The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-02-11
COU NTY NEWS.
Friday, Feb. IL. 1898.
Ml<4ORLOCALS


Pleasant was broken into recently
and considerable damage done.
The Cantwell farm, near Cherry
Hill, containing 100 acres of land,
was sold Tuesday to William Drake
for $1,000.
Ida White, pupil of the public
school at Leeds, this county, has
not missed a days attendance in
the last fourteen terms.
1t is reported that Alpheus Sims
has sold his farm, near Sylmar, and
another spar quarry will be opened
on it by the purchasers.
Reuben Haines, Esq, of Elkton,
will deliver a lecture on "Pompeii,
the Ruined City," at Wesley
Chapel on February 15.
Trouble with the lock in the
Chesapeake & Delaware canal at
st. Georges prevented traffic
for four or five days last week.
The wheelmen of Oxford, Rising
Sun and and other sections of upper
Cecil county are agitating the build
ing of a bicycle path from this
place to Oxford.
Samuel Hambleton has force of
carpenters at work making extern
sive repairs on the Smedley prop
erty which he recently purchased,
on Cherry street.
Stanley Brothers cannery on the
Elk River, was recently robbed of
se> enty dozen cans of tomatoes. A
large fyke net was also stolen from
their fishing shore.
Senator A. L. Crothers sold at
the court house door, in Elkton, on
Saturday the Sandy Hill farm, in
Elk Neck, containing 262 acres of
land, to Manly Drennen for $1,000.
Delegate Jenness was granted
leave this week to introduce a bill
for the State to appropriate $3.50
per annum for two years to the
Friends Normal Institute of Rising
Sun.
Il. R. Burlington will take his
three sons into partnership with
him in his general merchandise
business on April LIST, under the
firm name of E. r. Burlington &
Sons.
A large stone projecting over the
side of a car on passing freight of
the B. & o. railroad, struck a sig
nal and freight car standing on the
siding at Leslie, and did consider
able damage.
The block signal tower of the P,
w. Il b. railroad at Havre de
Grace was partially destroyed by
fire Saturday morning. The loss
was about $500. The origin of the
fire is not known.
The "Jacob Tome Saving Bank"
has been organized by the pupils
of the Institute. Each pupil can
deposit as large or as small an
amount as desired, and each de-
position has a bank book.
Jockey Manlove, who is rather
delicate, was unable to pull up his
mount. Tomoka, after the finish in
the fifth race on Wednesday, and
the horse circled the track five
times. Manlove became exhausted
and finally fell off, but fortunately
escaped with a few bruises
Appeal.
One morning last week Mrs. Geo.
Witworth, of Elkton, on going up
stairs to rouse her little daughter,
who was in bed, discovered the room
black with smoke and the little girl
almost suffocated. An oil stove used
in heating the room had been turned
too high, and smoked. The child's
face and hands were black and the
contents of the room ruined.
The club house at Charter Hall,
Cecil county, owned by "A party of
Philadelphians, was broken into
Sunday night and suit of clothes,
Il fine Scott breech- loading gun and
many other articles stolen. A man
who worked on farm in the
neighborhood of the club house
disappeared Sunday night and he
is suspected as being the thief.
The race track bill which was
snder Senator Crothers' charge,
passed the Senate on Tuesday
without opposition. The bill now
goes to the House and if the mem
bers of that body send it through
as expeditiously the good people Of
the county will rise up and call
them biessed-if there is no snake
allowed to coil up in it like the old
low.
The Cecil delegation is repre-
sented on the following committees
appointed by Speaker Shafer last
week: Delegate Jenness, Chesa
peake Bay and Tributaries, Reyal
nation and Assessment, Hygiene,
Manufactures; Delegate Thompson
Militia, Internal Improvement
t.