The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-08-03
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

tomato vine upon which are los
tomatoes of various sizes.
Z. r. Reed, of Bay View, reports
yield of 140 bushels of wheat
from four acres.
r. B. Gibson, of Charlestown,
has recently undergone skin graft
ing in Philadelphia hospital for a
burn on the arm received two years
ago.
Ground has been broken for the
new Cecil National Bank, at Port
Deposit. The building is expected
to be ready for occupancy by Jan.
l, 1907.
Harry Fisher, of near town, was
taken to Philadelphia hospital on
Friday last, where he underwent a
successful operation for ap
pendicitis.
The Robert Ferguson farm of LAT
acres, in the eighth district, was on
Tuesday purchased at executors
sale by Stewart Boyle, of Philada.,
for S., 900.
Eli T. Reynolds has on exhibition
at his drug store in this town a live
copperhead snake, which was cap
tured by J. Gainor Reynolds, with
the aid of a forked stick
Ex Sheriff George Denny, who
for number of years has been a
bailiff in the Elkton court, suffered
stroke of paralysis on Monday
and is in a serious condition.
Rev. Frank Williams, of Elkton,
will occupy the pulpit of Zion
PRESBYTERIAN church on Sunday
morning next and Rock Presbyter
ian church in the afternoon.
The festival held by the members
of Porter's Grove church, on the
church lawn Tuesday evening,
netted a good sum. Music was
furnished by Rising Sun Cornet
Band.
The friends and neighbors of Mr..
and Mrs. John T. Rutter, of Wood
lawn, contributed a purse of $50
and last week purchased fine milk
COW which they presented to the
couple.
While at work on the farm of his
uncle, Alfred McVey, near Zion,
Ernest Swift was accidentally
knocked down and run over by a.
hay wagon, having an arm broken
and being otherwise severely
injured.
Rising Sun was defeated at Ok
ford on Wednesday in game of
ball by the score of 3 to 2.
Cherry Hill and Rising Sun will
cross bats on the home diamond
tomorrow afternoon. Game called
at 800 o'clock.
Sheriff Garrett, of Chester
county, on Monday levied on the
personal property of Eugene A.
Reynolds, formerly of this town,
who now conducts a grocery in
Oxford. The sale is advertised to
take place next Wednesday.
On information furnished by
Fred Holland and Joseph Shippers
an Elkton colored denizen, David
Anderson, was last week given a
hearing, charged with violating the
Local Option law of the county,
and held under $500 bail for action
of September Grand Jury.
The ladies of the Auxiliary Hos
pital Committee, of the Third Dis
trict, will hold bazar and supper
in Elkton some time during the
p month of November. The early
announcement is made in order to
give ample time for the preparation
of fancy articles, &c.
A wharf is being built at the
lower end of Port Deposit by the
Mccall Ferry Power Plant for the
purpose of unloading sand and
other materials thereon. A siding
is to be laid to the wharf and when
completed the company expects to
be able to load thirty cars a day.
Mrs. Mary G. Kirk met with a
painful accident on Thursday eve-
ming of last week, while sitting in
a chair on the porch of her home
on Cherry street. The chair slip
ped over the edge of the porch,
throwing its occupant down the
steps,. Mrs. Kirk sustaining a
sprained wrist and severe bruises.