The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-02-01
COlJ MY N EWS.
Friday, Feb. 4. 1901.
Mlts oRLOCALS
EXCELLENT sIeighing this week.


Thos. Rink, of this town, had a
horse to die last Tuesday morning.
Al foot of snow fell Thursday
night and Friday morning Of last
week.
The Home Mission Circle will
meet at the NJ. Il. Parsonage to-
morrow evening.
An improved burglar proof safe
was placed in the National Bank
Of Rising Sun this week.
The 6:2l a. M. train stuck in a
snowdrift at Sylmar Tuesday
morning and was detained a half
hour.
Revival services are still in
progress in Rising Sun M. r.
church. Three conversion have
been made.
j. Frank Frazer has purchased
from Miss Mary MeIntire the brick
store house on East Main street,
Elkton, for $1,000.
Petitions are being circulated in
tn, Fifth district for the opening of
new road, leading from Charles
town to North East.
Evans s. Girton, Of Richmond,
Indiana, are trying to interest the
business men of North East in the
establishment Of bank in that
town.
An icehouse with a capacity of
$50 tons has been erected at North
East by Harry E. Harvey. Ad-
Joining the icehouse is fish stor-
age apartment.
Samuel Janney purchased on
Tuesday, for So, 800, the Jesse Jan
ney farm of rs acres, in the Fifth
district, which was sold at trustees
sale, in Elkton.
The tax receipts of Cecil county
for the six months ended Dec. 81
!. were $l02, 22S. So, and the disburse-
ments, 1870, TIT .07, leaving q bal
ance of $3I ,451.76.
Joseph Coudon, Jr., of Perryville
ranks as an honor student in
the Junior Glass of the Maryland
Agricultural College, for the first
terms work, just completed.
1t is reported a line Of freight
steamers il to be run between Rock
Hall and Betterton through the
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal,
direct to New York. The principal
freight carried will be oysters.
THE bridge over the creek at
North East, near the p, w. & B.
railroad station, was discovered to
lie on fire about midnight Monday
night, but the flames we're extin-
gnished before they gained head
way.
Young Friends Association will
meet in town hall next Sabbath
Afternoon at 2:30 p. IN. Herbert
Worth, of West Chester Associa-
ton, will be in attendance. All
interested in religious culture in
vited to attend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip r. West
have issued invitations for the
marriage Of their sister, Miss Anna
May Scarf, to Mr.. Emory Carroll
Rawlings, Thursday evening, Feb.
II, at Z o'clock, at their home
g Yerdale," near Rowlandyille.
The citizens of North East have
petitioned the County Commits
sioners for the erection Of an iron
bridge across the North East creek
on Main street, in that town, to
replace the present covered wooden
structure, which was built in 1868.
The little daughter of Mrs.
Crumpton, of Elkton, was severely
bitten on the left arm by a dog be-
longing to Philip Brown, on Mon
day. Mrs. Crampton has entered
suit for 800, her object being to
secure the killing Of the dog, which
is nuisance.
The Cecil Paper Mills, operated
by j. B. Ramsey & Son, on the Oc-
foraro creek, about five miles from
Rising Sun, was sold at assignee's
sale on Wednesday. The mill and
68 acres of land brought 1896 and
was purchased by Chas. Il. Egan,
OF Baltimore, for the BALTIC. Waste
Co. The personal property aggre.
gated about $1,000, the six-mult
team was sold in pairs and brought
$500 for the three pairs; the large
mill wagon was sold for $40.
The congregation Of the Presby
terrain Church of Port Deposit has
selected the plans submitted BY
Barring & Tilton, of New York, fol
a new church, which will be erected
on the site recently chosen. Mr.. J
Harvey Rowland, of Port, hal
agreed to contribute $4,000 pro
yiding the congregation will buy
and fence the ground and put heat
ing apparatus in the building. i
- asfsn,atad tha total ooqf of Int