The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-11-10
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED.

The ladies of Rock Presbyterian
church, near Fair Hill, have form
ed beneficial society.
The Sidwell property, near Lom-
bard, has been purchased by Jacob
McMullin for $1,000.
Falling from the new Perryville
bridge, Thomas Dugan, bridge
worker, was killed Friday.
The store of E. A. Jones, at War
wick, was robbed of dry goods and
groceries Thursday of last week.
Commencing Sunday evening
next week of special services will
be held at Zion Presbyterian
church.
The Colchester Steamboat Com
pany has purchased wharf prop
erty at Port Deposit from the Tome
Institute.
The cause of the outbreak of ty-
phoid fever at Port Deposit is re
ported to have been traced to in
fected milk.
The Stewards Of Mt. Pleasant M.
E. church realized about $50 by the
supper recently held for the bene-
fit of the church.
Woodlawn Y will hold Mas
ourade Social at the home of Geo.
Tyson, near Woodlawn, on Friday
evening, 10th inst.
A fine Guernsey heifer belonging
to Henry Gilpin, of near Elkton,
strayed upon the railroad track and
was struck by train and had one
of its legs broken.
Frank McAllister, an iron worker
employed on the new bridge al
Perryville, was internally injured
last week by being caught between
heavy bridge irons and squeezed.
The second quarter of West
Nottingham academy begins Mon
day, Nov. 90. All expecting to
enter should try and do so as near
the beginning of the quarter as
possible.
Mrs. Robert Cameron, of Farm
ington, was severely bruised on
Saturday last at the railroad station
at this place, by being thrown from
the vehicle in which she was seatt d
by the unexpected starting of the
horse. Fortunately she escaped
serious injury.
The supper to be held by the
ladies of West Nottingham in the
chapel, Friday evening, Nov. 10,
promises to eclipse former efforts of
the ladies in that section, whose
capabilities in the cuisine line are
too we'll known to need further
advertisement.
The extra meetings at Sylmar are
qnite promising. They continue
throtgh the coming week.
Preaching at james M. e. Church
1880 a. m. by the Pastor. Sunday
School $3.50 p. m. Evening service
in charge of the Epworth League
at Z O'Clock.
A special session of the Circuit
Court was held at Elkton Oh
Wednesday last by Associate Judge
Ewdin II. Brown, to hear appeals
from the registers of voters in the
election districts of Cecil during
their sitting last month. A dozen
or more appeals were settled, the
majority of them being those of
colored men of Elkton.
Mrs. Alice NJ. Coates, of Little
Britain, Pa, will give her lecture
at James M. +. church, Rising Sun,
on Wednesday evening, Nov. 10,
at 1880 O'Clock. Subject, "Rem-
iniscences of the Civil War; Ad-
mission, l5 cts; children under II
wears, 10 cts. Mrs. Coates was a
girl living in Fairfax Court House,
Va, during the war, and her REM
iniscences will be Of intense
interest.
A lengthy letter has been sent
out by the Mission Board to the
relatives Of the massacred mission
aries, one of whom was formerly
Miss Rebecca Gillespie, of West
Nottingham. verifying the press
reports. No details can be learned
for another week. but it is surmised
that the Chinese mob was iDcited
by the Missionaries demanding the
removal of a noisy street theatre
from the immediate vicinity of the
hospital at Lein Chow.