The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-03-31
COU NTY NEWS.
Fr day, March 81. 1889.
N1l>.ORLOCALS

AhO S1CtUhASA oIuChhhho IL
sumed its trips between Port De-
posit and Baltimore this week.
The Cecil Farmers Club will hold
its April meeting on Wednesday
the 10Th, at Maurice G. Reeder's.
The Rowland Manufacturing Co.,
of Port Deposit received a cOnsign-
ment of 322 900 feet of lumber last
week.
Mrs. Alfred C1others died at her
home, between College Green and
Zion, OH last Tuesday, after brief
illness.
Attention is called to- the millin-
cry opening announcement of Miss
Emma e. Wilson in another
column.
DR.. L. b. Moore has relinquished
his dental Office at West Grove and
will hereafter devote his entire
time to his home practice.
S. T. Hindman has been awarded
the contract for erecting the house
and barn on the farm of Joseph n i.
Richards, at Richardsmere.
"The Oxford Times" is a new
newspaper venture in Oxford. The
initial number appeared last Satur-
day, with A. &. Burnite as pub
Usher.
Joseph p. Reed purchased at
mortgagee's sale on Wednesday of
last week, IL tract of land near
Theodore, owned by J. w. Falls,
for $l50.
The trailing arbutus, the black
birds and robins are all here, telling
us spring has returned, but the cold
north wind reminds us constantly
of inter.
Tle State authorities will visit
Kent county and investigate the
mysterious disease which is pre-,
vailing among horses and other
live stock.
DR.. John II. lamar of Elkton,
has been appointed "A member of
the State Board of Medical Exam
liners, to succeed DIR. James Bord-
ley, of Centerville.
VIM. T. Harriott, who recently
purchased the Bayard House, in
Chesapeake City, for $4,000, has
resold it to George Queck, the
present proprietor, for $1,000.
A. P. Shockley, of Elkton, has
gone to Salisbury, Md, for the
purpose of submitting to an opera
ton for the removal of a cancerous
growth which has been troubling
him for some months.
Deputy Game Warden Harry
Malcolm, of TownsOn, reports that
as far as he has observed most of
the game survived the recent biz
zard. Large numbers of cartridges
and rabbits have been seen by him.
A. T. Abernather entered upon
the duties as superintendent of the
Cecil County Insane Asylum, at
Cherry Hill, last Saturday, vice
James H. Steele, who resigned
some time ago owing to i'll health.
A meeting of the stockholders of
the Cecil County Agricultural So
ciety will be held in Elkton on
Tuesday next, April 4, to decide
the fate of the Elkton Fair. 1t is
urged that all stockholds attend
this meeting.
At the spelling bee held at APP
pleton public school on Wednesday
night, March %, Henry Kimble
won first prize, gold fountain pen;
Nora Finley second, silver napkin
ring; Ethel Miller third, pearl
paper cutter.
The P, w. & B. Railroad Com
pany will shortly make Pencader,
six miles north of Elkton, a rail
road center. New interlOcking
switches, new tracks, etc, are being
placed in position, and it is said
that express trains for the Della
ware Railroad will pass over this
branch.
Mrs. Mary Long, widow of the
late John Long, of Elkton, was
found dead sitting in her chair with
her head on the window sill, at her
home Saturday morning. Death
was due to asphyXation caused by
coal gas from the stove. She was
rs years of age. In bag in hel
room were found S277 and certifi-
Gates of deposit amounting to $500
While William Foy. of Lewis
vile, was lying in bed one night
last week, apparently in good
health, his jaw became suddenly
locked and he was unable to take
any food between his teeth. A
physician was summoned, wh(
called in several other physicians
and they all pronounced it a very
puzzling case. While his jaws
were locked, the symptoms wer,
very much different from lockjaw
DIR. David Mackie took him to {
hospital in Philadelphia to have al