The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-08-02
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
local HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

Rigby camp meeting opens Sun
day, August IL.
DR., T. B. Moore has completed
the erection of a stable on his prop
erty in town.
Rawlingsville camp meeting
opens August 13 and continues
until the 22d.
A new dynamo has been installed
at the Glenroy creamery for the
purpose OF furnishing light for the
plant.
The official board of Fremont M.
Il. church has granted the pastor,
Rev. W. L. Cam, a two weeks
vacation.
William G. West, of Sylmar, has
sold his PAGER, Strychnine, which
has a record of 2:15, to Philadel-
phia party.
The Knights of Pythias realized
Mabout $500 from the. fair and
stival held four nights last week
Eewisville.
h Caldwell has been elected
MT of the Board of Town
aIissioners for Chesapeake City,
q. T. Cooling, Town Treasurer.
At the request of the city council
, Of Elkton, the Pennsylvania Rail
road placed regular night watch
man at North Street crossing of that
town.
A festival will be held at Pilot
tomorrow evening by the NJ. E.
Sunday school. Music will be fur
nished by the Rising Sun Cornet
Band.
The heavy downpour of rain
yesterday morning overfowed the
tank in the attic at w. p. b. Lock
woods and thoroughly saturated
the rooms below.
John M. Post, until recently
editor of the Elkton Appeal, has
started on trip through Washing
ton and California to look over the
journalistic field.
The directors of Union Hospital
have decided to build an annex
to the hospital at Elkton, in order
to better adapt the building to the
nurnOSeS intended,
Mrs. G. W. Irwin, of Perryville,
during a recent visit to Wilmington
had the misfortune to lose her
pocketbook containing railroad
tickets and about fifty dollars.
The johnson property of Is acres
in the Sixth district was sold
Wednesday at the Court House
door by George A. Blake, Trustee,
to William Whitman, for $3.50.
AT the recent festival of Perry
Vile Americas Band, Miss Virginia
Hall won the gold ring and Mrs.
William Evans, the rocking chair.
The sum of $125 was realized.
The festival held by Nottingham
band on Tuesday evening was
great success. A large crowd was
present to patronize the affair and
listen to the music of Oakryn
Band.
The newly organized cornet band
of Bay View has elected Robert
Trimble president, Fred Rose
secretary, Allie Smith treasurer,
Frank Davis and Murray Cameron
leaders.
The little son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Irwin, of Octoraro Junction,
aged about two years, feA into the
Susquehanna river on Thursday
morning of last week, and was
drowned.
The heavy thunder gust and
down pour of rain yesterday morn
ing caught number of our farmers
in this neighborhOod in the midst
of oats harvest. The grain in the
fields which had not been cut was
beaten down and badly tangled.
A destitute man about so years
of age was noticed around West
Nottingham and COlora several
days this week and on Tuesday
morning he was found lying by the
roadside in very feeble condition,
apparently suffering from the effect
of a sunstroke. A testament found
on his person indicated that his
name was Work and that he was of
Philadelphia. AS he could not
give an intelligent account of him
self and was in need of medical
attention, Magistrate s. A. Taylor