The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-03-16
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED


Rough weather this week.
Winter hasn't given up yet.
Tomorrow is st. Patrick's Day.
The snow brought out few
sleighs yesterday.
Farmers blowing Monday but
shoveling snow the balance OF the
week.
The young men Of Leeds have
organized an Athletic Club and
rented quarters for gymnasium.
Thurlow Arbuckle, of the Fourth
district, is preparing to embark in
the poultry business on an exten-
sive scale.
Manly Drennen last week sold
the Rogers farm of Sc acres, in
Upper Elk Neck, to J. Schlosser, of
Philadelphia.
George Sollars purchased at
public sale on Friday last the farm
of the late Laura Kirk, near Cal
vert, for $4,000.
William Nesbitt has sold the
property in Port Deposit occupied
by Mrs. William Durgin, to its
present occupant.
Calvert L. T. L., will hold a
Silver Medal Contest in Calvert NJ.
E: Church, Friday evening, March
%. Admission 10 cents. w. G.
Crowl soloist.
The town council of North East
has made a five-ye contract with
the Gilpin Falls Electric Light &
Power Co., for lighting the streets
of North East.
Governor Warfeld is expected to
deliver the address to the grad
yates at the commencement exer
cises of the Cecil County High
School, at Elkton.
Representative Smith, of the
First Congressional District, has
recently been distributing seeds
in his district, the MIDLAND being
among those favored with packages.
Everett Neff, aged II years,
pupil at Wood Valley public school,
near Lombard, was accidentally
struck in the face by base ball
bat last week and received a broken
nose.
Rev. J. A. Arters, stationed at
Charlestown the past Conference
year, preached his farewell sermon
on Sunday, 11th inst, and retired
from the Wilmington NJ e.
Conference.
Any of our subscribers who con,
template change of residence this
Spring should notify this Office ii
a change of address is necessary to
insure the MIDLAND reaching their
new location.
Cecil County Commissioners have
fixed the following scale of fees for
counsel assigned by the court to
defendents: Larceny, $25; burglary,
$25; murder and .telonious assault,
$50 to 800; common assault, $25.
The Symposium held by the
ladies of Zion Presbyterian Church
on Thursday evening of last week
was a very hattering success, both
socially and financially. The gross
receipts of the affair were about
$3.50.
The Senate in executive session
on Friday finally confirmed all of
the Governors appointments for
Cecil county, and those who had
been on the anxious bench for some
time past have been relieved of the
great strain.
G. W. Ward has been elected
president of the recently organized
fire company at Perryville, John
T. Patterson, treasurer, and DIR. l..
G. Taylor, secretary. A committee
has been empowered to purchase
fouF-wheel hose carriage, 1000 feet
of hose, ladders, etc.
Port Deposit got in the push on
Monday with Winder scare, and
whooped things up at lively rate,
when Constable Barrett arrested a
strange negro, suspected of being
the escaped murderer, indulging in
some pistol practice to bring his man
toterms. Detectives from Baltimore
arrived in Port Deposit sew eral
hours after the capture, but they
failed to identify the negro as
Winder and the suspect was turned
loose.