The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-07-22
Friday, July 20. 1898.
MINORLOCALS

July Both.
Thirty-fOur persons went from
Rising Sun station on the COLCHESTER
excursion yesterday.
The trustees of Pilottown school
and the teacher have had a "ring''
and the teacher resigned.
Local Preachers Campmeeting
at Leslie will begin Thursday, July
%, and continue over two Sundays.
Mrs. q. E. Conner and Mrs. M.
G. Wright have opened boarding
house on East Main street. See
adv. in another column.
Charles Kelly, arrested on the
charge of keeping disorderly
house at Lutton's Corner is held for
the September term of court.
The Cecil county Commissioners
have awarded the contract for the
stone work at Harvey's new iron
bridge to M. E. Mcdowell, of the
Seventh district.
The County Commissioners of
Cecil County have passed an order
requiring all bills for road work to
be published in one county paper
one week before acted upon by the
board.
Candy Balderston will shortly
erect a new barn on his farm near
COlora to replace the one recently
burned. George McCardell, of
Liberty Grove, has been given the
contract.
Moscow, the well known stallion
belonging to Sam'l. Tyson of West
Nottingham, died last Wednesday
of collie. He was IL years old and
had been in Mr.. Tyson's possession
since he was quite young.
Two large thirteen inch guns
passed through Elkton Monday, on
the p, w. & B. railroad, en- route
to a Southern port, from which they
will be shipped to Cuba. Each gun
required two cars to transport it.
Mrs. Evelyn S. Tome of Port De-
post, was in Elkton on Thursday
AS president of the National Bank
she affixed her signature to many
bank notes, number of which
were in circulation on Friday
Appeal.
The fine rain of Wednesday
evening was a welcome contribu-
ton from the upper air. Corn,
potatoes and pastures were suffer
ing from the hot, dry weather
which had ragged in the days of the
famous dog star.
The Klondike gold miners of the
Eighth district have offered DR..
Roman $4,000 for his farm, report
says. The Doctor didn't sell. If
there is any gold he will look after
it himself in future. In the mean
time will attend to the sick.
DR.. Fl. r. Reid, chief of the high
way division Maryland Geological
Survey, assisted by A. N. johnson,
road expert of the Massachusetts
Commission, have completed their
investigation of Cecil county roads
and will submit their report to the
next Legislature.
The Port Deposit base ball club
was defeated by a picked team from
West Nottingham and vicinity on
Saturday afternoon, at Port De-
post, by Il score of to 4. The
batteries were Jones, Rueher and
Davis, for Port Deposit; Sellers and
McCardell, for the picked team.
The assessor Tor the Fifth district,
George Williams, reports TO the
County Commissioners over $35, 900
worth of new property and about
500 dogs which were not assessed
heretofore.
Every dogond dog ought to be
made to pay the tax or take his
hide to made buckskin gloves.
Thieves entered the house of
William Dill, at Jackson, one night
last week in the hope of obtaining
the proceeds of the festival held by
the American Mechanics, about
$l35, which were in his keeping.
Mr.. Dill, however, was at the home
of his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Jack:
son, and their visit was unsuccess-
full.
The large barn on the arm OF
John M. Burnite, near Appleton,
this county, was destroyed by fire
about 10 O'Clock Monday night.
Two horses, two calves and three
pigs were burned with the other
contents of the building, consisting
of 40 tons of hay, about 210 bush
els of wheat and 20 bushels of corn,
and all the farming implements.
The loss will reach $4,000, with an
insurance of $1400.
The turn out of wheat in Cecil
county is very uneven, from five to
nine bushels to the acre only being
realized, yet in other parts the crop
is reported to be fair. A. II. Men