The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-03-18
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED.

are very conspicuous on the streets
at present.
Spring received another setback
on Monday, when about two inches
of snow fell.
Rev. A. r. Brown will preach in
Rising Sun M. E. church next Sun
day morning.
Gentle Spring smiled sweetly on
st. Patrick's this year-and Sheely
may show her anger to-day.
Several focks of wild geese have
passed over this section recently,
winging their flight northward.
The Cecil Farmers Club held its
March meeting at the home of El-
wood Balderston, near Colora, on
Wednesday.
The Daughters of Liberty will
hold pie social in the Jr. 0. O.
A. M. Hall, Perryville, Friday
evening, March IS.
Company E, of Newark, stands
at the head of the list in point OF
all around excellence of the eight
companies of the Delaware National
Guards.
Mrs. Elizabeth Lincoln will have
public sale of personal property,
at her residence near Rising Sun,
on Tuesday, March %; sale to
commence at II O'Clock sharp.
Victor Willis, OF Newark, a men,
ber of the Boston team and one OF
the star twirlers of the National
League, has been engaged to coach
the Delaware College base ball
team.
The Knights of the Golden Eagle
of Jackson, this county, are prepar-
ing for the appropriate celebration
of the fourteenth anniversary of the
institution of their Castle, on Satur-
day evening, April 2.
The steamer City Belle, owned
by Captain Holm, of Port Deposit,
who operates the ferry between
that town and Lapidum, is lying
on her side in the ice at Havre de
Grace, and is greatly damaged.
Edward Reuland, who conducts
milk route in Port Deposit, lost
a fine horse last week. The
animal got caught in quicksand
while being driven to town and
was SO badly injured in being ex'
tricated that it died.
The bill allowing the Chesapeake
and Delaware Canal Company tt
charge toll for passengers on boats
using the canal was unfavorably
reported by the Committee or
Railroads and Canals in the House
of Delegates last week.
Train service was resumed be
tween Rising Sun and Perryvill'
last Monday evening, after a sus
pension of over a week on accOun
OF the ice gorge. 1t took force O
500 men three days to clear thu
tracks at Port Deposit.
Rev. James L. Vallandigham
LII. D., of Newark, DEL, celebrat
ed his 92d birthday by preaching
at Head of Christiana Church
near Newark, on Sunday morning
last, 18th inst. DR.. Vallandighau
was pastor of the church for Al
years.
The freshet of last week opened
a channel in Elk creek and or
Tuesday two schooners loaded with
wood for the Pulp Mill reached the
wharf at Elkton-the first vessels tG
90 up or down the creek for ninety
days, navigation having been closed
during that period of time by
heavy ice.
The entertainment by the Aid
Society, held last Saturday evening
in the basement of the M. p
church, of Rowlandville, was, as il
the case with all their entertain
ments, quite a success, financially
and socially, netting twenty two
dollars ard affording very
enjoyable evening to all in at
tendance.
Fannie Jones, a colored domestic
whose services were much in de-
mand in and around Rising Sun
died last Monday after severa
weeks illness of general tuberculo
sis. A subscription was taker
about town for the funeral expenses
and her remains will be inferred al
Brookview today. She leaves 6
large family of children.