The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-08-25

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Sept. 5.
The Cecil Farmers Telephone
company is running branch line
to Calvert.
One more week of vacation, the
public schools in the county re-
opening on Monday, September A..
The W. G. T. U. will meet with
Mrs. s. T. Reynolds on Thursday
afternoon, 31st inst, at2:30 o'clock.
J.C. Hindman on Tuesday ship
ped carload of fine COWS from this
station to John L. Gibney, of Pome-
roy, Pa.
A mad dog was killed at the Sill
yer Cross Home, near Port Deposit,
on Monuay afternoon by William
Campbell.
Fitty.one tickets were sold at
this station on Wednesday for the
last railroad excursion to Tolches-
ter this season.
The North East M. E. Sunday
school will hold its annual picnic
in Arrison's grove, near that town,
on Wednesday next.
The August meeting of the Cecil
Farmers Club was held at the home
of Jos. T. Grove, near Zion, on
Wednesday, 23d inst.
The annual Farmers Institute at
Black Barren Spring, Lancaster
county, will be held Thursday and
Friday, Sept. and s.
The Rising Sun M. E. Sunday
school will hold its annual picnic
in the "Briscoe' woods, south OF
town, on Wednesday next.
Frank G. Magraw, Calvert lad
of ten years, recently caught an
eel weighing two pounds and
measuring 293 inches in length.
Dog days ended Monday and it
is to be hoped the weather man
will now dish us up a better variety
than we experienced during that
sultry period.
The stewards of OctorarO NJ. Il.
church realized about $55 by the
festival held on the fiat, near the
paper mill, on the 18th. Oakryn
band enlivened the occasion with
music.
The track on the Elkton fair
grounds is being put in order with
traction engine and road scraper
for speed trials, by the driving
association recently organized in
that town.
VIM. P. Constable has rendered
his resignation as first lieutenant of
Company E, First Maryland Regi-
ment, on account of his law studies
necessitating him absenting himself
from Elkt0n.
While playing with pistol,
John McClenahan, aged 5 years, of
Port Deposit, accidentally shot
Wentz Morrison, about the same
age, in the forehead. The wound
was not serious.
The popularity of the Atlantic
City excursions is shown by the
fact that fifty.one tickets were sold
at this station on Tuesday morning
for the great resort by the seashore.
Last week sixty-two went from
here on the excursion to the city
by the sea.
The Prohibition Nominating Con-
vention for Cecil county will meet
in the Town Hall, Rising Sun, this
evening for the purpose of electing
delegates to the State convention,
which meets in Baltimore Sept. IL,
and placing in nomination full
county ticket.
Nottingham Quarterly Meeting
will be held at East Nottingham
9th mo. LIST. John J. Cornell and
wife are expected to be in atten-
dance. Also to attend morning
meeting on following Sabbath, 3rd
inst, in Rising Sun, and Young
Friends Association in afternoon at
same place.
Two young swains residing in
the vicinity of Pennington, who
were desirous of attending Rawl-
insville Camp, are reported to
have started bright and early Sun
day morning last on their long
drive for that point, which they
reached about noon, only to find
that the Camp had been closed for
several days.