The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-07-14
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED.
Moonlight nights.


Early apples are being marketed.
Deibert & Wilson have installed
new engine at their textile mill
in Elkton.
New wheat is being received at
our warehouses. The market price
is soc per bushel.
The 4th of July fair and festival
held by the Red Men at North
East netted them $3.50.
W. II. Abrams. of North East,
has announced his candidacy for
sheriff on the republican ticket.
Prof. Foulk, of Piedmont, Va,
formerly of Port Deposit, has been
appointed Supt. of Schools in
Virginia.
James Oldham, of Elkton, dis
located his arm at the elbow one
day last week by being tripped and
thrown by another lad.
After undergoing extensive re-
pairs, Harmony Methodist Protes-
tant church, at Rowlandville, was
reopened on Sunday with an all-day
meeting.
The members of Company E,
First Maryland Regiment, spent
Monday at Saunders Rifle Range,
Glen Burnie, where rifle practice
was INDUCED in.
On account of a break in the st.
Georges locks of the Chesapeake q
Delaware Canal, Baltimore land
Philadelphia steamers are compel
led to transfer passengers.
Edward Effing, of this town,
who for number of years has
held position in the National
Bank of Rising Sun, has accepted
position in the Oxford National
Bank.
Henry Fox of the Government
Engineering Bureau at Baltimore
is inspecting the channel of Elk
Creek, for the dredging of which
Congress last winter made an
appropriation.
The new nine-ton boiler, to be
installed at Cecil Paper Mill, was
taken from the flat-car, on the
railroad siding Friday, and hauled
to the mill by the Messrs. Knight,
of Castleton, Hartford county, with
ten head of horses and mules.
Ground was broken last week for
the new school house at North
East. on the lot donated to the
county for the school by l. h..
Ford and his sister, Miss Sarah M.
Ford. The lot has frontage OF
200 feet and a depth of 800 feet.
While the frequent showers this
week have interfered greatly with
the farmers in the harvest of their
hay crop, they have helped to re-
lieve the sweltering, oppressive
heat from which humanity general
ly has suffered for the past several
days.
The Republican State Central
Committee for Cecil county has
issued a call for their primaries on
July 22d, and the county conven-
tion at Elkton on July 25th. The
Judges for the Sixth district are
Daniel Hawk, William 7. Scott,
Maurice G. Reeder.
Chas. T. F. Mearns, owner of the
Shannon mill property, adjoining
the town of North East, is consid-
ering the advisability of installing
an electric light plant at his mill
for the purpose of supplying light
and heat for the town.
The general store of G. E. Gray,
at Bear Station DEL, was destroyed
by fire together with most of its
contents early Tuesday morning,
July A. The loss is $500 and is
fully covered by insurance. The
origin of the fire IS unknown.
Operations were resumed Mon
day at the mills and quarry of the
Sparvetta Mining Co., north of town,
after shutdown of two weeks for
repairs and the installing of new
cable hoist. The tower for the new
hoist is sixty-five feet in height,
the cable being 400 feet.
The Junior Epworth League pic
nicked at Greenbank, on the farm
of s. j. Reynolds, near town,
Wednesday. The young folks,
}. and the elders also, report a fine
days outing and splendid feast
of good things at the dinner hour,
spread on the green sward.