The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-12-02
NTY NEWS.
Friday, Dec. 2. 1S9S.
MlN.ORLOCALS

FepOfteu Ill Newark.
The w. G. T. U. will meet in the
lecture room of the church or
Thursday, Dec. s, at 2:30 O'Clock
There will be concert in Assem-.
bly, Hall of Jacob Tome Institute,
Port Deposit, this evening at eight
O'Clock.
Prof. John r. Anderson, for sew
eral months instructor at the Elk
ton High School, has rendered his
resignation, to take effect the latter
part of December.
The Wilmington Conference in
creased its Missionary offering
during the fiscal year ending Oct.
81, by S671 "A over that Of the
preceding fiscal year.
c. G. Bayard, of Elk Neck, raised
$50 bushels of tomatoes from halt
acre of land. Can any of our Oc-
toraro hills tomato growers come
up to that in quantity ?
A horse driven by Clinton Wit
son became frightened at the cars
at Perryville and ran away. Mr..
Wilson was thrown from his car
riage and had his thigh fractured.
A steer weighing 400 lbs. broke
through the covering of a well on
the farm of A. w. Mitchell, near
Elkton, on Tuesday morning, and
when taken out of the well was
dead.
A. w. Evans, of Hartford county,
has entered suit for $4,000 dam
ages against the p, w. & B. rail
road company for alleged injuries
received at Havre de Grace last
summer.
Rev. S. j. Morris, of Rising Sun
M. E. church, will preach and ad-
minister the sacrament of the
Lords Supper at Mt. Pleasant M.
e. church Sunday, December 4th,
at $50 p. N.
A meeting of the Kay Monument
association is called for tomorrow
evening, at 1880 O'Clock, in the
lecture room of the M. T.. church.
All collectors are especially re-
quested to report.
The meeting of the stockholders
of the Rising Sun Shoe Mfg. Co.
will be held in DR.. Kinks hall,
instead of in the Office Of the Com
pany as announced, On Monday
next, Dec. 5, from ) to 5 p. m.
The heavy rains for the past
month soaked the high banks of
the new cut near Bacon Hill, on
the p, w. & B. railroad, so as to
cause them to give way, but by
prompt action of the section men
an accident was avoided.
Mrs. G. III. Adams, residing near
Iron Hill, and her guest, Mrs. Edw.
Quicksall of Philada., were made
dangerously i'll by eating canned
beef last Friday. A physician was
Immediately summoned and the
ladies are now recovering.
The largest barge yet built by
the Deibert Boat Building Co., at
Elk Landing, was launched at the
yards of the company on S lturday
Last. 1t is 175 feet in length, %
feet beam and 800 tonnage. 1t was
built for Elmer Deibert, son of Henry
Deibert, the head OF the company.
Among the names suggested for
the frieZe decoration in the Supreme
Bench room of the new Courthouse
in Baltimore is that of Judge Albert
Constable, one of the most prom
inent names in the legal history of
the State. He was the father of
Albert Constable, Esq, of Ekton.
Cato Pennington, COL, of Newark,
was given the maximum punish
ment under the law-ten years. i'm
prisonment, thirty lashes, one hour
in the pillery and $500 tine-for an
attempted assault upon Miss Katie
Bangeldorf, of Newark. The assault
took place near the Deer Park
Hotel on the night of May 81.
John Walen, an employee of the
Elkton Stock Farm, near Elkton,
was given a hearing Monday morn
ing before Justice Philip Groves,
charged with not supporting his
wife and children, and committed
to Jail in default of $500 bond to
appear at December term of court.
Reese Holmes was also given a
hearing on the same charge prefer
red by his wife, Mrs. Mamie
Holmes, and held in $500 bail for
court.
Railroad workmen while making
excavations for switch at Elkton
dug up Spanish coin dated 1856.
The coin was bright and well PIE
served after 142 years since it was
stamped, and was covered with
about two feet of earth. Every
thing of a weighty substance that
is dropped on the earth becomes
buried deeper and deeper as the
wears roll over. The ancient cities