The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-11-17
NTY NEWS.
Friday, Nov. II, 1899.
Ml\ORLOCALS

family to Nickel Mines, Pa, on
Wednesday.
Mrs. II. E. Truman offered her
house and lot at public sale last
Friday, but it was withdrawn for
want of bidders.
Cecil Council, No. 81, o. U. A.
NJ, will raise an American flag
over Chapel school house near
Woodlawn on Friday, Nov. "a.
The case of Joel HI. Dean of North
East, against the p, w. & B. rail
road for $4,000 damages has been
removed to Talbot county Court
for trial.
II. II. Bowden, of Havre de
Grace, has been granted divorce
from his wife, Ms. Mary Bowden,
by decree of the Circuit Court of
Cecil county.
A portrait of Admiral Dewey
was unveiled in the public school
house at Liberty Grove Saturday.
The portrait was framed and pre-
scented by the Baltimore Sun.
James Brooks, colored, aged 80
years, of Childs, was struck by
southbound express ON the B. & o.
railroad, at Singerly, on Thursday
afternoon of last week, and instant
ly killed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Eshleman gave
a surprise party last Tuesday
evening to their daughter Mary, in
honor of her twelfth birthday.
Fortytwo guests were present to
celebrate the event.
Geo. NJ. Husler, while walking
near his home north of Elkton on
Thursday of last week suffered a
stroke of apop.exy, from which he
died in few hours. He was
seventy eight years of age.
The bottom of Elk river is a YER
liable curiosity shop. The dredg.
ing machine brings to the surface
with its load of mud some odd
things. Among the finds was an
AK sticking in a block of wood.
Amos Cooper, brakem an ON the
Central Division, fell off a car
at Wawa. The wheels
ran over his heel and injured it so
badly he had to be taken to hos
pital in Philadelphia for treatment.
Misses Gertrude G. Smith, elocu-
zionist, and Marion Duvall Shep-
pard, instrnmentalist, will give an
entertainment in the Town hall on
Saturday evening, Dee. 2, under
the auspices of Harmony Castle No.
Is, X. G. Il.
Secure your seats for the enter
tainment in the Town hall tonight.
Ralph Bingham, formerly known
as the hoy orator." since reach
ing manhood has attained to the
front rank as personator, humor-
list, violinist and raconteur. Re
served seat tickets, SOC. Tickets
on sale at the Bank and Reynolds
drug store.
The Ladies' Aid Society of Octo
raro NJ. E. church will hold their
regular business meeting at the
home of A. M Perry on Thursday
evening, Dec. Z, at 1870 O'Clock.
After the business meeting a liter
airy program will be rendered. 1t
will be followed by an offering, the
proceeds to 60 towards the liquida.
ton of parsonage dejt.
The safe in the post Office at
West Grove was blown open with
powder last Friday night and rob-
bed OF 1888 .65. The robbers also
stole team the same night from
Edwin Gilbert, near Chatham. The
team was afterward found tied in
the woods near Parkesburg. No
clue has yet been obtained leading
to the arrest of the burglars.
Wednesday evening, Nov. Is,
was literary evening with the Ep-
worth League Of Elkton. w. T.
Warburton, Esq, made an address
before the League-suhject, "Some
Things That Threaten Us'-a good
wide field for a subject, and if
handled "without gloves" strikes
at the very foundations of modern
society and business methods.
While passing a freight train
north of Elkton Monday the Chesa-
peake and Ohio express train over
the p, W. Il B. railroad, had the
windows in three coaches broken
by bolt which projected from a
freight car on an adjoining track.
The sides of the cars were scraped
but nobody was hurt. The bolt in
the freight car which did the dam
age had worked from its regular
position and protruded about a foot,
while the coaches of the Chesapeake
and Ohio train are wider than reg
ulatiOn size, hence the accident.
Hopewell NJ. E. church will eel
citrate its fiftieth anniversary on
Sunday. A number of pastors
have been invited. Rev. F. j.