The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-01-05

burned on Tuesday morning by
falling against a red hot stove.
DR.. s. j. Wishard, Charles Stem
and A. E. Albert have a flock 40
cartridges, at Hagerstown, which
1 they intend liberating in the spring.
Reports from the Philippines
state that the 46th Vol. Infantry, in
which John G.. Constable of Elkton
lis a lieutenant, has benin an
engagement.
The new frame school houses at
Cecilton and Conowingo have been
completed by the contractor, Geo.
w. jackson, and were turned over
to the School Board this week.
The prospect Hip farm, near
Cowantown, containing 104 acres of
land with improvements, was sold
on Tuesday by John S. Writ, trus-
tee, to Mrs. Mary Miller for $1,000.
Among the pastors who were re-
membered by their congregations
on Christm~s was Rev. w. R.
Mowbray, of Union Church, he
being the recipient of a handsome
carriage robe.
Stephen Croft, COL, who was
sentenced to ten years in the pen
-itentiary for attempt assault, at the
last term of Court, was taken to the
State institution by Deputy Nc
Allister last week.
Chas. w. Johnson, of Bay View,
postal clerk on the Baltimore Cen
trail railroad, was badly bruised in
the wreck at Chester Heights,
wherein Engineer Mcdonald and
Fireman Null lost their lives.
Nine hundred and fifty employees
of the Pennsylvania. railroad
were placed on the pension
roll on Monday. Numerous letters
have been received by the officials
from employees asking not to be
retired.
Members of Baltimore visiting.
committee propose attending West
Nottingham meeting next Sabbath
at 10 O'Clock and Young Friends
Association in Rising Sun in the
afternoon, for which an interesting
program has been prepared.
By the premature discharge of
his gun one day last week, while
hunting, Warner jackson was
severely wounded in the face, part
of the load striking him in the
right eye. He was taken to the
Homeopathic Hospital, Whining
ton, for treatment.
George Smith, of near Farming
ton, was severely injured on Satur-
day. While driving home from the
mill with load of feed his horses
became unmanagable and ran away.
He was thrown from the wagon and
when picked up was. unconscious
and badly cut about the face and
head.
The Rising Sun sewing circle has
made and sent to the needy 154
pieces of children's clothing from
June LIST to Christmas. The circle
consists of 25 members, with the
following officers: Pres, Mrs. Thos.
Kirk; Sec., Miss III. Jennie Reyn-
olds; Treasurer, Mrs. III. A. G..
Westerfeld.
Misses Hanna and Carrie Kirk
entertained the progressive euchre
club last Friday evening. Eight
tables were played. Mrs. G. G.
Sill and Miss M. Addie Smith were
tied for first honors, with a score of
IL out or l5 games. j. NJ. Sterrett
stood first in the gentleman's list,
10 out of 10.
The several telephone systems of
the Peninsula have been consoli-
dated into the Eastern Shore Tele-
graph and Telephone Co., recently
organized at Denton. Harry Rich
ardson, of Dover, DEL, president of
the Diamond State Telephone Co.,
is president of the new organiza-
tion.. The Diamond State Company
owns rthe lines in Cecil county,
which are at present being put in
order.
David Glass, colored, was com
mitted to the Maryland House of
Correction on Saturday for two
years and six months, by Magis-
trate p. M. Groves of Elkton, for
carrying concealed weapons and
trespassing on the property of the
Pennsylvania railroad company.
He was also held for court on the
charge of attempting to kill Chris
tian Kaufman a brakeman on the
Frederick Division of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad.
Joseph Brown of Goshen, Lam
caster county, has succeeded I. V.
McIntire, of Oxford, as driver of
the Atlantic Refining Co.'s oil
wagon.
McIntire, who was the party
fined $23.O5 for drawing a revolver
on Eli T. Reynolds last week, comes
out in an interview in the Oxford
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