The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-09-03
COU NTY NEWS.
Friday, Sept. 3. 1897.
MI>I)RLOCALS


open Wednesday, September Sth.
Monday, Sept. 9th, is Labor Day
"a legal holiday and the banks
will be closed.
The second crop of orchard grass
has been harvested on the Bell
farm at Conowingo.
Harvest Homes were held in Elk
Neck Wednesday and Thursday,
near Harris school house.
Miss Nora E. McCauley of Syl-
mar, is in charge of a Pennsylvania
school at Dubois as teacher.
Mrs. Jane r. Alexander of Zion,
gathered 116 OTIS. of blackberries
from a small patch last month.
The Rising Sun and Port Deposit
base ball clubs will play at the
latter place tomorrow afternoon.
The NJ. L. Sunday School of Mt.
Pleasant picniced in Christie's
woods on Wednesday of last week.
DR.. Charles NJ. Ellis has pur-
chased the Parker L. George farm
of 100 acres in Elk Neck for 50, 500.
The w. G. T. U. will meet in the
lecture room of the church ON
Thursday afternoon, Sept. 9th, at
2:30 O'Clock.
Rev. Charles Eckles, a missionary
to Siam for the Presbyterian Board,
preached on Sunday morning at
West Nottingham.
The T. HI. S. Society will hold an
Every Body's Birthday Reception
IN the warehouse at Akin Thurs
day evening, Sept. 9th.
Clifford G. Whitaker, who for
several years past has been located
at Liberty, WASH, has started for
the Klondille gold fields.
J. B. Foard, of Middletown, Del,
purchased the j. B. Cochran farm,
containing 41G acres, on the road
between Warwick and Middletown,
last week for $4,000.
The public schools opened for the
fall term last Wednesday. Rising
Sun school had an attendance of
go the first day, the largest enroll
ment at the beginning of the term
for a number of years.
The stock in the Building Loan
Association carried by the Ladies'
Aid Society of the M. L. church,
Elkton, recently matured and the
society received $1,000, which will
be devoted to the parsonage debt.
The track on the p, w. & B.
railroad bridge at Perryville will
be raised 20 inches. The draw will
also be renewed with a plate girder.
All Improvements are to be made
without interrupting travel over
the road.
The Elk Neck Gamers are not
running full force. Most of the
formerly numerous canneries of the
county have ceased. Hard times
fall first on enterprises which par.
take of the nature of plain peoples
Injuries.
A public meeting will be held in
Rose Bank hall, in Calvert, on
Tuesday evening, Sept. 18th, for the
purpose of instituting tribe of
Red Men. Rev. a. p. Prettyman
and Rev. Geo. p. Jones will deliver
addresses.
Sam'l. Freeman, son of S. L.
Freeman, of Germantown, had the
little finger of his right hand brok-
en- in two places while playing base
ball at WOodlawn last Friday. 1t
was feared at first that amputation
would be necessary.
Sheriff Mackey on Saturday sold
at public sale the lands with i'm
provements thereon Of the Amer
Jean Chrome Company, consisting
of 200 acres of land and small
dwelling on the ROAD from OaKWOou
to Pilot Town. S. j. Caldwell pur-
chased the tract for 5000.
The manufacturing of shirts in
Havre de Grace will soon be once
more in operation after ii period Of
idleness. The entire plant of the
late Pooley Company has been pur-
chased and the Salvation Army
barracks have been leased for a
period of five years, with renewable
privileges.
A newspaper tiend hawked Sun
day papers last Sunday at West
Nottingham church, which was
such bold innovation that not a
few persons were shocked and
threaten to have him arrested if he
should repeat the offense. Persons
who patronized the tiend-what is
to be said of them?
A manufacturing firm of Balti-
more city would, if sufficient en-
couraoemant were given. remove