The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-08-07
COU NTY NEWS.
Friday, Aug. z. 1903.
MINORLOCALS

will reopen on Monday, Sept. Z.
The Oakryn Cornet Band cleared
800 by the festival held at Oakryn
on Saturday last.
Arthur Wright, an Elkton lad,
fell from a fence near his home
in that town last week, and broke
both bones of his left forearm.
Henry NJ. Evans, George r.
Grason and Franklin N. Jenkins
have been appointed trustees OF
the primary school at Rising Sun.
William Fl. Sherman, colored,
died of consumption at the aims
house Friday morning, where he
had been taken about month ago.
John S. Writ, of the Elkton
Bar, has been appointed member
of the committee on Legal Educa-
ton of the State Bar Association
Several Cecil county Odd Fellows
expect to attend the reunion of the
Odd Fellows of Delaware, which
will be held at Brandywine Springs
on Aug. s.
Miss Hattie Harkins has been
appointed teacher of the colored
school at North East, in place of
Miss Charlotte Slowe, who goes to
the Elkton school.
The gate receipts at Leslie camp
Sunday, July 26, were go,
which is but nine dollars less
than the receipts of the CORES
ponding Sunday last year.
Capt. William HI. Popular, of
Havre de Grace, caught a shark
Saturday night that measured
eight feet and four inches in lenght.
1t was of the man eating variety.
Grace Brinton, aged 13 years,
daughter of Ellis Brinton of near
Fremont, was severely scalded a
few days since by the upsetting of
kettle of boiling water upon her.
The School Commissioners have
sustained the appeal of Miss Cam,
from the action of the trustee, and
she will be retained as teacher OF
Blythedale school for another year.
The work of demolishing the old
covered wooden bridge at North
East has begun. The structure
will be replaced with an iron one,
the York Bridge Company having
the contract.
The Elkton Stock Farm, which
was recently bought by the Ken
lucky Racing and Breeding Asso-
citation, has been seized by the
Sheriff. and will be sold under a
writ of tieri facias.
r. L. Morgan, of Aberdeen, has
reassumed the duties as cashier Of
the Banking Company Of L. l..
Dirickson, Jr., at North East, and
W. J. Falls has severed his connec-
ton with the bank.
Seventy -One tickets were sold
at Rising Sun station on Wednes
day for the Colchester excursion
The special train which carried the
excursionists to Perryville, was
composed of thirteen coaches.
G. E. McGough, a telegraph line,
man who met his death at Harris
burg last week by a fall from a pole
was a native of Lower Oxford
Chester county. His remains were
brought to his former home or
Saturday for burial.
Secret Service detectives visited
Elkton last week endeavoring tC
locate the pension swindler, DIR
Walter G. Scott, who recently de-
frauded colored people in that
neighborhood, by making pretend
ed medical examinations.
VIM. T. Scott killed copper
head snake on his farm near town
Friday last, which measured with
in one inch of three feet in length
Mr.. Scott nearly stepped upon thu
reptile and lost but little time
jumping out of harms way whel
he made the discovery.
Benz. Briscoe found volunteel
potato vine growing among his to
matoes and pulled it up yesterday
Attached to the vine was fine mes
of potatoes, thirteen in all, tn
largest one weighing 16 ozs. Tw'
others weighed IA and 10 ozs. eacl
and the ID aggregated 59l ozs.
The trustees of Octoraro M. E
church will hold festival at Ston
Run bridge, on the road leadin,
from Rising Sun to Cecil Pape
Mills, one mile from New Bridge
on Friday evening, Aug. 7.
stormy on the date mentioned, festi
val will be held on the tollowin,
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Wallace Nc
Nabb, of Philadelphia, were arrest
ed last week in Oxford, for an al
lege swindle and conspiracy o.
charges preferred by Mrs. Mar
GAnJr l.