The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-10-06
COJJ NTY NEWS.
Friday, Oct. 6. 1899.
Ml<DRLOCALS

NcOTSc DuI Dullh, vi w dl W lCN, ,
has been granted an increase of
pension from SIS to S. per month.
The government pension of Allen
S. Elliott, of Richardsmere, has
been increased from Sc to $12 per
month.
The Young Ladies' Home Mission
social will be held at the home of
Miss Mary l.. Worthington this
evening.
A big Democratic meeting was
held at Elkton last night but too
late for a report i'll today's
JOURNAL.
About 125 persons boarded the
free excursion train at Rising Sun
last evening, for the Democratic
mass meeting at Elkton.
Capt. George Crew caught a
shark between six and seven feet
in length last week, near Betterton.
1t weighed about 300 pounds.
JOS. L. Devon has gone to An
napolis where he will be enrolled
at ST. Johns College ard figure in
the athletics of the institution.
The Taylor w. Moore farm, con-
tanning 40 acres, was sold at mort
gagee's sale last Monday. G. c..
Barrett was the purchaser for $3.50.
At the October sitting of the reg
istrar in Rising Sun last Tuesday
10 new names were added and is
names were transferred to other
districts.
Touchton & Nields have sold
their restaurant to w T. Mcclure,
who took charge on Tuesday last.
Mr.. Nields has accepted position
as clerk for B. p. Nichols.
Frank G. Kirk, of Rising Sun,
has been elected president of the
Lawn Tennis Association of Wash
ington College, Chestertown. He
is also a candidate for the foot ball
team.
The State Convention of the W.
G. T. U. is being held at Havre de
Grace on Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday of this week. Several
members of the Rising Sun Union
are in attendance.
Harry F. Richards, who has held
the position of clerk in the National
Bank of this place for the past six
years, has accepted position with
the West End Trust Co. of Philada.
Miss NJ. Emma Haines will fill the
vacancy in the clerkship at the
Bank.
Joseph q. Maule, an esteemed
minister in the Society of Friends,
will hold an appointed meeting for
divine worship at Rising Sun in the
Methodist meeting house this
evening at 1880 O'Clock. Also one
at Mt. Pleasant Firstday evening,
Sth inst, at o'clock. The public
are invited.
The increased attendance at the
Elkton High School has made it
necessary to add several new desks.
The rising generation bids fair to
be so rich in knowledge and poor
in purse that it may rebel against
the millionaire regime their parents
have so stupidity allowed to be
fastened on them.
Several valuable minerals have
been discovered on the farm OF
Tyson Reynolds of Rock Springs.
The barren ridge in the Eighth dis
trict will, unless numerous signs all
fail, turn out a great mineral dis
trict. J. Dixon West is still pur-
suing his gold mining enterprise.
To secure the proper kind of ma
chinery is OBTAINING the work in
prospect.
Charles DeamOn, OF North East,
while at work on the railroad neal
that town one day last week was
attacked by a dog believed to be
mad, and bitten on the hand. One
of the other workman went to the
assistance of Deamon and between
them succeeded in killing the dog
The animals head was sent to the
Pasteur Institute, New York, by
DIR. Housekeeper.
Rising Sun has had a heavy rur
of ATTRACTIONS" this week. Hart
ley's medicine show is giving
nightly entertainments in the tow
hall, two trained bears were eXhib
tied on the streets Wednesday, anC
Welsh Bros. circus gave goot
show on Tuesday. The balloon
ascension took place at four O'Clock
and was successfully concluded
with a parachute drop.
The first hoar frost came on Sun
day night, and Monday morning
everything was in winters frs
garments. The tomato canning
came to sudden end, and tender
vegetation of all kinds was stricken
and blighted in few hours.
The tomato crop this season hal
been abundant and the fruit o
superior quality. The Gamers il
several instances were unable t,