The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-05-13

The students of Zion academy
gave a drama on last Friday even
ing and achieved histronic honors
by their fine acting.
Mrs. Daisy Haskell, daughter of
Mrs. /. D. Carter of Singerly, last
week started from San Francisco to
join her husband at Shanghai, who
is in business in that old city of
China.
Delaplane Mccullough fell off
the side walk at Colora on Thurs
day Of last week and sustained a
severe injury in one ankle, the lig~
ament of which was seriously
strained.
Mrs. Nettie L. Terry, Miss A.
Maude McDougal, Edwin Haines
and W. K. Terry have been elected
delegates from the Epworth Leauge
of this town, to the District Con-
vention, which meets in Whining
ton May 1919.
There were two Havre de Grace
boys with Commodore Dewey's
fleet at Manila when he wiped out
the Spanish fleet, Sidney l.. War
ner, fireman of the first class, and
Harry G. Jarrett, signal quarter
master, both of the Raleigh.
The old Board of Borough Com
missions was re elected Monday,
there being no opposition placed in
the field. Sixty seven votes were
cast. The commissioners are E. Fl.
Worthington, j. G. Hindman, III.
HI. Haines, G. r. Grason and A.
L. Duyckinck.
The family of Mr.. Peter Har-
tenstine removed from Rising
Sun to the jackson farm near
Principle Furnace last Friday.
Mr.. Hartenstine purchased the
farm several months ago and in
tended moving to it last March %,
but the former owner refused to
vacate until forced to do so.
The following officers have been
been elected by the stockholders
of the Friends Normal Institute:
President, l.. r. Kirk, M. D.; sec
rotary, E. HI. Reynolds; treasurer,
Jonathan Reynolds; directors, L.
R. Kirk, NJ. d., Jonathan Reyn-
olds, Barclay Reynolds, e. FL.
Reynolds and E. r. Burlington.
George w. Burgien, engineer at
the Maryland Clay Company's
works, near North East, met with
painful accident on Saturday last.
The fires under the boilers had
been allowed to go out and after
trying the steam guages and find
ing they showed no pressure, he
removed the cover of the manhole
when a volume of hot water rushed
out and severely scalded him.
The Eureka Fertilizer Company,
near Perryville, discharged the
schooner "Fannie Reiche" last
week of phosphate rock from
Charlestown, S. c., and rechartered
her for another cargo upon which
they will take out war insurance
risk. The Company have a ship
ment of birthstone now of the high
seas somewhere between Sicily and
Baltimore.
At Mt. Pleasant M. E. church,
near Colora, Sunday, May Is, SER
vices will be held as follows:
Preaching by the pastor at 1870 a.
M; p. m. preaching by Rev. Robt.
Watt, ID. D., the new Presiding
Elder of the Wilmington District;
at p. m. Epworth devotional SER
vices led by Miss Margaret Trimble
and the Epworth League anniver
sary at 1880 p. m, at which time
there will be several addresses by
ex-presidents of the League and
also special music.
The Oxford patriots had a jolli-
fication on Monday night and had
their ardor raised to such a pitch
by the eloquent speeches of T. X.
Stubs and Charles w. Wilson, the
latter of Rising Sun, that they put
off several dynamite bombs which
broke the glass in the windows,
frightened nervous people half out
of their wits, and shook the houses
for miles around. The lombard
ment was plainly heard in Rising
Sun. Charley, you oughtn't to
rouse the enthusiasm of the patri-
OTIS to such a pitch by your burning
words.