The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-09-23
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

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Court convened on Monday
Full harvest moon tomorrow
night.
The Teachers Institute will be
held the last week in October.
The front of the Worthington store
block has been improved by coat
of paint.
The ladies of the Missionary
Society of Zion realized $25 by the
supper recently held by them.
vitontonia Abini, native of
Italy but now residing at Port De-
posit, was naturalized on Monday.
Henry A. Warburton, son of
VIM. T. Warburton, of Elkton, has
been admitted to practice at Elkton
bar.
The W. G. T. U. will meet with
Mrs. Lydia Reynolds on Thursday
afternoon next, 29th inst, at 2:30
o'clock.
The New Castle Presbytery will
be entertained by the congregation
of Rock Presbyterian church, Fair
Hill, on October A and 5.
The nineteenth annual conven-
ton of Cecil County W. G. T. u.
will meet in Hopewell M. E. church
this morning, at $3.50 o'clock.
According to the almanac autum
begins today, September %, when
the sun crosses the line and day
and night are of equal length.
B. E. Reynolds, of near town, is
reported to have purchased the
William Sharpless farm Of 102
acres, near Toughkenamon, Chester
county.
E. M. Hunt, of this town, has
the contract for installing the steam
heating plant in the new bank
building at North East, now near
ing completion.
North East has new physician
in the person of DR.. Oliver j. Gray,
of Wicomico county. He is a son
of Rev. J. w. Gray of Wilmington
M. E. conference.
Rev. ID. E. Shaw will hold pre-
paratory services at West Noting
ham church tomorrow afternoon at
2:3O o'clock and communion SER
vice on Sunday morning.
The bake held by the ladies Of
the w. G. T. U. on Saturday after
noon last was very successful, all
the bread, rolls, cake. etc., offered
being disposed of and about six
dollars realized.
Rev. J. P. Otis will occupy the
pulpit at Rising Sun M. E. church
next Sunday morning and at Syl-
mar in the afternoon. The Ep.
worth League combined service will
be held at 1880 p. m.
The Ladies' Aid Society of Octo-
raro M. e. church will hold cake
and pie social on Geo. w. Pierce's
lawn. at the farm of G. W. Reyn-
olds, on the evening of Sept. %.
If stormy on this date, social will
be held the following evening.
Everybody welcome.
Cider will be unusually plentiful
this fall, as a result of the storm
last week. Nearly all the apple
trees in this vicinity were stripped
of their fruit, and as it is not sale
able many of the farmers gathered
it up and took it to the cider mills
which have been running overtime
since.
Scott Wilson, Rising Suns tin
smith, had 4th of July celebration
in his shop on Wednesday afternoon.
He was soldering a gasoline tank
which was supposed to be empty
of fluid and gas, but an explosion
occurred nevertheless. The force
of it tore the head loose from the
tank and the noise and concussion
deafened Mr.. Wilson for several
hours.
The Parlor Meeting held by the
members of the W. @. I. q. at the
home of Mrs. s. Taylor Reynolds,
on Wednesday evening, was of Il
very pleasing nature. The inter,
esting program was in charge Of
the Loyal Legion and those partici
1,ating performed their parts in a
manner loyal to the cause. Re-
freshments of lemonade and cake
were served by the ladies. Thf
silver offering amounted to about
five dollars.