The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-06-08

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The rain Wednesday was vel
come visitor.
The ladies of Calvert M. E.
church cleared $50 by the festival
held on Decoration Day.
The Morgan farm of 231 acres in
the First district, has been sold to
George W. Padley, for $4,000.
The newly instituted Patriotic
Order Sons of America, at North
East, has thirty-three charter
members.
Harry Lamm, of Tome Institute
base ball team, sustained a broken
finger while catching. behind the
bat last week.
Governor Warfeld delivered ad
dresses last week to the graduating
classes of Elkton and North East
High Schools.
George r. Ash, of Elkton, has
been unanimously elected State
Auditor, for a term of two years,
by the Board of Public Works.
The progressive citizens of Colora
have invested in a street sprinkler,
a thing much needed in this town,
as every housekeeper will testify.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
nanv have issued positive orders
forbidding all persons walking
across the new bridge at Perryville.
A mad dog was shot last week at
Cherry Hill by John Abel. The
animal bad attacked Jos. Rolington
but fortunately did not succeed in
biting him.
Ebenezer Sunday school will hold
a festival on the church lawn,
Saturday evening, June 8. II
stormy, the festival will be held on
Monday evening.
Children's Day exercises will be
held in the M. E. church of this
town on Sunday evening, when a
special program Will De renueleu
by the Sunday school.
e. T. Dorcus has purchased the
store building, stock, good will
and fixtures in Port Deposit, owned
by W. r. Nesbitt, and will open
for business on OF before July l.
The warehouse property in
Colora, owned by R. L. Christie,
has been purchased by Cameron
& Davis. who have conducted busi-
ness at the stand for the past two
years.
Rev. Wylis Rede, of Georgia,
formerly rector at Newport, Del.
has been called by the Vestry OF
st. Mary Anne's Parish to succeed
Rev. j. Gibson CAN'T, recently
resigned.
Messrs. Sharpless last week
awarded the contract for the con
densery plant to be erected in
this town to the Haldeman Con
struction Co. of Philada. County
Commissioner Millard F. Mcdowell
has secured the contract for the
masonry work.
During the severe storm of
Thursday evening last week tree
in the yard of William Perry, at
Zion, was blown against the house,
a large limb penetrating the wall,
displacing a number of bricks,
which fell into the room and rolled
down the garret steps.
The rainy weather interferred last
Thursday evening with the public
school festival and also with the
Dairy Maids Convention, neither
being financial successes. The
Convention was much enjoyed by
all who attended, quits 3 number
of local hits being made By the
performers.
A number of the members of
Rising Sun cornet band accom-
panied Nottingham Silver Band to
Lancaster on Monday, on the oeca-
siOn of the celebration of Gilmore
Day in that city, some twenty
bands from various places in Penn
sylvania assisting in the splendid
musical festival given by the Musi-
cal Association. in honor of the
great band leader.
The Pennsylvania railroad com
pany has issued orders for all work
TO cease on the Columbia Il Port
Deposit branch, between Shenk's
Ferry and Peach Bottom, dis
tance of over fourteen miles, where
the road bed was being graded
forty feet futher up the hillside
and the system double tracked.