The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-05-25
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL. HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED
One more week of school.

One more week OF Scnooi.
Wednesday next, Decoration
Day, is legal holiday.
A steam merry go round has
been set up on the ball grounds.
Calvert w. G. T. U. realized $35
by the Milk Maids Convention
held last week.
The Young Ladies Home Mission
Social will be held at the home OF
Mrs. Mollie Reynolds this evening.
A Dairy Maids Convention will
be held in the Town Hall, Rising
Sun, Thursday evening, 3lst inst.
Garfield Post, G. A. R., will
attend services at the M. E. church
in this town on Sunday morning,
9th inst.
The public school at Pilottown,
Miss Ellen B. Shannon teacher,
will mold festival on the evening
of May 20.
Memorial Day, May 80, being a
legal holiday, the National Bank OF
Rising Sun will not open for bus,
mess on that date.
The regular meeting of the W. c..
T. u. has been postponed from
May 81 to June 7, when Flower
Mission Day, will be celebrated.
Miss Nellie Chapman has resign
ed her position as assistant at the
postoffice, which she has filled so
acceptably for the past six years.
West Nottingham Academy Wis
tied Chesapeake City on Saturday
and was defeated by the High
School team of that town by IL to 6.
After running above the 9O0
mark on Friday last, the mercury
took a decided tumble, there being
plenty OF frost in evidence Monday
morning.
The festival held on Thursday
evening last by the teacher and
pupils of Pleasant Meadow public
school. near town, netted $2O.5O for
the organ fund.
The Rising Sun Juniors defeated
East Nottingham on Saturday in
two games of ball played on the
home diamond, the scores being Ii
to IL and 4 to2.
Mrs. C. M. Janney purchased at
mortgagee's sale on Monday, for
$1,000, the lot and double frame
dwelling in North East, known as
the Murray property.
Sunday, May 81, will be observ-
ed as Children's Day at Elkton
Presbyterian church. the M. E.
Sunday School of the town uniting
in the evening services.
Susquehanna Tribe of Red Men,
of Colora, attended services in a
body at Mt. Pleasant M. E. church
on Sunday morning last, and lis
tened to an eloquent sermon by the
Rev. Mr.. Reese.
The ballots cast at the last elec'
tion were burned in one of the
pulp mill furnaces at Elkton, Mon
day, in the presence of the Election
Supervisors and the judges of tht
Orphans Court.
DIR. E. E. Brown, of Philada
whose splendid gift to Garfield
Post of this town, of shield o
weapons used in the Civil Wa
was noted last week, has added t.
this collection of relics number
of belt buckles. grape and canist
er-shot, mimic balls, etc., picked VI
in days tramp over the battle
field at Chattanooga.
Rev. James D. Reese, pastor o
Mt. Pleasant M. E. church, wa
rendered a donation surprise at tn
parsonage at Colora on Tuesda!
evening. About rs friends wer
present and very enjoyable eve
ming was spent. Rev. Saml. Polk
on behalf of the assemblage, deliv
cred some very appropriate re
marks for the occasion.
The Sparvetta Mining Co. i
erecting large derrick to affOrl
additional facilities for hoisting th
spar from the mine. The stick 70
the derrick was made from
mammoth white oak purchase,
from Wayne Reynolds. 1t wa
hewn from a log 81 feet in lengtl
and squared 12 inches. 1t requires
a IL mule team TO convey it to th
mine. The boom is so #. popla
cat 10 j. L. Stephens woods.