The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-10-20
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED.

first annual Trustees Day of the
Tome Institute, Port Deposit.
The sum of $50 was netted by the
Ladies' Art Circle of Perryville, by
the dinner and supper recently
held.
The Americus Band, of Perry
vile, has purchased set of new
Instruments from G. G. Conn, Elk
hart, Ind.
The bazar of the Riverside Cornet
Band, of Port Deposit, will be held
next week, oath, 25th, 26th and
9th insts.
Miss Addie G. Ford, of Elkton,
has been granted teachers life
certificate by the State Board of
Education.
John II. Blackburn has purchas-
ed the house and lot at Liberty
Grove belonging to the estate of the
late Eliza B. Rumsey.
The property of the late DR..
Frank Gillespie, in Oxford, was
sold at public sale on Friday to R.
L. Patterson for $5, ,240.
The town of Newark is experienc
ing building boom, there being
sixteen dwellings in course of con
strnction there at the present time
DR.. George NJ. Stump, of Perry
vile, was severely bitten on the
knee by vicious bull dog one day
last week while paying a profess
sional visit to patient.
An enjoyable box social was held
by the Loyal Legion Wednesday
evening, at the home of Mrs. N. G.
Brown. Quite sum of money was
realized for the Legion by the
affair.
Brakeman Stats of the Baltimore
& Ohio railroad fell from freight
train at Newark on Thursday night
of last week and had his head
badly cut. His injury was severe
one.
Rev. J. M. Gallagher, pastor of
Chesapeake City Methodist Episco.
pal Church, has rendered his resig-
nation, to take effect October 10,
and will iOin the PHILADELPHIA Con
ference.
The ducking and fishing laws re-
quire that the Susquehanna flats be
clear of all nets by the 18th of Octo-
Der. All nets not removed by
that date are confiseated by the
wardens and ducking police.
c. P. BARLEY of North East has
purchased two unimproved lots on
West High street, Elktou, belong
ing to the estate of the late Charles
w. Maxwell, for 1875, and contem-
plates erecting dwellings thereon.
The commissioners and citizens
of Perryville are making an effort
to have public wharf established
in that town at the terminus of the
old State road, recently 0bstructed
by the change of line for the new
p, B. & W. railroad bridge.
One of the workmen employed in
running hoisting engine at Perry
vile, was robbed of 1874 last week,
which he had saved from his earn
lings but refused to place in hank
for safe keeping, on account of the
fancied insecurity of these institq-
tions.
Rev. Fl. A. G. Westerfield has
been invited to return for another
year as pastor of Asbury Methodist
Episcopal Church, Wilmington.
The Rev. Mr.. Westerfield was
located at Rising Sun for five years
and has host of friends in this
neighborhood.
i At the congregational meeting of
Oxford Presbyterian church, held
on Tuesday, a unanimous call was
extended to Rev. Henry N. Faul-
coner, of Chillicothe Presbytery,
Ohio. A salary of 81, 800 year
and the use of the manse was voted
the minister, who is the evangelist
VINO recently spent three weeks at
Oxford in eyangelistic work.
| j. s. Elliott, supervisor of the
Maryland Division of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad, received 5000, and
his assistant, Michael Lipman,
5000, as premiums for the best line
and surface between Philadelphia
and Washington. Their Division
is located between Hayre de Grace
and Bay View.