The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-09-11
COU NTY NEWS.
Friday, Sept. Ill, 1903.
MINORLOCALS

Oxford Fall Fair will be held
Sept. % to %, inclusive.
The centennial celebration of
Eastland Friends meeting will be
held Saturday, September II.
The Hasson farm, near Wood
lawn, has been purchased from
E. d. Lamdin by Mrs. Reuben
lamar, of Elkton.
The Headly farm, containing SO
acres of land, one mile east of town,
was sold at public sale Saturday
afternoon to Samuel Smith for
$3,O55.
A number of our farmers report
good yields of potatoes, but are
losing bushels of them on account
of the rot, which appears so gen.
eral this season.
VIM. T. Warburton, Esq, of Elk
ton, will deliver an grafton at the
celebration of Old Defenders Day,
Sept. IL, held by the o. U. A. M,
at Gwynn Oak Park, Baltimore.
An ice cream festival will be
held for the benefit of the Washing
ton Amateur Ball Club, on James
T. Armour's lawn at Greenhurst,
on Friday evening, September IL.
The members of Sylmar M. E.
church will hold festival on the
church lawn, Tuesday evening,
September Is. Proceeds for car
pet, &c. If stormy the following
evening.
Bethel NJ. P. Sunday school
will hold their annual picnic and
festival all day and evening, on
Saturday, September 10Th, in the
grove adjoining the church, near
Bay View.
The farm of the late John Terry,
about one mile east of town and
containing Ill acres of land, was
offered at public sale on Saturday
afternoon but withdrawn on bid
of ,730.
The annual farmers institute
was held at Black Barren Springs
on Wednesday and Thursday of
this week. A number of persons
from this vicinity attended the
gatherings.
The Cecil County School Board
has decided to establish an Indus
trial School for colored girls in
Providence Hall, Elkton. Lulu
human, of Virginia, has been en-
gagged as teacher.
Cecil paper mills resumed opera
lions of Friday last, after having
been shut down for two months,
during which time new turbine
water wheels have been installed
and extensive repairs made.
The severe electrical storm which
swept over this section Saturday
afternoon, was accompanied by a
heavy downpour of rain and high
wind, considerable damage being
reported. Some hail also fell.
The chimney on the house of
Jacob Baer, at Colora, was struck
by lightning during the storm of
Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Baer,
who was in one of the lower rooms
at the time, was severely shocked.
A Lawn Fete will be held on
the church grounds, Wednesday,
evening, September 10th, by the
Junior League of Rising Sun M.
r. church. Fancy articles, cake,
ice cream, home~ made candy, etc.
will be for sale.
A number from this neighbor-
hood attended the performances of
Mains circus at Oxford on Satur
day. The show was the largest
ever i'll this section, requiring 35
cars to transport it, the train run
ming in three sections.
Mrs. W. r. Burlington had a
night blooming cereus in bloom
Sunday evening. Four beautiful
creamy blossoms unfolded their
petals and delighted the watchers
who witnessed the rare sight of
their bursting into full bloom.
In addition to the arrest of AL
fred Bender for the violation
of the local option law, report
ed last week, Levi M. Louck,
of Rock Springs, was arrested and
held under $40O bail to answer for
two charges of selling intoxicating
liquors.
John st. Clair, of Port Deposit,
was arrested Tuesday night on a
similar charge and lodged in Elk
ton Jail.
At the meeting of Young Friends
Association, in town hall, on Sun
day afternoon last, E. r. Burlington
continued his talk on spiritual
Consciousness. "What is meant
by Daily Heroism?" was the subject
of a paper by Robert X. Wood.
Ella f. Hunt read selection en-
titled, "Let Something Good be
Said.n "The Necessity of Friends