The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-07-08
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

The Woodlawn Y's realized
$3.50 by their recent festival at
Hopewell.
The ladies of Rising Sun M. E.
church will hold another bake on
Friday evening, July 15.
Mrs. Rebecca Thompson present
ed the MIDLAND with a handsome
box of cut flowers of a number of
varieties this week.
Colora Camp of Modern Wood
men will hold a festival at Liberty
Grove on Friday and Saturday
evening, July s and 8.
James Pierce, near town, suffer
ed sprained ankle and bruised
leg yesterday by the upsetting of a
four-horse load of hay.
The w. G. T. U. will meet with
Mrs. N. G. Brown on Thursday,
July IA, at $50 O'Clock. All mem
bers are urged to be present.
At the festival held by the Jun
ior League on the lawn of Jos. s.
Pogue, Wednesday evening, the
sum of eleven dollars was realized.
VIM. 7. McAllister purchased
at trustees sale on Tuesday the
w. W. Nickle farm, containing
SS acres, near Fair Hill, for 81, 900.
Director A. W. Harris, of The
Jacob Tome Institute, has had the
degree of Doctor of Laws conferred
upon him by Wesleyan University.
Mrs. Clifford G. England, of
Zion, was severely scalded about
the face one day last week in re.
moving the cover from can OF
boiling water.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jos. Meek, of Port Deposit, was
severely injured last week by ac-
cidentally falling from a carriage
while being driven along the road.
Mr.. John A. Nesbitt, son of Mrs.
Jennie Nesbitt, of Colora, and for
merly student in the Theological
Department at Princeton, has ac-
cepted a charge in South Dakota.
On Friday, the first day the Jim
Grow law went into effect, a colored
passenger on p, B. & w. train
refused to enter the Jim Crow car
at Iron Hill and was put off the
train at North East.
The steamer Susquehanna broke
the fiange of its propeller last week
by striking a sunken log off Havre
de Grace. This is the seventh ac-
cident of a similar nature which
the boat has experienced.
The Tome Institute Infrmary
was struck by a bolt of lightning
during the heavy electrical storm
of July 5, but practically no
damage was done, except to the
chimney, which was knocked down.
On account of the meeting of the
State Teachers Association at
Ocean City the Cecil County Board
of School Commissioners will meet
on Monday, July IL, instead of
Tuesday, July II, as is customary.
The Werntz property in the
Sixth district, assessed to Mary
Werntz, was sold at Sheriff's tax
sale Thursday in order to get a
clear title. Mrs. Mary Werntz, of
Lancaster, Pa, being the purchaser,
at $35.
G. G. Hopkins, the new assist
ant treasurer of Cecil county, as.
sumed the duties of his office on
Tuesday, succeeding r. Harry
Logan. Mr.. Hopkins is bonded in
the sum of $4,000 with Trust
company.
Roy j. Little, of the New York
Bicycle Club, who is enroute by
wheel from New York to the St.
Louis Exposition, stopped in Elk
ton over night Wednesday of last
week. He is making the trip on a
wager of $500 that the entire dis
tance can be covered on wheel
within 20 days.
Stewart Ward, of Pittsburg, who
has been spending the past few
weeks with Fl. M. Duyckinck on
Cherry street, returned from days
fishing on the Susquehanna yester-
day with fine string of rock fish.
There were nine beauties which
aggregated rs pounds, the largest
one weighing 16 pounds.
The new catalogue of Goldey
College contains very valuable in