The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-08-04
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED


the Cecil Paper Mill Was raised
Saturday.
The festival held by the ladies of
Hopewell M. E. church last week
netted about 500.
John Krauss, of Port Deposit,
has embarked in the barbering
business at Colora.
A large force of men has been
put to work on the Gilpin's Falls
electric plant near Bay View.
Leslie camp closed on Tuesday
evening after successful meeting.
The attendance on Sunday was
1900.
Evan McDermont, former resi-
dent of Newark, died recently in
the Cecil County Insane Asylum,
aged SS years.
Samuel Kirk, of near Zion, has
lost two horses within the past few
days from meningitis, and has two
others sick with the same disease.
The large ice house of Engler &
Murdaugh. near Oxford, was des.
treyed by fire Of unknown origin
Wednesday night about nine
O'Clock.
The State Board of Health has
made an appeal to the school teach
ers of the State to join in cam
paign of education concerning
consumption.
The Sparvetta Company, north
of town, has purchased the Tyson
tract, and is cutting the timber
therefrom preparatory to opening
additional spar quarries.
DR.. Robt. L. Mitchell, son Of
Mrs. Mary L. Mitchell, of Elkton,
has been granted a license to prac
tice as a-physician and surgeon, by
the State examining board.
A meeting of the Cecil County
Anti-Saloon League will be held
Friday, August 11th, 1905, at l
O'Clock p. m., at Woodlawn Camp.
All who are interested are cor
daily invited to attend.
The strike of the iron bridge
workers, after a five weeks dura-
tion, has been called off, and work
on the Susquehanna bridge at
Perryville, was resumed last week
by the Pennsylvania Steel Co.
Governor Warfield has appointed
Mrs. Anna Jenkins, of this town, a
notary public. The new appointee
is the widow of Franklin N. Jenk-
ins, whose death occurred recently
and who held the Office of notary
public at the time.
w. S. Mccullough, of Pittsbufg,
who was on a visit to his sister,
Mrs. Hannah Wilson, of Elkton,
had his diamond stud torn from his
shirt. front and stolen while at Elk
ton station last week awaiting the
departure of the Colchester excur-
sion train.
Thomas III. Patton, of Port De
posit, purchased at trustees sale
on Monday, the property of the
late Margaret e. Hamilton, known
as Coulson's Old Saw Mill, embrac.
ing rs acres of land, with improve
ments, near West Nottingham, and
a tract of six acres adjoining, for
5000.
Frank Drew, Dist. Deputy of the
Modern Woodmen of America, is in
Rising Sun this week for the pur,
pose of organizing camp in this
section. The Modern Woodmen is
one of the growing fraternal insur-
ance organizations of the country
and has a present membership of
100000.
The Judges and Clerks of Elec
tion have been appointed by the
Board of Election Supervisors for
Cecil county. The officials for the
Sixth district are: Judges-Henry
M. Evans, Levi r. Atkinson, Thos.
B. Moore and .Myron Miller.
Clerks-Harry F. Richards and
Wilmer X. Bird.
Floyde Gillespie, young son Of
VIM. F. Gillespie of this town,
suffered a dislocated arm Monday
evening, while at play with a num-
ber of other lads in the freight
shed at the railroad station. In
attempting to jump from a high
pile of paper-stock to a beam OF
the shed he fell distance of fif-
teen feet, landing on his left
arm in such a manner as to dis
locate it.