The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-02-17

A small sized blizzard Monday.
Wednesday next is Washington'sI
Birthday.
-Four below zero on Tuesday
and Thursday mornings.
Henry G. Hess has been appoint.
ed postmaster at Fair Hill, Cecil
county.
Washington's Birthday, Feb. %,
has been declared a holiday for the
rural delivery carriers.
The County Commissioners will
meet in special session on February
%, "a and 25 to correct assessments
prior to the coming levy.
The Elkton gun club will hold a
shoot on Saturday, when it will
contest with the Charlestown and
Chesapeake City teams.
At the reorganization of the Ris-
ing Sun base ball club, on Saturday
evening, G. T. Snyder was elected
manager for the coming season.
Jos. s. Pogue has purchased of
Mrs. Elizabeth l.. Brinton, of Ok
ford, her farm of 80 acres and i'm
provements, about two miles from
town.
The supper held by the ladies of
Trinity church, Elkton, on Wednes-
day evening OF last week was a
great success, the net proceeds be-
ing about 1925.
As Wednesday, Feb. %, is a
legal holiday the National Bank of
Rising Sun will not be open for
business on that date, Washing
toms birthday.
The County Commissioners at
their session on Tuesday passed an
order to the effect that hereafter
no claims will be allowed for
shoveling snow on the county
roads.
The w. @. T. U. will observe
the 'sgoing home" of Miss Willard,
at the home of Mrs. Jennie GILES
pie on Thursday, Feb. 23rd, at 2:3O
O'Clock. A special offering will be
taken; a full attendance is desired.
The pupils of Jefferson public
school will give an entertainment
in the school building Friday eve-
ming, Feb. oath; if stormy, the fol
lowing Tuesday evening. Admis-
sion 15 cts.; proceeds for organ
fund.
Mrs. John B. Abrahams, of Port
Deposit, slipped and fell on the icy
pavement in front of the Junior
School in that town one morning
last week, fracturing the large bone
and breaking a small bone in her
left wrist.
Mrs. Louise s. Pettyjohn, of
Cherry Hill, has been granted an
absolute divorce from her husband,
Ira Pettyjohn, now of Kansas City,
Mo. The decree gives the wife
the sole custody of her minor
female child.
The snow of Monday combined
with the high winds which have
prevailed almost daily since, have
served to block the roads again
with snow, and travel over them is
attended with difficulty, it requir-
ing devious windings through fields
to escape the drifts.
Jos. II. Steele, of Chesapeake
City, has purchased the Henry
Cazier farm, located partly on Bo-
hemia Manor in this county and
partly in New Castle county, DEL,
and containing 315 acres. The
price paid was S12, ,250 cash. The
sale was consummated by G. G.
Hopkins, agent.
Postmaster Hambleton has re-
ceived orders from the Department
to weigh all incoming and outgoing
mail matter until further notice,
preparatory to the Government
making new contracts with the
railroad companies as carriers.
The average weight of mail received
daily at this Office is 175 pounds.
The Port Deposit Baseball Asso-
citation has organized for the CON-
ing season with the following
officers, John McClenahan, presi-
dent, L. G. White, Chas. Morrison,
Oliver Hagerty, vice. e-presidentsi
Roy McClenahan, secretary and
treasurer; T. G. Bond, Oliver
Hagerty, F. T. Benson, managers.
The total receipts of the club last
season were $424.2s; expenses,
@4A.0S.