The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-11-15
COU NTY NEWS
FIiday, Nov. ID 1901.
MlN.ORLOCALS

"A lew HdNcS vi SDOW It'll las
Wednesday night.
The ladies of Glasgow NJ. e
church cleared SOL by their recent
poultry supper.
The Tome Institute will send
fine educational display to the Char
lesion Exposition.
Delbert Cameron, an Eikton lad
fell and broke his arm on Monday
while playing foot ball.
An original government pension
of IS per month has been issued t.
VIM. S Campbell, of Sylmar.
John NJ. Clayton, of Colts, lost
three fingers by the accidental dis
charge of his gun on Tuesday.
The ladies of Cecilton took in the
sum of $75 by their dinner and
supper served on election day.
Atwood Montgomery, lakewood,
has a force of men at work taking
out feldspar on the Bell property
William Jackson, colored, of Port
Deposit, has been lodged in Elktou
Jail on the charge of wife beating
Rev. Edward FitzSimon, OF
Wallingfori, will preach at Zion
Presbyterian church on Sunday
next.
The State Medical Society will
meet in the Elkton Opera House,
Tuesday morning, Nov. 10, at 1C
O'Clock.
Elkton Council, No. q, Jr. O.
U. A. NJ, will hold a flag raising
at Jones school, near Elkton, this
afternoon.
By the bursting of a steam pipe
at Elkton pulp mill last week Robert
Williams, colored employee, was
badly scalded.
Herman jackson has succeeded
James t. Rutter in the blacksmith
ing and wheelwrighting business
at Battle Swamp.
The Day Basket Works at North
East have shipped 1900 splint and
bamboo baskets to Manila, p. l.,
for the Government.
The Cottage prayer meeting con
Quoted by Rev. d. e. Shaw OF
West Nottingham, was held at the
home of S. A. Taylor on Wednes-
day evening.
r. G. Thackery on Thursday OF
last week sold at trustees sale seven
properties in North East belonging
to the late Hiram Shallcross. The
sales aggregated $1915.
The Newark Town Council has
appropriated $3.50 to the fire com
pany of that town, to be used in
keeping the engine house and fire
apparatus in good condition.
w. L. Ryan has received the con,
tract for the erection of a dwelling
for I'll. Branch Patten, and ground
was broken this week on the lot on
East Main Street for that purpose.
L. Marshall Haines on Tuesday
sold at public sale in Elkton the
property known as "Chowder Hail. u
at the mouth of Principle Creek
containing 267 acres, to Jacob Myers
for $500.
DIR. ID. L. Clifford, Zion, pur-
chased at public sale on Wednes
day the farm of Miss Lucy X. Gift
ford, between Calvert and Blueball.
The place contains 81 acres and
was sold for $3.50.
The will of Jacob Metz, of Chesa-
peake City, was filed for probate in
the Orphans Court on Monday
The widow, Sarah e. Metz, was
devised the real and personal prop
. erty, and was also made executrix
of the estate.
While climbing over the fence
at the Presbyterian Church, at Port
Deposit, Charles Geisler, son OF
John Geisler of that town, slipped
and fell, running one of the iron
spikes into his stomach, injuring
himself severely.
The forty third annual meeting
ofthe Local Preachers and Exhort-
ers' Association Of this, the Will
mington Methodist Episcopal Con
ference, will be held on Friday,
Saturday and Sunday, Nov. Is, 1G
and II, in st. Johns church, near
Fair Hill.
Postmaster Hambleton desires tc
call the attention of business men
of this place and all others, in ad
dressing letters to the patrons OF
the Rural Route, that they must
be prepaid with two cent STAMP
to insure prompt delivery, regard
less of whether they were former
patrons of this Office or not.
Tome Institute foot ball team
showed Baltimore City College
under in the game at Port Deposit
Saturday afternoon last, bya score
of 81 to- 0.
The game at Wast Nottinrbon,