The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-09-10
COU NTY NEWS.
Friday, Sept. 10, 1897.
MINORLOCALS

loi INC ldlI term WIN twenty HVe
pupils.
The Jacob Tome Institute opened
on Wednesday for the fall term
with nearly GOO pupils.
A fair and festival is being held
at Harmony Chapel this week on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Elkton has been attached to the
long distance telephone with public
office in the drug store OF III. G..
Wells.
The school teachers were grant
ed carte blanche by the School
Board to attend the fair any day
they choose.
The Susqnehanna paper mills,
opposite Conowingo, use two tons
of betting to keep the numerous
pnlleys running.
The 18th annual institute and
harvest home at Black Barren
Springs will be held next Wednes-
day and Thursday.
The Friends Normal Institute
opened last Monday with Miss May
Rodney, A. M, principal. About
20 pupils are enrolled.
The wages of the workmen at the
Maryland Clay Works, North East,
were increased 10 per cent on Mon
day. Send the news to Mckinley
Today the Cecil County Woman's
Christian Temperance Union will
assemble at North East to hold the
twelfth annual convention of the
Union.
S. L. Hindman has moved from
Dr. Crothers' farm, near Colora, to
the old Hindman homestead, which
is nestled among the hills overlook
ing the Octoraro.
Rising Sun M. E. Sunday school
held its annual celebration at Green
Bank last Saturday and the little
folks greatly enjoyed the days
outing and picnic dinner.
DR.. A. G. Crothers has sold out
his business at Port Deposit to DR..
Harry Clemson of Elllton. DR..
Crothers leaves for his new home
in Princeton, N. j., on Saturday.
While sitting on the platform of
the b. 4 0. station at Newark,
Monday morning, Joseph Miller of
Wilmington, was struck by an ex-
press train and seriously injured.
Mrs. G. Conner presented the
MIDLAND this waek with a peach
of her own raising which weighed
81 ozs. and reports that there were
a number of larger ones still on the
free.
Mrs. Mary Rudolph, housekeeper
for G. w. Reed, farmer living
near Blackbird Station, committed
suicide on Friday while tempo
rariIy insane by hanging herself
from rafter.
Rev. J. ID. G. Hanna of Whining
ton, will deliver a lecture entitled
"ren Nights in Bar Room and
Pilgrim Progress" i'll the Rising
Sun M. r. church on Monday
evening, Sept. Goth.
John E. Wilson, Esq, formerly
of Elkton but now a prominent
member of the Queen Anne County
Bar, was nominated for the Legis-
lature by the Republican county
convention held at Centreville
recently.
At Sandy Branch, in the Second
district, on Thursday of last week,
shooting match took place between
two negroes named Hudson
The party who did the shooting is
in Elkton Jail waiting the action OF
the grand jury.
The Susquehanna Paper Com.
pany's dam has a large break
which will require large sum OF
money to repair. The mill resumed
work last week at reduced wages il
is said. The water supply is short
on account of the break in the dam
Leslie Cornet Band will hold {
festival on the camp meeting
grounds at Leslie, Md, on Sept
10th and 18th, Today and tomor
row. The Principle Furnace Sill
yer Cornet Band, Perryville Ban(
and the North East Band are ex
pected to be present to furnish tn,
music.
The Elkton High School opened
last week for the fall and white
term with IS pupils and thre
teachers. The Democrat says the,
were a bright, intelligent lookin!
set of children. No doubt the,
We're; they had to show all thes
marks to get into our "Higl
School,"
Contrary to an order by tn
County Commissioners, some of tn
supervisors have been doing worl
on the roads and the Commissioner
rofusa to nav their hills