The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-04-16
COU NTY NEWS
FRIDAY, April 16 1897.
MINDR LOCALS
Good Friday.

At the Singerly track one day
last week the horse "Allen L" fell
and broke leg. The animal was
afterwards killed.
The Rev. John D. Kemp has
been selected to take charge of
Woodlawn Camp-meeting which
will begin this year on August Sd.
On Sunday last Bailiff Biddle
made a raid on the Elkton crap
players and captured their dice and
small amount of money, but the
birds had flown.
The Ekton town election on
Monday resulted in the choice of
the following candidates: George
McQuilkin, pol; VIM. H. Mackall,
1913; Charles B. Heatzig, 1SS.
The Maryland State Teachers
Association will hold its annual
meeting at the Blue Mountain
House, Western Maryland Railroad,
July 18th, 18th and 10Th, next.
b. P. Nichols is having an arte-
sian we'll drilled on his store prop
erty. John S. Dabler, who has
drilled number of such wells in
this neighborhood, is doing the
work.
Miss Florence Souder and Mr..
Harry B. Arrison of Linwood, Pa,
were married Thursday afternoon,
April 8, at the residence of brides
grandfather, VIM. G. Merry, of
Elkton.
Rev. w. G.. KOons' box contain
ing table ware, was broken open on
the cars on the Delaware road be-
fore reaching Bridgeville and lot
of silver spoons and other valuables
stolen.
William Montgomery, sentenced
by Judge Russum, to nine years
confinement in the Maryland Pen
intcntiary for the murder of James
Brown, was taken to that institu-
ton by Sheriff Mackey on Monday.
Mr.. John f. Roach of the Fifth
district, and Miss Minnie Realey,
eldest daughter of Capt. William
B. Realey, of Elkton, were quietly
married Thursday evening, April
8, at the residence of the brides
parents.
The store of the Port Deposit
Stove Co. at Rock Run, Port De-
post was broken into by thieves
last Saturday night. Eleven pairs
of No. 6 russell leather shoes were
stolen bnt so far as is known nothing
else was taken.
The hauling seine of Barnes Bros.
at Carpenters Point and that of j.
G. Crothers at Red Point, were run
out last Saturday for the first haul.
These are the only hauling seines
now on the river. All other fisher
men using pounds and gill nets.
Israel P. Reynolds and wife, OF
Cecil county, and w. 7. Reynolds
and wife, of West Nottingham
township, Chester county, Pa,
have assigned their property for
the benefit of their creditors to W.
S. Campbell, Of West Nottingham
Robert c. Thackery, Esq, OF
Elkton, has filed in the Circuit
Court at Belair bill for divorce
for William L. Smith, of Havre de
Grace, from his wife, Susan j
Smith. They were married in
November 1898, and lived together
until April 1894.
A live bird shoot for purse o.
$50 was held at Sylmar last Tues
day, the contestants being George
Walls of Oxford and A. B. Keer
of Rising Sun, who were to try
their skill as marksmen on 2;
pigeons each. Walls was the
winner, the score being 81 to 10.
The Atheneum Society of Nortl
East, will meet at t. G.. Nc
Clacken's in that town tomorrow
Misses Ruth and Lille McCracken
Miss Blanche Matthews, Mrs. j. l.
Moore and Messrs. G. Hal johnson
H. H. White, George Simcoe an(
J. f. Davis will take part in tn
musical and literary program.
Shad fishing in the lower Sus
auehanna is at its height. The tisl
are said to be very fine. A repor
that the water had been imprig
mated with coal oil which tiavore'
the fish is pronounced untrue. Th
leak in the oil pipe was soon stop
ped, but the report served to injur
the sale of the fish to some extent
Hortense Rogers McIntire, tn
seven year old daughter of Con
gresham w. w. McIntire, of tn
Fourth Maryland District, wa
killed Saturday afternoon Will
riding a bicycle on Calvert street
Baltimore. She fell in front of
wagon and before the horses coul
be stopped the wheels passed owe
her, causing injuries which resulte
in her death.
Richard Mora who served