The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-01-14
Miss Lille Alrich of Elkton, is
visiting G. G. Hopkins and family.

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A. HI. Tyson, of West Nottingham,
have returned from a visit to Phil
adelphia and Chester.
Mrs. Stephen Allies has in her
possession a large cactus, which at
the present time has y-three
beautiful crimson blossoms.
Miss Mollie Kirk of College
Green, and Mr.. James Abrams OF
Bay View were married Wednes
day afternoon, Jan. II, in Ebenezer
church.
A petition favoring a continuance
of racing is being circulated around
Elkton and vicinity. The petition
is sort of blind to the bride
money the gamblers will put to the
legislature.
The stockholders of Rosebank
cemetery held their annual meeting
on Saturday. All the old managers
were elected with the exception of
Ross Conoly whose place was filled
by Webster White.
! The quarterly installment of the
public school tax from the State
was received on Monday by the
treasurer. The white schools of the
county receive 80, 46l and the col
ored schools $457 SO.
Three little North East boys aged
5, 7 and 10 years old broke through
the ice in the creek on Saturday and
the two smaller ones very narrowly
escaped drowning. The water was
over the smaller boys heads but
they chung to their 1O-year-old
companion and kept up till rescued.
Hiram r. Mccullough, a former
resident of Elkton and brother of
the late ex Senator Clinton McCul-
Tough, of this county, has been
made third president of the
Union Pacific Railroad, with head
quarters at Chicago. He entered
the service of the Northwestern &
Chicago in 1881.
A well dressed man who would
be catalogued as a tramp had his
clothes been dirty and ragged,
stopped with VIM. P. Brown, near
the State line, few nights ago and
was given bed on a lounge in the
sitting room. In the morning after
he had gone it was found he had
taken a razor and many other
articles.
On Monday committees of the
Detective Associations of Cecil,
Hartford and Chester counties met
at Conowingo and formed general
association.-Appeal.
There is small mistake in this
announcement by the Appeal.
Rising Sun Associ .tion didn't unite
with the general association, it
wasn't even notified of the reported
meeting.
Mrs. D. E. Shaw, wife of Rev.
ID. E. Shaw, pastor of West Not
tingham Presbyterian church, met
with painful accident last Satur-
day. She was returning from Mr..
John Sebold's and while stepping
into the buggy her foot slipped.
The horse became frightened and
threw Mrs. Shaw to the ground,
injuring her collar bone and severe
ly bruising her.
A young man named Long was
stopped near Lynch's station, in
Kent county, and robbed of $40 by
three negroes. One of men caught
the horse by the bride and the
other two forced themselves into
the carriage, cut Mr.. Long with a
knife, wounding him severely. The
young man was driving home from
skating pond. The highway rob-
berry business is growing rapidly.
AT a meeting of the directors of
the Farmers and Mechanics Fire
Insurance Co. of Cecil county, held
at North East on Saturday, the
formal transfer of the office of the
secretary and treasurer took place.
Saml. G.. Bye, of Fair Hill, who
recently resigned, was succeeded by
j. Wesley Falls. The office of the
company will now be at North
East. The headquarters of the
company having been smoked out
of Dysart's corner we hope its USE
fulness will be expanded.
Charles T. Green has brought
suit against the Pennsylvania Rail
road for $1,000 damages. Mr..
Green claims he purchased a round
trip ticket from Baltimore to Will
mington, Del, but did not use il
from Wilmington to Iron Hill on
the return. The ticket was accept
ed by the conductor of the train on
which Green travelled from Iron
Hill to Elkton, but was refused by
the conductor of another train
which he subsequently boarded at
Elkton. Green was put off the cars
at Perryville, but, it is stated, the
ticket was accepted by the con-
ductor Of another train to Balti-
more, which he boarded at Perry