The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-05-11

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Elkton Fair Grounds on Wednes-
day, May 80, Decoration Day.
A District Sunday School Con-
vention will be held at Cecilton on
Saturday and Sunday, May 10 and
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! George M. Evans the newly ap-
pointed postmaster of Elkton,
assumed charge of tn, Office on
Monday.
The annual Hartford County
Union Sunday School Convention
will be held at Aberdeen, on Thurs
day, May 81.
The recently organized Perry
vile Fire Company has received a
handsome new hose carriage and
800 feet of hose.
Byron Bouchelle, of Chesapeake
City, has been elected cashier Of
the National Bank Of that town, to
succeed the late John Banks.
The Eleventh Annual Session of
the State Council of Maryland,
Daughters of Liberty, meets in
Havre de Grace Thursday and
Friday of this week.
Prof. Carroll Edgar, instructor of
the manual training department of
Elkton High School, has been elect
ed president of the State Manual
Training Teachers Association.
A valuable Jersey COW belonging
to John K. Mote of Newark was so
badly hurt by fence paling pen
etrating her stomach, one day last
week, that she had to be killed.
The Hartford County Commits
sioners have fixed the tax rate for
that county at 81 on the 800, the
same as last year. The assessable
basis of the county is $15, ,12S, 1877.
The newly organized Elkton
Town Council has appointed p. j.
McGready bailiff. at a salary of
$500 per year, and ]. Frank Frazer
treasurer, at salary of $3.50 per
year.
John Mckinney, formerly of the
Elkton Cecil County League team,
who signed to pitch with the Provi-
dence team this year, has been re-
leased and is now with the Hartford,
Conn.,, team.
Raynard Shippers, aged six years,
son of Samuel Shippers of North
East, got one of his legs caught in
the wheel of heavy wagon on
Tuesday morning and suffered a
fracture at the hip.
R. D. Bowland, Herman Jeffers,
Joshua Clayton, J. j. Minister and
ID. w. Wilson were elected dele
gates to represent the Elkton Fire
Department at the Maryland State
Firemen's Association Convention
which meets in Westminster next
month.
The fishing season, which has
practically closed, has been an un.
usually poor one. Good catches of
herring have been made but shad
have been scarce, the redeeming
feature from the fisherman's stand
point being that high prices have
prevailed.
The directors of the Wilmington
& Elkton trolley line have deposit
ed with County Treasurer Holm, in
Elkton, $1,000 as a guarantee of
good faith that their road would be
completed to Elkton by October
next. The company will use the
public roads from the Delaware
line to Elkton.
The body of an unknown white
man, apparently 40 years of age,
was discovered Thursday of last
week on the Entwistle farm near
Elkton. Nothing was found on
his person by which he could be
identified, and from the condition
of the body he had been dead for
several days.
The annual election for Town
Commissioners of Chesapeake City
took place Wednesday, there were
two tickets in the field and the con-
test was close. The winning can
didates were Messrs. Hugh W.
Caldwell, j. Polk Steele, Henry
Hager, Joseph Schaeffer and q. G.
Cooling. Alexander Van Buskirk
was reelected town bailiff. Mr..
Caldwell, receiving the highest
vote, will be made Mayor of the
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