The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-03-17
St. Patrick's day.

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Saturday, 18th inst. is the Mo
hammedan New Year.
The annual election for Town
Commissioners will take place in
North East on Monday next.
With two weddings in town
Wednesday evening the calithum-
plans felt called upon to do double
duty.
Philip r.. Bond, Esq ), of Port
Deposit has rented an office in Elks
ton and will practice law in that
town.
Bluebirds, blackbirds and robins
have made their appearance y
harbingers Of the approaching
spring.
State Treasurer NandiveTs. re-
port shows that on March 3 there
was balance on hand in the treas
nry Of $776,O45. =.
The March meeting of the Cecil
Farmers Club was held at the home
of Jas. 81. Maxwell, near town: on
Wednesday, 10Th inst.
The dwelling II Edward Ford at
North East was damaged by fire to
the extent of $50 last week, as the
result of q defective fues
The friends of Geo. w. Padley,
of Cecilton, are booming him for a
place on the Republican ticket this
fall az County Commissioner.
The North East base ball club
has elected Dr.. T, a. Wonall man.
ager and Herbert Wilson captain
of the team for the coming season.
The Keystone spar quarry, near
town, resumed operations this week
under the management of j. l..
Stephens. after a; period Of several
months idleness.
State ComptrDller- Gordon T. At
kinson on Tuesday made the dis
'tribution of the Stare school tax for
the quarter beginning March 15.
Cecil's share is $6,I26.42.
.i.On Saturday E. II. Leedom, R
Ed. mail carrier from North East
= to Zion, was able to serve his en-
tire route for the first time since
!. the blizzard, six weeks ago.
The Erkton Methodist Episcopal
Sunday school has raised $54k47
for missions during the year
$3.50. .OS- for henlea missions and
1881 80 for foreign missions.
C. w. Robinson, '06, of Dallas,
Texas, has been appointed man
ager of the track team at the Jacob
. Tome Institute, and Arthur ".
vanneman, '05, ofiHavre de Grace,
assistant manager. - z =
On Sunday, March 10, services
at Rising Sun M E. church will
be conducted as follows: 1890 a
I M, preaching by Rev. A. r.
Brown; also at Sylmar, 2:30 p. M;
$3.50 D. NJ, services in entire
: charge of EpworthF League. Sun
day, March 26, all services as usual.
The School Board appeared be-
fore the County Commissioners at
their meeting On Tuesday, in refer;
ence to a new school building at
North East, the one in use having
been condemned..w The Board
authorized them to, proceed with a
new building, the. amount to cover
which will be included in the next
levy.
Those who had the pleasure oi
hearing Prof. F. H. Green, of West
Chester, when. he lectured in
Rising Sun on aformer occasion,
will, we feel assured, avail them
selves of the opportunity offered OF
again listening to this eloquent
speaker. Prof. Green will deliver
his popular lecture on "Life's
Musical Scale" in the town hall
Wednesday evening, 22nd inst.
Seats may be secured at Z. r. Buff
fington & Sons and Eli L. Reynolds.
The Literary Department of the
Epworth League of the M. E.
church of Rising Sun is planning
an interesting series of meetings
for the opening of the season. Rev.
A. s. MOwbray, D. D., will lecture
on his trip to California probably
April. Is. Some time in May an
entertainment-literary, musical
and elocutionary, will be given,
and in the early part of June Rev,
Don s. Colt, d. D., of Baltimore,
will deliver an address.
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