The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-04-02

spent Sunday with the formers parents
near Rising Sun.
Jerome Petticerd and family of Will
mington are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. S
Krauss, near Pennington.
Elmer Mayberry of Philadelphia wa:
the guest of his brother and sister at Far
mington for few days this week.
Don't forget the musicale and recital to
morrow evening in the town hall.
The Mizpah Club will meet at the home
of Miss Clara Lakeland at Principle this
evening.
The latest date set for the Riley-Pogue
assault case, which is to be tried again al
Ellicott City, is Monday, April 5th.
D. w. McVey, Sylmar, has bought a
piece of land, I6H acres from Elias
Renno. cd which the saw mill is located.
Mr.. George w SINNERS and Miss
Annie Shure, of Port Deposit, were
married on Thursday evening, March
25th at the parsonage of Fulton Avenue
Baptist Church, Baltimore, by Rev.
Howard Wayne Smith.
A company of young people passed the
evening of March 10th very pleasantly at
i the home of Jesse R. Slicer near Farming
ton, INDUCING themselves in games of
various kinds. which being intermixed
with refreshments, afforded a very en-
joyable evening.
John F. Porter, son of Richard c.
Porter of Cherry Hill, met with painful
accident last week. While watching
carpenters work on his fathers residence
one OF the carpenters accidentally dropped
Ratchet, which struck Porter on the
head, knocking him to the ground.
The progressive euchre club met at the
home of. E. Brumfeld last Friday even
ing. Six tables were played, DR.. G. S.
Dare and Halus Ewing tying for first
place, each having won - out of II
games played. The next meeting will be
held at the home of Mr. Clifford Kirk on
Wednesday evening, April 9TH.
The reports contained in the Peninsula
papers show that the prospect for large
peach crop is good.
Like children who have to run the
gauntlet of measles and whooping cough,
the peach crop in its junior state has two
evils to meet, the June drop and yellows.
Till this stage is past the peach crop is an
unknown quantity.
Miss Sallie K. Galloway. daughter of
Captain and Mrs Moses Galloway, of
Havre de Grace, died Saturday night of
cancer of the throat and lungs, from
which she has been sufferer for months
past and for which she underwent an
operation about a year ago at Johns
Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore. She was
thirty-two years of age.
The committee appointed by Baltimore
Friends Yearly meeting to visit "Subor-
dinate Meetings" were at Calvert Friends
Meeting last First Day. Mary H. Way,
Edwin R. Burlington and Alfred Wood
represented the committee An essay,
written by the late DR.. Ann Preston, en-
titled Have Friends Positive Belief"
gave rise to numerous remarks and ex
pressions of opinion.
VIM. H. Pierce, of near Cecilton, re-
Gently purchased the farm owned by Miss
Sadie May at Cayotts Corner. Mr..
Pierce notified the tenant, George
Rhoades, to vacate, which he refused to
do. A warrant was issued and Magistrate
Groves on Monday morning heard both
sides of the story. He gave verdict of
possession to Mr.. Pierce, while the costs
fell upon Mr.. Rhoades Appeal.
Farmers are all afield these bright days
planting potatoes, drilling oats and pre-
pairing corn ground. Potato planting is
now r duced to science. With plant
ing machine one man with pair of
horses can plant eight acres a day and
place the sets any distance apart he
chooses, and drill the fertilizer in at the
same operation. S. Hambleton is supply
ing the farmers with this new "labor
saving" machine, and lots of labor is 90
ing to waste daily.
Rev. w. G. Rooms and wife left Rising
Sun for Bridgeville, Del, yesterday morn
ing, to which charge Mr.. Rooms was as
signed by the conference last week. The
petition which was gotten up and signed
by over 100 members and friends of the
church for his retention in Rising Snn
was withdrawn and not presented to the
Bishop on his return to Wilmington last
Tuesday and it was decided to enter no
protest at the change for fear of further
complicating matters and cause lack of
harmony which would have been greatly
deplored.
Mr.. and Mrs Rooms were accompanied
by Miss Mollie Wilson, a sister of Mrs.
Rooms, who will spend few weeks with
them at their new home.
Musicale and recital tomorrow evening
in town hall under the auspices of Rising
Sun Cornet Band.
Holmes c. L. S. c.
The Chautauqua circle met at the home
of Miss Gertrude Dare last Wednesday
evening A good attendance was pre-