The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-08-02
COUNTY NEWS.
Friday, Aug. 2. 1901.
MlNDRLOCALS
Horse hats are now in vogue.

Thos. Riale lost two fat steers
from the heat last week.
A government pension of $40 per
month has been granted VIM. H.
Nestle, of Elkton.
Young Friends Association will
meet in Town Hall next Sabbath
afternoon. All are invited to
attend.
Alex. Perry, former superintend-
ent of Cecil Paper Mills, has moved
to Elliott Graham's house near
Conowingo.
Miss Blanche Ford, of Elkton,
has been appointed teacher of the
Warburton public school, in the
Ninth district.
VIM. A. Wright, of Elkton, for
many years captain of Co. E, Md.
National Guards, has received his
commission as major.
While crossing a wooden bridge
below North East, on Tuesday, a
heavy traction engine broke
through the structure.
J. Alfred Mackie, of Louisville,
lost two fine driving horses last
week. The cause is supposed to
have been from eating musty oats.
Thirty-one tickets were sold at
Rising Sun station, on Thursday,
for the Atlantic City excursion; IA
at Colora, 10 at Liberty Grove and
Z at Sylmar,
John Montgomery, of Liberty
Grove, has been confined to his
home for some time by sickness.
His neighbors turned in and har-
vested his crops for him.
A peach festival will be held by
the ladies of st. Andrews Episco-
pal Church, near Fair Hill, on
Wednesday evening, August 7. If
stormy, the next evening.
A cable will be laid across the
Chesapeake Bay from Kent island
to Sandy Point Light, distance of
five miles, by the Eastern Shore
Telegraph and Telephone Company.
Arrangements are being made
for the taking out of larger guam
titles of feldspar at the Tweed quar-
ries, near Sylmar, and increasing
the shipments to 1000 tons per
month.
The McClenahan Granite Co., of
Port Deposit, has received the con-
tract, at $1.59 per cubic yard, to
furnish broken stone for the gov
eminent improvements at Fortress
Monroe.
A number of Rising Sun young
people enjoyed the moonlight ex-
cursion from Port Deposit Monday
evening. Quite number from the
neighb0rhood were on the excur-
sion to Annapolis on Wednesday.
Uric Grim, of Warwick, while
stacking wheat recently, met with
painful accident. In reaching for
a sheaf of wheat a straw penetrated
his eye inflicting an injury which
may cause the permanent loss Of
sight.
The gate receipts for admission
to Leslie Camp on SUNDAY. july 81.
amounted to $124.50. The camp
closed on Sunday last, after the
most successful season since its
institution. Over S14O was collect
ed on Sunday for admissions.
The sixth annual meeting of the
Maryland State Bar Association
was held at Deer Park Hotel this
week. The nominating committee
reported in favor of John S. Writ,
ESQ, of Blkton, for president, on
Wednesday, the election of officers
being held on Thursday afternoon.
A joint meeting of the County
Commissioners of Kent and Cecil
counties was held in Elkton on
Wednesday, to consider bids for
the construction of a new bridge
over Sassafras river, connecting the
two counties The contract was
awarded to the York Bridge Com,
pany, Of York, Pa, for $7,779.
The body OF Arthur Colburn,
of Delaware City, who with his two
daughters was drowned in Long
Island Sound about two weeks ago,
was recovered on Monday. The
deceased left an estate valued at
between 100000 and 100000,
which according to the will was be-
queathed to his widow and three
daughters. Only one of the daugh-
tiers escaped drowning in the yacht
ing accident.
Mrs. J. I. Pennington, of Gale
ma, Kent county, was attempting
to move large china closet recently
when one of the legs gave way.
The closet with its heavy plate
glass front and contents, consisting
of $500 worth of fine china and cut
glass fell upon her, crushing her to
the floor. Her face and head were
badly paShed and bruised and il