The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-04-14
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED.

Arbor Day.
House cleaning.
Snow on Friday last.
Good Friday this year falls on
April 21st.
Heavy thunder gust and down
pour of rain on Monday evening.
The public schools of the county
will close June 9 for the summer
vacation.
Good Friday, April 21st, being
legal holiday, it will be so observ-
ed by The National Bank of Rising
Sun.
Love Run school will hold a
Spelling Bee on Wednesday, April
10, in the school house; admission,
5 cents.
Presiding Elder A. s. Mowbray
will occupy the pulpit of Rising
Sun M. E. church on Sunday eve
ming, April %.
Mrs. Henry Keen was severely
injured few days since by falling
down the steps in the barn at her
home near Colora.
The ladies of the Foreign Mis-
sionary society will hold bake in
the basement of the church on Fri
day evening, 14th inst.
The April meeting of the Cecil
Farmers Club was held at the
home of Robert T. Cameron, near
Principle, on Wednesday.
"A squad of fifteen is training
hard at the Jacob Tome Institute
for the interscholastic meet to be
held at Port Deposit on Saturday,
May 13.
Rev. G.. A. Grise, president of the
Anti Saloon League of Maryland,
lectured in Hopewell M. E. church
on Wednesday evening, his subject
being "Fair Play" ;
The spelling bee held at Colora,
on Thursday evening of last week
netted about $14. The first prize
was won by Miss Mary L. Christie,
the BOBBY prize going to Master
Roy Campbell.
Work has begun on the change
of line of the Columbia & Port De-
posit railroad between Frenchtown
and Perryville. The new roadbed
is east of the present tracks and
some distance from the river.
The Presbytery of New Castle
held its annual meeting on
Wednesday at St. Georges, Del.
West Nottingham Presbyterian
church was represented by Rev.
Samuel Polk and s. T. Wiley.
Operations were begun in full
force at the fishing shores and
floats in the upper Chesapeake and
the SusIquehanna this week. Large
catches of shad and herring are
being made by the hauling seins.
At the trap shoot held by the
Oxford Gun club, in that town
on Monday, 81. L. Worthington, OF
this town, made score of n targets
out OF possible so. Jos. Clifford,
of Sylmar in the live bird shoot
lost 9 out of 70.
Next Sunday morning Rev. G. A.
Grise, Phi. D., State Supt. of the
Md. Anti Saloon League, will oc-
cupy the pulpit of james M. E.
church. He will also visit Sylmar
in the afternoon. The pastor will
preach at s p. M.
An entertainment by the Irving
Literary Society of West Noting.
ham Academy will be held in the
academy building this, Friday,
evening, consisting of recitations,
music and the three-act farce The
Elevator. Admission, adults 25c;
children, 15c.
The Sunday school of Rock Pres
byterian church has been re- organ
lied by the election of the follow
ing officers: Superintendent, John
T. Dewitt; assistant, Mrs. David
Mackey; librarian, Samuel M, Hus-
ton; secretary and treasurer, Caleb
Brokaw; organist, Edith Brokaw.
Arbor Day and Bird Day exer
cises will be held at Rising Sun
public school this afternoon at 2
O'Clock. The grammar school stu.
dents will attend the exercises and
Rev. Saml. Polk, of West Noting
ham, will deliver an address. All
patrons and others interested in the
school are cordially invited to
attend.