The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-06-30
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED
Tuesday next, the Fourth.

Harvest.
Tuesday next, the Fourth.
The hardware store of Haines y
Kirk is being improved by coat
of paint.
Cantaloupes and watermelons
have made their appearance in the
local market.
Tome Institute Inn, at Port De-
posit, is to be enlarged and remod-
eled this summer.
The tax rate for Elkton for the
year 1906 has been fixed at 45 cents
on the $1OO by the Town Council.
Independence Day, July 4, being
legal holiday it will be so observ,
ed by the National Bank of Rising
Sun.
Sylmar M. E. church will hold no
service until July 9th, being closed
for the purpose of having the pews
revarnished.
Thomas W. Stanley, of Philada.,
has purchased the farm on the Elk
river, four miles from Elkton, from
W. A. Mitchell for $4,000.
The festival held by the mem
bers of the Rather base bail club
on Wednesday evening at the ball
grounds, proved successful, the
gross receipts being about S42.
A number of young people from
this town enjoyed the first "moon-
light" excursion down the bay
from Port Deposit, on the steamer
Susquehanna, Monday evening.
Attention is called to the
special 4th of July ordinance passed
by the Town Commissioners, and
published in this issue of the
MIDLAND, relative to the putting
off of fireworks within the borough
limits.
A meeting of the Rising Sun
base ball club has been called for
Saturday evening, July /, at s
O'Clock. A full attendance of the
members, and all others interested,
is requested, as business of import
ance is to be considered.
At James M. E. church next Sun
day morning the Pastor will preach
with reference to the approaching
Fourth, on the subject: "Who's
Americas Godq'' At 7.3O p. M.
in the "Combined Service" the
Pastor Will give a Junior Sermon
Garfield Brinton, of near town,
has purchased of James & Wood
row the fine Young driving mare
Maude Pyle. She is four years old
coal black, marked with white on
both hind feet, weighs 1915, has
fine style and action and promises
to be very fast. :.
Contractor E. Ward Brown has
about twenty hands employed al
the quarry and on the road and il
pushing the work of macadamizine
the Rising Sun Pennington road
with vigor. f. B. Banghart. of the
State Highway Division, is the
supervising engineer.
During the heavy electrical
storm of Thursday evening of last
week a large poplar tree near the
creamery, west of town, was struck
by lightning and shattered, one
large limb being torn off and thrown
clear over the building, nearly {
hundred yards distant.
Benz. Briscoe killed a large ia
rantula, which he discovered on, 6
bunch of bananas he was unpackins
on Friday evening last. Tht
spider was an ugly looking insect
its hairy body and legs being of {
brownish color and measuring
nearly five inches from tip to tip
The heavy rain of Thursday ant
Friday last caught number of onl
farmers with fields of grass down
and besides damaging portion O
the hay crop delayed the harves
considerably, the majority of then
having their hands full this weel
with both grass and wheat ready tt
cut at the same time.
Rev. A. W. Lightbourne, D. D..
delivered his lecture on "Snnshin,
and Shadows of Home Life" in the
M. E. Church, Wednesday evening
DIR. Lightbourne is an able and
forcible speaker and his lecture
was deserving of better attend
ance than the small, but apprecia
tive audience present. The silver
offering amounted to something
over eight dollars.