The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-09-28
Oxford Fair this week.

Our farmers report the corn crop
when husked will prove banner
one.
Corn cutting and wheat seeding
progressing rapidly with our
farmers.
Fires were kindled and the boil
ers tested at the milk condensery
this week.
The Country Market held by the
members of Perryville Junior
League netted $50.
The Ladies Aid Society of Row
landville M. p. church will hold a
festival this and tomorrow evenings.
A. W. Gyles, of Lancaster, Pa,
has rented one of the storerooms in
the Worthington Block, and will
open a restaurant business.
Benjamin and George R. Davis,
Of Elkton, have purchased the j..
E. Lewis farm, containing 62 acres
and located near Iron Hill, for
$500.
Geo. G. Reynolds, of this town,
has purchased of Il. Goodwin Terry
his 81 acre farm, near Pennington,
for 30, 600.
The Town Council of Chesapeake
CITY has decided that tax of 5Oc
per pole shall the collected for
telephone poles erected in the town.
A pie social will he held at Mon
roe school on Wednesday evening.
Oct. 3; proceeds for the library
fund. The public cordially invited.
While leading a COW to the
r,astsre Mrs. William Lambert, OF
Colora. had a wrist fractured by
the animal jerking unexpectedly
ON the halter.
Herbert M. Idppy, of Ellicott
City, has been appointed instructor
at the Manual Training School in
Havre de Grace, to succeed g. W.
Ledley, resigned.
A festival will be held this eve
ming by the members of the Junior
League in the lecture room of the
M. z. church. Rising Sun Cornet
Band will furnish music.
Owing to the resignation of Rob
ert Gambrill as manager, and B. E.
Gambrill as leader, the Textile
Military and Concert Band, Of
Havre de Grace, has decided tc
disband.
The Maryland Clay works neal
North East, recently purchased by
the Rutland Fire Brick Company
of Vermont, will soon be put in
operation again under the manage
ment OF G. P. Bartley.
Jacob W. Rohrer has entered
suit against the Lancaster, OXFORD
& Southern Railroad Company tC
recover $1,000 damages done his
property in East Drumore in the
construction of the railroad.
The Presbytery of New Castle
will hold it's next stated meeting il
the Head of Christiana Church
Tuesday, October 2, at Q p. m
The retiring moderator, Rev. j
Edgar Franklin, will preach thu
sermon and all Presbyterian busi
ness will be transacted.
Owing to the diphtheria scare il
Oxford a number of students from
that town in attendance at Jacot
Tome Institute were compelled t.
remain away from the Institute
until danger of contagiOn passed
The schools at Oxford were als'
ordered closed for ten days.
James Hand, of Philada., one o
the plumbers engaged in fitting VI
the Sharpless milk condensery a
this place, met with painful acci
dent on Tuesday afternoon at th'
plant. While the carpenters wer'
shifting an over-h head scaffold ;
heavy two-inch plank fell from ;
height of about twelve feet anC
struck him on the head, rendering
him unconscious for fully tifteeI
minutes. Fortunately the blow
was a glancing one, or death in al
probability, would have resulted
as the plank was a heavy one
being % feet in length. Bad cut
and bruises on the head, face ant
shoulder resulted, and while tn
injuries necessitated his laying OF
from work, they are not serious
Two or three other wOrlImen wer
struck bnt only slightly bruised.