The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-07-17
NTY NEWS.
Friday, DULY II, 1903.
MINORLOCALS


church, Lewisville, has resigned.
Some of our citizens report
gathering "roasting ears" and to-
matoes from their gardens in town
this week.
A four year scholarship at st.
Johns College, with board and tut
ton free is open to some Cecil
county boy.
VIM. M. Reynolds shot a large
chicken hawk near Cecil paper
mill, which measured 81 inches
from tip to tip.
The Boys Brigade of Lancaster,
enroute from Baltimore to Boston,
passed through Elkton on Tuesday
mounted on bicycles.
Miss Emma E. Wilson, who for
the past five years has conducted
millinery store in this town has
relinquished the business.
John Keilholtz, who has been
employed as assistant at the rail
road station in this town, has been
transferred to Lansdowne.
Chas. Kirscht shipped portion
OF his household goods this week
preparatory to removing from Ris-
ing Sun to East Liverpool, Ohio.
The United Epworth League and
Ladies' Aid Society of Mt. Pleas
ant M. E. church, near Colora, are
enjoying an excursion to Betterton
today.
The fair and festival held at
North East on the Fourth of July,
for the benefit of the new church,
resulted in net receipts amounting
to $14165.
A delegation of Eighth district
citizens waited on the County Com
missioners on Tuesday to urge the
need of new bridge between Pilot
and Mexico.
H. T. Pyle has just completed
extensive repairs and remodeling
of his mill at Calvert. The work
was in charge of B. T. Starr & Co.,
of Baltimore.
The Sunday school of Mt. Pleas
ant M. f. church, near Colora, will
hold their annual picnic in the
grove adjacent to the church on
Thursday, 23d inst.
Rev. F. T. Little, d. D., Presi.
dent of the M. p. annual conference,
will preach in Porter's Grove
church on Sunday, Goth inst, at
Rowlandville at s p. M.
Creditors of the John J. Ryan
Company are disputing the trans
fer of the Elkton Stock Farm re
Gently sold by John j. Ryan to the
Kentucky Breeders Association.
A small blaze in a box car near
Keys & Miller's lumber yard, Elk
ton, on Tuesday afternoon caused
some excitement, but the Singerly
Fire Co. soon extinguished the
flames.
Citizens of the Ninth district on
Tuesday requested the County
Commissioners to build a new
school house to replace the one To-
Gated at Lombard which was re-
Gently burned.
John T. Porter, for the past year
assistant principal of the Cecil
County High School Elkton, has
resigned to accept position with
the Dupont Powder Company at
Wilmington, Del.
A large number of attachments
have been taken out by the credit
ors of c. II. Messick, a lumber
dealer of Cecilton, who disappear
ed from his home last week and
has not been heard from since.
Colora defeated Port Deposit in
a game of base ball at the latter
place on Saturday afternoon last by
a score of 16 to 1. Colora will try
conclusions with North East on
Saturday on the grounds of the
latter.
A festival will be held on the
lawn of Hopwell NJ. E. church
Thursday evening, July 30. Ice
cream, cake, candies, peanuts and
all good things will be on sale. Dc
not fail to come. If stormy, the
next fair evening.
The trustees of the North East
High School have selected Miss
Hattie II. Ennis, of Baltimore, q
graduate of Western Maryland Col
lege, for assistant principal of that
school to succeed Miss Lingo who
recently resigned.
Do not fail to spend an hour
with Mother Goose and hel
Temperance Family on Wednesday
evening, July 29th, at o'clock il
the Town Hall. Admission, adults
30 cts; children under II years Toe
Proceeds for benefit of W. C. L. U
Messrs. Barclay Reynolds ant
II. F. Richards visited Oxford OF