The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-09-20
COU NTY NEWS.
Friday, Sept. 20 1901.
MINiORLOCAIS

ole yesterday, cause OF deatn not
known.
The w. G. T. U. will meet with
Mrs. N. 9. Brown on Thursday,
Sept. 26, at 2:30 o'clock.
John F. Porter, of Elkton, has
been appointed principal of the
High School at Ridgely.
Rev. w. w. Shaw, pastor of the
Presbyterian church of Port De-
post, has rendered his resignation.
The sum of $42 was realized at
the festival held by Octoraro M.
E. Church on Saturday evening
last.
An Uncle Toms Cabin show has
been giving nightly exhibitions in
small tent on Pearl street this
week.
The trustees of Kent county
Aims House have appointed VIM.
Ford superintendent of the
institution.
John Banks, of Chesapeake City,
has purchased a tract of woodland
near that town, known as the
"Lodom woods"
Rev. w. S. Lowery, of Califor-
mia, has been called to the pastor
ate of the First Presbyterian
Church at Bel Air.
A horse wandered onto the rail-
road near Liberty Grove, one night
last week, and fell from a bridge,
breaking its back.
VIM. S. Evans, Esq. is a candi
date for the associate judgeship, to
fill the vacancy occasioned by
Judge Stump's death.
The public schools throughout
Cecil county were closed on Thurs
day out of respect to the momory
of President Mckinley.
The Junior League of Rising Sun
M. E. church will hold a festival
at the Parsonage on Friday even
ing next week, September 81.
Chas. Kincaid, of Conowingo, lost
COW last week. 1t broke out of
the pasture, took to railroading
and collided with a freight train.
The office of John W. Dayett,
who operates the Cooch's Bridge
mill, was entered one night last
week and robbed of notes valued at
nearly $500.
Oliver Frazer, former resident
of Elkton, was conductor of the
funeral train that bore President
McKinley's body from Buffalo to
Washington.
While participating in a game of
base ball at Newark last week,
Irving X. Walton, of Iron Hill,
had the pockets of his coat rifed
aud valuable papers stolen.
Jacob Tome Institute, at Port
Deposit, will reopen on Wednes-
day next, 25th inst. Examinations
for admission will be held Monday
and Tuesday, 23rd and oath.
J. P. Martindale, who recently
returned from Mexico, purchased
the Ross Conoly farm, containing
Al acres, at Lombard, at public sale
last Monday. The price paid was
$2700.
The Woman's Foreign Mission
airy Society will give the postponed
entertainment this (Friday) even
ing, in the lecture room of the
church. A silver offering will be
taken.
While assisting at threshing on
the farm of Alonzo Boulder, in the
Second district, David Tillman,
COL, was seriously injured by being
crushed between the engine and
water tank.
Owing to the increase of business
over the Delaware division of the
P, W. & B. railroad, it is being
converted into a double track sys-
tenn as rapidly as the work can be
accomplished.
Prof. Close, of the Utah Agricul-
tural Experiment Station, has been
appointed to fill the position at
Delaware College, Newark, made
vacant by the resignation of Prof.
G.. Harold Powell.
A number of farmers in the
upper part of the county have
built silos this year and will try
feeding ensilage. c. A. Grubb and
John r. White, near Conowingo,
have each recently completed silo.
Gardner Furness, near Octoraro,
has a chestnut tree which has
blossomed three times this year.
The first lot of blossoms fell, while
from the second good sized chest
nuts have formed. The third set
of blossoms are now forming into
chestnuts.
Ellis p. Passmore, former res
ident of this town, had fall and
received a bad cut on the head
while at the home of his son at Not