The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-11-11
COUNTY NEWS.
Friday, Nov. IL. 1898.
MLNORLOCALS

w. E. Greenfield will preach at
Porters Grove M. P. church Sun
day, Nov. 10, at 3p. M.
Willie Clay, boy living in the
neighborhood of Elkton, shot a
white partridge on last Saturday.
Samuel Hambleton and Mrs. s.
r. Kimbell are having their resi-
dences improved with coat of
paint.
Preston Pierce of Colora, had two
fingers OF his right hand crushed
Ahile coupling cars at Wawa last
Monday.
The young son Of James Keithly
of Elk Neck, sustained broken
arm by fall from wagon one day
this week.
The Young Ladies Home Mission
will hold a fruit sOciable at the
home of Eli I. Reynolds next Mon
day evening.
The "Wallace" property in Elk
ton was offered at public sale on
Saturday last but withdrawn after
a bid of 200.
Samuel Brickley has sold his
farm at Barnes Cross Roads to
Jacob Dunlap, who will take poses.
sion next March.
A colored inmate of the Aims
house, Samuel Washington, died
at Cherry Hill on Sunday morning
from consumption.
Samuel McCardell, contractor,
has finished and turned over to the
School Commissioners the new
Colora school house.
The West Nottingham Academy
defeated the West Grove team at
foot ball at West Nottingham last
Saturday, by score of Ito.
The Elkton Foundry will shortly
be removed from that town to Gar
wood, N. j., near New York city,
by the proprietor, James +. Powers.
The collection for the benefit of
the blind evangelist who held SER
vices in the Zion Presbyterian
church last week, amounted to $66.
On Friday afternoon the tele-
graph tower of the p, W. and B.
railroad near Stanton, known as
Prices tower, was destroyed by
fire.
Mr.. and Mrs. John L. Stephens
entertained number of friends on
last Monday evening, in celebration
of the third anniversary of their
wedding.
A government pension of Sc per
month has been granted James
Thornley,, of Elkton, and one of $12
per month to Charlotte Newell, of
Port Deposit.
The stereopticon lecture at Mt.
Pleasant M. E. church drew a
large audience. The amount re-
allied was SOL. 40, half of which
sum went to the lecturer.
Edward Bradford, a respected
colored citizen of the Sixth district,
died at his residence at Love Run
Sunday morning, in the Goth year
of his age. He leaves wife but no
children.
On Sunday evening at the SER
vice in the Elkton Catholic Church
a class of about thirty boys and
girls received the sacrament of con
firmation, administered Eby Bishop
Monaghan, of Wilmington, Del.
Rev. @. L. Morrow spoke on the
street here on Saturday evening
and ventilated the license law
which has been placed on the necks
of the people of this county. He
pointed out the snaky features of
the law.
The Chesapeake City boys are
not going to let the Cecilton fellows
score ahead of them in knight
errantry and have made arrange
ments for tournament at Cayott's
Corner, tomorrow. 1t will be Elk
toms turn next. :
Sam'l. H. Friedman has rented
the house on West Main street &C.
cupied by j. M. Holden and will
move from Harrisville shortly and
conduct an agency for the Singer
sewing machine in connection with
his other business.
By a collision of teams while
driving into Elkton on Monday
night, Luke Goodyear and a man
named Kelly were thrown from
their wagons and badly injured.
The vehicles were demolished and
the harness on the horses broken
into fragments.
Tuesday was a model autumn
day and the election passed off at
these polls very quietly!s The vote
for Baker was 259; Tippett, 2l3;
HollingswOrth, 40; for license, 1853;
against license, 34S. The Sixth
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