The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-04-11
COU NTY NEWS
Friday, April Ill, 1902.
MINiORLOCALS

AIDOI udy.
A branch of the Tabard Inn
Library is to be established in
Elkton.
W. L. Douglass, of Philadelphia,
has purchased at private sale two
lots at Charlestown, for $500.
DIR. F. Merton Munson, of New
Castle, Del, has been appointed an
assistant surgeon in the United
States Army.
James Buchanan has purchased
the "Old Sedge" farm at Mt.
Pleasant, and given up the butcher
ing business for that of tilling the
soil.
The farm of the late Eliza Ann
Reynolds, at Nottingham, Pa, con-
tanning so acres,- was purchased on
Saturday at administrator sale by
Emma j. Melrath, for $2O50.
Mrs. M. J. Orr, residing near
town, left at the JOURNAL Office this
week a jumbo egg which measured
81 inches in length, u inches in
circumference and weighed 81 ozs.
The regular meeting of the Ad-
vance club was postponed from
Wednesday evening until this
(Friday) evening, when it will be
held with Misses Margaret and
Janet Reynolds.
The Philadelphia, Wilmington
and Baltimore Railroad Company
has had corps of surveyors at
work in and around Elkton for
a third track to be run between
Wilmington and Perryville.
A reward of $25.OO has been
offered for the recovery of the body
of Joseph Seitz, who disappeared
from his home in Port Deposit two
weeks ago and is supposed to have
drowned himself in the river.
The increasing business of the
McClenahan Granite Co., at Port
Deposit, necessitates the construc
ton of another siding at the quar-
ries, near that town, the work on
which is being rapidly pushed.
By the provisions of the will Of
the late Miss Julianna Henderson,
of Baltimore, the sum of $500 is
devised to Mrs. Flora Fl. Hender
son, widow of William Ward
Henderson, of Elkton, brother of
the testatriX.
Presiding Elder Robert Watt
will occupy the pulpit of Sylmar
Methodist Episcopal church on
Sunday afternoon next, April ID,
at o'clock. The Rev. Mr.. Watt
will preach in Rising Sun M. e..
church in the evening, at s O'Clock.
The heavy northeast rainstorm of
Monday night and Tuesday, which
was accompanied by high wind,
did considerable damage in this
section. Among the buildings to
sustain damage was the barn of
VIM. T. Scott, near town, which
was partially unroofed by the wind.
In the suit of Samuel Murphy
VS.. Joseph Deamon, both of
Charlestown, for 500 damages
alleged to have been caused by
Deamon turning the course of a
stream of water which washed
land belonging to Murphy, Magis-
trate Cramer of North East,
awarded the plaintiff $40 damages.
Fire burned over large section
of woodland on the farm of William
Brennan, near Elkton last week, de-
stroying a number of acres of fine
timber. Great difficulty was ex-
perienced by those who gathered to
fight the fire to prevent the flames
from reaching the buildings on the
farm, which were only saved after
a hard battle.
The annual convention of the
Woman's Home and Foreign
Missionary Societies of the New
Castle Presbytery was held in West
Nottingham Presbyterian Church
on Wednesday and Thursday. The
delegates numbered about so, repre-
senting the entire Presbytery in
Delaware and on the Eastern
Shore of Maryland.
Mrs. j. 1. Foster of North East
purchased at public sale the brick
dwelling and store of the late F.
A. Foster, in that town, for 81 900.
The vacent lot adjoining Judge
Beatty's property, belonging to the
estate was also purchased by hel
for 1925. The lot back of the S. J.
Reeder property on Bridge street
was sold to Mr.. Reeder for $40.
AT a meeting of the official board
of the NJ. E. church of this town
on Monday evening, it was decided
to make extensive repairs and i'm
provements to the church build
ing in July of this year. Commit
tees were appointed to solicit bids
for an improved heating apparatus
frescoing, etc. 1t is expected the
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