The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-01-04

reconVene.
w. Fl. MendenhaIl has been ap-
pointed postmaster at Blue Ball.
The w. q. T.sIJ. viii meet with
Mrs. Joseph S. Pogue on Thursday
Jan. 10, at $50 o'clock.
The stores in town, following
their usual custom after January
LIST, close at 5 O'Clock in the
evening.
Cynthia Fl. Thrall has purchased
the Elkton Stock Farm, formerly
owned BY the late w. M. Singerly,
for So, 700.
George Wentz, of Perryville, has
been appointed ticket and freight
agent Of the Pennsylvania railroad
at Elkton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph s. Terrell,
sof Elkton, celebrated the sixty first
anniversary Of their marriage on
Monday night.
The Circuit Court for Cecil
County has granted Mrs. Georgia
M. Hendricks a divorce from her
husband, Joseph Il. Hendricks, on
the grounds of desertion.
The anniversary entertainment of
Fellowship Lodge, e. of r, Of
North East, was held Tuesday
evening. The entertainment was
concluded with an enjoyable dance.
Passmore 8 Gillespie, Of Noting
ham, Pa, have purchased of John
M. Campbell the warehouse prop
erty at Sylmar, in which they have
conducted business the past two
years.
The members and friends of West
Nottingham Presbyterian church
held a New Years eve reception at
the Manse and presented Rev. D..
e. Shaw with q purse of 800 and
a similar amount to Mrs. Shaw.
Do not fail to be present at the
annual turkey and chicken supper
given by the Ladies' Aid Society
on the evening following the Detec-
tive dinner, Jan. 5, in lecture room
Of the M. p, church. Supper, 25c.
Dr. j. H. Curran, instructor in
economics and SOCIOLOGY in the
Tome Institute, has secured leave
Of absence aud gone to California,
where he will take a position tenn
porarily in the Leland Stanford
University.
Frank Morris, Levi Leedom,
Henry Burke and George Boyd
were arrested in Havre de Grace
this week on the charge of the
theft of thirteen pairs Of canvas
back ducks from Walter T. Jack
son. valued at $50.
In attempting to alight from a
train before it had stopped, Isaiah
Waller, of Kirkwood, Del, slipped
and fell under the wheels, receiving
injuries from which he died on
Monday The accident happened
at Newark Saturday night.
The Epworth League Reading
Course will meet with Mrs. A. b.
Keen on Friday evening, Jan. IL,
at 8 o'clock, Politics as a vocation
and Quarrying Nature win be dis.
cussed and a number of questions
will be referred. Quotations from
the four Gospels.
Mr.. Scott. owner of the distillery
near Rock Spring, is accused of
burning the building and was given
a hearing before Squire Cummings
last week The ease was continued
until today, owing to lack of time
TO examine witnesses. Counsel are
employed on both sides.
a lively law suit was heard be-
fore Squire Taylor yesterday, the
case being Walter T. johnson ".
Mrs. Rebecca ]. Rowland, in the
sum of 800 for agents commission
for the sale of defendants farm
near Bay View. The Squirrels de-
cision was withheld for a few days.
Comptroller Herring on Tuesday
made the quarterly distribution d
the public school fund to white and
colored schools of the State. The
total amount distributed is $685.
600 to white schools, $37 900 Il
colored. Cecil county receives
$3,076.36 for white, and $690.7s
for colored schools.
One of the familiar Landmarks
I around Rowlandyille for the pas
% years, and now no more, was
= Nallje,n the old family mare be
longing to Mrs. Howard Reynolds
After a quarter Of century o
faithful service she dropped out o
harness during the closing days o
the 10Th century and has gone t
her long rest.
James H. Sale, farmer Of nea
Colchester, Kent county, has re
ceived gold medal from the Pari
Exposition for his exhibit of In