The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-12-29

Happy New Year.
The public schools will reopen
on Tuesday.
Manual training will be taught
in Oxford public school after the
holidays.
e. 7. Dorcus has purchasedathe
Metzger and Bannister properties
in Port Deposit.
The General Assembly of Mary
land will convene at Annapolis
next Wednesday, January 3.
There have been thirty CONVEX
sions during the progress of the re-
vival services being held at Port
Deposit M. E.. church.
The oldest person in Cecil county
is Thomas Corcoran, of Lombard,
who if he lives until July next,
will celebrate his 102 birthday.
Monday morning, Dec. 25, at
6 O'Clock, an unusually well attend
ed and very enthusiastic Christ
mas service was held in james NJ ].
Il. church.
At the annual dinner of the
Cecil Detective Association, served
by the ladies of the Calvert nj. r..
church, seventy. -four persons par
took of the feast.
The December term of the Cir
cult Court for Cecil County ad-
journed on Friday last for the
Christmas holidays, and will recon
vene Monday, Jan. S.
A portrait of the late j. w.
Campbell, former Past Chan
cell0r of Fellowship Lodge, x. OF
p, of North East, has been hung
in Fellowship lodge room.
Mrs. Emma G. Crouch pur,
chased at public sale on Saturday,
for 500, the house and lot in
North East, belonging to the
estate Of the late Joseph Roach.
Rev. William r. Mowbray, for
merly pastor of Zion NJ. Il. church,
has accepted call to become pas
tor of the New Castle, Del, M. Il.
church the coming conference year.
Grove Point, Cecil county, at the
mouth Of the Sassafras River, about
three miles from Betterton, is to be
converted into a Summer resort
next Summer, backed by Phila-
delphia capitalists.
William J. Pierce was awarded
&l25 damages in the Circuit Court
last week in his suit for $500
against Milton Hidelbaugh for dam
ages to his property near Colora.
BY the Telling of timber upon it.
Christmas passed quietly in
town, the day being generally OBJ
served as one of celebration
within families, the bright sun
shine and mild weather adding
greatly to the enjoyment of the
holiday.
Among our business firms who
have issued attractive calendars are
A.. B. Keen, b. P. Nichols, Il. ID.
Worthington & Son, Il. r. Buffing-
ton & Sons, 4. NJ. Hunt, j. NJ
Holden, the National Bank w. b.
Cooney and Haines & Kirk.
In the suit for damages caused
by the burning over of 120 acres OF
woodland near Bacon Hill by fire
caused by sparks from the locomo
tives Of the p, B. & w. railroad
company, James Mullen and heo.
w. C0sden we're awarded 1912 last
week in the Circuit Court for Cecil
County.
As a result of the resignation OF
First Lieutenant William P. Con.
stable, Co. E, First Regiment, NJ.
N. G., held a special election at
Elkton Friday evening and chose
Second Lieutenant Alan ID. John
son as First Lieutenant and Serge
ant Major Carroll Edgar, Of the
First Battalion, as Second Lieut..
Saturday night, Dec. %, while
the pastor and his family were
peacefully preparing for Sunday,
the Parsonage Of james NJ. E.
church was invaded by large and
hilarious company, bringing with
them the good wishes of the season.
and an abundance of good things,
among them turkey so large that
diligent search had to be made for
pan big enough to cook it in. II
was complete and de -ligntful
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