The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-08-03
Harold Knerr, of Philadelphia,

is WISHING misses Hanna and Carrie
Kirk.
| Miss Bessie Marshall, of Phila
delphia, is visiting Miss Eleanor
Jenness.
Miss Annie Hopkins, of Garland
Hartford county, is visiting G. G
! Hopkins and family.
Mrs. Harry G. Riale, of Balti
more, is visiting Thos. j. Riale anG
family near Pennington.
Perry B. Riale, of Baltimore
spent several days this week with
his parents, near Pennington.
DR.. Harry Urian and wife, o.
Philada., were the guests of Ed
win Haines and family this week
Mrs. Minor and son Claude, Of
Baltimore, spent few days this
week with e. T. Reynolds and
family.
Mrs. Ira Burdsall and Miss Ger.
trude Dare were the guests of Mrs.
Charles Silver, of Garland, last
Tuesday.
Geo. Smith and family, of Balti.
more, have been spending a few
days with relatives in and neal
Rising Sun.
Miss Esther P. Reynolds has
returned from trip through Ian.
caster and Chester counties, where
she spent some time visiting rel
atives.
Geo. A. Blake, Esq, of Elkton
bar, was elected member of the
Maryland Bar Association at Cum
berland, where the annual meeting
was held last week.
Rev. William Fitz-Simon, pastor
of Zion and Rock Presbyterian
churches, sailed Wednesday on the
steamer Majestic for Europe, to be
gone three months.
The Eighth Regiment, in which
Lieut.. Col. Philip Fl. Ellis, a broth
er of DR.. G. M. Ellis of EIkton,
holds a command, has been ordered
to San Francisco to sail for China.
The National Bank of Port De-
posit has been organized, with a
capital stock of $4,000. The in
corporators are Charles Q. Caldwell,
j. HI. Rowland, Samuel G. Row
land, John r. Bond and James B..
Ramsey.
Benz. Briscoe sold a horse, wagon
and set of harness at constable's
sale last Tuesday, the property of
James Gordon, colored, at the suit
of James r. Frank. The horse
brought $11, the wagon IS, and the
set of harness 10 cents.
The match game of tennis on
the court of the Pioneer club,
Wednesday afternoon, between
Messrs. Shaw and Gillespie of
West Nottingham, and Messrs.
Reynolds and Ewing, resulted in
favor of the latter in three straight
sets, the score being 8-6, ga, 8-3.
During heavy thunder storm
one evening last week, Andrew
Harvey and Thos. Dorecco, track
men on the p, w. & b. railroad
were stunned by lightning while
taking shelter in the tool house at
Stanton. Both men were slightly
burned about the body, Dorecco
being rendered unconscious for a
while.
The large canning house of Will
kinson H. Bevard s. Sons, near
Belair, was burned to the ground
Wednesday morning, together with
contents including machinery and
1900 cases of tomatoes. The origin
of the fire is unknown, but is sup.
posed to be the work of an incen-
diary. The loss was between
$4,000 and $4,000, insurance $4,000.
A postal card was received at the
bank from III. H. Haines yesterday,
dated July 81, on board the steam
er Barbarossa, stating that they
were steaming down the shores of
France and expected to arrive at
Cherbourg at midnight. Mr.. and
Mrs. Haines and daughter left New
York on July IL, and he reports a
very pleasant trip across the ocean,
with 240 first cabin, 12O second
cabin, and 256 steerage passengers.
The Young Friends Association
of this town met last Sunday after.
noon in the Town Hall, which has
been recently overhauled and re
furnished, the meeting being in the
nature of a dedication and opening.
E. r. Burlington made an address
principally on dedicatory lines.
Several good papers were read by
members and addresses delivered
by DIR. Janney, of Baltimore, and
Mrs. Mary II. Way, of Oxford.
The next meeting of the Associa-
ton will be held, as formerly, in
the Friends Normal Institute build
ing, on the first Sunday afternoon
in September.
The B. & o. railroad has a con-