The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-08-12
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

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closed for Improvements and will
be reopened August 21st.
The canneries at Colora and
Liberty Grove expect to begin
operations on corn next week.
Nine tickets were sold at this
station on Tuesday morning for
the railroad excursion to Atlantic
City.
VIM. M. Pogue has purchased
for the use of his children pair of
Shetland ponies and small two
seated trap.
A peach festival will be held in
the basement of Charlestown M.
Il. church on Saturday evening,
August 13.
The Aims House farm raised a
big crop of oats this season. From
81 acres yield of 1850 bushels
was obtained.
The Ladies' Aid of Mt. Pleasant
will hold fair and festival on the
Church lawn, on the evening OF
August 26th.
The sum of $47 was realized by
the festival recently held at Apple
ton for the benefit of the Union
Hospital fund.
VIM. P. Coulson, of near Colora,
has been appointed Justice of the
Peace for the Sixth district by
Governor Warfield.
The stewards of Octoraro M. E.
church will hold festival on
the flat near New Bridge on Satur-
day evening, Aug. 20.
The annual picnic of the Sunday
school of the Octoraro M. E. church
will be held on the church lawn
Saturday, September 8.
David Lindsay, of Wilmington,
has succeeded Waitman W. Phil
lips, resigned, as superintendent Of
paper mills at Providence.
FL. A. Cantwell, of Charlestown,
while playing ball last week, was
struck in the face by batted ball
and sustained a broken nose.
Louise S. Pettijohn has filed suit
in the Circuit Court for Cecil
County for a divorce from John
Pettijohn, on statutory grounds.
A brakeman on a Columbia &
Port Deposit freight fell from his
train at Port Deposit on Saturday
and received broken collar bone.
The noted bruiser, Robert Fitz-
simmons, was visitor at Elkton
stock farm last week. Report states
he is a probable buyer of that many
times sold farm.
Next Sunday, 14th inst, services
will be held in Rising Sun M. +.
church as usual; preaching at 1880
a. m. by Rev. J. P. Otis and all
other services at usual hours.
Chalmer Reynolds, of the Rising
Sun base ball club, pitched for
the Greenwood, Delaware, team
at Rehoboth Beach on Thursday
against the Dover, Del, team.
The Local Preachers Camp, at
Leslie, closed on Monday after one
of the most successful meetings
held on its grounds. The attend
ance was excellent and several con-
versions were made.
AT an election of officers of Com
pany f, of Elkton, First Regiment,
M. N. G., held in the armory rooms
Wednesday night, John A. Morgan
was elected captain to succeed John
G. Constable, resigned.
The diamond at the ball grounds
has been greatly improved by be-
ing narrowed and raked and then
rolled with the seven ton steam
roller used on the road work, max.
ing the infield hard and smoth.
Rev. A. 8. Mowbray, d. D.,
Presiding Elder of the Wilmington
District, will preach at Woodlawn
Camp on Sunday next, morning
and evening. Rev. w. Van
Arsdale, D. D., of Havre de Grace
will preach in the afternoon.
Chas. Ward, of near Calvert, has
a hen which Matched a brood ol
fifteen partridges. While moving
in field recently Mr.. Ward acci
dentally cut off the head of par
fridge which was sitting upon hei
nest. He put the eggs under one
of his hens with the result thai
they all hatched.