The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-12-20
Friday, Dec. 20 1901.
MIN ,)RLOCALS
A Merry Christmas to all.

ing our stores.
The Elkton Shirt factory ha;
been closed for lack of operators
Early morning services will bt
held in the M. e. church on Christ
mas.
The w. G. T. U. will meet with
Mrs. Jos. Pogue on Thursday, Dec
Goth, at 2.30 O'Clock.
Thomas Fassitt, of near Sylmar
suffered stroke of paralysis or
Friday morning last, and is still in
a precarious condition.
The pupils of Liberty Grove
school, will give a Cantata "Who
Killed Cock Robin" on Monday
evening, December 23rd.
Don't miss the public school
entertainment in the town hall
this evening. Admission, 15c; chill
dren under II years, 10c.
The greenhouse property on
s. Queen street was sold at mort
gagee's sale on Monday and was
purchased by Miss Alma Keilholtz
for $500.
j. ID. Grant, fagman at the ware
house crossing, has purchased the
property adjoining A. l.. Duyck-
inck Il Co.'S lumber yard, of Henry
Worth, for $500.
Jesse Mace collided with post
in front of Morrison 4 Whites
restaurant last Friday night and
came out of the mixup with a frac-
tured collar bone.
The Christmas entertainment of
the M. E. Sunday school will he
held on Tuesday evening, Dec. "a,
at 1880 o'clock. Admission, 1Oc.
Everybody invited.
High prices ruled the day at
H. II. Reynolds sale of farm i'm
plements last Monday. His fine
pair of black horses sold for $3O1,
and corresponding prices prevailed
on nearly everything sold.
The entertainment given by the
Bavarian yOdlers in the town hall
on Wednesday evening was one
which left nothing to be desired
A full house greeted the performers
and a number of encores were given.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. ID. Keen, of
West Nottingham, have issued in
vitations for the marriage of their
daughter Miss Annie, TO William
M. Fulton, Dec. %, at noon.
Miss Susan Gambel Wilson,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Amos
Wilson, of Warwick, and Harry
Layfeld Wilson, of Elk Neck, were
married in Mt. Olivet M. P. church,
Warwick, at high noon, on Thurs,
day, Dec. 10.
Mrs. Catharine Parker, of Elk
ton, has issued invitations for the
marriage of her daughter, Miss
Catharine Barratt Parker, to John
Ross Martin, paymaster in the
United States Navy, Monday, Dec.
%, at noon, at the Second Presby-
terrain church, Philadelphia.
Invitations have been issued
to the wedding of Miss Estelle
Willis, of Seaford, Del, and
George E. M. Stengle, of George
town, Del, December &c, at St.
Johns NJ. L. church, Seaford. Mr..
Stengle conducted the Port De-
posit Press for a number of years.
Stephen j. Reynolds and son of
Rising Sun, Thos. Fassitt and sons
of Calvert and Ross Wilson of
Chrome, on Friday last shipped a
carload of registered cows to a
party in Richmond, Va. These
are energetic farmers who believe
that it pays to raise the best stock.
While engaged in carting dirt
from the feldspar quarry on the
Bell property, near Conowingo, last
week, horse with cart attached
was backed over the edge of the
pit and fell into it, a distance of
% feet. The horse was badly skin
ned up but escaped serious injury.
Owing to the heavy rains last
week, particularly in Pennsylvania
and New York, the Susquehanna
was unusually high at Port De.
post Monday and Tuesday. Gel.
lars and back yards on the west
side of Main street were flooded,
and at Rock Run the water was
as high as the tracks of the Colum.
bia and Port Deposit railroad.
The ducking police on the Elk
and North East rivers are on the
lookout for parties who are slaugh
tering wild ducks by catching
them in nets, contrary to the law
The method employed is to stake
out specially prepared gill net OIL
the feeding grounds of the ducks
When the ducks dive they are
caught in the meshes and drowned
Henry S. Smith, formerly O
this town but at present located
in Davis, w. Va, with the Beaver
Creek Lumber Co., was defeated
recently for the nomination O
maVOr of the CITY nv nina votaS