The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-08-06
Mrs. T. j. Wilson spent the past
week with her son at TOwson.

family.
Miss Helen Walter of Roxbor
ough, Pa, is visiting G. G. Hop
kins and family.
Miss Bessie Marshall of Philada.
is visiting Miss Eleanor Jenness of
West Nottingham.
Prof. T. ID. Bowers of Chester
town, spent everal days this week
visiting friends in Rising Sun.
Miss Florrie Plat of New York
city and her sister, Miss Helen, of
Wilmington, are the guests of their
aunt, Mrs. Cornelia L. Black burn
of Pleasant Grove.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. H. Brown en-
tertained a number of friends at
progressive euchre at their summer
home adjoining the borough on last
Monday evening. The gentleman's
prize was won by DR.. G. S. Dare,
and the second prize by B. H.
Brown. Both gentlemen won II
out of 16 games and played off the
tie. The ladies' prizes were won by
the Misses Kirk of Calvert.
The 18th National reunion of the
association of the descendants of
George and Michal Harlan, in the
United States, will be held at West
Chester, Pa, commencing Aug. Is.
The meeting will be presided over
by the Hon. A. d. Harlan, of
Coatesvill. The election of officers
for the ensuing year will occur and
other business be transacted. Mrs.
l. r. Taylor of this place is num-
bered among the descendants of the
above named George and Michal
Harlan.
The closing of the paper mill and
removal of the wall paper mill from
Conowingo to Highlandtown, near
Baltimore, has thrown many per-
sons out of work, and there are
more idle people at Conowingo and
vicinity than for ten years past.
But the daily papers declare
every morning that business is
booming everywhere. Store keep
ers too are putting the Dingley
tariff on their goods. the people
are wondering where their share
comes in.
The store of J. Rankin Arm
strong at Newark was robbed Sun
day night. The thieves gained an
entrance to the store by breaking
the plate glass in the window. A
quantity of clothing was stolen. On
Monday officers found the clothing
in Wilmington pawn shop and
Henry Solomon and John West,
colored, were arrested. They were
and held for court.
The thieves got a little money
from the Jews who keep the pawn
shop and will get fine fogging
with the cat o'-nine-tails by the
Sheriff.
Poles are being laid out between
Elkton and Newark for the long dis
lance telephone line of the Delaware
and Atlantic Company which will
extend the line to Elkton, giving
the town connection with the cities.
The line has been as far as New
ark for some time past, and at
which point the Elkton connection
is made. The poles for the present
line building are being supplied by
William Brogun, of near Cherry
Hill. In Elkton the public phone
will be located at Wells Drug
Store, Main street. A private
phone will also be placed in the
office of the Singerly Pulp Works.
Last Monday evening w. T.
Mcclure was seized with a sudden
attack of strangulated hernia. He
was teaching a pupil to ride the
bicycle ON the road near Marshall
Nesbitt's at the time he felt the first
twinge and mounting his wheel was
able to reach home. DR.. Jenness
was summoned and administered
all the relief possible without an
operation. On Tuesday DR.. Croth-
ers was sent for for consultation
and it was found necessary to send
Mr.. Mcclure to the hospital for an
operation. The patient was taken
to the Jefferson hospital, Philada.,
Tuesday evening and the physicians
found it necessary to operate on
Wednesday morning. They pro
nounced it the most serious case of
the kind ever brought under their
care. Mr.. McClure's parents were
sent for and he is now lying in the
hospital in very precarious con-
dition.
The Pension Bureau ut Washing
ton has appointed Drs. j. w. Coop
er, of Elkton, L. A. Worrall, of
North East, and S. Il. Roman, of
Conowingo, members of the board
of pension examining surgeons for
the Elkton district. The retiring
members were-Drs. Chas. M. Ellis,
John II. lamar, and j. V. Wallace.
Hail Storm.