The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-01-12
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events. in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED.
Fine moonlight nights.

I1uO AAOSAiAAShS HAS3 -eS'
Thermometer at 100 Tuesday
morning.
Lovers of the sport are enjoying
skating this week.
One lone cutter ventured out
upon our streets Tuesday morning.
About two inches of snow on
Monday afternoon and evening.
More like winter this week, and
ice harvesters were in hopeful
mood for few days.
The Jenkins property, near
Pennington, has been purchased by
Stanley McVey for $625.
The Brickley farm OF $50 acres
in Upper Elk Neck, has been
purchased at private sale by John
w. Arrants, for $4,000.
Protracted meetings are in pro-
gress at the M. E. church in this
town, in charge of the pastor. Rev.
j. P. Otis.
The Clifford homestead farm, at
Zion, was sold at public sale in Elk
ton on Tuesday to Rutledge Gift
ford, for $8,0S5. ii,
The January meeting of the
Cecil Farmers Club will be Held
at the home of Martin L. Thompson,
near Woodlawn, on Wednesday,
18th inst.
The ladies of the Mite Society
realized $82 by the dinner and sup
per served on Saturday last in the
basement of the church. About
500 was netted.
A freight wreck on the Columbia
& Port Deposit railroad at Octo
raro Junction on Saturday morning
last delayed the morning trains
about three. quarters of an hour.
George I. Lockwood, former as.
sistant principal at the Elkton High
School, has been appointed by Sec
retary Bonaparte an assistant pay
master in the United States Navy.
The dates selected by Director
Amoss for the Farmers Institutes
for Cecil County are: at Cecilton.
Saturday, February 10, and Rising
Sun, Monday and Tuesday, Feb
II and 13.
The American Telephone and
Telegraph Co., has distributed sew.
eral big 5Ofoot poles in town fol
the replacing of a number of con
demned ones carrying the immense
strain of the 81 wires of the line.
The Wickersham public school
in East Nottingham township
Chester county, has been closed by
the School Board on account of a
case of diphtheria in the family ol
Isaac Griest, in close proximity.
Rev. T. E. Martindale of the
Elkton M. f. church, has been in
vited to become pastor of the
Salisbury NJ. E. church the coming
conference year, and will accept
subject to the decision of the
Conference.
Clifford Jenkins was hailed before
Magistrate Taylorl Friday evening
bv the town authorities, on the
charge of being drunk and dis
orderly Christmas day, and fined
three dollars and costs, the Magis
trate warning him that on a rep
etition of the offense he would bt
sent to Jessup's Cut.
r. Rawlings, VIM. Cummings
Philip R. Bond, j. T. Grove, ALFRED
and John Fassitt, the party O.
Cecil countians who last week
visited the Hartman stock farm
near Columbus, Ohio, subscribed
for stock in fine blooded German
coach stallion which reached Port
Deposit on Monday and has beer
pronounced the finest piece of horse
flesh ever seen in that town,
Postmaster Samuel Hambletor
permitted the MIDLAND to sample
a crate of fine Florida oranges
which he received this week from
his brother, j. w. Hambleton, Of
Kissimmee, who removed from this
section few years ago to engage
in the orange growing business.
Mr.. Hambleton now has two groves
in bearing and is we'll pleased with
the business but says he cannot
stand the Florida summers. He
has recently bought the Wilson
Kimble farm, near town, and viii
remove here next spring.