The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-05-21
Friday, May q, 1897.
MlNORLOCAIS

Col E. Noyes lost fine cow this week
from milk fever.
A strawberry and ice cream festival will
be held at Hopewell ON Wednesday even.
ing, May 26th.
Ebenezer M. E. church will hold Their
annual festival OH the church lawn on the
evening of June sd
The Sylmar w. c. T. U. held musical
and literary entertainment at the church
last Sunday evening.
Garfield Post, G. A. R., will attend
services in a body at Rising Sun M. E.
church on Sunday morning, May goth.
Children's Day will be held i'll Bay
View church Sunday, June 6. There will
be special exercises morning and evening.
The County Commissioners are sitting
this week as Board of Control and Re-
view, to hear assessment appeals from the
Seventh District.
There will be an entertainment given
by the pupils of school No. s, Sixth dist,
at New Bridge on Thursday evening, May
27. Admission, Ioc.
Friends Penn Hill meeting house has
been lately done up newly painted out
side and in, and a new carpet provided in
the matter of furniture.
The annual commencement at West
Nottingham Academy will be held on
Thursday, June 10. A number of gradu-
ates will be sent out from the school.
Cecil Council o. U. A. M, will hold a
festival at Rising Sun on Friday and
Saturday evenings, June a and S. A SIS
bicycle will be CHANGED off on the latter
date.
Thomas Mulligan was arrested at Iron
Hill and taken to Elkton Jail Monday
afternoon, charged with picking pockets.
He relieved a man of $40 worth of pool
tickets.
Barclay Reynolds investigated the fire
at Rock Springs which destroyed Mrs.
Mullen's buildings and other property,
but without discovering who was the in
cendiary.
Some maliciously inclined person or
persons cut the rope from the flag pole at
the Rising Sun public school last Sunday
night and if apprehended will be dealt
with to the limit of the law.
The Pioneer Tennis club of this town
spent several days this week preparing a
court on the lot adjoining Burlington S
furniture store and now have a good
skinned court for this seasons play.
John Kennard, assistant miller for Geo.
M Christie, Rowlandville, has gone to a
Baltimore hospital for treatment of his
ewes. Mr.. Kennard had very bad spell
of sickness early in the spring which
affected his eyes.
Home Council, o. U. A. M, will hold
a festival OH N. T. Lackland's lawn, at
Principle, on Friday and Saturday even.
ings, May rs and 20. M. F. Charshee Of
Star Council will deliver an address on
Saturday evening.
The West Nottingham Academy nine
defeated the Pennington team on the
academy grounds last Saturday, the score
being 1916. Richards and Wiley were in
the points for Nottingham, and Gibson
and J. R. Sliccr for Pennington.
Rev. T. Burgette Short, of Epworth M.
E. chnrch, Wilmington, has exhausted
his vocal powers at preaching and intends
taking up the legal profession. He has
been admitted as a law student by the
examining committee of the bar of New
Castle county, Del.
The haulers have cut out their seins,
and quit fishing. The OILERS will con-
tinue business for some time longer. Fish
were abundant but prices were unsatisfac-
tory and the fishermen are not happy.
Rockfish have made their appearance
in the Susquehanna in large numbers.
Sam1. H. Clement who lives near
Lombard had a colored youth i'll his
employ, and missed IS bill from his
pocket book. He accused the darby with
taking the money which he stoutly de,
MED. A search however discovered the
note in the boys stocking much to his
amazement, as to how it ever got there.
Sheriff Mackey arrested Amor Cunning,
ham in Havre de Grace on Saturday,
charged with breaking into and robbine
Owen Bros store at Perryville on Tuesday
night, nth inst Four suits of clothes
were taken and the prisoner had OIL one
of the suits. The balance of the goods
were recovered from pawn shops in
Wilmington.
Superintendent Stevens, of the Tuck
ahoe Matching Station has deposited l.,
5000 shad fry in the Elk river at the
red bridge He also deposited 1000, COX
at Murphy's Mill, 100000 i'll NORTH
East river, and the same number in Fox'
Hole The hatchery at Havre de Grace
has placed 45o,ooo rock fry in the Sus
quehanna river at Port Deposit.
A fake medicine show held forth II
Rising Sun last Monday evening, from ;
large wagon in front of McClure's til
shop The show consisted of museum
containing a wax figure of Sitting Bull, ;
Detrified woman and freak animal which