The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-03-27
NTY NEWS
Friday, March ~. 1908.
MINOR LOCALS

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in the shape of a soap factory being
established in Oxford.
Elkton Council Jr. o. U. A. NJ,
will make an effort to have the State
Council meet in Elkton in 1904.
The Westamwell Christian En-
deavor Society realized the sum o.
$25 by their recent bonnet social
held at Iron Hill.
Daniel Arbuckle, of Fair Hill
has lost a fine colt from spinal
meningitis and has two other horses
sick with the disease.
Calvin Blake has opened a gener.
al store in Cherry Hill, which
makes the fourth merchandise
business in that village.
Miss Alice Clifford assisted in
the organ recital of Karl Harring-
ton at Jacob Tome Institute, Port
Deposit, on Friday afternoon last.
The work of dredging the chan
mel of the Big Elk creek, from
Cedar Point to the iron bridge at
Elkton, is over half completed.
Rev. A. F. Hess, pastor of the
Bay View M. P. church, has been
invited by the congregation to re-
turn as pastor for another confer
ence year.
The new mill of the Baldwin
Manufacturing Co., at Bank, Cecil
county, is nearly completed and
will employ, when in operation,
about 80 hands.
E. M. Hunt has installed %
lorse. power gasoline engine at his
plumbing establishment for the
purpose of pumping water and
running his lathes.
While fishing in White Clay
Green, near Newark, one day last
week, Joseph Miller, a barber of
that town, fell overheard and mar
rowly escaped being drowned.
The movement to organize ma
tional bank in North East having
fallen through L. L. Diricson has
announced his intention of estab-
fishing a private bank in that
town.
Thieves entered the house OF
Mrs. Chas. Stearnes, in Warwick,
one night recently, and secured a
watch, $11 and some articles OF
clothing.
The Nickle property, comprising
a store house and dwelling in Row
landville, has been purchased by
Mrs. Willets who will reopen the
store business formerly conducted
at the stand.
The Orphans Court for Cecil
county has made distribution of
the estate of the late Joseph T.
Reed, of Bay View, amounting to
$15,113.70 among the testator's
four children.
Banner Council, No. IL, o. U.
A. M, of Calvert, has purchased a
handsome flag, 10X1S feet, and
will present it to Woodlawn Camp
meeting Association some time dur
ing camp next summer.
The Kent and Cecil Light, Power
and Railway Co. has deposited
$4,000 with the Town Council OF
Elkton as guarantee for the COM
pletion of a trolley line from Elk
ton to Chesapeake City by October
1, 1908.
County Health Officer DIR. How
ard BrattOn after an examination,
declares the outbreak of typhoid
fever in Port Deposit to be due to
the pollution of a private spring.
The water furnished the town from
the reservoir is pure.
A. J. Kitchener, of near Colora,
who has just recovered from pro-
tracted illness, on Friday last had
the misfortune to fall in walking
across a room in his home, and
though severely cut about the face
was not seriously injured.
Charles Kelley the aged resident
of the Third district, who was re-
ported to have mysteriously disap-
peared from his home near Elkton,
four weeks ago, returned to his
home last week. He stated he had
been on a visit to relatives.
The Christian Endeavor Society
of West Nottingham Presbyterian
church will hold an entertainment
in the chapel on Monday evening,
March 80, and will present play
entitled "The Obstinate Family
Admission 15c and Toe. Doors
open at 1880 o'clock.
The fishing season is now open
ing up, and some few shad and
herring are being caught down the
bay by OILERS. The floats are being
placed in position, and before many
days the "season" will be at its
height, and the Susquehanna shad
will be here in abundance.
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