The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-03-18
COlJ NTY NEWS,
Friday, Mar. IS. 1898.
NILS DRLOCALS

Wheat fields lcoE green and
promising for a good crop.
March term of circuit court will
commence on Monday next.
The Rowland lumber mill, al
Port Deposit, opened for work this
week.
The peach is reported to be still
in good health and the middle OF
March is passed.
Shad are on sale in town this
week, and the fish wagon with pike
and yellow perch on the road.
The robins and blackbirds are
singing in the leafless trees and
their songs tell that spring is near.
Farmers are busy this week SOW
ing clover seed. The ground is in
first rate condition for receiving the
seed.
John G. McNamee, Walter Buck
worth and John NJ. Tucker are the
n Supervisors of Election for
Cecil county.
st. Patrick's day was an excep-
tion to the old provebial anniver-
sary CT the Saint, being mild,
spring Ike day.
A teachers Institute has been
arranged for by the School Com
missioners, to be held in Elkton
April u, ID AMI IA.
w. P. Biggs, of Middletown, has
sold his farm in Sassafras Neck to
w. A. Matthews, for $11, 800. The
farm contains 200 acres.
H. J. EHing, Rising Suns ton
serial artist, has touched up his
room with brush and pencil making
it as neat as an Eas er bonnet.
There is reported to be nearly
$4,000 worth of white wood at the
Singerly pulp mill at Elkton, which
will run the mill night and day for
year.
The Rising Sun and Charlestown
gun clubs shot match at Rising
Sun last Monday. The visitors
won by score of 179 to 172 out of
a possible $50.
A fire on the Evans farm, near
Newark, on Thursday of last week,
destroyed all the ont buildings with
their contents. The loss is esti
mated at 5000.
The Cecil County Medical Society
met at Perryville on Friday after
noon last. The subject of pleurisy
was discussed in several carefully
prepared papers.
The steamer Ericsson, capsized
in the Delaware river by a heavy
gale some three weeks ago, was
raised last Friday and sent to IA
Camden ship yard for repairs.
The Presbyterian home prayer
meeting was held at S. 7. Reyn-
olds' on last Wednesday evening,
Revs. ID. Il. Shaw and S. j. Nor
ris, ID. D., conducted the services.
The question for debate at the
Colora Lyceum this evening is
"Resolved, that bimetallism as pro-
posed in the Chicago platform is
preferable to the present monetary
system"
Mr.. w. r. Howell, of Philadel-
phia, will shortly erect a brick
storehouse on West Main street,
Ekton, having secured a building
permit for that purpose from the
Town Council.
A firm at Milford, Del, last week
shipped to New York 10000 musk
rat hides, 1000 raccoon hides,
1000 opossum hides, 10000 rabbit
hides and 200 mink and other
hides. None of Penn Shades fav-
Orite game appears among those
pelts.
+. d. Burnite's bottling estab-
lishment in Oxford was totally de-
stroyed by fire on Monday morning.
The building, which was frame,
and contents were a total loss. Mr..
Burnite had an insurance on the
contents of $1,000 but there was
none on the building.
Sheriff Conoly on Thursday of
last week arrested James Holland,
colored, at Leeds, wanted on the
charge of assaulting George Brown.
He will be held for the action of
the grand jury. Brown is still at
the Elkton Jail suffering from burns
received from lighted lamp which
Holland threw at his head.
Sunday, March Goth, will be the
closing services for this conference
year at Mt. Pleasant M. Il. church,
as follows: love feast at $50 a. m. !;
preaching by the pastor at 1890;
ut p. IN. Rev. w. p. Compton,
pastor of Tome memorial NJ. E.
church will preach and administer
the sacrament of the Lords supper;
at O'Clock Epworth League, led of
III. I. Davis, and at 1880 p. III.
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