The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-07-21
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED


Leslie camp opened on Wednes-
day with fifty tents.
Elk Neck peaches are selling IN
the Elkton market at $l.25 per
basket.
Wednesday next is the date for
the first railroad excursion 10
Colchester this summer.
The Missionary collection taken
at Bethel M. P. church, near Bay
View, Sunday last amounted to So1. !.
The Orphans Court was in
special session at Elkton on
Tuesday and transacted routine
business.
The County Commissioners have
been petitioned to build a new
bridge over the North East creek
in the Ninth district.
With the mercury SO in the
shade and the taxes 1874 in the
Sun, there's been a mot time III
the old town" this week.
By the bursting of cylinder
head in the Marley Paper Mill,
Lloyd McLane of Cherry Hill, was
terribly scalded on Friday.
The oats harvest in this vicinity
is in various stages of progress
some farmers having cut their crop,
while other fields are still standing.
Raymond Davis, a cololed lad
aged about 8 years, was drowned
Friday while swimming in the Sus-
ouehanna river near Conowlngo.
Harmony Chapel Sunday School
will hold a festival on theslawn OF
the Chapel, near Rowlandville,
Friday and Saturday evenings,
July % and 26.
Woodlawn Y will hold a festival
on the lawn of Hopewell! M. 3.
church Wednesday evening, July
26. If stormy, next fair evening.
Proceeds for bell fund.
Norman Cameron, of Elkton, has
been elected principal of the Lewes.
DEL, Union School, to succeed
George M. Mitchell, who for the
past eight years has filled the
position.
The bids for the work Of macad.
amizing the road between Aiken
and Perryville have been rejected by
the County Commissioners, owing
to their being above the State esti
mate for the work.
The School Commissioners viii
hold a competitive examination al
their Office in Elkton, on Tuesday
July 25, for free scholarships a
Western Maryland College, State
Normal School, Charlotte Hall and
Washington College.
A lamp which had been filled by
mistake with gasoline instead o
kerosene, exploded on Saturday
evening, when lit, in the genera
store of William Bines, at French
town. The flames were extinguish
ed before much damage had beer
done.
John Wilson, little son of Scot
Wilson, of this town, was painfully
hurt last week by falling from hay
rigging upon which he was riding
He suffered a badly sprained lee
and is compelled to use crutches
but fortunately no bones wer'
broken.
The republican primaries will b.
held tomorrow and the county con
yention next Tuesday. 1t will tal
their efforts to the utmost t.
make tacks enough to sail arount
the tax rock which the presen
board has dumped in their channe
to victory.
VIM. T. Slicer, of Colora, ha
offered $50 reward for any infor
nation leading to the arrest AM
conviction of the party who orig
mated the slanderous report tina
the remains of his sister, Mis-
Annie Slicer, had been found ant
that she had been foully murdered
The electrical storm which swep
over this section Tuesday eveninl
was of unusual severity. The storn
broke about 1880 O'Clock, the higl
wind being accompanied by heav,
downfall of driving rain. In tn
neiehborhood of West nottingham
considerable hail fell. Corn suffer
ed to a considerable extent froI
the high wind.