The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-02-23
COU NTY NEWS.
Friday, Feb. 23. 1900.
MINORLOCALS

the pupils.
Mrs. S. E. Mahan will hold a
public sac of household goods al
her residence on Main st., on Fri
day evening, March End.
Horses in the neighborhood oil
Elkton are suffering from an cpl
demic of spinal meningitis, several
having died of the disease.
Two wells are being bored at the
Elkton pulp works for the purpose
of obtaining supply of clear water
for use when the creek is muddy.
The Sarah A. Price farm of So
acres in the Foarth district, was
sold at pnblic sale on Saturday to
Sallie X. Gilpin, of Elkton, for
$1,000.
Arthur Ford, of Ford's Landing,
has received forty-six Monaghan
pheasants for breeding purposes
and will liberated them in that
neighborhood.
A large monument, 26 feet high
and 6 feet square at the base, has
recently been erected over the gave
of Governor John P. Cochran, in
Bethel Cemetery.
The County Commissioners of
Cecil county will be in session on
February 26, 81 and rs to hear ap-
peals and correct errors on assess
lnent of personal property.
VIM. f. Porter has been APP
pointed by Governor Smith, Super
visor of Election, with salary of
$500. Mr.. Porter is son of VIM.
E. Porter, of the Eighth district.
VIM. T. Jones, father of Detec-
tive Jones of the P, w. & B. rail-
road company, is seriously i'll with
pneumonia at his home near Elk.
ton. Mr.. Jones is over so years of
age.
Mary A. Brown, executrix of
Rebecca NJ. Brown, has sold to the
Rosebank Cemetery Company, one
fourth of an acre of ground and i'm
provements, adjoining said Gene
terry, for $345.
A gramophone entertainment
will be held at Chrome, Pa, on
Wednesday evening, Feb. %, at
1880 o'clock, under the auspices of
Minnehaha Lodge, l. o. G. T.
Admission 10 cents.
A fall of light snow on Friday
night and Saturday brought out
the sleighs on Monday and Tues
day. Those who ventured far from
home on Tuesday returned on bare
ground in the evening.
Henry C. Nesbitt, of Port De-
posit, purchased last week at mort
gagee's sale, the real estate of E. I.
Thompson and wife, near Battle
Swamp, consisting of Is acres and
improvements, for $3.50.
Bohemia Lodge, I. o. o. F., of
Chesapeake City, was presented
with a handsome solid silver col
lection plate by National Lodge of
Elkton, on the location of their
fiftieth anniversary, on the 14th
instant.
The cold snap on Sunday and
Monday nights was severe, sending
the mercury as low as a. above
zero. The roads are still blocked
in many places by snow drifts.
The railroad men were busy SHOW
cling snow from the tracks Sunday
and Sunday night.
Rev. Robt. Watt, d. D., Presid-
ing Elder of Wilmington District,
delivered a lecture in Asbury M. E.
church, near Blythesdale, last even
ing, entitled elbow to get There. !"
The reverend lecturer could find in
teresting material in the subject,
How to get their own, if he would
study it up.
Carlton Kimble presented the
MIDLAND Office, this week, with
some sprays of orange and lemon
blossoms, that for fragrance and
beauty are unexcelled. Mr.. Kim
BILE states that he had raised enough
lemons for family use last year and
that the plants were full of bios
SONS this year.
Quite a number of sleighs were
out this week but the sport was not
of the best, on account of the bad
roads and the drifts. Several minor
accidents and upsets occurred, but
nothing of serious nature. Sam'i.
j. Terry, Jr., had a runaway Tues
day evening which was caused by
the bit breaking. He was dragged
about 300 yards, but beyond few
bruises and torn clothing was not
much hurt.
The Scott Fertilizer Company, of
Elkton, has received an order from
farmers club in Pennsylvania,
for $50 tons of high grade fertilizer,
the order amounting to oyer $4,000.
Mr.. Rice in his Institute lecture
on Thursday, said it was much less
expensive for farmers to purchase
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