The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-08-04
Miss Sue Lovett, of Norristown,
is the guest of Miss Mary Worth,

DIR. Alfred Gould, of Boston,
spent several days this week with
III. III. Haines and family.
E. r. Burlington & Sons are hav-
ing an acetylene gas plant put in
to light their store and dwelling.
Misses Gertrude Smith and
Beulah Paschall, of West Chester,
are visiting Mrs. Sarah Burlington.
Miss Maud V. Thompson is en-
joying an outing with a party of
friends at White Sulphur Springs,
Pa.
Rev. w. G.. Rooms and wife,
formerly of this town, are spend
ing Il three weeks vacation at
Chautauqna and Tonawanda, N. Y.
Mr.. S. d. Breckenridge, son of
Gen. j. G. Breckenridge, Inspector
General OF the U. S. Army, is at
Prof. Conner's, West Nottingham.
He will enter Lafayette College in
ocptclHDef.
Miss Esther p. Reynolds has
returned from a two weeks visit
with relatives in Lancaster county
and has now as her guests Misses
May Etris and Jennie Miller OF
Philadelphia.
Prof. G. M. Young, graduate Of
Hiram College, Ohio, president
Garfeld's alma mater) and recently
an instructor in the same instilu-
ton, has been engaged as instructor
of science and mathematics at West
Nottingham Academy. He comes
with the highest concentrations
from the president and faculty of
Hiram College.
The first Sunday of Local Preach
ers' Camp, at Leslie, was largely
attended. The crowd in the even
ing was estimated at $500, there
being fully 500 teams hitched about
the grounds. The morning service
was in charge Of Rev. Hercules
Atkin. Rev. S. t. Sherwood con-
Quoted the service in the afternoon
and Rev. John Corbett in the
evening.
Alver G. Reynolds, a brother of
Eli Il. Reynolds, proprietor of
Rising Sun Pharmacy, has recently
passed the State Board of Phar-
macy of South Carolina, with an
average of So 1-12. This will give
him the privilege of practicing
pharmacy in South Carolina under
his own name. Mr.. Reynolds is at
present in charge of drug store at
hamburg, S. G, Maryland has no
State pharmacy law.
The Perryville Record has been
presented with a collection of curl
osities gathered from cargoes of
phosphate rock by VIM. j. Weaver
of the Eureka Fertilizer Works.
The collection consists of several
specimens of different kinds of rocks
a quantity of sharks teeth of var
iouS sizes and specimen of what
is apparently petrifed section Of
the vertebrate of a whale. The
teeth are all petrified, some of them
being fine specimens.
Deputy Clerk of the Circuit
Court for Cecil county John S.
Green, who has held that position
since the term of the late James II.
Graham began, about five years
ago, has handed in his resignation
to Clerk John G.. Williams. 1t is
understood Major VIM. G. Purnell,
who was for many years clerk of
the Maryland Senate, and who has
for the past year been engaged in
reindeXing the records of the court,
will be appointed to fill the vacancy.
The School Commissioners of
Cecil county have nine free schol-
arships at their disposal, for Cecil
county students. Competitive eX-
animation for the same will be held
on Thursday, August 10, at 8 o'clk.
a. m. The scholarships are as fol-
lows: Six at State Normal School,
Baltimore, free books and tuition,
either sex; one at st. Johns College,
Annapolis, free board and tuition,
for boys; one at the Maryland Agri-
cultural College, College Park, for
boys; one at the Maryland Institute
for Promotion of Mechanic Arts,
Baltimore, free tuition, either sex.
j. Siegel, the celebrated optician
of Baltimore, who has been visiting
and examining eyes in Rising Sun
since 1873, and well known for
reliability, will be at the Maryland
Hotel, Rising Sun, Saturday, Aug.
y. If You suffer with headache or
defective vision, you will do well
to give him a call. He makes no
charges for the scientific optical
examination of Your eyes and guar
antees perfect satisfaction. Don't
miss this chance. Call early. Be
ware Of imposters; no agents or
peddlers employed.