The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-08-28
MY NEWS.
Friday, Aug. %, 1903.
MLNDRLOCALS

The fall term Of West Noting
ham academy will open Sept. 7.
The Stewart property, in Port
Deposit, has been purchased by
John Little.
The School Board is considering
the establishment Of a colored in
dustrial school.
G. L. Dare, who farms the Eng
land place, near town, lost valu-
able horse Sunday night from
collie.
In attemptingto put out gasoline
light at the Cecil paper mill Jack
Nye had one of his hands painfully
burned.
The subscriptions in hand to
date for the proposed Union Hos
pital of Cecil county amount to
$514.50.
Joseph Clifford won the medal,
from the 10 yard line, at the
Rising Sun Gun club shoot, held
last Wednesday.
The Sipler farm of 50 acres, near
Theodore, was sold at public sale
last week to j. j. Graham, of
Charlestown, for $50.
Miss Roberta Graham has been
recommended to the State Board of
Education for examination for a
life certificate, as teacher.
The Kirscht properties on Main
street were advertised at public sale
Aug. % but were not offered as
there were no bidders in sight.
Sweltering weather this week;
the thermometer reached 960 on
Tuesday, refreshing shower cool
ing atmosphere in the evening.
Homard Terry purchased at pub
lie sale last week, for $50, the house
and lot near Porter's Bridge, own
ed by the late Joseph Bradford.
The train scheduled to reach this
station at 4:45 p. N. was over an
hour late on Tuesday owing to the
derailment of a car at Octoraro
Juntion.
The school commissioners have
appointed Robert Anderson, Jr., of
the First district, to the vacant
scholarship at st. Johns College,
Annapolis.
The "Barnes House" is being
improved with coat of paint.
Sam'l. Brickley has recently i'm
proved his dwelling on Walnut
street in the same manner.
While driving a heavily loaded
farm wagon on Monday, Edward
McKeewen, of Locust Point, fell
beneath the wheels and received
injuries which may prove fatal.
William Fl. Hogg has purchased
the farm Of the late Robert Hogg,
at Kirkwood, Lancaster county.
The property contains 1876 acres,
the purchase price being $6,659.50.
The Ladies Aid Society of the
Octoraro NJ. E. church will hold a
sandwich social at the home of Mrs
Harry Gotwalt on Saturday eve
ming, Sept. 5. The public cordial
ly invited.
Fifty-fve eXcursionists from this
vicinity availed themselves of the
opportunity offered Tuesday by the
railroad to spend a day at Atlantic
City, Notwithstanding from five
O'Clock in the morning until eleven
at night made long hours.
Stephen Krauss and number of
friends enjoyed a "set-out" of snap
per soup on Sunday near Harris.
vile. Sherman Clayton was chef,
and prepared the soup, it requiring
two washboilers full to satisfy the
appetites of the assembled guests.
The Nottingham Co operative
Creamery Co. expects to begin
operations at the recently COM
pleted plant on September l. j.
L. Martin, of Mortified, N. Y, an
experienced butter maker, has
been employed to manage the
creamery.
While threshing on the farm of
Samuel Alrich, near Glasgow, on
Saturday last, spark from the
traction engine set fire to the stacks
and destroyed the entire wheat
crop, with the exception of about
eighty bus. of grain which had
been threshed.
Engineer johnson, of the State
Highway Division, with a corps OF
men, completed the survey of the
Rising Sun Pennington road this
week, and the Road League ex-
poets to have a force of men en-
gagged on the preliminary construc-
tion work in few days.
The American Jersey Cattle
Club, of Lancaster county, will
hold their annual public meeting
on tha a ftarnoOn of uOuct Doth in