The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-09-01
COU NTY NEWS.
Friday, Sept. 4. 1899.
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of Hartford County Circuit Court
have been drawn.
$3,400 have been appropriated
for premiums for the races at the
Elkton Agricultural fair.
General complaint among can
ners is that tomatoes ripen so slowly
they cannot keep their employees
buy.
Rev. L. b. Hunter will preach al
Rowlandville M. T.. church on Sun.
day next, at 3 p. III. All are
invited.
The privileges for the Elkton
Fair will be sold at public auction
on the grounds next Wednesday at
2 O'Clock.
Alex Stewart of Rowlandville,
sold his household effects last week
and on Tuesday last moved with
his family to Philada.
Trainer Fitzgibbon is handling
number of good horses on the
Ekton track and expects to have
them in trim forthe fair.
William Shafter while cutting
wood on the Elkton Stock Farm
accidentally struck his foot with
the AK severing an artery.
While playing a game Of ball last
week Frank A. STREET., of Pyles-
vile, Hartford county, sustained a
broken leg by a collision with a
baseman.
DIR. j. w. Shippers, of German
town, Md, was in Elkton last week
looking for evidence to establish a
claim to a share in the Tyson
fortune.
Hon. John S. Writ left Elkton
Friday to attend the annual meet
ing of American Bar Association,
at Buffalo, expecting to be absent
about ten days.
Rev. J. ID. G. Hanna of Whining
ton, Secy. of the goth Century
Thank Offering for the Whining
ton Conference, preached in the M
Il. church last Sunday.
The Rising Sun w. G. T. U. will
hold a Parlor Meeting at the home
of S. Taylor Reynolds this evening.
All are invited. A silver offering
will be taken at the door.
The iron mills of the Mccullough
Iron Co., at North East, have re-
sumed operations and will soor
operate the plant by steam instead
of water power, which is now used
Fred Mahan, for the past six
years "A clerk in b. p. Nichols
store, has secured a position in q
chair factory in Philada. and left
town for his new duties last Monday
Crabs and fish are now plentiful.
in North East river. Harry Black
well and Arthur Anderson caught
over q bushel of fine white perch
on Thursday with hook and line
Cecil Star.
Lieut.. Richard B. Kavanaugf
has opened headquarters in Elktor
for recruiting volunteers for the
Forty sixth United States Volunteer
Regiment, stationed at South
Pennington, Mass.
The fourteenth annual convention
of the Cecil County w. G. T. U
will be held on Woodlawn CAM
grounds Tuesday, Sept. 5. The
evening meeting will be addressed
by Miss Belle Kearney, of Miss.
The Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union and the ''Y's" of Wood
lawn, will give u "Lawn Fete' Thu
evening at the home of Mrs. H. H
Keilholtz, near Hopewell M. L
church. If stormy, next evening
The paper mills at Conowingt
have closed down temporarily TO
repairs. Two large new boilers viii
be installed and nine new waite
wheels placed in position, beside
necessary repairs to the buildings
There are five George Biddles il
Elkton. George NJ. Biddle, VIII,
recently moved from Wilmington
School Examiner George Biddle
Bailiff George G. Biddle, operato
George Biddle and George Biddle
colored.
Books are being passed round 70
donations by three little boys for
bicycle which is to be awarded b,
Union Church. Church gamblin,
is steadily sapping the veneratiol
for the church formerly entertaine'
by the public.
The taxpayers throughout tn
county are reported to be rathe
slow this year in taking advantag
of the discount, by paying thei
taxes now.
What signifies 5 per cent to pee
Pile who have grown rich off c
trust prosperity?
Eli Coulson, the merchant c
KOrner Ketch, was seized with
bleeding spell last Monday, cause
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