The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-07-06
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED.


their large warehouse building,
near the station, a coat OF paint.
Friday and Saturday were the
hottest days of the summer so far,
the mercury recording go and 940
respectively on those days.
Sunday, June "a, was Rally Day
at Perry willie M. E. church. when
the debt of $500 against the new
parsonage was fully provided for.
Byron Bouchelle, recently elected
cashier of the Chesapeake City
National Bank, will retire from
that position and be succeeded by
Henry T. Deaver, of Charlestown.
The directors of the Union Hos.
pital have purchased from Cadmus
Price, for 5000, his lot in Elkton
adjoining the Singerly Cottage
property, recently purchased for
the hospital.
Patriotic services were held by
the Epworth League at james M.
E. church on Sunday evening, the
splendid program of music and
recitations being supplemented by
al address by the pastor, Rev. j.
P. Otis.
A camp has been established on
Roberts Island in the Susqnehanna
River, off Port Deposit, by the
Young Mems Christian Association,
of Baltimore. About forty boys
are in camp and expect to remain
until July l1th.
Among the articles sold on Satnr-
day by the executor of the estate OF
Mrs. Sarah II. Leiper, late of Elk
Neck, was a mahogany dining table,
at which George Washington is said
to have eaten. Mrs. r. E. Jamar
was the purchaser.
The pastor viii preach at James
M. e. church next Sunday at 1870
a. M, and at Sylmar 2,30 p. m.
All are invited to the "combined
service" in James church at 1880 p.
"a. These summer services are
prepared with special care.
The dog recently killed at Port
Deposit having been declared
suffering from rabies, after an ex.
animation of the head sent to the
Pasteur Institute, Baltimore, a
score of dogs known to have been
bitten by the animal have been
shot.
The thermometer kept up in the
nineties the latter part of last week
and the fore part of this with
hardly a break, but the heavy
downpour of rain Tuesday night
efectually broke the heated term,
and was welcomed. by suffering
humanity generally.
Messrs. A. L. and 81. M. Duyck-
inck spent the Fourth rock fishing
at Octoraro junction and returned
to Rising Sun in the evening with
a niece string of twenty fish. The
largest, which Mr.. A. L. Duyck'
inck had the pleasure of landing,
tipped the beam at 164 lbs.
The loss on the barn of Thomas
Russell, near North East, struck
by lightning during a recent elec-
trical storm and burned, was about
81, 900. The live stock was gotten
out in safety but several tons OF
hay and straw were destroyed to-
gether with a lot of machinery,
harness, sc.
w. K. Alice and Henry L.
Shepherd this week purchased the
Worthington real estate in this
town, consisting of the brick store
and post Office properties and the
large frame dwelling. Mr.. Alice
recently purchased an interest in
the mercantile business of E. n.
Worthington & Son and Mr.. Shep.
herd, who resides at Middletown, q,
DEL, and is a brOther.in- law of Mr..
Alice, will later become associated
in the firm. ="
The patriotic demonstration and
festival held on Wednesday after.
noon and evening at Mt. Pleasant
was great success in every respect.
In the evening the crowd in atten.
dance was large. The booths and
tables on the festival grounds were
artistically decorated with the
national colors and lighted by Jap
anese lantern, presenting q pretty
effect. The Rising Sun Cornet
Band was present and rendered
numerous selections.