The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-05-12
MY NEWS
Friday, May LIZ. 1859.
Ml<.ORLOCALS


Point, caught five thousand shad
last Friday.
Constable Briscoe took Mrs. Ann
Cunningham to the Aims House
last Wednesday.
1t is rumored the shoe factory is
to start soon. Arrangements with
outside parties are now pending.
Teachers examination will be
held in Elkton on June 6 and Z,
and at Port Deposit June and 8.
VIM. L. Bricll'ey, who has been
a trustee of Pennington school since
1867, has resigned owing to poor
health.
A tri-union of the dentists of
Maryland, Virginia and District of
Columbia will he held in Washing
ton June 6 to 8.
The young son of Wesley Neal,
of North East, had his hand badly
mashed in the merry go round at
The Court of Appeals has reap
pointed John S. Writ, Esq, of
Elkton, member Of the Board of
Law Examiners for the State, for
term of three years.
Tie town commissioners at a
special meeting held last Wednes-
day appointed Chas. S. Nields
bailiff and tax collector, at Il salary
of $50 per year, vice A. B. Keen
resigned.
The Colora correspondent of the
Appeal this week reported the en-
gagement, and marriage next month,
of young couple of that place.
The interested parties state that the
report is false.
Robert Ferguson, an aged inmate
of the County insane Asylum, died
last week at that place. The re-
mains were inferred in the Friends
= burying ground, West Nottingham,
on Friday, 9TH inst.
A. M. Tosh, w. I. Hill, w. NJ.
Pogue, T.. B. Moore and r. III.
Aiken were elected delegates to the
county convention from the Sixth
district, at the Democratic pri
maries held on Saturday.
The West Nottingham Young
Friends Association held its regu
lar monthly meeting in the Friends
Normal Institute building on Sun
day afternoon last. The meeting
was we'll attended and an interest
ing program carried ont.
The bridges along the Baltimore
Central are to be strengthened and
repaired during the summer, and it
is reported that some of the heavy
freight trains on the p, w. & b.
railroad will run through from
Perryville to Philadelphia.
James Frank, who has filled the
position of station agent at Row
landville for number of years
past, has been promoted to special
detective with headquarters at
Media. Mr.. Frank will be sue
ceeded at Rowlandville by William
Barnett, of Newton Square.
Anthony Flaherty, of Oxford,
was found by friends below Colora
on Thursday morning of last week.
His mind was slightly affected and
he had wandered form home.
"Tony' was resident of this town
several years ago and had posi-
ton as clerk in the Rising Sun
Pharmacy.
Sam'l. T. Reynolds, near the
cred Turkey" who lost valuable
mule last week, now has another
mule and two horses sick, the
disease resembling cerebro spinal
meningitis. He has had eight head
of stock die within short time
and has thus far been unable to
locate the cause.
General Manager A. M. Nevin
and Engineer Crawford went over
the proposed route of the L., O. &
S. railroad last week, between Ok
ford and Rock Church, Cecil county.
The line would follow the Little
Elk creek nearly the whole distance,
thereby causing comparatively
little grading. The distance is
nine miles, connectingat Providence.
Mrs. L. S. Tome has purchased
of Lewis Abrahams and heirs IA
acres of their farm, thus reserving
% acres for Mr.. Abrahams. The
farm in all contains 166 acres. This
property is beiEg surveyed by En-
gineer S. T. Mitchell and assistants
IT is understood that the Jacob
Tome Institute will be moved to
this property and there remain
permanently.
The Grand Castle of the knights
of the Golden Eagle met in Port
Deposit last Monday. John M
Creswell of Granite Castle, Port
Deposit, was elected Grand Chief
for the ensuing year.
The excursion to Betterton which
woo arranUa1 for the entertainment