The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-08-03
MI>DRLOCALS

COlOred camp services Will bt
held in S. j. Reynolds woods next
Sunday.
A Demorest medal oratorical
contest will be held at OctorarC
church tomorrow evening.
The Fall Fair of the Oxford
Agricultural Society will be held
on September 26, 81 and %.
A French coin dated 1920 was
found in the road, near Elkton,
one day last week, by Mrs. Gigger.
f. q. Barrett, of Port Deposit,
has been appointed assistant dep.
uty sheriff by Sheriff Ambrose
Price.
There are at present only nine
prisoners in Elkton jail. Possibly
there are some mora that ought tc
be there.
The tax law was changed by the
legislature. reducing the discount
on August payments from 5 to 3
per cent.
The annual meeting of the Mu-
tual Fire Insurance Company Of
Cecil county will be held in Elkton
tomorrow.
Preston Pierce, of near Colora,
had his pocket picked of $12 one
night last week while returning
from Philadelphia.
Miss Nettie Ewing, daughter OF
Wesley Ewing of Blake, was
recently stricken with total blind
ness. The doctors think her sight
will return.
Miss Wanna Mearns died at her
residence, near Zion, on Friday last,
of apoplexy. The funeral was held
Tuesday afternoons; interment at
Rosebank cemetery.
Prof. Tolliver, of the Maryland
Agricultural College, has been
gathering data in Cecil county for
use in a new soil map of the county
which he is preparing.
A fire alarm has been placed bin
the Council Hall tower, at Elkton,
which can be sounded by the cleo
trio current from the telephone
exchange in case Of fire.
Circuit Court Judges Frederick
Stump and VIM. r. Martin were in
Elkton on Tuesday, a number of
minor equity cases being brought
before them and orders passed.
Rev. Lumon Gee is Field Agent
of the Maryland Sunday School
Union. He will arrange county
and district Sunday school conyen
tions and Institutes on the Eastern
Shore.
Roy Grist, young son Of George
Grist of this town, was bitten on
the leg by a snake while picking
blackberries one day last week.
fortunately the serpent wasn't a
RATHER or copperhead.
Miss Margaret Morrison, of near
Liberty Grove, was committed to
Ellkton jail on Friday by Justice
Nickel, in default OF bail, charged
with assault with intent to kill her
sister, Jeannett Morrison.
Miss Emma Il. Wilson has secur-
ed the agency for the M. & J. shirt
waist holder and skirt supporter.
This supporter is complete in every
respect and supplies a long felt
want in ladies wearing apparel.
The Bee Line Telephone Com
pay is erecting line from Denton
to Queen Anne, and will give SER
vice to Caroline county, with an
exchange at Denton connecting with
the Eastern Shore lines and Elkton.
A schooner loaded with 5000
North Carolina watermelons passed
through the Chesapeake & Del
aware canal on Monday, en- route
to Philadelphia. The melons were
selling from the boat for five cents
each.
Last week special meeting was
held in the Milford, DEL, M. E.
church and prayers offered for rain.
During the night heavy rain
relieved the drought. No doubt
the contiding people believed their
prayers brought the rain.
The bass and rock fishing at
Haines' Point, the mouth of the
Octoraro, is reported to be the
finest ever enjoyed. Fishermen
from New York, Philadelphia and
other places visit this famous fish
ing ground. Grover hasn't visited
it yet, but he is expected.
James Fay, who has been putting
mp lightning rods in the vicinity OF
Elkton, was arrested last week on
the charge of stealing a watch from
a fellow boarder at the Howard
House. He was committed to jail
in default of bail and shortly after
ward the watch was found in the
room of tie owner, when Fay was
released.
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