The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-09-14
Friday, Sept. la, 1900.
MINOR LOCALs

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Miss Helene Biles, of Singerly, is
the guest of Miss Maude Kirk.
Miss Marion Sheppard is the
guest of Wilmington relatives.
Miss Esther P. Reynolds is visit
ing relatives and friends in Chester
and Media.
Amos Allies has been appointed
postmaster at Octoraro, vice Harry
Taylor resigned.
The Elkton shirt factory pro
posed to resume business the latter
part of this week.
Carlton Kimble and daughter,
Miss Effie, have returned from a
weeks sojourn at Atlantic City.
Miss Emma Keilholtz, of Wash
ington, is visiting her cousins, the
Misses Keilholtz, near Rising Sun.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. F. Evans and
child, OF Savannah, Ga, were the
guests of Mrs. Agnes Evans this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Kirk, of
Wilmington, have been spending
the week with Mr.. A. Brumfeld
and family.
Health Officer Bratton was in
Port Deposit last week inrestigat-
ing several cases Of typhoid fever
in that town.
Rev. w. e. Greenfield, of the
Elk Neck M. E. Church, is con-
fined to his home from the effects of
a spider bite on the knee.
The Young Ladies' Home Mis-
sion was entertained on Friday
evening last by Miss Alice Clifford,
at her home near Harrington.
Cerebro spinal meningitis has
again affected stock about Calvert.
Webster White lost y horse last
Sunday and on Monday James
Yerkes lost mule from the disease.
The Hurff farm in Elk Neck,
consisting of 307 acres of land, was
sold at trustees sale on Tuesday to
Heulings Lippincott, of Camden,
N. j., for 90, 800.
The Board of Election Super
wilson's met on Wednesday, in Elk
ton, to qualify the election officers
and select places of registration and
polling places in the various
districts.
Corn cutting is now in progress.
Farmers estimate the crop has been
shortened not less than twenty five
per cent by the long drought.
Some estimate the shortage will be
still greater.
The Fall term of the Maryland
Agricultural College will open Sep
TENDER "a, the entrance examine
tions being held lSeptember 2O-22.
A catalogue will be sent on appli
cation to the secretary at College
Park, Md.
The Brotherhood of the M. e.
Church of this town was organized
last Saturday evening with the fol-
lowing officers: President, Rev. FL.
A. G. Westerfeld; vice president,
Ed. s. Patton; secretary, w. A.
Reeder; treas, Calvin Brumfield.
Job s.. Pugh, of Oxford, has
leased for five years the flint quarry
on his farm in East Nottingham to
A. g. johnson of Baltimore. The
flint will be hauled to Oxford and
shipped by rail to Elkton, where it
will be used in the publication Of
vitriol.
J. Fred G. Talbot, Democratic
candidate for Congress, was over
come by heatlast week while attend
ing Timonium Fair, but revived
under medical treatment without
suffering any serious consequences.
Freddy must be careful this hot
weather not to electi0neer too hard.
The Friends Normal Institute
opened for the fall term last Mon.
day with "a pupils on the roll,
Miss Mary E. Sleichter, principal.
The Rising Sun public school which
opened on the same date has 90 on
the roll. E. A. Reynolds, prin-
cipal; Miss Minnie Brickley,
assistant.
The Democrats of the Third dis
trict organized a Bryan and Stew
enson Club at Elkton, Saturday
evening, with the following officers:
President, John Frazer; vice prest. :,
VIM. HI. Mackall; treas, n. Frank
Witw0rth; sec., John Harnett; asst.
sec., John III. Terrell.
The Republicans of the Third
district have also organized a club.
William Bond, a fifteen year old
Port Deposit colored boy, was fined
$40 and costs by Magistrate Har-
wood last week for driving off the
horse of Mr.. Gillespie. The lad
was committed to Jail in default of
payment when his mother appeared
before Magistrate Groves and asked
that the boy be sent to a reforma-