The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-05-01
Friday, May L, 1908.
MINORLOCALS
Exit the saloon.

The public schools throughout
Cecil county will close for the sum-
mer months on Friday, May %.
May 9th has been selected as
the date for the commencement
exercises of Chesapeake City High
School.
The members of Excelsior Lodge,
l.. o. o. F., attended services in a
body at the M. E. church Sunday
morning.
A new double drum hosting
engine has just been installed at
the plant of the American Clay Co.
near North East.
Ex- Congressman William B.
Baker, of Aberdeen, has been elect
ed Deputy Grand Master of Mary
land Odd Fellows.
VIM. T. Vinsinger, of Elkton,
has been elected Great Senior
Sycamore by the Great Council of
Md, Imp. Order Red Men.
A company of Oxford horsemen
have purchased of the Darbybrook
Stock Farm the blooded Hackney
stallion, Hengist, for 81 900.
While working on the railroad
at Elkton on Monday, an Italian
section hand had his foot badly
mashed by steel rail falling
upon it.
The West Nottingham Academy
base ball team will journey to Ches-
apeake City on Saturday to cross
bats with the High School team in
that town.
The pupils of Charlestown pub
lie school realized the sum of $50
by the "shadow socialn recently
given by them. The money will go
to the library fund.
Samuel Kennard has purchased
the butchering business of Homard
Terry, of Mt. Pleasant, and will
conduct the same in partnership
with Elmer j. Reese.
Little Joe Effing had one of his
fingers nearly cut off on Wednes.
day by getting it in the way of a
Ratchet which was being welded
by his brother Gerald.
r. II. Hodgson, of Zion and Rock
Churches, has been appointed a lay
representative from New Castle
Presbyterian General Assembly at
Los Angles, California.
The work Of dredging the chan
mel of the Elk river from Cedar
Point to Elkton is nearly complet-
ed, and one of the dredging ma
chimes has been taken away.
The preliminary surveys are be-
ing made this week for a branch
railroad to connect the iron mines
and spar quarries north of Rising
Sun with the BALTIC. Central tracks.
Mrs. Edward Patton, of Harris
vile, suffered the fracture of small
bone in her hand last week, in at
tempting to catch the little son of
Frank Reynolds who fell from a
low shed roof.
Young Friends association will
meet next Sabbath in Rising Sun
hall at 2:3O p. m. L. r. Buffing-
ton will give short talk on ''De-
velopment of Society from a Re-
ligious Standpoint"
Wayne Reynolds shipped $50
head of hogs from Rising Sun
station on Tuesday. This ship.
ment makes the, fifteenth carload
Mr.. Reynolds has sent to Philada.
within the past few months.
While hauling lumber for the
new barn being erected at Chrome
by j. j. Algard, James Davidson
fell from his wagon and sustained a
fracture of a small bone of his
ankle by the wheel passing over it.
A monograph entertainment
will be given in the Friends school
house at Calvert, on Friday eve
ming, May Sth. The program will
consist of comic, sentimental and
sacred songs, etc. Admission, zoe
and 10c.
The following teachers have been
appointed for OctOraro Sunday
school: Altman Ferguson, Mrs. Ira
Whitcraft, Mrs. Geo. A. McKin-
sey, Mrs. Lizzie Ferguson, Ira c..
Whitcraft, Mrs. Amos Allies, Mrs.
Rebecca NJ. Keithley.
William Drennen, who has COM
pleted three years. clerkship in the
Burlington store in this town, will
leave in lew days for Kentucky,
where he has secured a similar
position in general merchandise
store, in which his brother is
interested.
On Wednesday afternoon, of this
week, April %, with the thermom-
eter registering So, one of our
residents informed US that on that
date twenty eight years ago one
sleigh made its aDDearance on the