The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-07-12
Harvest in full swing.

No macadamized road will be
built this year by the County
Commissioners.
The grass is a good deal cut by
the action of our farmers, while the
wheat is simply shocked.
A brass band has been organized
at Bay View by number of young
men of the neighborhood.
The net proceeds of the festival
held recently at Trinity Parish
House, Elkton, were $64.6O.
Samuel T. Wiley, of Colora, has
been elected a director of the
National Bank of Rising Sun.
The Sharpless condensery has
arranged to handle the output of
S. G. England & Sons creamery.
The plant of the Powers Foun-
dry Company at Elkton is being
enlarged by the erection of a 4Ox96
#. brick building.
y John L. Narvell, railroad watch
man at Mt. Ararat, near Port De
posit, has sent a collection of snakes
to the Geological Gardens, Philada.
The steeple of the Catholic
church at Chesapeake City was
struck by lightning during a recent
electric storm and considerably
damaged.
Wilson L. Coudon, for several
months past local editor of the
Cecil Whig, has resigned his posi-
tion and Julian Smith appointed to
the vacancy.
The festival held by the members
of Zion Presbyterian church, on
Wednesday evening of last week,
netted about $40. Nottingham
band furnished music.
J. Newell Abrahams, of Wood
lawn, has resigned his position in
Cecil National Bank, Port Deposit,
and gone to Topeka, Kan, where
he has secured position.
john Wilson, young son of Scott
Wilson, is among the 4th of July
victims, having met with pain
full injury to his eye in touching
off a "fizzer," which burned him
seyerly.
Permission has been granted
John Stump by the County Com
missioners for the erection of
pole line along the public road
from his electric, plant at Belve-
dere to Perryville.
Monday afternoons storm was of
unusual severity in the neighbor-
hood of Colola. A bolt of light
ming struck telephone pole near
the house of Mrs. Fannie Crothers,
shattering it from top to bottom.
The valuable driving mare own.
ed by VIM. T. Fryer of Colora,
which ran an iron bar through its
throat while standing in the stable
about two weeks ago, died last
Saturday.
The Rising Sun base ball club
visited Avondale on the 4th of
July and played two games of ball
with the team of that place, win
ming in the morning by score of
10 to 2, and losing in the afternoon
by 6 to L.
Company E, of Elkton, has been
encamped the past week at Fort
Howard, for artillery drill. The
Company will spend ten days at
Fort Howard and then go to Glen
Burnie, Anne Arundel county, for
six days, rifle practice.
Duke, the little pet dog belong
ing to the children of VIM. NJ.
Pogue, got in front of moving
machine Monday afternoon and had
both hind legs severed by the
knives. The canine was sent to
the happy hunting grounds by the
ohlorOform route.
John II. Terrell, democratic can
didate for Asst. Treasurer for Cecil
County, had his left hand badly
injured at his home in Elkton on
July A, by the explosion of a
dynamite cannon cracker.
One of Chesapeake City's fire.
works victims is George Ryan, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. James Ryan, who
was struck in the eye by torpedo
thrown by another boy. 1t is fear
ed the lad may lose sightin the
member.