The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-02-19

made In ROSeDank cemetery, at
Calvert last year.
The new iron bridge over Elk
river at SCOTS mill, Elkton, will be
ready for travel on Monday next.
A squirt Of sleighing was enjoyed
on Friday and Saturday on the
snow which is already almost for
gotten.
The w. C. r. U. will meet in
the lecture room of the church on
Thursday, February 25th at 2.30
o'clock.
The ice in the river below Port
Deposit is becoming very rotten.
If the rising temperature continues
it will soon disappear entirely.
Frank Thomas, the negro who so
brutality assaulted Mrs. Carrie Ball
near Stanton, Del, few weeks
since, was treated to thirty lashes
at the New Castle jast Saturday
morning.
Miss Annie L. Mahan, daughter
of w. Reese Mahan of Fair Hill,
who has been under treatment at
the Pasteur Institute, New York,
for a mad dog bite, has returned to
her home.
VIM. Brown contemplates run
ming his canning house at Rising
san next summer, large number
of idle ones for the past two years
having reduced the supply of can
ned goods already ON the market.
A literary and musical entertain
ment will be given in the Town
Hall this evening by the pupils of
Rising Sun public school. A good
program has been prepared and
will repay the small price of admis
sion.
Work of raising the old iron
bridge which was swept from its
foundations by the recent ice gorge
in the Elk river and carried to
Cedar Point and sunk in the channel
is nearly completed. The bridge
will have to be taken apart in order
to raise it.
The brick house and lot on Main
street, Elkton, known as the Part
ridge property, was offered at
public sale Saturday morning at
the Court House. The property
was withdrawn by the trustees at
a bid OF $500. At the same time
a vacant lot on the opposite side of
the street was offered, but with
drawn at bid of $500.
Rev. w. G. Rooms is delivering
a series of sermons on the "FOur
Great Epochs in Church History"
His subject for next Sunday morn
ing will be the Lutheran Reforma-
tion,n which is the third of the
series.
A special service of song will be
held in the evening at 1880.
Cecil Council, o. Z. A. NJ, of
Rising Sun will present flag to
the public school of this town on
Monday ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Birth .
day. Exercises appropriate to the
occasion will be held at the school
at 9 p. m. Rev. j. D. Kemp of
HopewelI will make the presenta-
ton address, which will be re-
sponded to by Rev. W. G. Rooms
on behalf of the school.
Miss Louis Estelle Hall, one of
Baltimore's most popular readers
and impersonators, graduate of
the School of Oratory of that city,
will give an entertainment in the
town hall, Rising Sun, on April Sd.
Miss Hall will be assisted by Miss
Leedom, of Baltimore Musical
Academy, with vocal and instru-
mental music, who, besides being
an accomplished singer is a pro-
ficient performer on the violin,
guitar and cornet. The entertain
ment will be under the auspices OF
the Rising Sun Cornet Band which
will assist in the musical part OF
the program.
Directors of Rising Sun Detective
Association met ON Saturday after
noon last to transact current bust
ness and assign committees for duty
The following route committee was
appointed: Alfred Kirk, Whining
ton; w. r. Cameron, Baltimore
III. j. Briscoe, Elkton and Chesa
peake City; D. w. McVey, Coch
ranville, Gap, ETC.; Jesse Wood
Lancaster; w. T. Fryer, Conowingo
C. S. Abrahams, Port Deposit
Havre de Grace; w. NJ. Reynolds
Peach Bottom, McCalls; DR.. G. S
Dare, Newark and Wilmington
On telegra phing, DIR. L. r. Kirk
Jesse A. Kirk and E. Il. Ewing.
At the Friends meeting las
Sunday Howard Brown, on behal
of the Philanthropic Committee
introduced the subject of the "Suf
fering Armenians." Several dollars
were raised and more promised by
those who had come unprepared
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