The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-07-20
Dog days are here.

New school houses are to be built
at Elk Mills and West Amwell, this
county.
Leslie Camp opens Wednesday
next, 25th inst, and holds over
two Sundays.
DIR. F. L. Harrick, of Baltimore,
will locate in North East for the
practice of his profession.
The Elkton Presbyterian church
has been closed pending extensive
improvements which are being
made.
The W. G. I. U. will meet with
Mrs. S. Taylor Reynolds on Thurs
day afternoon, 26th inst, at 2:3O
O'Clock.
While harvesting wheat last week
near Bay View Harry Abrams fell
from the binder and suffered two
broken ribs.
The trustees of Hopewell M. E.
church held very successful fes-
tival on the church lawn Wednes-
day evening.
The measles are still going the
rounds. Gerald Efing, of the
MIDLAND force of typos, is among
the sufferers from the malady in
this town.
Samuel J. Harris, tenant on the
Tucker farm, near Elkton, reports
yield of 1,743 bushels of wheat
from 6S acres, little better than
253 bushels per acre.
Rev. Samuel Polk, of West Not.
tingham Presbyterian church, and
Rev. Mr.. Scyple, of Port Deposit
Presbyterian church, exchanged
pulpits on Sunday last.
E. r. Burlington & Sons are pre-.
pairing to install large freight
elevator in the rear of their three
story furniture building, to lacili-
tate the handling of their furniture
stock.
The electric storm which swept
over this section on Tuesday at
about noon was severe one, and
was accompanied by a perfect del
nge of rain, which washed fields
and roads badly.
DIR. Abram w. Harris, who
recently resigned as Director OF
jacob Tome Institute, left Port De-
posit last week and after spending
the summer in Maine will assume
the presidency of Northwestern
University, at Evanston, Ill.
Counsel of the Trustees of The
Jacob Tome Institute have signed
an agreement to accept from Mrs.
Joseph 1. France her deed for the
Tome. Mansion Property at Port
Deposit, and to pay to her the
stipulated price of 100000.
Perryville proved a stumbling
block for the Rising Sun team on
Saturday afternoon last, in the
game played on the grounds of the
former, the score being Perryville
4, Rising Sun /. The same teams
will play on the home grounds
tomorrow afternoon.
Freight brakeman Jos. L. Devon,
of this town. is off duty with a
badly cut hand. The sudden stop
ping of his train on Wednesday
lust as he was stepping inside the
cabin car threw him forcibly
against some sharp projection and
lacerated his hand so badly as to
require his going to a hospital to
have it dressed.
Zion Methodist Episcopal church,
which has been closed for several
months undergoing improvements,
was re.opened Sunday morning
with an all. day service. The open
ing sermon was preached by Rev.
w. r. Mowbray, of Bridgeville,
Del. Presiding Elder A. s. Now
bray preached in the afternoon and
Rev. A. P. Prettyman, in the
evening.
Our notice of last week relative
to James Brown, of Sylmar, keep
ing apples of last years. crop until
this years. crop ripened, has
brought others to the front who
have successfully kept the fruit
the same length of time. Mrs. W.
P. Reynolds, of near town, left at
the MIDLAND Office this week fine
specimen of the grindstone variety,
grown last year, and choice lot Of
early harvest apples OF this years
crop.