The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-01-06
COUNTY NEWS
Friday, Jan. 6, 1899.
MlNDRLOCALS

While emptying some hot ashes
Mrs. Mary Reed, of Bay View, was
quite severely burned by her cloth
ing catching fire from the live Goals.
The snow of the recent cold wave
afforded some sleighing to lovers OF
the amusement. 1t was fair in
town but rough on the country
roads.
The warm wave which followed SO
closely the cold wave of the first
of the week bids fair to dash the
hopes of the ice harvestcrs to the
ground.
Ice cutting commenced on the
Susquehanna river in the Perry
vile and Havre de Grace section
on Tuesday. The ice was eight to
ten inches thick.
The public schools opened last
Monday. The statement that they
would not open till Tuesday was a
mistake. 1t was the banks that
didn't open, but the interest
went on.
For the embezzlement of d small
sum of money belonging to the col
ored church of Port Deposit Aaron
Griffith has been committed to Jail
to await the action of the March
term of court.
There were between $4,000 and
$4,000 lbs. of poultry shipped from
the North East STATEN during the
Christmas season.
From Rising Sun station 1852
pounds were shipped.
John r. T. Shippers and Gustavus
Foster, both members Of the Fifth
Maryland Regiment in the civil
war, and both i'll their seventy first
year., died Monday near Elkton
within an hour of each other.
The Day basket factory, of North
East, has turned out more baskets
this year than any year since its
establishment in 1876.
A big government order helped
the factory, and good many other
factories were helped in a similar
manner.
John Crate was assaulted and
robbed by an unknown party one
night last week, the assailant
making off with a vest in the pocket
of which was $3.50. Crate lives
alone in a shanty on Stump's Point,
near Perryville, and occupies his
time by hunting and fishing.
A flag was raised over the new
Colora school house by the Jr. o.
U. A. NJ. Friday before Christmas.
Rev, W. e. Greenfield made the
presentation address. The flag was
hoisted by four little girls of the
school, Misses Mary Gray, Anna
Fryer, Anna Dunlap and Mary
Fryer.
The quarterly distribution of the
public school fund was made by
Comptroller Goldsborough on Mon
day. Cecil county's apportionment
is: For white schools, 2,461 90;
colored, $690.72. The entire
amount distributed was 800, 900
for white schools and 1877 900 for
colored schools.
A defective tlue set fire to the
residence of Rev. Alexander NJ.
Rich, rector of st. James p. e.
church, Port Deposit, Wednesday
afternoon of last week. BY prompt
work of the Water Witch fire com.
pany the blaze was soon gotten
under control, little damage to the
house resulting.
Our merchants have concluded
to close at s p. m. during the win
ter. 1t would be better to close
half an hour earlier. OF all trades
that of the retail store keeper is the
most slavish. Open at a. m. and
often remaining in what must be-
come next thing to a prison house
till 10 p. m. must be classed as a
hard life.
The F. N. l. reopencd Jan. 4
after ten days vacation. At the
examinations held during December
the principal offered prizes which
were distributed as follows:-For
best examination papers, in Latin
and General History, to Margaret
J. Boyd; in Algebra, Emily Duyck
inck and Melvin Sill;in Polit. Geog.,
Agnes K. Fox; in Arithmetic,
Edwin L. Haines; for highest aver
age in December Helen NJ, Phillips.
The school has now twenty seven
scholars with the prospect of a few
more during the winter term.
How the young folks of Bay
View and neighborhood enjoy the
winter evenings:-The n. n. N.
Club met at Miss Maude Leedom's
on Friday evening The entertain
ing committee were Miss Arrie
Rowland, Maud Leedom, Victoria
Cameron, Benjamin Lumb and
Willie Rose. After the business OF
the club was transacted the eXer,