The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-12-21
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED.
Merry Christmas to all.
Tuesday next is Christmas.

Tuesday next is Christmas.
According to the almanac winter
begins tomorrow.
Today, Friday, is the shortest
day in the year.
Christmas buyers have very
little time left in which to do their
shopping.
Wednesday morning was the
coldest of the Winter, the mercury
recording 80.
Jacob Tome Institute closed
Wednesday for the holidays and
will reopen January 8.
A rural mail route has been
established at Liberty Grove, with
Walter r. Patten as carrier.
The w. G. T. U. will meet with
Mrs. Jos. s. Pogue on Thursday
afternoon, Dec. 81, at 2:30 o'clock.
The usual early morning service
will be held in the NJ. E. church at
this place on Christmas, at 6
o'clock.
The supper held, at Colora last
week by the ladies of Mt. Pleasant
M. +. church was a very success
full affair.
A sand pit has been opened on
the farm of Charles Cooper, near
Charlestown, by the Mccall Ferry
Power Company.
The December meeting of Cecil
Farmers Club was held at the
home of r. K. Rawlings near
Woodlawn, on Wednesday.
About SOL was netted by the
recent supper held at the home of
Mrs. Ward, at Andora, by the
ladies of st. Andrews P. E. church.
The McIntire farm, near Glas-
gov, has been purchased by j
Polk Steele, of Chesapeake City,
for $4,000.
The Eighth District Detective
Association will hold its annual
meeting at Oakwood on Saturday
afternoon, Jan. 5.
The public schools of the county
will close at noon today for the
Christmas holiday, and reopen
Wednesday, January 2.
The. annual meeting of Rising
Sun Detective Association will be
held in Woodman's Hall, Saturday,
Jan. 5, at 10 O'Clock a. m.
A semi annual dividend of %
per cent on the capital stock has
been declared by the directors of
the National Bank of Chesapeake
City.
The monthly meeting of West
Nottingham Missionary Society was
held at the home of Mrs. Chas. S.
Pyle on Thursday afternoon of this
week.
Sheriff Cecil Kirk filed a new
bond for $4,000 in the Clerks
Office at Elkton, Friday, for his
second year as sheriff of Cecil
county.
Henry H. !. Reese, William A.
Cole and John F. Johnson have
formed a partnership and will con.
duct butchering and provision
~, Dnrt I1onocit
Harmony Chapel, near Rowland
vile, purchased at public sale by
Elwood Balderston on the 1st inst,
will be torn down and removed to
Colora, where it will be recon.
structed as dwelling.
John S. Cullen, of near town,
butchered this week a hog which
tipped the beam at 544 pounds,
dressed. This will hold most of
the fat hogs level in this section,
but if any of our farmers can beat
it let us hear from them.
Christmas is not a holiday for
Rural Free Delivery carriers, as
reported by some of the news
papers. These carriers observe the
following as holidays: New Years,
Washington's birthday, Memorial
Day, Independence Day and
Thanksgiving Day.
An excellent program of music
and recitations is being rehearsed
by the M. Z. Sunday school for the
annual Christmas entertainment
and treat which will be held in the
church on Christmas eve, oath
inst, at 7:30 o'clock. An admis-
sion fee of ten cents will be charged.