The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-02-17
NTY NEWS
Friday, Feb. II, 1899.
MlE;ORLOCALS

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storm bound residents of Rising
Sun this week.
Messrs. Chas. Hodge of Philada..
and Fred Haines of Elkton, were
the guests of H. II. Haines and
family this week.
Fred and Howard Wilson, OF
Philada., returned home last Satur-
day to spend Sunday and have
been snowbound since.
The Jr. O. U. A. M. of North
East, will present school No. / with
a flag on the 22d of this month
Miss Matte Warner is teacher of
the school.
Pride of Conowingo Council, No.
33, 0. U. \. NJ, is to hold u prize
drawing in the near future for a
set of dishes, n lamp and II carving
knife and fork.
Crib work has been constructed
along the new line of the p, W. &
3. railroad, at Bacon Hill, to pre-
vent the banks from sliding and
damaging the tracks.
The general store Of II. 4. Simp-
erS, at Leslie, caught fire from a
tile chimney on Friday night last,
but the blaze was extinguished be-
fore any serious damage was done.
VIM. f. Baldwin, president OF
the Elk Mills Co., suffer ed slight
stroke of paralysis Saturday night
at his home near Baldwin's, but
his condition is not considered
serious.
Ida White, Il pupil of Southamp-
ton school, this county, has not
missed a day from school in six
teen quarters-four and q half
years. Last month she won a medal
for good scholarship.
The marriage of Miss Mary S.
Kirk of Calvert, and Mr.. John III.
Kimble of Rising Sun, which was
announced for Wednesday after
noon, Feb. Is, was postponed until
travel could be resumed.
Feed the birds. AS long as the
ground is covered with snow they
have difficulty in finding sufficient
to eat, and many will starve. The
deep snow is very likely to cover
up many flocks and smother the
birds.
One of the saddest features of the
great storm is the inability to inter
the deceased. Three persons died
within a short distance Of Rising
Sun on last Saturday and burial
has been impossible up to the
present.
Mr.. and Mrs. William II. Kerr,
Lewisvile, Pa, have issued cards
for the wedding of their daughter,
Miss Nellie Yonker Kerr, to Mr..
John Leedom Scarborough, of
Pleasant Hill, on Thursday even
ing, Feb. %, at six o'clock.
w. R. McCommon of Oxford,
who graduated from West Noting
ham Academy last year, stands
third in the Freshman class, num-
bering nearly one hundred, of
Lafayette College, as shown by the
result of the recent examinations.
Meals were prepared for 81 per
sons at the Maryland House on
"Wednesday and Thursday. The
railroad company paid Is cents an
hour and boarded all help which
was not within reach of home.
Other places in town furnished
meals for Is or 20 men.
While trying to quiet a disturb
ance in the hotel barroom, propri-
etor f. H. Thompson of the North
East Hotel, was assaulted by col
ored man named George Anderson
Saturday night and received deep
cash across the forehead which re-
quired the services of a physician
to dress.
On Saturday, March 4th, the
Susquehanna Water Power and
Paper Company's property will be
sold at public sale. The property
consists of 270 acres of land and
the large paper manufacturing
plant opposite Conowingo, OH the
Hartford side, and a number of
other buildings. There is consid-
cradle property on the Cecil side.
!. r. Taylor came near being a
victim of the storm. While re-
turning to his home just beyond
the town limits last Monday even
ing he was overcome by the storms
fury and had not prompt help been
at hand would have likely persisted.
Robt Tenant and Jesse Mace dis
covered him holding to the lamp
post below Wilson avenue unable
to proceed farther. They assisted
him home where he arrived COM
pletely exhausted.
Henry Smith, colored, was SEN
fenced to pay fine of $500, stand
one hour in the pillory, be whipped
with forty lashes, and imprisoned
ten years for breaking into the