The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-12-01
COU NTY NEWS,
Friday, Dec. L. 1899.
.ORLOCALS

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the Asylum at Cherry Hill, died
on Thursday of last week at that
institution.
Hon. David p. Davis has been
designated us Chief Judge of the
Orphans Court for ecil county by
Governor Lowndes.
John A. Richey, of Pilot, con-
stable of the Eighth district, will
remove to Wilmington and engage
in the mercantile business.
After losing 80 chickens, Mrs. H.
j. Robinson, near Nottingham, Pa,
caught the thief one evening last
week. The nightly visitor proved
to be large mink.
The State Board of Medical Ex-
aminers of which DR.. John III.
lamar is Il member, on Monday
finished the examination of 26 ap-
plicants for certificates.
Mrs. A. g. Shippers, of CJlora,
has accepted an invitation to speak
before the Maryland Equal Suffrage
Association, which meets in Balti-
more on Dec. 4.
J. w. Boyer, of Rock Hall, the
man who several years ago had %
coffin made of heavy oak timber of
his own selection, died on Tuesday
last, aged so years.
The suit of Jos. S. Pogue & Son
of this place, VS.. William McDou-
gal, Jr., for S95 damages for death
of a horse, will be given Il hearing
before Magistrate Groves, at Elkton,
today.
Frank Evans, 10 year old son of
States Attorney VIM. S. Evans,
fell from a fence and broke his left
arm Monday morning. The ac-
cident occurred in the rear of r. B.
Frazer's drug store.
The case of Joel III. Dean VS.. the
p, w. & b. railroad company, for
$4,000 damages, removed from
Cecil to Talbot county, was tried on
Friday of last week, at Easton, the
jury bringing in verdict of 81 800
for Dean.
Quite number of tickets have
been engaged f,r the piano and
evolutionary recital in the Town
Hall tomorrow evening, but there
are good seats still not taken. Be
sure and secure seat. Tickets on
sale at Buffington's and Reynolds.
At the Presbyterian Church in
Elkton Sunday morning resolutions
were adopted requesting Congress
to reject Brigham H. Roberts, the
Congressman elect from Utah. A
petition to have Roberts rejected
and polygamists disqualified was
also read and received many sigma
lures.
School teachers captured Elkton
on last Saturday all in search of
Examiner Biddle. 1t was pay day.
They could be picked out among
the congregation at church the
next day by their smiling faces.
They have three holidays this week,
Thursday to prepare for Thanks
giving, Friday to return thanks
and Saturday to rest.
VIM. L. Amoss. director of Farm.
ers' Institutes for Maryland, with "a
number of prominent farmers of
Southern Maryland, will make a
trip this week for the purpose of
Inspecting the farms in York county,
Pa, and Carroll county, Md, to
collect data on cattle feeding, to-
bacco culture, dairying, canning
and general agriculture.
The boat yards at Elk Landing
appear to be the scene of the greatest
active industry in Cecil county.
Orders for large barges are received
tokeepabout fifty mechanics steadily
employed. A large barge was
launched by L. Deibert & Bro. this
week.
Henry Deibert, prop 'ietor of the
upper yard has received contracts
for the building of several new
barges of the large size.
The Elkton Odd Fellows opened
their new reading room last week.
1t is on the second floor of the
Tucker Building below the lodge
room, and has been attractively
furnished with comfortable chairs,
brussels carpet, tables with chenille
covers, book case and a quantity of
reading matter and games. 1t is
lighted by electricity and heated
by gas. Only members of the
lodge are entitled to the privileges.
The civil suit of Chas M. Jones
against John Pryor, of Elk Neck,
was heard by Magistrate Groves on
Saturday. Albert Constable, Jr.,
appeared for Jones, and Fred T.
Haines represented Pryor. The
suit was for the value of hound
dog belonging to Jones, which was
shot by Pryor while running a
rabbit on the latter's farm. The
magistrate awarded Jones $40 and
costs.