The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-02-18
NTY NEWS.
Friday, Feb. Is 1898.
Ml>.ORLOCALS


day last week.
Henry Dibert, of Elkton, has
been granted a government pension
of six dollars month.
G. A. Andrews of Hartford coun-
ty, has bought of Philip 7. Bell the
large warehouse at Conowingo.
The employees of the wall paper
mill at Newark are on a strike,
and the works have closed down.
The w. G. T. U. will meet in
the lecture room of the church on
Thursday, Feb. oath, at 2:3O o'clk.
Col. Geo. W. Balm will lecture at
Little Britain on next Tuesday
evening, on "Boys and Girls, Nice
and Naughty"
The Lengel farm situated in the
Seventh district and containing 175
acres, has been sold to A. G. Glib
son by H. II. Haines.
Herbert Mote, of McClellands-
vile, had his foot so badly crushed
in a clover huller, last week, as to
necessitate amputation.
A poultry supper is being held
at the residence of Henry George,
Elk Neck, this evening for the
benefit of the PASTORS salary.
Thieves broke into the clothing
store of Israel Katz, of Port Depos-
it, Monday night and stole several
overcoats and lot of trousers.
The latest reported discovery of
gold is on Milford B. Richards
farm in the Sixth district. 1t was
found while quarrying for flint.
Franklin N. jenkins of this town
was quite severely bitten by a dog
last Monday. The dog is not
thought to be mad-but Frank was.
A frame house on the property
of Caroline Larue, colored, about
two miles north of Port Deposit,
was destroyed by fire Friday night.
A Mother Goose party is to be
held this and tomorrow evening in
the G. A. r. hall at North East
under the auspices of the Epworth
League.
The County Commissioners will
meet Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday, Feb. %, "a and %, for the
purpose of correcting the assess
ment books.
Surveys are being made by S. T.
Hindman of the gold lands in the
Eighth district, on which options
are held and that have been pur-
chased by the syndicate.
The 't.jug breaking" which took
place at Wesley Chapel last week
added to the pastors salary clever
sum. A large assembly of spec
tators witnessed the novel event.
While trimming trees at Marley
Mills one day last week Joseph
Spence fell and was severely in-
.jured in the back and head. Mr..
Spence is seventythree years of age.
Harry Garrett, an employee of
the pulp mill at Elkton, had his
clothing caught in the shafting at
the mill on Monday, but beyond
Il few bruises escaped serious injury.
The farm of Patrick J. McNamee,
in the Seventh district, was sold ON
Tuesday by R. c. Thackery, trus-
tee, to John S. Writ. The farm
contains "a acres and brought
$l620.
Mr.. Alfred Kirk, of Pennington,
has heen appointed by Governor
Lowndes associate judge of the
Orphans Court to fill the place
made vacant by the death of w. X.
Reckefus.
The following have been elected
officers of the B y View Christian
Endeavor: President, Lawrence
Tyson; vice president, Miss Annie
Simcoe; cor. sec., Miss Susie Smith;
sec. and treas, Miss Arrie Rowland.
The following have been elected
officers of the Port Deposit Town
Improvement Company: President,
r. E. McClenahan; treasurer, r. G.
Hopkins; secretary. L. Benson.
They have large contract on theil
hands.
At a meeting of the Trustees OF
the Poor and Insane, held in Elk
ton last week, the following were
appointed: Edward Lynch over
seer of the aims house and Mrs
Lynch matron; James s. Steele
superintendent of the insane asylum
and Mrs. Steele matrOn; DIR. p. B
HOusekeeper, of North East, ply
stefan, and Alfred Abernather, O.
Cherry Hill, attendant.
The citizens of Leeds, Pleasant
Hill, Childs and Blue Ball are agi
tating movement looking towarG
formal request being made of thu
government that the mail route
which now extends from Blue Bal
to Pleasant Hill and Leeds t.