The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-04-26
COU NTY NEWS.
Friday, April2G 1901.
Ml\OK LOCALS

Miss Lizzie Moore, of Delta, is
visiting her brother DR.. T. B.
Moore.
DIR. G. S. Dare attended the
meeting of the State Medical Asso-
citation, in Baltimore, on Thursday
John Anderson has been appoint
ed postmaster at Appleton, Fourth
district, vice w. G. Henderson,
resigned.
Rev. d. e. Shaw and Prof j. G..
Conner, of West Nottingham, at
tended the Presbytery at Salisbury
last week.
The retaking of the census OF
Cecil county will begin on May /,
and under the law must be COM
pleted by June 1.
The shad fishing at Port Deposit
is reported excellent and large
quantities are being caught in the
muddy Susquehanna.
A preliminary meeting for the
institution of a Castle of Knights
of the Golden Eagle was held at
Bay View Wednesday evening.
The Circuit Court will convene
again Monday next, April 20. The
first case set for trial is that of
Smith VS.. P, W. & B. Railroad Co.
A flag was presented to Cherry
Grove School and raised over the
school house with appropriate GER
emonies, on April II, by the Jr. o.
U. A. NJ. of Calvert.
Miss Mary Brumfeld entertained
a number of friends at her home
near Rising Sun on last Saturday
evening, to meet Mr.. Clifford Brum-
field and bride, of West Grove.
James Morris, aged ten years, of
near Elkton, was attacked and Sc
verely bitten through the hand,
Monday, by a supposed mad dog.
The animal was afterwards killed.
The rolling mill property at Row
landville, in addition to SO acres of
land, was purchased at trustees
sale in Elkton Wednesday by the
Mccullough Iron Company, for
$4,000, subject to mortgage of
$4,000.
Maryland's share of the 81 ,00O,-
600 appropriated by Congress for
the assistance of the National
Guard, is $4,000, available July l.
The regular annual state appro-
priation for the maintenance of the
guard is $4,000.
A party of half a dozen DRINKS
from "the ridge" created consider,
able disturbance in Centre Square
on Wednesday night and defied the
town bailiff. A knife in the hands
of one of them caused an ugly slash
across the cheek of another of the
party.
Cecil Circuit of the Methodist
Protestant Church has been divid
ed, Bay View, Mount Olivet and
Bethel comprising one circuit,
under charge of Rev. B. F. Jester,
while Leeds and Moore's Chapel is
tn, other, with Rev. E. P. Perry
as pastor.
The Orphans Court for Cecil
County was in special session at
Elkton on Tuesday. The will of
Benjamin d. Price, late of the First
district, and proprietor of the hotel
at Fredericktown, was admitted to
probate. The whole of the estate,
valued at about $4,000, is left to
his widow.
DR.. Eveland, of Chambersburg,
Pa, who was formerly director of
the Jacob Tome Institute, Port De
post, will address the graduates at
the commencement of Chesapeake
City High School on May 20. DR..
T. II. Lewis, of Western Maryland
College, will address the graduates
at the commencement of North
East High School, on May 81.
The Postoffice Department has
issued an order to all postmasters
requiring the exercise of the great
est care for the protection of all
Government money, postage stamps,
ETC., in their custody. In places
where there are no National Banks
funds may be intrusted to private
banks, provided they be placed in
receptacles properly sealed and at
the pOsmaster's risk.
State Auditor.