The midland journal., 1899-03-17
COJJ NTY NEWS.
Friday, March IL. 1899.
Ml\ORLOCALS


Sunday next.
There is movement on foot to
establish a lodge of the Order OF
Red Men at Colora.
ga Scrap of Paper" in Rising
Sun hall this evening. General
admission, 25 cents.
The ahoe factory has again closed
down, pending new arrangements
which are in progress.
The Circuit Court for Cecil county
will convene at Elkton Monday
morning next at 10 o'clock.
Harland & Bros. book board mill
at Leeds will resume operations
about April 1, it is reported.
The Bell family have returned to
their Conowingo residence from
Florida, where the spent the winter
months.
Today is st. Patrick's day and
jolly Saint generally celebrates it
in lively manner by stirring up
the elements.
Mrs. Andrew Wiley has pur
chased the house at West Noting,
ham, at present occupied by her,
her, for $l100.
Miss Adaline Nickle, who resides
at Korner Ketch, had her poultry
house robbed a few nights ago and
several fowls taken.
The drama Esmeralda will shortly
be given at Zion by the pupils of
Zion Academy, under charge of
Miss Barton, principal.
The Principle Furnace Forge re-
sumed operations on Monday morn
ing after being closed down for
about two months for repairs.
Mr. Joseph Richards, of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, will have Il
large house and barn built this
sgr.ng on his Porter's Bridge farm.
George Logan, little Elkton
boy, while swinging on the hori
zontal bar at the High School in
that town, fell and broke one of his
arms.
Marley Mills, owned by G. S.
Garrett & Sons of Philadelphia, has
clio ;ed down on account of lack of
storage room for the manufactured
stock.
Robert Robinson has been SEN
fenced to serve five years in the
Maryland penitentiary for the mur-
cet Of James Hill at Havre de
Grace on December 3rd.
The following trustees OF Eben-
ezer nj. T.. church were elected on
Saturday for a term of two years:
Daniel Hawk, George Williams,
Harry Logan and VIM. Summers.
Isaac Levy of Wilkesbarre broke
through the ice on the Susquehanna
river at that place on December
30th and was drowned. His body
was recovered at Wrightsville last
Friday.
Howard Brumlield, who moved
from the Maxwell farm at Principle
to the S. w. Lewis farm near
Kennett Square, last week, is lying
very low with an attack of pneu-
mOnia.
Some very fine views of the rec
ent snow blockade at Hunts cut
were taken by Walter r. Buf1ing
ton. Persons wishing to procure
these photos may do so by leaving
their order at the store.
1t cost the Pennsylvania railroad
company about $1,000,000 to re-
move the ice and snow from their
tracks after the recent blizzard, and
rotary plows are being built by the
company to do such work in future.
The remains of Wm. II. Wright,
son of the late Hugh Wright, of
Liberty Grove, were brought to
that place from Columbia on Mon
day morning, and after a short
service at the house, were inferred
in West Nottingham Presbyterian
cemetery.
The sold Dan Thomas house" "
owned by Mrs. Samuel Robinson,
situated about /! miles north of
Rising Sun, was burned last Satur,
day night. The house was vacant
at the time and the fire was doubt
less of incendiary origin. Samuel
Fisher, colored, had arranged for
the purchase of it and intended
moving in on the 25th. The loss
was about $500.
1t doth seem to be a reality that
the rolling mills at North East are
to start pretty soon, the railroad
tracks which lead up to the mills
were being put in order last week
and other work about the mills
being done. Gangs of men were
busy at this preliminary work,
and North East was so pleased that
it was shaking hands with itself, as
the Star expresses the towns exu,
berant Joy.