The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-06-20
Friday, june 20. 1902.
MINsORLOCALS

The receipts of Oxford Spring
Fair were $269S.9S, expenses,
$2O72.49, leaving balance of
1926 40.
Children's Day will be observed
at Octoraro M. e. church on Sun
day, June %. Services at 10 a. m.
and 8 O'Clock p. m.
The soaking rain on Monday
evening was a welcome visitor in
this section where vegetation was
parched and dust thick.
Harry Poist, near Woodlawn,
had fine horse bitten by copper
head snake one day this week and
it is feared the animal will die.
st. Andrews Memorial Protest
ant Episcopal Church, near Andora,
Cecil county, has purchased land
adjoining the church property from
John w. Quien, for 5000.
The Brookview Cemetery COM
pany has bridged the stream lead
ing into the cemetery with large
iron pipe, seventeen feet in length
and 36 inches in diameter.
W. G.. West, of Sylmar, had
two successful entries in the races
at Oxford Fair, his horse Strych-
nine winning in the 2:20 race, and
Maude r. in the 800 minute
race.
James Clendenin, of Baltimore,
was last week elected president of
the West Nottingham Academy
Alumni Association, with Cora
Wiley secretary and Arnot Shaw,
treasurer.
While standing in his wagon
picking cherries one day last week,
John Wesley, an Oakryn lad, was
thrown to the ground by the start
ing of his horse and sustained a
fractured arm.
The newly fitted mill at Rowland
vile began operations this week in
the manufacture of roofing paper.
The mill gives employment to
about 80 hands and is under the
management of Logan Bros.
Commencing July 2, a number of
the stores in Rising Sun and Colora
will inaugurate an early closing
movement. On that date and
every Wednesday evening there
after they will close at 6 p. M.
Comptroller Joshua w. Herring
on Monday made the last quarterly
distribution of the school fund for
the school year of 190l-02. Cecil
county's apportionment for white
schools is 81, $1,000; for colored,
$6O5.26.
e. M. Hunt is fitting up the
M. E. church with steam heating
apparatus. He has also received
the contract to install an acetylene
gas apparatus for lighting the
church. The new frescoing will be
commenced about July 1.
The River and Harbor bill, re-
Gently passed by both houses of
Congress, has been signed by the
President. The bill includes an
appropriation of between SIG, 900
and $17 900 for dredging and widen
ing the channel of Elk river below
Elkton.
The following are the officers of
the recently organized National
Bank of Chesapeake City: Presi-
dent, Joseph II. Steele, Chesapeake
City; vice president, William S.
Evans, Elkton; cashier, John Banks,
Chesapeake City; teller, Groome
Steele, Chesapeake City.
At the conclusion of the school
year last week at Western Maryland
College, Westminster, two Cecil
county young ladies led their class
es for the years work: Miss Mary
Clark, of Cecilton, the Sophmore
class and Miss Reba Carey, of
North East, the Freshman class.
Joseph S. Terrell, of Elkton,
lost a swarm of bees in a peculiar
manner this week. The swarm
settled upon the top of a freight
car standing on the track near Mr..
Terrell's residence, and when the
train pulled out the bees were
taken with it, free of freight
charges.
The deadlock existing in the
board of town commissioners was
broken this week by the election
on last Tuesday evening of the fol-
lowing officers: John G. Hindman,
president; e. FL. Worthington, sec.
rotary; H. H. Haines, treasurer;
w. Louis Ryan and III. j. Effing,
street commissioners with the presi,
dent of the board as ex- officio.
Ethel Moore, the eight year old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Dolph
Moore, of Elkton, while walking on
the top rail of a picket fence on
Tuesday afternoon, fell astraddle of
the pickets and was severely in
jured, one of the sharp pickets
piercing the abdominal cavity.