The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-07-28

Leslie camp-meeting commenced
yesterday. Woodlawn camp begins
next Tuesday, Aug. LIST.
Saturday, Aug. ;, the Republican
primaries will be held in this
county. Prepare your ballots.
Fifty seven tickets were sold at
Rising Sun station for the Colchester
excursion yesterday, and IA at
Oxford.
S. p. Ryan & Son have been
awarded the contract of repairing
the walls and roof of the NJ. Il.
church.
Elkton has new sensation,
building a street on the edge of the
marsh parallel with main street,
an improvement much needed.
Dir. J. II. Jenness received a
painful bite on one of his fingers
last Monday from the tooth OF a cur
belonging to one of his patients.
The annual meeting of the Farm
ers' and Mechanics Mutual Insur-
ance Association of Cecil county
will be held at Calvert tomorrow.
There are large paintings of to-
matoes in this and adjoining dis
tricts and the vines are in splendid
condition, promising large yields of
first quality.
Charles w. Faust, merchant of
Havre de Grace, has filed a petition
in voluntary bankruptcy. He
places his liabilities at $15, 036.21,
and his assets at 800.
The School Commissioners have
decided to erect the new school
house at Conowingo on the site
occupied by the old building,
which will be moved aside.
A decree of divorce has been
granted by the Circuit Court for
Cecil county 70 William Taylor
from Elizabeth Taylor. Mr.. Taylor
was formerly editor of the Appeal.
The early potato crop is a total
failure about North East, so says
the Star. The raspberry, black
berry and huckleberry crop has
been shriveled by the dry, hot
weather.
Suit has been brought against
the P, w. & B. railroad company
for $4,000 damages by John p.
Brown, whose son was thrown from
a passenger train at Perryman's
and killed recently.
The track on the Elkton fair
grounds has been leased by Trainer
Fitzgibbons of the Mccoy track at
Kirkwood, Del. He has moved to
Elkton and is handling string of
horses at the fair grounds.
Examiner George Biddle held a
special examination this week for
teachers who failed to take the reg
ular one held some time ago at the
Cecil county high school. Twenty
six teachers were present.
The marriage of Miss Annie NJ.
Kirkwood to George L. Ewing, of
Havre de Grace, will take place on
Wednesday evening next at the
home of the brides parens, Mr..
and Mrs. John H. KirkwOOd, of
Principle.
Him and Them, or the Ideal
Man," a story by Rev. b. T. Price,
will shortly be issued from the press
of the Elkton Appeal. 1t will con-
tain about 800 pages. The author
is 50 years old and was pastor at
Hopewell few years ago.
Barrels of oil have been shipped
to points along the Baltimore Cen
trail, consigned by the Railroad Co ,
to Section Bosses with instructions
to use the same where streets and
roads cross the tracks for the pur-
pose of keeping down the dust.
First Lieut.. Geo. B. Rodney, 9th
Regiment, U. S. Volunteers, sta
toned at Camp Meade, is in Elkton
this week for the purpose of enlist
ing men tor service in the Phil
ippines. The 9th Regiment is
booked to sail from New York for
Manila during September, via the
Suez canal.
Charles Reckefus, of Port Depos-
it, has accepted position as assist
ant in Chemistry and Military
Science in the Pennsylvania Mil
itary College, at Chester, Pa, and
will enter upon his duties at the
opening of the college in the fall
Mr.. Reckefus is graduate of the
institution.
The kissing bug is spreading
over the country and will soon be
found everywhere. One bit a little
boy in Elkton but the application
of "a piece of "rusty bacon' soor
drew out the poison or neutralizet
its effects. That is an old time cure
for bruises and similar aggravatiOn'
flesh is heir to.
VIM. Nickle, with his sister, Mis-!
Mary Nickle, while driving in Por