The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-10-25
North East M. E. church is con.


Samuel T. Shippers is building a
new 30X60 fit. livery stable al
North East.
A milestone weighing $500 lbs
has been placed in Woods mill,
near Pleasant Grove.
The sum of S2OG has been sub.
scribed to date towards the pnbliC
drinking fountain to be erected in
Elkton.
/. Several members of the Bay View
Castle, Knights of Golden Eagle,
paid Harmony Castle "A visit last
Monday night.
One of VIM. G. Vests valuable
young horses was badly cut about
the legs by barb wire fence, at
Sylmar, last week.
Anna Coulson, daughter of Eli
Coulson, Jr., of near Colora, was
seriously injured by being kicked
in the face by horse last week.
Professor Snyder, of Oxford, Pa,
has organized singing class of %
pupils at West Nottingham, which
meets in the chapel every Friday
evening.
The will of Mrs. Eliza j. Willin
has been filed for probate in the
Orphans Court of Cecil county.
Thos. H. Wright, of Philadelphia,
is executor.
Deputy II. s. Cameron will be at
Perryville Oct. 30 and 81 to issue
duckiDg licenses. He will be at
Charlestown on the morning of
October 30.
John Bundy, Charles Cole and
John Briggs, COL, have been com
mitted to Elkton Jail charged with
the larceny of $50 from E. Nj. Cor
don, also colored.
While charging a soda water
fountain at Engler Il Murdaugh's
store, Oxford, Friday afternoon
last, William Smith was stunned
by the explosion of the gas tank.
Two cars of coal got beyond con-
troll of the brakeman and ran off
the end of the elevated switch at
S. X. Chambers & Bro. ware
house, at West Grove, last week.
The congregations of the Presby-
terrain churches of Avondale and
West Grove have extended a unan
imous call to Rev. Henry Sperdeck,
of GlassbOro, n. j., to become their
pastor.
The Tome Institute foot ball team
defeated the Conference Academy
team at Dover, Del, on Saturday
last, by 5 too
The Tome and Marston School
teams will play at Port Deposit on
Saturday afternoon.
The traction engine belonging to
Albert Ewing, of Rowlandville,
broke through "A bridge near Peep
les mill last week. The engine
sustained little damage but the
bridge was demolished.
The local Preachers and Exhor-
ters' Association of the Wilmington
Conference will hold their annual
meeting in st. Johns Methodist
Episcopal Church, near Fair Hill,
November Is, 16, and II.
Letters of administration upon
the estate of john r. Bond, of Port
Deposit have been granted to Philip
r. Bond, his son, who gave bond
for $40, 900, which would indicate
personal estate of about $4,000.
Twenty bushels Of choice white
potatoes were stolen from farmer
named Calvert, of near Port De-
posit, last week. The potatoes had
been sorted and placed in bags and
were ready Tor market when the
raid was made.
The Cecil County Sunday School
Convention will be held at Chesa-
peake City on Saturday and Sun,
day, Oct. 26 and 81. The dele
gates appointed to represent Rising
Sun M. Z. Sunday school are Misses
III. Jennie Reynolds and Maize
Bungard.
The ceremonies connected with
the cornerstone laying of the new
Havre de Grace Methodist church,
being built and donated to the
congregation by s. J. Seneca and
wife, were held in that town on
Tuesday afternoon, being attended
by fully 1000 persons.
George Boyer, a Cecilton stage
driver, had narrow escape while
crossing the railroad track last
week. His vehicle was struck and
demolished by q freight train,
Boyer being thrown some distance
but escaping with nothing more
serious than some bad bruises.
The registration officers in Cecil
county made their returns to the
Board of Election Supervisors last
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