The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-09-15
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED
Corn cutting is in progress.

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West Nottingham Academy re-
opened on Monday with an enroll
ment of thirty pupils.
Bay View public school will hold
a festival on September Is for the
benefit of the library fund.
Alexander Hoffman has sold his
bakery business at Perryville to
Jacob Snyder, who will conduct the
same in future.
The September meeting of the
Cecil Farmers Club was held at
the residence of Wayne Reynolds,
near town, on Wednesday.
The ladies of Union M. f.
church, near Fremont, realized
about $50 by the supper held on
Thursday evening of last week.
The Chrome base ball team will
visit Rising Sun on Saturday after
noon and try conclusions with a
picked team representing this place.
The old public road between
Perryville and Frenchtown has
been closed on account of the rail
road work, and new road opened.
The name of Henry M. McCul-
Tough, Esq, of Elkton, is mention
ed in connection with the nomina-
tion on the republican ticket for
Comptroller.
The County Commissioners on
Tuesday issued an order that no
further work be done on the public
roads except by the express orders
of the Commissioners.
Miss Mabel Reynolds opened
her private school on Monday,
using the small building on the
Sheppard property as a school
room and having ten pupils.
The twentieth annual conven-
tion of the Cecil County W. G. 7.
u. meets in the Calvert M. E
church at $50. this morning.
The afternoon session meets at 2
o'clock.
Merton White, young son of
Henry White, of Quarryville, who
formerly resided in this town, fell
and broke his arm on Friday after
noon while playing at his home in
that town.
A supper will be held in Octo-
raro M. E. Church, Saturday eve-
ming, 10th. Supper, % cents. Ice
cream, cake and confectionery on
sale. If stormy the following Mon.
day evening.
Despite the cool weather of
Wednesday evening the festival
held by the Junior League on the
lawn of the M. E. church was a
successful affair. the amount real
lied being $36.25.
On Thursday of last week spec
ial train passed over the Baltimore
Central railroad carrying children
from the Feeble Minded Institute
at Elwyn to Happy Valley, near
Port Deposit, for days outing.
The republicans of the Fifth dis.
trict have organized a Social Re-
publican Club, with headquarters
in the Hotel Cecil, North East,
which will be kept open day and
night for the instruction of voters,
etc., until after the election.
A derailed freight car at Liberty
Grove blockaded the train service
for several hours on Wednesday
evening. The two evening trains
were compelled to transfer passen-
gers and baggage around the wreck
which caused the 6:25 train to be
two and a-half hours late at Rising
Sun.
The newly instituted Rising Sun
Camp, No. IL, 1894, Modern Wood
men of America, will hold grand
bazar in Rising Sun hall on Fri
day and Saturday evenings, Oct.
6 and z. All the delicacies of the
season will he on sale and numer-
Gus valuable articles will be
chanced off in various ways.
Miss Rosa r. Caldwell, of
Liberty Grove, was painfully in
iured by being kicked by colt
last Thursday evening. Miss Cald-
we'll was putting a saddle and
bride on one of the older horses
and the colt, which is quite pet,
became jealous at the lack of usual
attention and kicked at the horse,
striking the young lady on the hip
and infiicting severe cut and
bruise.