The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-09-01
Monday is Labor Day.

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The public schools open on
Monday.
/; Cider presses are getting ready
for business.
. Did you see the eclipse Wednes-
day mornings
The Cecil County w. G. T. U.
convention will be held at Calvert
on Friday, Sept. 15.
Eli Coulson, Jr., has opened a
store in the building recently
erected by him at Korner Ketch.
: Labor day, Sept. 4, being legal
holiday it will be so observed by
the National Bank of Rising Sun.
The annual reunion of Shows
Battery will be held at Perryville
on the first Saturday in October.
Gunners are preparing to invade
the marshes for reed and rail birds,
the season opening on Tuesday,
September 5.
Jos. Bare's restaurant at Colora
was robbed of about $25 worth
of goods one night recently by un-
known parties.
The North East base ball club
has reorganized by electing B. A..
Wilson manager, and Benjamin
White captain.
An unsuccessful attempt was
made by burglars to enter the res
idence of George E. Brown at Elk
ton one night last week.
Camp No. 1884, Order of Mod
ern Woodmen of America, will be
organized in Rising Sun this eve
ming, with % charter members.
The West Nottingham Presbyter-
ian Sunday school held their an
nual celebration and picnic in the
grove adjoining the church on
Thursday.
j. Hanson Knorr has shipped
from his vineyard at Town Point,
Cecil county, 1000 baskets of grapes
and expects to have crop of
$8,000b askets.
Francis Bender, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Alfred Bender OF Port De-
posit, was rescued from drowning
by his brother on Monday of last
week, while in bathing.
The degree staff of National
Lodge, Odd Fellows, of Elkton,
will participate in prize contests
before the Sovereign Grand Lodge,
at Philadelphia, next month. y
James B. Jones while operating
q drill at the Armstrong Stove
Foundry, Perryville, last week,
severed an artery and bled profuse-
" before the injury was dressed.
We acknowledge the receipt of a
fine peach, of the Elberta variety,
from J. G.. Harrison & Sons nur-
sery at Berlin, Md. They state
"this is the yellow peach to plant
for money"
The Democrats of the First and
Second Election districts will hold
an all.day basket picnic and amend
ment meeting at the old Knight
homestead on the Bohemia river,
Tuesday, September 5.
Monday, Sept. 4, being a national
h0liday-Labor Day-the rural
mail carriers will rest. Patrons on
the various routes in this section
may obtain their mail on that date
by applying at the Rising Sun post
Office.
Miss Edna McVey and Miss
Grace Gathers were thrown from
their carriage Monday, while driv-
ing near Zion, by their horse
stumbling and falling. The young
ladies fortunately escaped with
some slight bruises.
Mrs. Jos. s. Pogue was painfully
injured Monday morning by falling
down a fight of stairs at her home
on Cherry street. Fortunately no
bones were broken but she was
severely cut and bruised about the
face and shoulders.
The white man killed on the P,
B. & w. railroad near Elkton on
August 10, was identified last
week as Ferdian Dorm, aged 10
years, of sOs East Lehigh avenue,
Philadelphia. The young man was
on his way from Philadelphia to
Baltimore at the time of the
accident.