The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-11-25
NTY NEWS.
Friday, Nov. G5, 1898.
MINORLOCALS

The Zion w. G. T. U. will hold
a supper at the home of A. j.
Mearns next Tuesday evening.
Cyrus Cooper of West Grove, a
member of the society of Friends,
spoke in DIR. Kinks hall last Mon
day evening.
The entertainment to be held at
West Nottingham on Thanksgiving
evening was postponed until tomor-
row Saturday evening.
DR.. R. r. Crothers will leave on
Monday next for Johns Hopkins
Hospital, Baltimore, where he con-
templates spending the winter.
The funeral of Louis Todd, of
Craigtown, took place on Friday
last; interment in Hopewell Gem
etery. A wife and three children
survive him.
Mr.. Robert Montgomery and Mrs.
Mary A. Hart, both residing near
Colora, were married at the home
of the bride on Thursday evening
of last week.
Toe annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Rising Sun Shoe
Mfg. Go. will be held at the Office
of the Company on Monday after
noon, Dec. 5.
An Equal Suffrage Convention
will be held in Baltimore on Dec.
9th. Mrs. A. G. Shippers, of
Colora, has been invited to speak
at the meeting.
The survey of the North East
river and North East creek, which
is to be used in chart of the Ches-
apeake Bay and its tributaries, has
been completed.
III. III. Haines recently visited
Buffalo and bought a carload of 25
fine bred cattle for feeders for his
Lancaster county farm, the old
homestead where he was born.
Frank M. Rawlings, of near Port
Deposit, OH Friday last fell from
the bridge over Stone run, near
Rowlandville, fracturing three ribs
and otherwise injuring himself.
The Dare prize of $25, given by
Dickinson College for best averages
in entrance examinations, was won
by J. Melville Arthur, a member
of last years graduating class of
Jacob Tome Institute.
The metallic cases for the offices
of the Clerk of the Court. County
Commissioners and Register of
Wills have been received form the
manufacturers, Stiff & Freeman, of
Philadelphia.
The Kay Monument Association
will hold meeting in the lecture
room of the M. L. church tomorrow
evening. The collectors and all
others interested are urgently re
quested to attend.
bod Harris, a farmer living near
Mechanics Valley, was shot and
painfully injured last Monday by
an unknown person supposed to
have been cunning for rabbits in
the neighborhood.
Charles Armstrong an employee
at an Elkton bakery, while split
ting kindling caught his axe in a
clothes line which turned the blade
and caused it to strike him on the
head inflicting painful cash.
DR.. John III. lamar, of Elkton,
attended meeting of the Maryland
Medical and Chirurgical Faculty,
at Frederick last week and read a
paper entitled "Report of Several
Interesting Cases in Surgery"
Paul, youngest son of A. B.
Keen, narrowly escaped being
severely burned last Saturday
afternoon by his clothes catching
fire. A neighbours child discov
cred the flames in time to avert
serious damage.
Robt. Evans, son II. M. Evans
of this town, is visiting his parents,
accompanied by his wife. He was
employed in the railroad yard at
Philada. and received an injury
several months ago which fractured
his leg, and is still on crutches.
The Hammersmith farm contain
ing 191 acres, near Rising Sun, was
offered at public sale last Tuesday
by the executors of the VIM. Ora
son estate and withdrawn at bid
of $4,000. This farm was purchased
four years ago by VIM. Grason for
$4,000.
The following named pupils of
Rising Sun public school were pres
ent every day of the term begin
ming Sept. 1 and ending Nov. Is {:
Lucy Gillespie, Marjorie Effing,
Della Jenkins, Mollie Keen, Mona
Jenkins, Reba Morrison, Bernard
Effing, Harry Effing, Gerald Effing,
Leslie Keen, Eddie Jenkins, Ernest
Patton, Allen Kirk, John Tennent.
Prof. Milton Whitney, chief of
the division of soils. Tinted States