The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-07-27
Rev. VIM. Fitz Simon, of Zion,
will sail for Europe Aug. LIST.

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Rev. w. G. Rooms and wife, OF
Bridgeville, Del, are visiting the
latter's home near Rising Sun.
Mr.. and Mrs. 7. j. Wilson are
visiting their son, Timanus ].
| Wilson, at North Tonawanda, N. Y.
Miss Mary E. Sleichter, of Scot
land, Pa, has been engaged as
principal of the Friends Normal
Institute.
Misses Eleanora and Henrietta
Riale entertained a number of
friends at their home. near Farm
ington, on Wednesday evening.
Mrs. DuHamell, widow of the
late John P. DuHamell, has pur-
chased of James Ruley his farm of
% acres, near Earleville, for $1,000.
S. ID. Mccullough, of Mt. Pleas.
ant, Vinegar HilD has recently
purchased registered Gurnsey
bull with which to improve his
milking stock.
Miss L. Virginia Ford, of New
York, daughter Of Mr.. J. Fletcher
Ford of North East, was married
to Mr.. p. s. TeEhnne of New York,
on Wednesday the 18th inst.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jos. T. Reed, of
North East, have issued invitations
to the marriage OF their daughter,
Miss Ruth Arlington, to Mr.. S.
Robert Haddock, ON Thursday,
August 3.
The Chesapeake Chautauqua
Assembly was charted at Dover on
Tuesday with a capital stock of
$4,000. Chautanqua Beach, on
the Chesapeake Bay, was formerly
Bay Ridge.
The contract for improving Rock
Presbyterian church has been
awarded TO Walker & Gibson, of
Oxford. About $1,000 will be ex-
pended ON the work which will
commence at once.
News from different parts of the
State indicate that the wheat crop
of Maryland is unusually large this
season. Republican papers will
call this result prosperity" and
claim that Mckinley ought to be
credited with it.
Wilbur Ashley, who is employ
ed on one of Woodall farms in the
First district, while on his way to
Georgetown drove the team in the
creek near tow n to water the horses.
Getting into deep water the horses
became manageable and were
drowned, Ashley barely escaping a
like fate.
The Alfred Kershaw Manufac.
tdring Co., of Banks, this county,
have sold their plant to Benjamin
Bell of the Providence Manufac-
turing Co., of Philada. Mr.. Bell
has a number of looms running at
the present thine on linen table
covers and the reported purchase
will increase the number to %.
Sheriff r. Ambrose Price was in
the First district Monday looking
after his peach crop. Three wagons
were loaded that day, the price
being 40 cents per basket in the
orchard. The Sheriff reports that
many of the trees, which are but
four years old, are prematuring-
the infallible sign of the yellows.-
News.
During the heavy thunder gust
which passed over the neighbor-
hood of Woodlawn last Thursday
night, Geo. Tyson had five hogs
struck by lightning, which killed
three, paralyzed one and deafened
the otner. One of III. III. Kinks
horses was struck and stunned with
a slight bolt, and pile of bricks
at Hopewell church was also struck i
A picked team from Rising Sun
played the Pennington club at the
latter place, on Saturday afternoon
last, and was victorious by a score
of IL to 2. Riale, who pitched for
Rising Sun, kept the Pennington
boys guessing throughout the game,
allowing them but four safe hits off
his delivery. On the other hand,
Mackinson, of the Havre de Grace
team, who did the twirling for
Harrington, was wild and hit freely
when he did locate the plate.
Devon, behind the plate, gave
his pitcher good support and
caught several difficult fouls.
The same teams will play at
Rising Sun tomorrow afternoon,
when Pennington promises to make
every effort to turn the tables for
the drubbing received last week.
The batteries were >Riale and
Devon for Rising Sun, Mackinson
and McCardell for Pennington.