The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-05-06
COU NTY NEWS.
Friday, May 6 1898.
MlN!ORLOCALS


election day.
Chas. w. Johnson, of Bay View
has been appointed railway mai
clerk.
County Clerk John G. Williams
issued thirty nine traders licenses
on Monday.
Thomas p. Jones, Jr., of Cecilton,
has been appointed Justice of the
Peace for the First district.
The W. G. T. U. will meet in the
lecture room of the church Thurs
day, May II, at 2:30 o'clock.
Harmony Castle, X. G. E., will
celebrate their 10th anniversary in
the Town Hall on Monday evening,
May 10Th.
Mrs. Evalyn S. Tome has been
elected a director of the National
Bank of Elkton to succeed the late
Jacob Tome.
Owing to the advance in the
price of flour the Elkton bakers
have reduced the size of the five
cent loaf of bread.
A new post office known as
"Cayots' has been established in
the Second district. Lambert ".
Kirk is the postmaster.
L. NJ. Haines, ESQ.,, of Elkton,
has been appointed a member of
the Board of Managers of the House
of Correction by Gov. Lowndes.
Tomorrow will be celebrated as
May Day at the fishing shores. If
the weather is good large crowds
will visit Carpenter and Red Points.
The vitagraph entertainment in
the Town Hall last Saturday eve
ming was greatly enjoyed by the
patrons. The gross receipts were
$57.
The entertainment given by the
Junior Epworth League of Mt.
Pleasant at lakewood last Friday
evening, will be repeated this
evening.
Mary Smith, the IA mont hs' old
daughter of Joseph Smith, of Elk
ton, died on Thursday evening,
April 26, after an illness of two
weeks from Bright's disease.
All the used and unused ballots
of the last election were burned on
Thursday in the presence of the
Board of Election Supervisors and
the Judges of the Orphans Coul t.
The County Commissioners have
renewed the contract with the Elec
trio Light Company Of Elkton for
lighting the Court House, for a
term of five years at the old figure.
The stars and stripes were I'M
furled to the breeze on Monday
morning by Rising Sun patriots
when the news of the victory of the
American fleet at Manila was
received.
Geo. G. Reynolds on last Friday
shipped ten head of fine cattle to
Philada. for the European markets.
The average weight was 1900 lbs,
which was an average gain of $50
lbs. since last fall.
Kemp Brown, son of j. p. Brown
of Colora, has enlisted in Co. b,
9Th Reg. of Md, for term of three
years and left home for Pimlico
yesterday, where he will be sworn
in and don the blue.
The shoe factory engine had a
break down last week and the fac
tory was shut down five or six
days. 1t started again on Wednes-
day morning. The turnout is about
800 pairs of shoes a week.
Fairview Castle, X. G.. E., which
has heretofore held its meetings at
Kansas" will remove to Calvert
as soon as the hall at that place re-
ceives the necessary improvements
which are now being made.
Have taken the MIDLAND JOUR
NAILS advice at last:-The Cecil
County Agricultural Society has
decided to do away with races on
the opening day of the fair and
devote the time to farmers in
stitute.
The comic drama, GA Scrap of
Paper, or the Adventures of a Love
Letter." will be given in the Zion
academy building this evening.
Admission, 20 cents. No pains are
being spared to make the enter
tainment well worth seeing.
The newly appointed Board of
Election Supervisors of Cecil county
met for organization on Thursday.
The Board is composed of John c..
McNamee, of the Fifth, Walter
Buckworth, of the Second, repub-
licans; and John NJ. Tucker, demo-
crat, of the Third district.
w. S. Turner, of Elkview, Pa,
and r. A. Wescott, of Glenroy,
Pa, have purchased the creameries
from the estate of L. B. Herr, de-