The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-03-30

spent Sunday in Rising Sun.
Orien T. Kimbell, of Philada.,
spent Sunday with his mother in
Rising Sun.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Duyckinck
spent several days this week with
friends in Philada.
Rev. w. G.. Rooms and wife, of
Bridgeville, Del, are visiting t. J..
Wilson and family.
Henry S. Smith, of Davis, w.
Va, spent several days at his home
in Rising Sun this week.
Miss Grace A. Wilson, who has
been visiting relatives in Whining
ton for the past two weeks, returned
home last Monday.
Mrs. II. HI. Haines has Joined
her daughter Violette, who is in
Pbilada., and they will remain
there most of the time until Easter,
when Mr.. Haines will join them
for week at Atlantic City.
DR.. G. M. Ellis, of Elkton, vice.
president Of the Maryland alumni
Of the University of Pennsylvania,
attended the annual banquet held
at the Merchants Club, Baltimore,
on Thursday night of last week.
Miss Lalla b. Grove, of Zion, was
given pleasant birthday surprise
by number of her young friends
on Saturday evening last, and was
the recipient of a number of pres
ents as tokens of esteem and
souvenirs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Tome cele-
brated the fiftieth anniversary of.
their marriage, at their home near
Port Deposit, on the 26th instant.
The celebration came as surprise
from their children and grand
children.
The wedding of Miss Elizabeth
NJ. Moore to Mr.. Alexander j. Lit
tie, both of Perryville, is announced
to take place in the M. E. church
at Perryville, on Wednesday even
ing next, April 4, at 7:30 o'clock.
Rev. G. w. Dawson will officiate.
The entertainment given in the
Normal school last Monday even
ing by Miss Anna Belle Gray,
dramatic reader, elocutionist and
numorist, was one of the finest ever
presented to Rising Sun audience.
Owing to the inclemency of the
weather, the attendance was small |
The progressive euchre club was
last Friday evening by
Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. Hopkins. Miss
Carrie Kirk was awarded first
honors with a score of II games out
of Is played. The next meeting Of
the club will be with Clifford and
Miss Ella Kirk on April 7th.
An entertainment will be held
in the American Mechanics Hall,
at Principle, this evening, under
the auspices ofthe Young Woman's
Christian Temperance Union of
Woodlawn, for the benefit of the
Hopewell Improvement Fund. Ad-
mission, 10 and 20 cents. Ifstormy,
tomorrow evening.
9. W. Mckinney, who farms the
G. G. Caldwell place at New Valley,
gives some attention to chicken
raising and reports a net profit from
"a hens for the year ending March
%, of $4652. During this period
Mr.. Mckinney received 1850 eggs
and sold poultry to the amount of
$203S. The total cost of his
chickens for the year, including
feed, settings cf eggs, etc., was
$33.36.
The Baltimore Building and Loan
Association was placed in the hands
of receivers last week to be wound |
up, the Association finding itself
unable TO mature the stock within
the time specified. There are a
number of share holders in this
county, several who reside in this
town and neighborhood. Small
concerns are unable to accumulate
interest so rapidly as a few years
back. Only the gigantic institu-
tions pull in the heavy "accumu-
lation" such as the oil trust, the
sugar trust, the Carnegie "steal'
trust, etc.
Drowned in the Susquehanna.