The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-05-28
COU NTY NEWS.
Friday, May %, 1897.
E1lNDRLOCAIS

made an assignment for the benefit of
creditors. Charles w. Shippers of the
same town is named as trustee.
After the passage of the U. S. Cavalry
troop over Conowingo bridge last week
fire was discovered in the bridge, for
tunate1y in time to prevent damage being
done.
Next Sunday, May goth Garfield Post
of this town will attend service in the M.
E. church at 10 80 a. M when Rev. DR..
Morris, pastor of the church will preach
a sermon appropriate to the occasion.
Representatives of the Mutual Fire In
surance Company of Cecil county have
investigated the fire at Rock Springs two
weeks ago, and assessed the damage but
failed to find any clue to the incendiary.
The picnic held at lakewood Thursday
night of last week was disturbed by
drunken men, Better have a constable
and magistrate on hand at the next one,
and make another example of the roughs.
The Pioneer Tennis club of Rising Sun
has recognized and elected the following
officers: Pres Cecil E. Ewing; vice pres,
DIR. J. H. Jenness; sec'y,, Miss Mary
Worthington; treas, H. L. Worthington
Cecil Cottage" Heck Ave, Ocean
Grove, has been leased by Mrs. M.
Hawke and Miss Mollie Kirk of Farming
ton, and they will be pleased to entertain
their Cecil county friends Who purpose
visiting the seashore this summer.
The following marriage licenses were
issued last week: Robert Richardson and
Lizzie Crowl, both of Colora; Walter H.
Dewberry and Mary DUNCAN, both of
Chesapeake City; Warner Taylor of
Elkton and Mabel Aiken of Newark, Del.
The Citizens Mutual Fire Insurance
Company of Cecil County has been or
gained. The incorporators and directors
are VIM. M. Singerly, of Philadelphia;
James S. Hopper, Oh sapeake City; Robt.
c. Lewis, Geo. A. Blake and VIM. T.
Warburton of Elkton.
The recent heavy, beating rains have
packed and crusted the surface of the
ground so hard that gardens are much
injured The crust, where the soil is
composed largely of clay is an inch thick
and BEANS peas and other garden plants
are not able to get through. The cool
1,fanfs male and
sickly hue.
At the congregational meeting of the
PRESBYTERIAN church of Zion, last Sunday
three additional elders were elected.
Five names were proposed and received
the votes as follows: Ross Martindale
IS, William Sheppard So, William Stewart
81, Wilmer Fox rs, Milton Campbell rs
The first three gentlemen received the
largest number of votes and were unanl-
mously elected to the Office.
At meetings of Methodist Episcopal and
PRESBYTERIAN ministers in Baltimore on
Monday statements were made by Revs.
A S. Mowbray and w. McElmoyle, both
of Elkton, OH the race tracks and gambl-
ing in Cecil county.
A committee was appointed by the
Methodist ministers to assist Mr.. Now
bray in carrying out plans to do away
with the evil. This committee consists
of Revs. DIR. John Lanahan, w. W..
Barnes, A. H. Thompson, c. T. Weede
and A. J. Gill. The Presbyterian minis
tiers also appointed a committee for a
similar purpose. Rev. E. E. Weaver
Hugh K Walker and Rev. DR.. George
E. Jones being named.
Harry Carter, driver of the Atlantic
Refining Company's coal oil wagon at
Oxford, made a narrow escape Wednes-
day of last week from a serious accident
on the Central Division Railroad. He
was driving across the railroad between
Liberty Grove and Rowlandville and
when about half way off the track train
appeared suddenly out of a cut. Mr..
Carter urged the horses forward and sue
c.eded in getting the team off the track.
AS the train dashed by one of the horses
was struck and cut by the mail car. The
wagon tongue was snapped off by horse
jumping around during the excitement
Mr.. Carter was not aware of the nearness
of a train as he was crossing the track.
the cut at that joint being deep and hid
ing it from view.-Off0rd Press.
Mrs. Rebecca ]. Wells, widow of Benz
Wells, died suddenly Tuesday morning a
her residence in Elkton, of paralysis, il
the seventy-third year of her age.
Mrs. Ella Anderson, wife Of John B
Anderson, of North East died at Chester
Pa, where she has mace her home for ;
year past, last Friday afternoon, in he
forty-second year. She was daughte
of l. N. Benjamin and sister of Mrs. E
r. B Day of North East. Five children
survive her.
Estella Williams, colored, eighteel
years of age, committed suicide in Havr
de Grace, Wednesday last week, by shoot
ing herself through the heart. She wa
alone when found by neighbors, and die
shortly thereafter. No cause can be as
signed for the deed.
Margaret A. Malone, aged %, who wa
formerly Port Deposit girl was foun
dead in her room in Baltimore, where sh