The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-12-07
NTY NEWS.
Friday, Dec. z. 1900.
MINOR LOCALS

holiday garb.
The Home Mission soeiable will
be held at the home of S. t. Reyn-
olds this evening.
The w. G. T. U. will meet with
Mrs. N. Q. Brown on Thursday,
Dec. Ii, at 2:30 o'clock.
The public school at Colora has
been closed on account OF diph-
liberia in the neighborhood.
Harmony Castle, *. G.. g., will
treat themselves to an yster supper
on Monday evening, December II.
Stephen Allies, of Octoraro, is
credited with shooting large mad
dog last week, on Tuesday afternoon.
Sheriff Price on Saturday closed
the grocery store of Joel Dean, in
North East, on judgments amount
ing to $500.
Work on the trolley from Bel
Air to Havre de Grace will begin
in a short time. The road will be
sixteen miles in length.
Harry Neill, COL, of Delaware
City, was killed near Wilmington
by catching hold of q Give" wire
which was hanging across a trolley
line.
Thos. Kirk has erected fine
marble shaft on his lot in Brook
view cemetery. Four interments
were made in the cemetery last
week, making total of % to date.
The Seventh Day Adventists
have made several converts in the
neighborhood of Chesapeake City
and are trying to secure the old
Universalist church for a place of
worship.
The December term of the Cir
cult Court for Cecil County will
convene at Elkton next Monday
morning, at $50 o'clock. The in
dications are that the term will be
a short one.
Sunday school at 10 a. nj. at Oc-
toraro NJ. E. church Dec. 9, fol-
lowed with prayer and class meet
ing. Revival services will begin at
Union M. E. church on the even
of December s.
The farm of Mrs. Hannah Will
son, near Elkton, containing 151
acres of land with improvements,
was offered at public sale on Tues
day but withdrawn on account of
no adequate bid being offered.
Several gunners were given a
hearing before Magistrate Groves,
of Elkton, on Tuesday charged
with violating the ducking laws on
the Susquehanna flats, and were
dismissed after payment of costs.
William Guy and David Dutton,
both colored, were arrested on Mon
day and committed to Elkten Jail
on the charge of highway robbery,
committed at Cecilton during a
Democratic parade on October "a.
The Northern Convocation of the
Diocese of Easton, comprising the
Protestant Episcopal churches in
Cecil and Kent counties, was in
session at Chesapeake City on Tues
day, Wednesday and Thursday Of
this week.
Thos. B. Miller, treasurer of the
Keys & Miller Lumber Co., of Elk
ton, has been elected director of
the Farmers and Mechanics MI
tual Fire Insurance Association of
Cecil County, to succeed Henry
Hess, resigned.
A settlement has been made with
the Baltimore banks by the County
Commissioners, on the banks
terms, for taxes due on their stock
owned in Cecil county. The amount
of tax involved for the three years
was about 81, 500.
Col. John R. Bond, of Port De-
post, has purchased from Hon. S.
p. Nivin, of Landenberg, Pa, some
celebrated Jersey stock for his farm.
Mr.. Bond has kept fine Jersey
stock for many years and the above
purchase is but adding to his herd
some of the best Jersey blood in
the country.
A bundle of clothing, saturated
with blood, was found in Carlton
Kimble's woods this week. Local
detective talent has been at work
@en the case but up to the present
time no clues have been found to
direct the searchers towards any
crime. Any one in this commu-
nifty who has committed suicide or
murder recently will confer favor
by coming forward and proving
property.
The meetings of the Young
Friends Association will be held in
the town hall in future, Several
lectures on philanthropic subjects
will be added to the regular month
ly program during the winter. The
regular meeting day is the first
Sunday of each month at $50 p. IN.
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