The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-10-21
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs Of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED.


Calvert M. E. church.
The September term of the Cir
cult Court for Cecil County ad-
journed on Friday last at noon.
The annual Teachers Institute
for Cecil County will be held at
Mechanics Hall, Elkton, October
"a, 25, 26 and u.
A steam merry -go-round has
been set up on the ball grounds
and is in operation, to the delight
of the little folks of the town,-and
some of the larger ones also.
Mrs. Maggie Mccullough, intend
ing to move to Newark, will sell
her household goods, at her resi-
dence in Rising Sun, on Thursday
evening, October 81, at Z o'clock.
The Kent & Cecil Light and
Railway Company has forfeited
$500, to Cecil county because of
it's failure to construct trolley line
between Elkton and Fredericktown
by October L.
The County Commissioners in
special session on Wednesday al.
lowed Walter I. Smith $50 for
damages to his traction engine, sus
tained by breaking through a
bridge near Childs.
Work is being pushed rapidly
on Wood Valley public school at
Lombard. The school house was
destroyed by fire some months ago
but the new building is almost
ready for occupancy.
At the third quarterly conference
of North East M. E. church an in
vitation was unanimously extended
Rev. 81. A. G.. Westerfield for a
continuance Of his pastoral relations
during the coming conference year.
S. J. Reeder's Sunday school
class held a buckwheat cake and
sausage supper in North East on
Saturday evening last, which was a
great success, good sum being
realized for Sunday school pur-
poses.
A conference in the interest of
temperance was held in Mechanics
Hall, Elkton, yesterday morning,
the principal speaker of the Occa-
sion being Rev. G. A. Grice, who
discussed the Anti-SaloOn League
work and methods.
Democratic meetings are being
arranged for at Fair Hill Tuesday,
Oct. %; Cecilton, Thursday, Oct.
27; Rising Sun, Saturday, Oct. 20;
Port Deposit, Friday, Nov. 4. The
speakers for the Rising Sun meet
ing will be announced later.
The detailed statement of expen-
ditures by the County Commission
ers for the fiscal year ending June
80, 1904, shows the total receipts
from all sources to have been
$174,244.12; expenditures, $780,
141.34, leaving a cash balance of
$8,102.7S.
William Osborne, of Port De-
posit, engineer on the ferry boat
City Belle, was badly scalded
about the arms Monday afternoon,
by the bursting of two steam pipes
while the boat was making one Of
her regular runs between Lapidum
and Port Deposit.
The I'll Try Mission Band of
the Zion Presbyterian Church will
hold a Halloween Social in the
Academy building Friday evening,
October 2S. No admission will be
charged, but a basket collection
taken. Games and other amuse.
ments have been arranged. All
are cordially invited.
An Autumn Service will be held
in Bay View M. P. church next
Sunday morning, at 1890 O'Clock,
when Rev. j. F. Bryan, Phi. D.,
will preach on "The Fading and
Falling of the Leaves" There will
be special singing and the church
will be decorated with autumn
leaves and flowers. The public is
cordially invited.
Postmaster Saml. Hambleton was
Baltimore visitor from Saturday
until Monday and attended the big
republican mass meeting there
on Saturday. He reports thee.
o. P. in Baltimore hearty and cock
sure and the Dimmycrats purchas-
ing Salt River transportation. We
do not v0uch for his accuracy as a
political prognosticator, but leave
each one to form an opinion.