The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-07-15
COU NTY NEWS
Friday, July I5. 1898.
MINORLOCAIS

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Friday, with a large force of men.
Rev. A. ID. Mink, of Oxford, and
Rev. S. j. Morris, d. d., of this
place will exchange pulpits next
Sunday.
Governor Lowndes has pardoned
Charles Armstrong, who has
been serving a years sentence in
Elkton Jail.
Clifford McCracken, infant son oil
Mr.. and Mrs. James McCracken,
of North East, died on Wednesday
evening, July 6.
The McCracken farm of 24O acres
on North East river was sold at pub
lie sale in Elkton yesterday to G.
w. Shippers for $1,000.
The County Commissioners have
required the Columbia and Port
Deposit Railroad Co. to place a
Waterman at ConOwingo.
Bush meeting will commence at
Zion on Sunday, July 81, and will
contiue one week, under charge oil
Rev. II. +. Moore, pastor.
On Saturday night the postoffice
at Mt. Pleasant, Del, was robbed
of $40 worth of postage stamps.
The safe was blown open with
powder.
DIR. Howard Bratton, who has
kept record of deaths in the town
of Elkton during the year ending
July /, reports 50, which is heavy
per centage for country village.
The work of converting the old
Salvation Army barracks in West
ElktOn, into a shirt factory is now
in progress and everything is ex.
pected to be in readiness in a few
days.
Milton Hasson, of College Green,
had his leg broken by a horse
which had fallen while hitched to
a wagon and become entangled in
the harness, while endeavoring to
get him up.
Caleb Conner, who has been Oper.
ating the Rising Sun creamery for
IL number of years, made an assign.
ment for the benefit of his creditors
yesterday. Assets and liabilities
are not as yet known.
The members of Hopewell church
will give an excursion to Colchester
on the steamer Susquehanna on
Wednesday, July 20, for the bene.
fit of the church. BE sure to help
this worthy cause by going.
Sheriff Conoly sold at the Court
House door yesterday the Iron Hill
race tracks for taxes. Track No. |,
containing 23 acres, was sold to r.
S. Foster of Phila. for 800; track
No. 3 to the same party for $40.
The Orphans Court has admitted
to probate the will of Christine
Cook, over which there promises tC
be a contest. The estate Is valued
at about 81, 900, the bulk of which
was left to the Heatzig family Of
ElktOn.
William Dennison, of Farming
ton, was standing under u tree OF
the farm of W. T. Brickley during
one of the violent thunder storms
last week, but had just stepped
from under it when ii was shat
tered by bolt of lightning.
The County Commissioners OF
Tuesday awarded the contracts fol
the four new iron bridges which
were demolished by the recen
flood, to the following: Elk Landing
bridge, Powers & Robinson, - $50
Mearns bridge, Tibbitt 4 Woods
$500; Harveys bridge. Wrough
Iron Bridge Co., i,795; WaTbur
ton bridge, Pitttsburg Bridge Co.
1898.
Messrs. Tibbits 4 Woods, tn,
bridge contractors of Phillipsburg
n. j., who secured one of the con
tracts from the County Commits
si0ners this week, was represented
by =. Taylor Wilson, "A forme
Rising Sun boy. Mr.. Wilson is
civil engineer and "a member of tn
firm. He will have charge Of tn
erection of the bridge, known a
Mearns bridge, near Mechanic
Valley.
We are in receipt Of the Jun
issue of the Railroad Car Journa
which contains an excellent hall
tone portrait of o. G. Gayley Of tn
Safety Car Heating and Lightin
Co., of New York. Mr.. Gayley
a son of Rev. S. \. Gayley, paste
emeritus of West nottingham
Presbyterian church, and il wei
known in this neighborhood. III
is a Cecil cOuntian who has attaine,
an enviable position in his chose
profession, that of railroad suppl
man, a position requiring qualitica
tions possessed by eOmparatiyel
few