The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-09-29
Rosh Hashana.
Oxford Fair this week.
Chestnuts are ripening.

Pumpkin pie and cider season.
Plenty of frost these mornings.
Autumn leaves show autumn
comes.
Thanksgiving turkeys are re
ported roosting high this year.
VIM. T. Fryer has packed about
5000 cases of tomatoes at his Colora
cannery this season.
Elkton milk dealers will raise
the price to eight cents per quart
in that town on October l..
The Cecil County School Board
is considering the building of a
large primary school in Elkton.
Rev. John A. Nesbitt, of Colora,
has accepted a call to the pastorate
of the Catonsville, Md, Presbyte-
rian church.
The teachers and pupils of Fair
Hill school realized $31 for the
library fund by the recent festival
held by them.
The Sunshine Festival, held in
Elkton on Friday night, for the
benefit of the Union Hospital
netted about $50.
The registers of voters, judges
and clerks of election qualified be,
fore the Board of Election Super
visors on Tuesday.
The Sixth District Republican
club has opened headquarters in
the Worthington block, in the
room next door to the post office.
A Belgian block pavement is
being laid by E. R. Burlington &
Sons under the hitching rails along
the west side of the store building.
Frank Holmes, Of Elkton, was
severely bitten on the leg by vic
ious dog last week, while passing
the residence of Albert Marcus in
that town.
Bids for the new bridge at Willis
Fording, over Big Elk creek in the
Fourth district, will be received by
the County Commissioners and
opened October 26.
Sheriff Biddle, OF Cecil county or
Tuesday read the death warrant to
John M. Shippers, who is to be
hanged at Elkton October 20 fol
the murder of Albert Constable.
d. W. McVey, of Sylmar, has a
big yield of potatoes this year along
with the fine showing of his Other
crops, gathering $40 bushels Of
Rural Blush tubers from IL acres
Battery B, First Maryland Light
Artillery, generally known as
Shows Battery, will hold its annu
al reunion at Perryville, Ceci
County, on Saturday, October 7th
Services at James NJ. E. church
next Sunday will be held as fol
lows Preaching at 1870 a. M, by
the Pastor; Sunday School at 2.3(
p. M; Sunday School Rally, with
special program, at 7.30 p. m.
Rally Day will be observed al
the M. E. church on Sunday eve
ming at z 80 o'clk. by the Sunday
school, when special services will
be held, an appropriate program o
music and recitations having beer
arranged.
Alfred Love, President of th'
Universal Peace Union, will attend
morning meeting in Rising Sun Is
prox. land address Young Friends
Association in afternoon. Subject
Peace" The public are invited
to attend.
The corn packing season wa'
practically finished last week il
Cecil and Hartford counties. Th,
tomato pack has been small ON ac
count of the we'll known shortage o
the crop, most of the canneries no
being able to run more than abou
half time.
AS a heavy traction engine wal
passing over the canal bridge a
Chesapeake City, one day las
week the bridge irons gave way
but the driver of the engine put OIL
full head of steam and ran tn,
machine off the bridge in time t.
prevent its collapse. Traffic through
the canal was delayed several hour
while repairs to the bridge wer
being made.