The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-06-18
NTY NEWS.
Erida q, June Is, 1897.
MiNORLOCALS


plight this season than ever before
The so called race meet at War.
wick on Saturday was a fzzle-
financially and in attendance and
the people rejoice.
The excursion to Betterton by
the Rising Sun progressive euchre
club which was to take place last
Wednesday has been postponed.
The Home Mission Circle will
hold its monthly sociable at "Maple
Lawn" the home of Misses Mollie
and Grace Wilson, this evening.
John S. Writ, Esq, was re- elected
one of the presidents of the
Reform League, at the annual cleo
tion held in Baltimore last week.
Rising Sun w. G. 7. U. will
meet in the lecture room of the
church next Thursday at $50. All
members requested to be present.
j. A. Hartenstine has opened a
commission warehouse for hay,
grain, etc, in the Susquehanna
steamboat building at Port Deposit.
During the season just closed the
Havrc de Grace Fish Matching
Station secured 100000 shad
eggs and produced over $4,000, 900
fry.
The Burlin farm, near Hopewell,
was sold at public sale last Tuesday
by G. A. Blake, Esq, attorney, to
David Burlin. The price paid was
$1,000.
The apples are having a June
drop like peaches, and at the rate
the young fruit is falling threatens
to make the crop rather light for a
bearing year.
The removed case from Cecil
county of the Davis heirs against
the Jacob Tome Institute of Port
Deposit, was taken up at Belair on
SATURDAY ulOfulnS.
VIM. Ford of North East, was
granted an original pension on
Friday. On the same day re-
issue was granted Richard G. Buck
worth, of st. Augustine.
Harmony Castle, knights of the
Golden Eagle, will attend Rising
Sun M. E. church in a body next
Sunday morning. All members are
requested to meet in the Castle hall
at $50.
Taylor Reynolds is building
new barn on his farm near Blue
Ball. 1t is 50x60 feet and when
completed and joined to his present
barn will be the largest structure of
the kind in the Fourth district.
The price of milk at Hambleton's
for May was on the basis Of IA cents
for the butter it contained. This is
the lowest price ever paid at that
place.
The new extractor at the foot of
pigeon hill is ready for business.
The rattle of the moving machine
is heard in the clover. No longer
the harvest music, "whittle an
tink" of the milestone on the
scythe is heard. With the pastrol
poetry the sickle and scythe have
been banished to the limbo of the
past.
G. G. Sill has the finest specimen
Of horse flesh of the pacing stock
that perhaps ever was owned in
this part of the country. The
stallion is from Tennessee and was
,cured by Mr.. Sill recently when
on trip to that section for a two
year old colt for Mr.. latham.
Wilson Biddle, son of Isaiah
Biddle, of North East, while pass
ing the covered bridge near that
town on Monday was taken sud
denly i'll, falling unconscious. He
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Housekeeper for treatment and
later was removed to his home.
Irwin Leitheiser of Columbia, Pa,
a brakeman, had his left arm
caught between the bumpers of two
freight cars, at McClenahan Bros.
granite quarries at Port Deposit,
breaking the bone at the elbow, so
that the attending physician, DIR.
A. G. Crothers, found it necessary
to remove two pieces.
Among the graduates at the
Woman's College of BALTIC. this
week was Miss Sadie Morris,
youngest daughter of Rev. DIR. S.
j. Morris of Rising Sun. DR.. and
Mrs. Morris attended the com
mencement exercises last Tuesday
and Miss Sadie came to her home
in Rising Sun the day following.
Miss Emma w. Moore the cul-
tured daughter of w. w. Moore
furnished the essay for the farmers
club which met at Mr.. Moore's last
week. The essay received unquali-
fed enconiums from the members
of the club. 1t was unique, happily
expressed, and the thoughts showed
thew had come thrOu0h the alembiC