The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-05-05
NTY NEWS.
Friday, May 5, 1899.
MI>DR LOCALS

Sam'l. M. McCardell has launch
ed his boom for sheriff and is in the
field with a list of delegates.
The Y. L. H. M. will hold a
sociable at the home of Jos. S.
Pogue. Friday evening, May II.
A grand concert will be given at
Cedar Hill Church, near Zion, this
evening. Proceeds for the benefit
of the church.
AT the Perryville town election
on Tuesday John S. Donaho, James
Gillespie and David Mcdonald were
chosen Town Commissioners.
Little Maude Atkinson, of Port
Deposit, fell while at one of the
fishing floats Saturday, breaking
her arm between the elbow and
shoulder.
People are becoming skeptical of
the "Klondike' gold fields of the
Sth District. Mr.. West has paid
off the men who were at work and
discharged them. .
G. Il. Grason has been fixing up
the Maryland House this week.
A picket fence has been placed
around the grass plots in front of
the hotel and the porches repaired.
Prof. III. ii. Howe, whose resig-
If h
Tome Institute was rendered recent
ly, has been succeeded for the re-
mainder of the school term by Prof.
Willard Aldrich.
The colored schoolhouse at Cecil
ton was destroyed by fire Thursday
of last week. The origin of the fire
is unknown. The building was in
sired in the Norwich Union Fire
Insurance Company.
The confirmation ceremonies
which were announced to be held
at st. Agnes chapel last Sunday
were indefinitely postponed on ac-
count of the sudden illness of
BlShOp Monaghan.
Samuel Mcdowell of Oxford, who
was convicted of forging a justice
of the peace's name, releasing two
darkies from West Chester Jail last
fall, was sentenced this week to
three months in Jail and pay a fine
of $50.
The following are the officers of
Rosebank M. E. Sunday school
recently elected: Supt., Mrs. c. M.
Resler; assistant, Webster Brown;
secy., Miss Ella Griffith; treas,
Mrs. John Ramsey; librarian, Miss
Mabel Leonard.
The fourth annual meeting of the
State Council of the Daughters of
Liberty, of Maryland, met in Fred
erick this week. Mrs. Hattie A.
Atkinson represented Rising Sun
Council, and was elected State
Councillor for the ensuing year.
The taking of shad eggs at the
Battery, on the Susquehanna river,
has been rather backward this sea-
son on account of the cold weather
at the beginning of the season. Up
to the present time there have been
taken about 10000, 900 eggs. Two
thirds of this amount were taken
within the past ten days.
Deputy Internal Revenue Col
lector Joseph l.. Wells, of Elkton,
in his search for counterfeit rev.
enue stamps, came across lot at
Havre de Grace last week and as a
result contiscated 600 cigars, which
he sent to Baltimore. These stamps
are the output of counterfeiter
Jacobs factory which was recently
raided at Lancaster.
Maryland has four districts out
of 800 into which the country has
been divided for the taking of the
census. Cecil county is included
in the Second district, which COM
prises Caroline, Cecil, Dorchester,
Kent, Queen Anne's, Somerset,
Talbot, Wicomico and Worcester
counties, the nine counties compos-
ing the Eastern Shore.
John p. Wilson, of the 9th Dis
trict, while at Red Point fishing
shore last Friday was kicked in the
head by one of his horses. He was
struck over the eye and received
terrible CRASH, the blow rendering
him unconscious for nearly two
hours. He was brought home the
following day and has since recov
cred sufficiently to be about again.
While John Keen was narrowing
with spirited young horse last
Monday the animal took fright and
became manageable. 1t broke
loose from the harrow and started
on a run down the lane near the
house. The horse continued its
wild run until through some cause
it suddenly fell in heap and broke
its neck.
S. 7. Reynolds, living near the
"Red Turkey" lost a valuable
mule one day this week.
Garfield Post have changed their