The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-10-03
COUNT NEWS.
Friday, Oct. 3 1902.
MINDRLOCALS

Howard Brown, OF near calvert,
shot dog supposed to be suffering
from rabies on Saturday.
Miss Martha Finley, the Elkton
authoress, has just finished another
book of the "Elsie" series.
The muddy water in the Octo,
raro caused the Cecil paper mill
to shut down on Friday last.
The Jr. Epworth League will
hold a festival at the M. E. par
sonage on Friday evening, Oct. 10.
The w. G. 7. U. will meet at
the home of Mrs. Edwin Haines on
Thursday afternoon, October 8, at
2:30 O'Clock.
Founders Day was observed at
the Jacob Tome Institute, Port
Deposit, on Wednesday with appro-
pirate ceremonies.
The Collins farm, on the Singerly
road near Elkton, has been sold by
John Z. Alexander to the Woodall
brothers, of Sassafras Neck.
Rev. E. R. Slidell, of the Mich
igan Conference, has been transfer
red to Millington, Kent county,
succeeding the late Rev. j. d.
Kemp.
The Young Ladies Home Mis-
sion social will be held at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. B. r.
Robertson near town this { Friday
evening.
Young Friends Association will
meet next Sabbath at 2:3O. Special
reports of the thoughts made
prominent at the General Con-
ference and home temperance work
will be the order of exercises.
The will of John Fl. Harlan, late
of New Leeds, Cecil county, has
been probated in the Orphans
Court at Elkton. The estate,
which is valued at about $4,000,
is bequeathed to his sister, Rachel
Harlan.
The rain of last week interfer-
red with the plans of the managers
of Oxford Fair and necessitated the
continuance of the fair on Saturday,
for the conclusion Of the speed
trials. The loss to the association
is estimated at fully 81, 800.
The annual reunion of Battery
B, First Maryland Light Artillery,
known as Shows Maryland Battery,
will be held at Perryville tomorrow,
Saturday.. The dinner for the oc-
casion will be served by the Ladies
Art Circle of the M. E. church.
Cecil McNamee, who farms the
A. L. Duyckinck & Co. property
adjoining town, lost a valuable year
ling colt last week by a peculiar
accident. The animal was exercis-
ing in the barnyard when it reared,
fell backwards on a strawstack and
sustained a broken neck.
Ground has been staked out for
the erection of two story brick
house on his lot on South Queen
street, by E. M. Hunt. The dwell
ling will be 2SX30 feet with all the
modern Improvements. The con-
tract will be awarded next week,
work begun at once and hurried to
completion.
Comptroller Joshua W. Herring
on Wednesday made the distribu-
ton of the public school tax to the
white and colored schools in the
several counties and the city OF
Baltimore, according to their ratio
of population. Cecil county will
receive 50, 552.67 for white schools
and $685. for colored.
A special musical and literary
program has been prepared for the
meeting of the Advance Club, al
the home of Misses III. Jennie and
A. Mabel Reynolds, ON Wednesday
evening next. Those DESTROYS O.
taking up the course to be pursued
by the club are urged to be present
and enroll their names at this
meeting.
The general store of S. T. Simp
ers, North East, was entered Fri
day night last and merchandise
cigars, tobacco, ETC., to the amoun
of 5000 stolen. Entrance was eff
fected by the burglar breaking tn,
lock on rear door. A party Civ
ing his name as John Clark, of Bos
ton, was arrested and lodged il
Jail on suspicion of being implicit
ed in the robbery.
Auctioneer Hindman has si1
properties to dispose of at publi
sale on Monday, 9th inst; Rea
estate of the late Henry J. Briscoe
property of the late Geo. w. Cou
don, near Pennington; farm of Mis-
Angelina w. Egan, near town, ant
adjoining tract of land belongin,
to Mrs. Mary j. Abbott; propert,
of the late William Coale, nea
Colora; and small property situat
ed in the Sth district, near tn
f(HorCachoa - Gov II