook.
Bishop Walden, of Cincinnati, O.,
who presided at the Wilmington
Conference last year, has been visit
ing Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Tome, Port
Deposit.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. G. England have
issued cards for the marriage of
their daughter, Miss Iona, to Rev.
Thomas Holt of st. Johns M. E.
church, on Wednesday, Dec. LIST,
at II O'Clock, noon, at their home
near Zion.
Mr.. John Partridge celebrated
the S7th anniversary of his birth
on Tuesday of last week. Mr.. Par
fridge is one of Elkton's oldest cit
liens, who belonged to social
circle that was at its zenith before
the war, noted for its southern type
of hospitality and culture.
The lakewood and Conowingo
public schools are full to overflow
ing with children of school age,
while the old folks at home are
studying geology and minerology
fitting themselves for the golden
age, when the argosy of hope re-
turns with the golden fleece.
Daniel Quill, a farmer residing
near HOckessin, Del, was assaulted
by George White, colored, Friday
afternoon last. The darby struck
him in the head with a stone and
then threw the senseless body in a
corn shock. Mr.. Quill is in crit
zeal condition. White has been
arrested.
Sam'l. G. Bye, who has been
Secretary and Treasurer of the
Farmers and Mechanics Fire In
surance Company for the past six
years has rendered his resignation
to take effect Jan. LIST. Mr.. Bye
has accepted a better position. as
agent for the New York Mutual
Life Company.
A lyceum will be erg lnized at
Colora this evening. The commit
tee in charge have chosen the TO-
lowing question for debate: Re
solved-That the application OF
civil service would advance the
cause of good government. Cap
tains, aft, A. M. Tosh; neg, J. P.
Brown. All are invited to attend.
County Treasurer elect William
t. Fryer, of Colora, went to Elkton
Wednesday morning and took the
oath of office. He appointed as his
assistant John Banks, of Chesapeake
City. The salary of treasurer is
81 900 and the assistant treasurer
81 400. Mr.. Fryer was elected for
two years, but will not take his
seat until May.
A beaming colored couple from
Hartford county made application
at the Clerks Office Tuesday for
marriage license. All went swim
mingly until Deputy Clerk John
Green learned that the prospective
groom had never been divorced
from wife he married some years
ago, when the proceedings came
to an abrupt end.-News.
John E. Steele, native of Cecil
county, was found drowned in a
mill race in Wilmington on We'd
nesday morning of last week. 1t is
not known how the unfortunate
man met his death, but it is sup
posed that he accidentally fell into
the race sometime on Tuesday night
and being unable to get out was
drowned. He was brother of J.
Polk Steele, of Chesapeake City.
An unknown white man, aged
apparently thirty years, was re-
moved to the Elkton Jail Wednes-
day morning in a dying condition
from the Elkton fair grounds. DIR.
John III. lamar, Jail physician, was
summoned, but the young man died
a short while afterward. His iden-
tity is unknown, but he was EN-
| ployed by man named Young,
who has some horses at Elkton.
A free lecture on the history of
Maryland was given in Bennett
Hall, lakewood, last Friday night.
John Writ, Esq, of Elkton, was
the orator of the evening. The
attendance was not large.
The Eighth is all agog over its
gold mines. History doesn't inter-
est it, but prospecting" The
future that is before it, not the past
that is behind has charms to please.
An exchange says: Two wells
were recently sunk at Rock Springs
by Howard Bradley. One of them
now has depth of water of % it.,
the other 35 feet.
That is nothing strange. The
wells in that Klondike country