The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-01-08
COUNTY HAPPENINGS.
Short Paragraphs of Events If the
During the Past We (.
TERsELY TOLD FQPlcs F 1904

Fine sleighing.
The public schools reopened on
Monday.
Six degrees below zero Tuesday
and wednesday mornings.
How many New Year resolutions
remain unbroken after the first
weeks
Revival services are being con-
Quoted in the M. 3. church by Rev.
III. "A. G. Westerfeld.
The W. G. T. U. will meet with
Mrs. Jos. S. Pogue on Thursday,
Jan. Ia, at 2:30 o'clock.
Director Harris, has declined the
call to Boston University and will
remain at the head of Jacob Tome
Institute.
Among those to draw prizes at
the Mechanics Fair at Chesapeake
CITY last week was Banks Queck,
who won ton OF coal.
The new pipe organ, which was
presented to Port Deposit Presby-
terian church by s. G. Rowland,
of Baltimore, has been installed.
Chalmer G. Reynolds has rented
two rooms in the Kirk drug store
building and will open a news
stand and restaurant there in the
spring.
Sled loads are the popular thing
at present, the young people taking
advantage of the fine sleighing and
moonlight nights. despite the ex-
treme cold.
Messrs. Deibert & Wilson are
rebuilding the portion of their
textile mill near the Elkton passen-
ger depot, which was recently de-
stroyed by fire.
The section hands on the Colum-
bia & Port Deposit railroad, who
have been working on half time
for some weeks past, have RI eived
orders to work full time.
Wayne Reynolds shipped 70
head of fine hogs from Rising
Sun on Tuesday to the Phila-
delphia market. The shipment
aggregated about $4,000 lbs.
The ice harvest on the Susque
hanna river is in progress, a large
force Of men being engaged in fill
ing the houses at Frenchtown
Perryville and Havre de Grace.
Rev. Giles B. Cooke, for The
past 10 years rector of st. Mary's
r. E. church at North East, has ac
cepted call to Hendersonville
KY, u town of 5000 population.
A number of dogs have beer
poisoned in Elkton recently by
some miscreant. Among those tt
be poisoned was very valuable
setter owned by Albt. Constable Jr
Seventy five members of thu
Detective Association partook o
the excellent dinner provided by
the ladies of the Mite Society OF
Saturday. The total receipts o
the dinner and supper were $52 30
1t is reported the p, B. & W
railroad company has purchased
the farm of John Stump at Perry
vile, as a preliminary step t
the extensive improvements t.
be prosecuted in that neighborhoot
in the near future.
The brakeman on conductor Il
l.. Gilligan's train over the BaltI
more Central road, was struck il
the head by a brick one evening re
Gently, and rendered unconscious
.rhe missile was thrown by
drunken negro who had been pu
off of the train at Port Deposit.
Arthur Miller and Miss Ann
Barwick, while skating on the river
at Perryyille, one night last week
fell into the water and had a mar
row escape from drowning. Th
= young man managed to get tn
=. young lady partially onto the ic
again and hold her there until the
ERE rescued by other skaters.
Eev. Giles B. Cooke, rector {
E6ary's parish, North East, wa
week presented purse cor
be- S100 by his parishioneri
iary's church is one of th
>churches in Maryland, POI
t having been built in tn
art of the seventeenth Ger
The Rev. Mr.. Cooke hs