The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-08-04
NTY NEWS.
Friday, Aug. A 1899.
MiNDRLOCALS

The Fountain Hotel at Como.
wingo is being remodelled and
impoved.
DIR. l.. r. Kirk has been granted
an increase of pension from So to IS
per month, by the government.
The apple crop of this county
will be quite large this year. The
prospects are that the peach crop
will be small.
A small dance was enjoyed in
the town hall last Friday evening,
a harp and violin furnishing music
for the occasion.
Attention is directed to the an
nouncement of the 10Th annual ex-
hibition of the Elkton fair associa-
ton, in another column.
Burglars broke into the Newark
postoffice early Monday morning
and carried off between 5000 and
1000 postal cards and small sum
of money.
Owing to the absence of Rev.
Mr.. Westerfield Sunday school and
Epworth League will be the only
services held in the NJ. Il. church
on Sunday next.
John Il. Wilson of Oxford, who
recently rented the tin shop, for
merly conducted by G. G. Mcclure,
became dissatisfied and vacated the
premises this week.
We are in receipt of a mammoth
apple of the Yellow Transparent
variety, from Theo. Garvin. 1t is
a beauty, uniform in shape and
without a blemish and weighs
10 Ozs.
The managers of the Cecil County
Fair, which will be held in October,
have decided to make athletic
sports and music special features of
the fair. A tournament will also
be held.
Two mills at the DUPONT Powder
Works, near Wilmington, blew up
on Tuesday, but nobody was hurt.
The cause of the accident is not
known.
Pennington defeated North East
in game of base ball played on
the grounds of the former club
Saturday afternoon, by score of
II to s.
Young Friends Association will
meet in school building next Sab
bath afternoon at 2:30 O'Clock. An
interesting program has been pre-
pared. All are invited.
The large creamery at Rowland
vile, operated Ivy Chas. r.. Swisher,
caught fire and was burned to the
ground Friday evening. The origin
of the fire is unknown. Loss about
$1,000.
Miss Helen Lort, of Mechanics
Valley, has received the appoint
ment of teacher at Miachaelsville.
Hartford county, public school.
She is graduate of the State Nor
NAL School.
The new Cecil Telephone Co. has
purchased the line from Elkton to
Providence with connections to
Singerly, Cherry Hill and Andora.
A number of new phones have been
put in along the line.
Oil paintings Of the late VIM. J.
Jones, of Elllton, and John M.
McClenahan, of Port Deposit, both
of whom were original directors of
the Jacob Tome Institute, have
been placed in the Institute.
Lieut.. Rodney who has been in
Elkton for the past week for re-
cruits for the Philippines, has only
succeeded in enlisting two, Lawr-
ence Meredith and G. w. Tasker,
both members of the list Md. Vols.
Rev. DIR. Thomas Duncan, who
for the past nine years has been
rector of st. Stephens Protestant
Episcopal Church at Earleville, this
county, has rendered his resigna-
tion to the official board of the
church.
At the recent meeting of the
Maryland Bankers Association,
held at Ocean City, r. G. Hopkins
of Port Deposit was elected one of
the vice presidents and H. HI.
Haines one of the committee of
administration.
The will of Francis J. Bitner,
who was recently killed by fall
from a load of hay, has been adj
mitted to probate. The estate con-
sists of real estate in the Sixth dis
trict and in Port Deposit, which is
devised to his widow, who is named
as eXecutriX.
Herman Long, a young man re-
siding in the Seventh district, mar
rowly escaped being drowned while
bathing in the Susquehanna river,
near Rock Run last week. Bud