The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-03-29
COU NTY NEWS,
Friday, March 20 1901.
MI Or LOCALS

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horse to die last Sunday.
Oxford is to be the home of {
new laundry in the near future.
The first shad of the season was
landed at Perryville on Saturday
Mrs. Amanda Reynolds has al
amaryllis lily which contains lilo
blooms.
The herring season has com
menced and the fish hauler's horn
is heard on the street.
A government pension of IS pei
month has been granted James II.
Vaughn, of Chesapeake City.
An infant child of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Fowler was buried at
Brookview cemetery last Friday
afternoon.
The residence of Samuel Frazer,
in the First district, was entirely
destroyed by fire on Thursday
morning, together with most of the
contents.
George White and Richard Hud-
son, Jr., both colored, were arrest
ed in Elkton last week on the
charge of robbing VIM. T. Bowen
of $3.50.
Walter Buckworth, of near Ches-
apeake City, has sold a three year
old colt to George Hubner, of Will
mington, Del, for 5000. The colt
has gone mile in 2:22.
John G. and Robert J. Duncan,
of York county, have purchased of
Charles Anderson the Long and
Moon farm, in the Ninth district,
and will take possession April 1.
Thursday night of last week
thieves entered the cellar of Robert
Aiken, near Colora, and helped
them selves to edibles. A horse
blanket and pair of rubbers were
also stolen.
Richard Mullaly, an employee of
the Elkton Pulp Mills, was fright
fully scalded about the head and
face Tuesday night al the mills.
1t is feared he will lose the sight of
one of his eyes.
The Elkton and Chesapeake City
trolley road builders-Cherry Hill
doesn't seem to he in it-promise
to have 200 hands at work in a
week or so and the road completed
by the 4th of July.
A slight blaze occurred in Mrs.
r. T. Rambo's millinery establish
ment, North East, on Saturday
last, but was extinguished before
the new fire engine could be gotten
to the scene for a trial.
Avondale is to have water works.
A fine natural spring in the ma
chine shops at that place was
recently dug out and found to con-
tain sufficient supply of excellent
water for the purpose.
Edgar Jamison, son of Lewis
JamisOn of Oak Hill, was badly
hurt in runaway accident while
returning from Nottingham last
Monday. He received cut head,
a foot crushed and number of
severe bruises.
The Bloomfield farm, containing
212 acres, with improvements, one
of the finest farms along the Sassa-
fras River, has been purchased at
private sale by G. II. Price and
VIM R. Price from Franklin III.
Parper for $4,000.
Everybody is invited to come out
and witness We production of aye
Deestrickt Schulz" on Thursday
night, ye fourth day of I've rainy
month, (ApriD, in Chapel school
house. Given under auspices of
ye "Y's" for We benefit of We
Church Improvement Fund. Ad-
mission, zoe. If stormy next clear
evening.
A bill for divorce was filed in the
Circuit Court at Elkton, on Tues
day, by Walter Merry, asking for
an absolute divorce from his wife,
Mrs. Isis A. Merry. The bill states
that they were married on April
Is, 1897, and resided together until
March Is, 1898, when, he alleges,
she abandoned him without just
cause.
The Baconian literary society o.
the f. N. l. will give dramatic
entertainment in Rising Sun hal
on Friday evening, April 5. The
program will consist of two plays
entitled "My Lord in Livery' and
''Put Him Out" Reserved seats
35c; general admission, .'25c; chill
dren, 15c. Tickets on sale at Il. T
Reynolds.
Mrs. Frank Whitney, of Elkton
was severely burned ON Monday a
her home in that town. She at
tempted to light small candl,
lamp and in some manner set fir,
to her clothing. Her husband wen
to her assistance and smothered tn,