The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-03-03
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LoACL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

The reign of the ground hog is
drawing to close.
Lent begins March 8, Ash Wed.
nesday. Easter occurs April %.
Maryland Day-March 25, will
be observed in all the public
schools.
The March term of the Circuit
Court for Cecil County will con-
vene at Elkton on Monday.
The W. G. T. U. will meet with
Mrs. Chas. s. Pyle on Thursday
afternoon, 9th inst, at 2:3O O'Clock.
The annual election for town
commissioners of North East will
be held in that town on Monday,
March 20.
The Young Ladies' Home Mis-
sion social will be held at the M.
E. Parsonage on Friday evening,
3rd inst.
George Pyle was arrested in Elk
ton on Wednesday on the charge of
selling whiskey, in violation of the
prohibitory law of the county.
The revival meetings are still in
progress at North East M. E..
church, the number of converts up
to the present time being seventy
five.
Someone who has kept record
this winter reports we have had 56
successive days of sleighing, which
is almost unprecedented for our 10
cality.
William G.. Scarf has been ap.
pointed carrier, and I. A. Scarf
substitute on the newly established
rural free delivery mail route at
Baldwin.
Young Friends Association will
meet next Sabbath at 2:30 p. m.
The trip to Palestine will be con-
tinued, embracing that part from
Constantinople to Ephesus, Asia
Minor.
The Elkton base ball club has
re0rganized for the coming season
by the election of DIR. Howard
Bratton, president; Fl. w. Lewis,
secretary and treasurer; Fred H..
LETTER, manager.
Thomas Morrison, a brakeman
on Baltimore Central freight and
son of Samuel j. Morrison of this
town, had one of his hands badly
mashed a few days since, while
Tightening the brake on a car.
John Geisler, of Port Deposit,
was arrested last Friday by Deputy
Sheriff McAllister on a warrant
sworn out December 8 charging
him with violating the liquor law.
His hearing will take place to-day.
Misses Margaret and Nettie Nc
Cullough, daughters of 8. D. Nc
Cullough of near Colora, met with
a serious coasting accident on Mon.
day while enjoying the sport near
their home, the latter sustaining a
fractured leg and the former a
badly sprained ankle.
On Sunday next services will be
held at the M. E. church as fol.
lows: Preaching, 1890 a. m, SUBJ
ject, " Victorious Religion"
Sunday school, 2:30 p. m. This
is the last missionary day of the
Conference year.
Epworth League, $3.50 p. M
Preaching, 1880 p. M, subject,
" DR.. Osler and the Bible"
G. T. Snyder, sexton of West
Nottingham Church, takes excep-
tion to the statement that there is
but little frost in the ground-not
over four inches. In digging
two graves in different parts of the
Cemetery last week he had an op-
portunity to ascertain the depth of
the frozen ground, which in one
case was fifteen inches and the
other seventeen inches.
Prof. F. II. Green, of West
Chester, Pa, will lecture in the
Town Hall, Rising Sun, on the
evening of Wednesday, March %,
on Life's Musical Scale" Prof.
Green's popularity as a speaker is
widespread, and those who had
the pleasure of hearing him in this
town on former occasion know
the treat that is in store for all who
attend. Reserve seat tickets will
be placed on sale at E. R. Bufing
ton & Sons and Eli T. Beynolds,
and will be S5c; general admission
% cents.