The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-09-21
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED
Corn cutting in progress.

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The W. G. T. U. will meet with
Mrs. G. S. Pyle on Thursday after
noon, Sept. 81, at 2:30 O'Clock.
Isaac Yocum, of this district,
reports yield of 420 bushels OF
wheat from II acres of ground.
A festival will be held Friday
evening, % inst, by the Junior
League of James M. E. church.
The Rising Sun and Washington
Amateur teams will play on the
home grounds Saturday afternoon.
With the mercury touching the
900 mark this week, summer
doesn't appear to have given up
entirely.
The September meeting of the
Cecil Farmers Club was held at the
home of r. T. Cameron, near Prin,
cipio, on Wednesday.
The new rural free delivery route
from Elkton down Elk Neck was
put in operation on Monday, with
Walter Merry as carrier.
w. T. Fryer had the misfortune
to mash the great toe of his right
foot, last week, by dropping q case
of empty cans upon itathis cannery.
E. w. Sebold, of Cherry Hill,
has turkey hen which has laid
100 eggs since April 1, which is a
record, the owner thinks, hard to
beat.
Bethel M. p. Sunday school,
near Bay View, will hold a picnic
and festival on Saturday afternoon
and evening in the grove adjoining
the church.
The cannery of w. Z. Fryer, al
Colora,, has been running night aud
day for the past two weeks, the
tomatoes ripening so rapidly as tc
cause regular glut.
Registration days this year will
be Tuesday, October 2nds and
Tuesday, October 9th, from 8 a. M.
to Z o. M. Revision day will be
Tuesday, October 10th.
Register of Wills Thomas B.
Miller has been elected q member
of the board of directors Of the
Union Hospital of Elkton, to sue
ceed William H. Mackall, resigned
The gross receipts of the festival
held on Thursday evening of last
week by the teacher and pupils OF
New Bridge public school, for the
benefit of the organ fund, were $35
Miss Hattie Ennis, first assist
ant at the North East High School
has severed her connection with
that school and accepted a position
as teacher in a school in Hartford
Conn.
DR.. J. 81. lamar, of Elkton, &
member of the Commission, attend.
ed the corner stone laying of the
Maryland and Virginia buildings
at the jamestown Exposition site,
on Wednesday.
The forge of the Whitaker Iron
Company, at Principle Furnace.
resumed operations on Monday
morning with a force of thirty five
men, after having been closed down
since the first of July.
Colora Lodge of Red Men will
attend services at James M. T.
church, Rising Sun, on Sunday
morning next, when the pastor,
Rev. j. p. Otis, will deliver a ser
mon to the members of the order
The festival held by the knights
of Pythias at Colora on Friday and
Saturday evenings last was % sue
cess, a good sum being realized by
the venture. The Rising Sun Cor.
net Band furnished music Saturday
evening.
The p. E. Sharpless Company
announce to their patrons that the
condensery located in this town,
and which is being hurried to com.
pletion, will be put in operation or
the 10th of October, instead of the
LIST as previously announced.
Some unknown party made g
raid on the poultry of Jas. M. Tosh
of near town, on Tuesday nigh
last week and stole all of the larg
est of his young chickens, abou
twenty-five fine broilers. Tht
same night the dairy on the farm
of w. x. Bird, at Harrisville wa,
visited by some dreadfulIy thirsty
party and several gallons of mill
stolen.