The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-09-25
COU NTY NEWS.
Friday, Sept. %, 1903.
MINORLOCALS

lie school on Friday evening last
netted $40 for library purposes.
The Washington Amateur base
ball club realized S1S.65 by the re-
cent festival held at Greenhurst.
Rev. d. E. Shaw has rendered
his resignation as pastor of West
Nottingham Presbyterian church.
Bay View NJ. P. Sunday School
will hold a Birthday Party in
the Mechanics Hall on Wednesday
evening, September Both.
At the sale of COWS held on Mon
day at the Maryland House yards
by Calvin Appleton, twenty head
averaged $3.50, selling from $50
to $57.
Theodore Brown, of the Fourth
district, claims the blue ribbon for
the largest pumpkin. He has one
which measures four feet in Cir
conference.
Third District Road League, re-
Gently appointed by the Commits
sioners, has been given an appro-
priation of $4,000 to expend for
work in their District.
E. Blackburn has moved his
portable sawmill to the Magraw
farm at West Nottingham, owned
by Mr.. Shiveley of Philada., and
is saving timber there.
1T is reported there is some pros
pect of Sig. Sautelle's circus win
tering on Elkton Fair grounds.
The circus remains in'winter quar-
tiers from Nov. list to April LIST.
By the breaking in two of a long
freight train ON the P, B. & w.
railroad at Havre de Grace, Mon
day night, bad wreck was caused
and traffic delayed several hours.
Tome Institute, at Port Deposit.
reopened on Wednesday. The
applications for admission so far
exceeded the capacity of the school
that 70 were refused in the Junior
department.
Rev. Frank E. Williams, who
until recently was pastor of Bound
airy Avenue Presbyterian Church,
Baltimore, has accepted the call to
Lewis, Del, and will take charge
on October L.
The Presbytery of New Castle
will convene in annual meeting at
the Head of Christiana Church
at p. M, on October 9th. Rev.
J. B. North, of Snow Hill, the
Moderator, will preside.
The County Commissioners have
awarded the contract for two iron
bridges over Principle creek, at
Principle and Tyson's, to the York
Bridge Co. for superstructures at
1856 for the former and S515 for
the latter.
Fire. broke out in the building
occupied by the Enterprise and
Justice of the Peace Jas. T. Prick.
ark, at Aberdeen ON Monday morn
ing, but was discovered and extin-
guished before much damage had
been done.
A harvest home service will be
held in Mt. Pleasant Church, near
Colora, October 4. The morning
sermon will be preached by Rev.
Mr.. Jones, father of the pastor.
Rev. Ernest Greenfield of Perry
vile, will occupy the pulpit in the
evening.
A. L. Crothers, Esq, of Elkton,
is member of the committee ap-
pointed at the democratic State
convention on the 10th inst, to
notify the nominees of their selec-
ton. The notification will be
made at mass meeting held at Mt.
Airy, Carroll county, on Saturday.
W. Louis Ryan and his force of
workmen completed the framing of
the timbers for Omar Crothers'
barn on Wednesday. The work
was done at the lumber yard of A.
L. Duyckinck & Co., and the tim,
bers will now be hauled to Oak
wood, where the building will be
erected.
The seventy ninth annual session
Of the Sovereign Grand Lodge of
Odd Fellows convened in Baltimore
this week. The degree staff of
National Lodge No. 81, of Elkton,
is entered in the contest for prizes
for the best exemplitication of the
work of comforting the degrees of
the order.
The eighth annual convention of
the Maryland Bankers Association
was held Oh board steamer on the
Chesapeake Bay, Thursday, while
en- route to Newport News. The
return trip will be made on Satur-
day. The National Bank of Rising
Sun is being represented by Presi-
dent H. III. Haines.
The quarry on the farm of VIM.
M. Pogue, adjoining town, where
If was ayDacta1 Sufficiant Stonc