The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-10-30
Friday, Oct. 80. 1903.
MINORLOCALS

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afternoon.
The two bridges at Richards
mere, have been improved by new
floorings this week.
The National Bank of Rising
Sun will observe Election Day
November 3, as legal holiday.
Sylmar was defeated in game
of base ball on Saturday by the
Octoraro team of Kinks Mills, by
IL to 16.
Sample ballots are being circu.
lated for the purpose of instructing
the voter the proper way to mark
his ticket.
The cunning season in Cecil
opens Nov. 1, when it will be law
full to shoot cartridges and rabbits
until Jan. 10.
DIR. T. B. Moore is improving
his property on Walnut street by
laying concrete walk from the
porch to the street.
The total registration in Cecil
county this year is 6,617. Of that
number 5,9SS are white voters and
1907 colored voters.
i J. Thos. Riale this week purchas-
I ed from G. r. Grason the dwelling
on East Main street, at present occu-
pied by j. M. Sterrett.
Over $500 was realized by the
fair and festival held last week in
Port Deposit, by the members of
st. Theresa Catholic church.
The Ladies Aid Society of the
M. E. Church and W. G. T. U.
will open a lunch room in the Ford
storehouse, North East, on Election
day.
The barn on the Seneca Point
farm, near Charlestown, belonging
to Mrs. Horace G. Disston, was de
troyed by fire on Saturday. The
loss was about 81, 500.
The sum of $25. SO was realized
by the Sock Social held on Thurs.
day evening last by the members
of Mt. Pleasant Epworth League
at the home of Mrs. l.. e. Mar
tindale.
Ducking licenses are being is
sued, Deputy Clerk Cameron visit
ing Charlestown this, Friday,
morning for that purpose. He will
also be in Perryville Friday after
noon and Saturday.
Cecil Farmers Club held its
October meeting with J. T. Grove,
in the Ninth district, on Wednes
day. A report of the proceedings
will be published in next weeks
Issue of the MIDLAND.
The Town Commissioners receiv-
ed this week two more car loads of
flag stone, which will be used for
paving purposes along those streets
tOWA WACIC IuC SlOAC hdihO
have not yet been laid.
Parties who have driven to town
by the road leading past Duyck-
inck & Co.'S warehouse this week,
have been making complaint of the
unburied carcass of a horse in a
field near Pleasant Meadow school.
The Y's of Hopewell will give a
Masquerade social at the home of
George Tyson, Friday evening,
October 80. Admission ten cents.
Ice cream and cake served to all.
Everybody is invited. If stormy
next evening.
Rev. DIR. A. S. Mowbray will de-
liver lecture ON his recent Europ-
can travels in the M. E. church of
this town on Friday evening, 30th
inst, under the auspices of the
Epworth League. A silver offer
ing will be taken.
A representative of Sig. Sau-
telle's circus visited Elkton last
week, to arrange for the renting of
the Fair grounds as winter quarters
for the circus. If terms are agreed
upon it is expected the circus out
fit will take possession in a few
days.
Mrs. a. G. Cummings met with
a severe accident at her home in
this town, on Saturday evening
last, at about s o'clock. She had
been sitting in her room reading,
and just as she closed the book
and arose from her chair, was
seized with an attack of vertigo
and fell'to the floor, sustaining a
fracture of the right hip.
Mrs. John Pierce, whose hus-
band conducts the farm of Mrs.
Fannie S. Crothers, near Colora,
was attacked by a bull on the pre-.
misses, Thursday of last week, and
severely injured. Fortunately the
animal is dehorned or Mrs. Pierce
may have been gored to death.
AS it was she was knocked down
and rolled by the vicious animal
before help arrived and it was
beaten off. Although badly bruis-
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