The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-10-28
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED.

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entered Jacob Tome Institute, Port
Deposit.
Last week 1900 baskets of Keifer
pears were shipped from Chesa-
peake City to Baltimore.
7The PASTORS Guild, of Bay View
NJ. p. church cleared $22.50 by
the entertainment held in that
town last week.
Elkton Council, No. 26, D. of L.,
will hold a poultry supper in that
town on Friday and Saturday eve
nings, Nov. Is and 10.
Jacob Berriker, of Port Deposit,
sustained a broken ankle last week
by fall from the porch OF t'the shop
OF George Lamm, in that town.
VIM. E. Mcdowell has sold his
farm of 26 acres, on the Cherry Hill
road, about Ii miles from Elkton,
to Wilmington parties, for 300.
Mrs. VIM. J. Lofand, of War
wick, has received $1,000 insurance
from the Heptasophs, of which
order her husband was a member.
The birthday social held by the
Ladies' Sewing Circle at the home
of Mrs. P. B. Housekeeper in North
East, one evening last week, netted
$50.
Fred Emring, of Fair Hill.
while engaged in friendly wrest-
ling bout with Wilmer Hill few
days ago, suffered fracture of the
leg.
John r. Gregg, of Lewisville, has
cut 1885 shocks of corn this fall,
and thinks this is about the high
est record for any one man in Elk
township.
Jacob Moore, a eolored boy, has
developed case af smallpox in
Aberdeen, Hartford country, and
the house where he lives has been
Equarahtined
George Chalmers, of Newark,
utilizes his automobile in a novel
manner. Raising the vehicle off of
the ground he applies the motive
power to a circular saw for cutting
wood.
The Elkton Gun Club has organ
lied with the following officers:
President, William s. Evans;
treasurer, Clarence Deibert; secre-
tary, Henry A. Warburton; cap
tain, Elmore Deibert.
The 35th biennial convention of
the Maryland State Sunday School
Union assembled in Baltimore on
Thursday and Friday of this week
The Cecil county Sunday schools
were represented by delegates.
In the game of foot ball on
Saturday last between Delaware
College and st. Johns, of Fordham,
IN. Y, Brennan, Delaware's full
back, had rib broken, and Gar
gan, of Fordham, a collar bone
fractured.
| Clerk of the Court Manly Dren-
men will be at Charlestown Satur-
day morning, October 20, and Mon
day morning, October 81, and at
Perryville on the afternoons of the
same day, for the pupose of issuing
ducking licenses.
At the annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Powers Foundry
Co., held at Elkton last week, the
old officers and directors were re-
elected. The treasurer's report
showed the Company to be in a
fiourishing condition.
i The ladies' aid society of Union
M. E.. church, Fremont, will hold
a chrysanthemum tea at the home
of Mrs. Lou J. Phillips, Friday
evening. Proceeds for church re-
pair fund. If stormy, will be held
on Saturday evening.
The Stars and Stripes and Roose-
velt and Fairbanks banner will be
flung to the breeze at the home of
L. e. M. Barber, near Elkton,
Saturday afternoon, when num-
ber of speakers will be present to
address the assemblage.
Dennis Hickey was found dead
in his bed at home four miles south,
west of Kennett, near Marshall's
mill, Sunday. Heart disease was
the supposed cause of death. He
was about 70 years old and
came to this country from Ireland,
lseveral years ago.