The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-09-23
COU NTY NEWS,
Friday, Sept. %, 1898.
MINORLOCALS

10Th, at 2:3O o'clock.
VIM. J. Davis purchased this
week the late residence of VIM. M
Singerly, from George Evans.
The Friends Firstday school held
their picnic in the grove at Brick
Meeting House on Saturday.
George Atkinson, of Elkton,
has been granted an original gov.
eminent pension of So per month
The employees of the Susquehanna
Paper Mills, near Conowingo, have
had their wages increased ten per
cent.
Oxford Fair has come and gone
this week and the boss men have
stabbed and blanketed their flyers
for the winter.
Miss Blanche Biles, student at
the Elkton High School, fell from
her bicycle on Monday and injured
herself severely.
Harry Biddle, a member of Co.
Il, First Maryland Volunteers, is
ill of typhoid fever at his fathers
home in Elkton.
The residence of r. L. Thomas,
in North East, was sold on Wednes-
day to DIR. Rittenhouse, of that
town, for $2,700.
Sam'l. Fl. Barnes has secured q
position with the Enterprise Mil
inery Co., of Allentown, Pa, as
travelling salesman.
The Larzalere farm in Elk Neck,
three miles from Elkton, containing
1855 acres of land, has been pur
chased by G. S. Kinsey, for $500.
On Monday evening next the
citizens of Sylmar will hold q pub
lie meeting when the question of
laying sidewalks will be discussed.
The slaughter house and stable
of John Wilkie, of Kirkwood, Pa,
together with a quantity of hay and
feed, were destroyed by fire on
Tuesday afternoon.
Bay View Council, Jr. o. U. A.
M, have begun the erection of a
large hall at Bay View. Two new
dwellings are also in course of cree
ton in the village.
The Raspin farm, containing Al
acres, near Elkton, was sold at
assignee's sale on Saturday, by
Austin L. Crothers, ESQ.,, to T. r.
Ceilings, OF Philada., for 5000.
Trinity Chapter, Brotherhood of
st. Andrew, of Elkton, elected
Henry L. Constable and Richard
Reese delegates to the annual con-
vention of the Brotherhood in Bal
timore September 30.
The new shirt factory in Elkton
began operations on Thursday of
last week. Arthur A. Birkhead,
of New Jersep, is manager. Thirty
hands are at present employed, the
majority of them being women and
girls.
The County Commissioners have
made an inspection of the public
road north of Leslie, with a view to
Strengthening the road and estab-
fishing the boundaries, which have
been lin dispute for number of
years.
F. N. Jenkins has invaded the
Sth District with his paint pot and
brush. He has just finished deco
rating barn for J. M. Sterrett and
is now touching up the Octoraro
M. E. church, popularity known as
the "Gray Hoss."
During the 2:3O class race at the
recent Dover Fair W. T. Moore, of
Sudlersville, Md, who was driving
"Topsy RUSSELL" was thrown from
his sulky, the horse falling on him
and injuring him so badly as to
cause his death few hours after
wards.
1t is rumored that the p, w. &
B. railroad is negotiating for the
purchase of the Cecil County Fair
grounds, at Elkton, to build shops
for the erection and repair of cars.
We trust this "rumor" will turn
out a veritable fact. The "fair''
for years has been little short of a
nuisance.
The Cecil County Union of the
Christian Endeavor Society will
hold its annual convention at West
Nottingham on Wednesday, Sept.
IS, beginning at 2:30 p. m. Revs.
Wilbur F. Crafts and T. o. Grouse,
Mrs. Z. G. Hatch, Mr.. III. III.
Hanna and others are expected to
address the convention.
The fair and festival held by
Banner Council, o. U. A. NJ, al
Calvert last Thursday was a great
success. A parade Washed in the
afternoon, in which a number OF
orders participated. After the
parade the gathering was addressed