The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-09-15
COU NTY NEWS.
Friday, Sept. LIS, 1899.
MLNORLOCALS

{ The recruiting office at Elkton il
in charge of Lieut.. John G. Con
stable.
Seventh Day Adventists are
holding a campmeeting near Ches
apeake City.
Geo. r. Grason lost fine COW or
Monday, the animal being found
dead in the pasture field.
Jos. McMullin of Richardsmere
has a mammoth crop of tomatoes
He counted 226 tomatoes on one
vine.
L. M. Haines, Esq, has sold at
public sale a house and lot at Lib
erty Grove, to Elizabeth Bancroft
for $500.
Large shipments of sweet pota-
toes are going into Baltimore mar
ket from the Eastern Shore OF
Virginia.
A festival will be held by Fair
Hill school tomorrow evening. The
proceeds will be devoted to the
school library.
A festival will be held by Marion
public school on Friday evening,
Sept. 22nd, at the home of w. T.
Mccullough, near Principle.
The Marley Farm, containing 1853
acres of land, situated near Leeds,
has been purchased by John H.
Chapman, of Alexandria, Va.
The county fair swell hop will
come off in Mitchell's Hall on
Wednesday evening next. Choose
your partners for the quadrille.
H. H. Bowden of Havre de
Grace, has entered the two hundred
mile bicycle race, which starts from
Absecon, N. j., on the 18th inst.
The National Export exposition
at Philadelphia opened yesterday.
The round-trip fare from Rising
Sun, including admission, is 50. Sc.
Rev. R. K. Stephenson, pastor
of st. Johns M. E. church, Sea-
ford, Del, will preach in Rowland
Vile M. p. church next Sunday at
1880 a. IN.
Jacob Tome Institute will open
for the Fall term on Wednesday.
Examination and classification of
students will take place Monday
and Tuesday.
Sam'l. e. Stoner, who farms for
M. Il. TOllinger near Wrightsdale,
Lane. Co., recently cut 203 shocks
of corn, 6xS, in one day of 10 hours
and 20 minutes.
s. P. Ryan & Son are erecting
scaffolding around the M. E. church
preparatory to removing the slate
roof and putting it on again with
an extra inch lap to prevent leak
ing.
The barn on the farm of A. P.
Crockett, near Cecilton, was struck
by lightning on Friday night and
burned, together with the contents.
Loss, $500; insurance, $500.
A horse belonging to Andrew
Worth, of Elk Neck, which is sup.
posed to have been bitten by a mad
dog several months ago, was at
tackled by rabies last week and had
to be shot.
Governor Lowndes has appointed
W. d. Bradford, of the Second dis
trict, a delegate to represent Mary
land at the Farmers National Con-
gress, which meets at Boston on
October 3D..
The County Commissioners on
Tuesday awarded G. r. Ford, of
Elkton, the contract for rs tons of
coal, for use at the court house and
Jail, at $374.75. The bid of Keys
& Miller was $3S4.12
Pensions of So per month have
been granted John A. Orr of Farm
ingtOn, and VIM. J. B. Lofland of
Elkton, while monthly pensions of
So have been granted Lydia A.
Shippers and Margaret Hughes of
Elkton.
While Albert Meredith, nine
year-old son of Joseph Meredith of
Elk Landing, was playing on the
wharf at that place Friday after
noon with his little brother, he fell
into the water and was drowned
before help arrived. His body was
recovered a short time after the
accident.
Tomato canning in this section is
now at its height. There are five
canning establishments in this i'm
mediate neighborhOod, Rising Sun,
Colora, Liberty Grove, Rowlanville
and lakewood. The tomatoes raised
on the Octoraro hills have the rep
utation of possessing superior
quality, and are considered very
choice.
The Ford estate, comprising 600
acres of land in the First district
of Cecil county, was sold at mort
oapae'S sale last week tO II Herman