The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-02-14
MINORLOCALS
st. Valentines Day.

st. Nalentlne>S DAY.
Lent began on Wednesday, 18th
instant.
New machinery is being Install
ed at the Keystone spar quarries,
near Sylmar.
Enoch Mccullough has received
the appointment of postmaster at
Liberty Grove.
Octoraro NJ. f. Sunday school
will hold missionary anniversary
on Sunday evening, March 2.
Sunday evening, Feb. %, will be
observed as missionary anniversary
at Union M. e. church, near
Fremont.
The revival services which have
been conducted for several weeks
in Rising Sun church were brought
to close last Sunday evening.
Rev. William P.4Compton, pas
tor of the Methodist Episcopal
Church at Zion, has been invited
to return for another Conference
year.
The flint mill property, together
with machinery, water right, ETC.,
at Conowingo, was sold Saturday
at mortgagee's sale, to Norman G.
Smith for $3.50.
The town commissioners of
North East, at their meeting last
week, appropriated the sum of
$500 to the public school of that
town for library purposes.
Cecil dusfelt and John Mayor,
of North East, skated from that
town to Elkton Monday afternoon,
in four hours. The distance around
Turkey Point is about 80 miles.
The Junior League of Rising
SIM M. L. church will hold box
social at the home of the Superin
tendent, Mrs. L. V. G. Wester-
field, on Friday evening, Feb. 81.
A number of citizens Of Chesa-
peake City have made application
to the United States Treasury for
the establishment of bank in that
town, with capital stock of
$4,000.
The will of the late William B.
Heatzig, of Elkton, was admitted
to probate in the Orphans Court on
Tuesday. By it his property is
left equally between his three
children.
Thirty new converts were admit
ted to Elkton M. E. church on
probation Sunday morning. Three
prObationers attached themselves
to Rising Sun M. L. church at the
service on Sunday evening.
The Red Pump farm, about one
mile and a-half north of Rising
Sun, has been purchased by John
III. Harris from Jonathan Reynolds,
at private sale, for 500. The
property contains "a acres of land.
The tifty-four schools heard
from by Examiner Biddle show a
total of 1913 from the penny collec
ton, taken in the schools on Jan.
20, for the Mckinley Memorial
fund. There are forty six schools
in the county which have not yet
reported.
On Monday afternoon Edward
Murphy, an employee of Armstrong
Foundry, at Perryville, got into a
dispute with his foreman, John
Kensley, and picking up casting
struck the foreman a vicious blow
on the head, rendering him uncon-
scious. A warrant was issued for
the arrest of Murphy.
Oxford is in a fever of excite
ment over the trolley question.
Two rival companies have petition
ed the town council for the right
to lay tracks, erect poles, etc.,
The Uwchland Street Railway Co.,
and The Vandegrift Construction
Co. Public sentiment favors the
former company.
The newly organized Board of
Poor and Insane for Cecil county
has made the following appoint
ments: G. II. Moody, overseer at
almshouse; Mrs. Charles Moody,
matron; Albert 7. Alternately,
superintendent at the insane
asylum; Mrs. Alternately, matron;
Harry Thayer, keeper; DR.. P. B.
Housekeeper physician.
1t will interest the friends of
Rev. f. b. Short, who at one time
was stationed at Mt. Pleasant,
near Colora. to learn that he has
been elected general secretary of
the Y. M. G. A., in Wilmington,
and will assume charge of his new
duties on April LIST. This will
insure the Rev. Shorts permanent
residence in Wilmington, which it
is understood he desired.
The Great Council of Mary.
land, Improved Order of Red Men,
will meet in annual session at Elk,
ton, April % and "a. The fol