The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-10-14
MINDRLOCALS

period.
The Pennington base ball clul
defeated a picked nine at Farming
ton Saturday afternoon by s to 2
Shippers & Holt have the contrac
for the carpenter work on the new
Mechanics hall at Bay View.
The use of tomato Feelings a.
feed has caused the death of stock
in some of the canning districts.
A pound" sociable is to bt
held in the basement of Bay View
NJ. p. church next Thursday
evening.
lakewood Council, Jr. o. u. A
M, will present a flag to Conowingc
school today, with appropriate Ger,
emonies.
The chestnut crop is reported
large this year and the boys are
getting five cents a quart-payable
in candy.
Forty-seven registered and trans.
ferred names were added to the
Sixth district list in the two regis
tration days.
John Mahan has rented room
of Rev. Elm Kirk at Sylmar and
commenced the repair of foot geal
at that place.
Attention is called to the adv. OF
the Breisch- Williams Co. in another
column, who want girls to work in
their caramel factory at Oxford.
The Hartford County Agricultural
and Mechanical Society held the
twenty fifth exhibition at Bel Ali
this week on the 18th, 18th and
18th.
The quarterly distribution of the
school fund for Cecil county, due
this month, is as follows: White
schools, So, 461 90; colored schools,
$69O.72.
Mormon preachers are trying to
make converts in the Sth district.
Brigham Young's doctrine of plu-
rality of wives hasn't gained, so far,
any converts in that territory.
The Daughters of Liberty of this
town will hold a "Chysanthemum
Supper" in the Town Hall on
Saturday evening, Oct. 20. Sup
per from 5 to 10 O'Clock; tickets,
25 cents.
Mr.. J. B. Ager, Master of the
Maryland State Grange, will be at
Rising Sun on Saturday, the 18th
inst, and will lecture to Cecil
Grange, No. 3.
d. w. MCVEY, Sect.
Walter T. Johnson, of Principle,
has placed a beautiful metallic
sign in the post Office. He repre-
sents the Penn Mutual Life ms.
Co. of Philada., Pa. Hon. Lincoln
X. Passmore is a trustee of this
Company.
The brick dwelling house of Mr..
Parker McCreary, on the road be-
tween Fair Hill and Rock Church,
was destroyed by fire Friday night,
together with the contents. The
fire broke out about $50 O'Clock
Loss about 81, 900; partly insured.
The receipts of the fall fair of the
Oxford Agricultural Society were
1882. 66; expenses, $2,645.64 AS
the management were enabled to
make a number of permanent i'm
provements to the grounds they
feel that on the whole the fair was
success.
An Ex- councillors Association
was formed at North East on Fri.
day evening last. The Association
in composed of sixty-three ex.
Councillors of the o. U. A. M. from
various parts of Cecil and Hartford
counties, and its purpose is to sug-
gest features for the good of the
order in the State.
The canning season in Cecil
county did not turn out as profit
able as was at first expected, owing
to the shortage in the tomato crop,
due to the extreme heat and rainy
weather. More tomatoes were
canned this year than in form Ell
years, several new canning fac
tories having been started.
Secure your tickets for Col. Geo.
w. Bain's new lecture, "Uncle Sam
and 1.-THE Queen Regent" in the
town Hall next Wednesday even
ing, under the auspices of Harmony
Castle, X. G. E. Admission, 81
cents. Reserved seats may be pro
cured in advance, without extra
charge, by applying at Buffingtons
or Reynolds drug store.
Typhoid fever is dangerously il
evidence this season. Cases are re
ported all around in addition to tn,
deadly inroads it made in the army
camps.
Miss Rosa LETTER, of Elkton, i.
dangerously i'll with tVnhOid favar