The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-08-16
COU NTY N EWS.
Friday, Aug. as, 1901.
MINOR LOCALS


wilma school.
E. r. Burlington & Sons arc
building an annex to their store, t.
be used as meat room.
RObt. w. 'Tunstall, B. A., Of
Virginia, is slated for election as
Director of Tome Institute.
Jacob H. Kirk, near lakewood,
expects to pick about 1000 baskets
of peaches from his orchard within
a few weeks.
The Kent and Queen Anne's
County Fair will be held at Toll
chester on the 9th, 2Sth, Doth and
3Oth of this mouth.
The August meeting of the Cecil
Farmers Club will be held with
George W. Clifford, at Zion, on
Wednesday, 21st inst.
The Rev. j. Wynne Jones, OF
Baltimore, will preach in the West
Nottingham Presbyterian Church
next Sabbath morning.
Lieut.. John G. Constable, who
has been in active service in the
Philippines for the past year and a
half, has returned to his home in
ElktOn.
The canning houses in Cecil will
not begin active operations can
ming tomatoes until September,
owing to the short crop and back,
ward season.
The ladies of Baldwin NJ. E.
Church will hold a clipping party
on the evening of August II, to
raise Aeds to repair and repaint
the church.
Workmen have been employed
this week putting cable into Ris-
ing Sun telephone exchange, which
will dispense with the. numerous
single wires now used.
The treasurer of the board of
commissioners of North East gives
the following in his report: Re-
ceipts, S705.62; expenditures,
S553.4 40; balance, $l52.15.
George Biddle, treasurer of the
Cecil County School Board, reports
the receipts of the year at $685.
34O.95, and the expenditures,
56,352.65; balance, 81, 9Ss.35.
AS the result of collision be-
tween two teams near Fair Hill, on
Wednesday night of last week, one
of the horses was instantly killed
by a shaft penetrating the animals
heart.
John r. McClay, of Elkton, has
enlisted in the United States Army
and expects to see service in the
Philippines, Notwithstanding the
establishment Of civil government
in the islands.
The Ladies' Aid Society of Octo-
raro NJ. E. church will hold cake
aAd confectionery social Thursday
evening, Aug. %, at the home of
Amos Allies. If stormy on this
date, the social will be held the fol-
lowing evening.
The small house in Port Deposit,
belonging to J. Rinehart, has been
purchased by the Jacob Tome In
stitute. The lot upon which the
house stands adjoins the Gymnas-
ium property of the school.
Logan Bros. are busily engaged
remodeling the old rolling mill
plant at Rowlandville. One build
ing has been converted into a ma
chine shop and another will be
fitted up for a tank factory.
Deputy Sheriff McAllister on
Monday secured warrants for the
arrest of Albert Alexander, VIM.
Alexander and Jim Chambers, all
colored, of Zion, charged with car
rying concealed weapons and dis
turbing the peace.
Six pieces of silverware, wrap
ped in tahlecloth, were found last
week in a pile Of crossties, by men
working on the p, w. & B. rail
road near Swan Creek. Mrs. Z. E.
Pearson identified the articles as a
portion of the property stolen from
her home in Havre de Grace, sew
eral months ago.
A petition has been signed by a
large number of persons asking for
the establishment of Il free rural
delivery route from Port Deposit to
connect with the route starting
from Rising Sun. The petition has
been forwarded to Congressman
Blakeney, who will present it to
the Postofiice Department,
Woodlawn camp closed last
evening. This year there were
800 tenters on the grounds, occu-
plying about so tents. During the
encampment % preachers have
been on the grounds and the attend
ance at the services has been good.
Sunday was the big day, there
being over 5000 people present.
Postmaster Hambleton has a
sample rural delivery mail box and