The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-02-28


The foundry at Port Deposit
has closed down and will not resume
operations for a month.
The knights of the Golden Eagle
of Bay View, realized $50 by their
recent supper held in that town.
David I'll. Let's, of Greenhurst,
won the Remington gun at the
shooting match held at Lombard
recently.
Mrs. Edwin F. Brown and child
rem of Clark Summit, Pa, are visit
ing the formers parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ell. J. Sheppard.
Granville W. Reynolds has rent
ed his farm near Octoraro, and will
move, to the Coale homestead, near
Mt. Pleasant, in the spring.
A congregational meeting has
been called for March for the
purpose of electing a pastor for Zion
and Rock Presbyterian churches.
Fl. Linn Worthington has pur-
chased another fine registered
pointer dog, Kings Jester, which
he received by express this week.
Eli T. Reynolds attended the
quarter centennial of Johns Hop
kins University, in Baltimore,
on Friday and Saturday of last
week.
The peach orchard of W. A.
Montgomery, of lakewood, suffered
from the heavy sleet storm of Fri
day, fully three hundred trees
being destroyed.
The Home Mission will hold a
pie social next Friday evening,
March 7. All lady members are
requested to contribute one of these
creations of the pastry art.
Three free rural delivery routes
have been laid out from Oxford
and will soon be put in operation.
Route No. l is to Russellville,
No. 2, to Hickory Hill and No. 8
to Chrome.
Young Friends Association will
meet next Sabbath in the town
hall. E. r. Burlington Will give
the first of a series of short talks
on the growth and development Of
religious thought.
Miss Marjorie Effing gave a
party to a number of her young
friends on Tuesday evening. About
fifteen of the young folk assembled
at her home and spent jolly eve
ming playing carrom and other
games.
DIR. r. r. Crothers was seized
with stroke last Friday which
for time caused fears for his re-
covery. He lost the use of his
vocal organs and was partially par
alyzed but has now nearly regained
his usual health.
One of a party of three tramps
who asked permission a few nights
ago to sleep in Elwood Balderson's
barn, was discovered to be suffering
with pneumonia and was sent to a
hospital in Baltimore for treatment.
A small unoccupied frame house,
located near Woodlawn camp
grounds, the property of VIM. B.
Wier, was destroyed by fire one
night last week. The origin of the
fire is unknown. The loss is cover
ed by an insurance of 5000.
At the annual town election at
Port Deposit on Tuesday the fol-
lowing commissioners were chosen
for the ensuing year: H. E. Glenn
son, S. A. Reynolds, Edward
Boynton, John &. Vannort, B. F.
Kelly, G. A. Atkinson and M.
F. Mcdowell.
r. III. Blain, of Easton, Md, was
the guest of Fl. Linn Worthington
this week. Mr.. Blain spent sew
eral weeks in this locality last
spring while working on the Mason
& Dixon line resurvey. He is still
engaged in the same work in the
western part of the state.
VIM. G. West, of Sylmar, has
been elected a director of Oxford
agricultural society, to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of the
late L. G. Lightfoot, of Calvert
The spring fair of the society will
be held on June 4, 5, and 8, and
the fall fair September "a, 25, and
26.
On Friday morning last while
Jas. H. Evans was driving num-
Der of fat steers to the station for
shipment to market, one of the
animals slipped on the ice on
Pigeon Hill and broke its leg. 1t
was disposed of to local butcher
and promptly converted into dress
ed beef without the additional
cost of freight charges.
The conditions at Port Deposit
have been somewhat alarming this
week, although at this writing nc
serious damage has been done by