The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-05-13
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED


A band of gypies passed through
town on Sunday.
A festival will be held at Love
Run school this evening.
Several cases of measles are re-
ported in the town and neighbor-
hood.
At Cook & Jackson's horse sale
in Rising. Sun yesterday twenty
four head averaged $142.
The ladies of Calvert M. e.
church will hold a festival at that
place on Decoration Day, Monday,
May 80.
The dwelling on North Queen
street occupied by George Hunter
has been improved by the erection
of front porch.
A festival will be held at the
Chapel School, Woodlawn, Wednes-
day evening, May 18th. Hstormy,
come the next lair evening.
The Reynolds tract in the Sixth
district was sold Thursday, of last
week, by Omar D. Crothers, Trus-
tee, TO II. T. Cause, for 90, 800.
The entertainment given on last
Friday evening at Calvert, by the
Loyal Temperance Legion, was a
success in every respect and netted
$40.
Elkton town council has elected
81. Frank Witworth secretary, w.
Sterling Evans treasurer, P. j.
McGready bailiff, and r. @.
Thackery counsel.
June 21st and 22d have been
designated as the days for rife
practice for Company E, of Elkton,
at the State range at Glen Burnie,
Anne Arundel county.
The machinery is being removed
from the quarry at Frenchtown by
the Perryville Granite Co., and
transported to quarries of VIM.
GRAY & Sons in Maine.
Rally Day, the anniversary Of
the Epworth League, will be cele-
brated by Rising Sun Chapter,
Sunday evening, May 18th, at Z
O'Clock, in the M. E. church.
The pupils of North East High
School realized the sum of $48 by
the operetta "Gipsey Queen"
which was very creditably render
ed by them in that town recently.
A chrome pit has been opened
on the John L. Stephens farm, near
town, by Bye Brothers, of Will
mington. Patrick Kane, of CAL
vert, has charge of operations at
the pit.
The Susquehanna river at the
stone elevator of the McClenahan
Granite Company, Port Deposit, is
being dredged to permit the load
ing OF vessels Of larger draught at
that point.
The anniversary entertainment
of the Epworth League of Perry
vile M. E. church will be celebrat-
ed Sunday evening next, 18th inst,
by the Senior League in the church
of that town.
The PASTORS Sunday School
Glass of North East M. E. church
will hold musical and literary
entertainment for the benefit of the
building fund on Wednesday eve
ming, May 25th.
The applicant for a free scholar
ship at West Nottingham Academy
is Edward Russell Hindman, in
stead of Edward Russell as erron-
eously stated in last weeks issue
of the MIDLAND.
Strawberries, were reported as
selling at five cents quart in the
Delaware markets last week. This
is an unknown berry to our green
grocers, it being an entire stranger
to our home markets thus far this
season.
1t required two days to complete
the raising of the frame work of
the large barn on the farm of John
T. Kimble, near Nottingham. The
work was completed on Tuesday.
The structure replaces the one re-
Gently destroyed by fire.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society of the M. E. church will
hold a public meeting in the church
Friday evening, May 13. Mrs.
Isabel Wright, of Baltimore, will
be present and address the meeting.
Silver offering at the door.