The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-08-26
Friday, Aug. &c. 1898.
MINORLOCALS

Thursday, Sept. LIST.
The apple crop in this section O.
country is a total failure this year
The P, w. & B. roadbed at Elk
ton has been oiled to keep down the
dust.
Rising Sun NJ. E. Sunday school
will picnic in Oxford Park next
Wednesday.
The KILLER farm in the Second
district has been purchased by
James Spear for 81, 500.
Caleb Newbold Price has pur-
chased, for $4,000, the John r.
Price farm, in the Third district.
ThOs. j. Wilson lost valuable
young horse last Sunday from the
effects Of cerebro spinal meningitis.
A government pension of IS per
month has been granted Mrs.
Serena Thompson, of Port Deposit.
We are in receipt of several COM
munications, too late for this week s
issue, which will be published next
week.
James T. Armour & Co. will con-
duct the grain, hay and general
warehouse business at Leslie this
season.
Robert, the infant son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Oliver Nesbitt, of Colora, died
on Tuesday evening, Aug. is, aged
nine months.
Oxford public school house was
struck by lightning and slightly
damaged during the gust on last
Friday night.
Mrs. William Forest, of Apple
ton, recently lost four cows which
were killed by lightning during a
thunder storm.
Joseph Kirk, of the Sixth dis.
trict, was taken to Elkton Jail last
week because of insanity, and will
be taken to an asylum.
Mr.. John r. Anderson, of New
York, has been appointed instructor
in chemistry, physics and gymnas-
tics of the Elkton High School by
the School Board.
The Delaware soldiers who were
arrested for assaulting the Italian
girls recently, were committed to
New Castle Jail, having first been
deprived of their uniforms.
Banner Council, o. U. A. NJ, of
Calvert, will hold fair and festival
Sept. Is. There will be a parade
at 2 o'clock, after which the gath
ering will be addressed by several
speakers.
Over 5000 dogs have been found
by the assessors in this county and
that's not all of them either. There
will be great bowling when the tax
collector calls for the tax. And
the bowling will net be by the dogs.
The Epworth League of Eber-
nezer M. e. church will hold its
annual lawn fete at the home of Mr..
VIM. Armour, near the church,
Wednesday evening, Aug. 81. If
stormy, next fair evening. All are
invited.
Elkton fair is drawing near and
will be held September 6, Z, and
9. Supreme efforts are being put
forth to have good exhibition, but
we doubt its success, the institu-
tion has been so besmirched by the
"outlaw" boss gambling.
Colora public school will open in
Tosh's hall September 1, with Miss
Leora Crothers teacher. The new
school building will be completed
by the first of November, and is to
he a graded school.
Rising Sun public school will
open September 1 with the Misses
Haines, teachers. All first and
second grade pupils are required to
enter the first week.
Treasurer Fryer was at Rising
Sun Tuesday and Wednesday re-
ceiving taxes. On Tuesday $16OS. 81
were paid in; on Wednesday,
$15SS.77. AT Colora 1913 40 were
received, making a total for the
Sixth district of $393O.79. All
payments in August are discounted
8 per cent.
Last week western visitors who
had been spending some time with
friends in the neighborhood of Lib
erty Grove departed for their
homes. Mrs. Charles Cooley, son
and daughter, left Mrs. r. L.
Christie's for their home in Min
nesota. Mr.. and Mrs. w. M
White left w. w. Moor's for Bates
county, Missouri.
The following officers of the
North East branch of the Calvert
Building and Loan Association Of
Baltimore have been elected: L. T.
b. Day, pres; Samuel Shippers, Isl
vice pres; +. j. Campbell, 2nd
vice pres; DIR. r. G. Underwood
sec. and treas; directors, Jacot