The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-05-06
Lawn mowers are running.

Lawn mowers are running.
Borough election next Monday.
Saturday, 7th inst, will be OBJ
served as May Day at the fishing
shores.
The dedication of the new
Presbyterian church at Port De-
posit will take place Tuesday,
May 81.
The democratic primaries will be
held in Cecil county tomorrow,
Saturday.
A festival will be held at Love
Run school on the evening of Fri
day, May 13.
The ladies of Cecilton gave a
Leap Year dance in that town on
Tuesday evening.
An epidemic of measles and scar.
let rash is prevalent about Liberty
Grove and New Valley.
The Budd farm of 200 acres, in
the First district, has been pur-
chased by Geo. M. Price for 81 $50.
Alex. Hoffman has purchased
the "Old Homestead" property, at
Perryville, formerly owned by
Capt. Hazlett Owens.
r. L. Christie, of Colora, has a
cat which has adopted two young
squirrels which it is raising in con-
junction with one kitten.
Rev. F. x. Moore, of Hopewell
M. E. church, will be the pastor in
charge of Woodlawn Camp this
year, which opens August 4.
James II. Short has filed suit
for divorce from his wife Elida E.
Short, in the Circuit Court for
Cecil county, on the grounds Of
desertiOn.
L. M. Haines, Esq, of Elkton,
was elected a vice. president of
the Maryland Bar Association at
its annual meeting, held at Annap-
oils last week.
The vacancy in the pulpit of
Bethel M. E. church, caused by
the death of Rev. E. D. Greed, will
be filled temporarily by Rev. Mr..
Kane, of Pivot.
The ladies of St. Marks congre-
CATION will hold festival in the
Jr. o. U. A. M. Hall, Perryville,
Friday and Saturday evenings,
May 13 and IA.
Rev. J. Gibson CAN'T, of Berlin,
Md, has accepted the call to be.
come the rector of st. Mary's Pro-
testant Episcopal parish, and NOV
ed to North East this week.
Rev. W. D. Litsinger, pastor of
Warwick M. P. church has been
compelled to retire from active
work in the conference for one
year on account of i'll health.
The Mccullough Iron Mills at
North East are being dismantled,
which witnesses the last step in
the winding up of once flourish
ing industry carried on at North
East.
The Jr. League of Perryville
Methodist Church will hold a
Country Store or Market, Satur-
day afternoon and evening, May
o.. Proceeds for the benefit of the
church.
Rising Suns new Justice of the
Peace, Samuel A. Taylor and re.
Gently appointed Notaries Public,
II. J. Effing, j. A. Pogue and F.
N. Jenkins, assumed their duties
on Monday.
L. A. Hitchler, of Oxford, is
arranging to publish "The County
Sportsman" a four page weekly, to
be devoted to base ball, racing and
other sporting news of Chester and
Cecil counties during the forthcom-
ing season.
DIR. Charles M. Ellis, of Elkton,
was elected q member of the
Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of
Maryland at its 1O6th annual meet
ing in Baltimore, last week, and
an alternate delegate to the Con-
vention of American Medical AS
sociation.
Clifford Brown, of this town, a
member of 'OS of Tome Institute,
scored the highest number of points
in the Lower School Indoor Athie-
tics, held at the Institute, and has
been awarded a handsome silver
medal for the Lower School ALL
around Championship.