The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-05-20
NTY NEWS.
Friday, May 20, 1898.
Mis- ORLOCALS

caught at Carpenters Point one
night recently.
Presiding Elder Watt preached
in the M. 4. church of this town
on Sunday evening.
Wilson Brown of Sylmar, cut a
severe cash in his foot while chop
ping wood yesterday.
The Cecil Farmers Club met at
Rev. d. E. Shaw's, West Noting
ham, on Wednesday last.
An original widows pension of
S. has been granted Mrs. Priscilla
S. Brown, of Rock Springs.
The Epworth League of Port
Deposit celebrated it's ninth an
niversary with appropriate exer-
cises on Sunday last.
Mrs. Sam'l. B. Foard, of the
Hotel Elkton, who was so ill that
her life was despaired of, is on the
way to restored health.
Sam'l. II. Friedman of Harris
vile, is the possessor of a fine large
pumpkin which is as sound and
plump as when picked last fall.
cod and New Pedagogy" was
the subject Of Prof. Dolbear, of
Tufts College, Boston, in his lecture
before Tome Institute on May II.
$500 is the sum fixed upon as
the cost of the Kay monument to
be placed in Brookview Cemetery
for which subscription papers are
being circulated.
Clyde 7. Mahoney died at his
residence at Leslie on Tuesday, May
10, of consumption. The funeral
was held on the 10Th inst; inter-
ment in Bay View Cemetery.
A marriage certificate of John
White and Mary Job dated 1717 is
said to be in the possession of "a res
ident of Calvert. The marriage
ceremony was performed at that
place.
The fishing season for shad and
herring is over, seinS cut out and
floats laid up for this year. A
profitable fishing is reported gen
orally as to the quantity of fish
taken.
Rhuel Rose, son of Harry Rose
of Mechanics Valley, was injured
by an explosion as the result of an
experiment with a bottle of powder
and a lighted match, and will likely
lose his eyeSight.
1t has been decided by the stew
ards that the salary of Presiding
Elder Watt, of the Wilmington dis
trict, shall be the same as that re-
ceived by Presiding Elder Barrett
the past conference year.
Rev. w. j. FitzSimon and J. NJ.
c. Carhart, of Zion, who are dele
gates from the New Castle Presby-
terry to the General Assembly,
started on Tuesday for Winona,
Indiana, where the Assembly is
held.
The 157th annual commencement
exercises of West Nottingham
Academy will be held on Thurs
day, June 9th, at 2 p. M. The
commencement address will be de-
Iivered by Geo. A. Blake, Esq, of
ElktOn.
Zion Presbyterian Sunday school
was recognized for the summer
last Sunday by the election of the
following officers: Superintendent,
Edward Carhart; assistant, Milton
Campbell; secretary and treasurer,
Cecil Macley; organist, Miss Kath-
airline Rutherford; assistant, Miss
Lalla B. Groves; librarian, e. F.
.Mearns; assistant, Robert Trimble.
j. A. PaXson was arrested at
Rock Springs last week on the
charge of embezzlement, made by
J. S. Bullock, agent for Jonas
Bowman, of Oxford. PaXson was
brought before Squire Taylor and
agreed to go to Oxford with Con-
stable Ingram. He was given a
hearing before Squire Gallagher
and held in the sum of $500 for
appearance at Court.
The ice cream and strawberry
festival season is almost on us and
the enterprising church and other
workers are making dates and Civ
ing notice of their proposed festi-
walls. In Stump's woods, near
Perryville, one is advertised to be
held on June II and 10.
The pupils of Washington school,
near Zion, will hold a festival on
the school grounds ON Wednesday
evening, May %.
Cecil Council o. U. A. NJ, have
selected Friday and Saturday eve
nings, June 3 and 4, as the dates
for their festival to be held at
Rising Sun.
The thunder storm on Thursday
of last week extended over the en-
tire county and was very severe in
some places with hail. Lightning