The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-02-08

Thursday next is st. Valentines
day.
Tuesday next, 18th inst, is
Lincoln's birthday anniversary.
The Sparvetta siding, near Syl
mar, was put in use for the first
time on Friday last.
The thermometers ranged from
60 to 100 below zero in this neigh
borhood yesterday morning.
A pie social will be held by the
teacher and pupils of Colora public
school on Friday evening, Feb. 10.
Proceeds for library fund.
The Junior League of the M. E.
church will hold box social at
home. of Mrs. Gertrude Pogue on
Friday evening, February 22nd.
The W. G. I. U. will hold me-
morial services for Frances E Viii
lard on Thursday, Feb. 14th, at
2:3O o'clock, at the home OF the
Secretary.
Robert G. Reeder, assistant
cashier of the National Bank of
North East, has purchased tor
S14OO the James L. Baker property
in that town.
The frame of w. Louis Ryan's
new dwelling on Cherry street, was
partially raised last week but the
SHOWS siuce have greatly retarded
the progress of the work.
The Epworth League of Hope
well M. E. church will hold p Pie
Social at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
H. H. Kirk. Wednesday evening,
Doth inst. If stormy, next evening.
A. A. Brown,the aged janitor of
the Elkton court house, has been
granted a pension of 800 per year,
and back pay, by the English Gov
ernment, being a veteran OF the
English army.
Mrs. Philess Webster, colored, of
Calvert, was the winner in the
watch contest at Mt. Hope A. U.
M, P. church last week, having
collected $500. A total of 500 .15
was collected.
The Persons Grove School has
been awarded a prize of $5 for a
collection of insects exhibited at the
annual naeeting of the Peninsula
Horticultural Society, recently held
at Dover, DEL.
Howard Widdoes, aged six years,
son Sf James Widdoes of Elk Mills,
had his arm badly lacerated few
days ago by the accidental dis
charge of shot gun that he had
gotten hold of in the room.
Charles W. Ward, instructor in
Eloention at the Jacob Tome In
stitute, Port Deposit, has resigned
ais position in that institution to
accept a similar one in the Eastern
High School, Detroit, Mich.
The new hall building of the
Nottingham band has been com
Melted and the members of the band
are preparing to dedicate it by
holding a fair on the evenings of
Friday aud Saturday, March LIST
and End.
G. 7. Snyder has purchased the
grocery business of Benz. Rriscoe
and restaurant business of Thos.
Kirk & Son and will combine the
two at the stand at present occu.
pied by Kirk & Son. corner of
Queen and Cherry streets.
There is at least one member of
the rising generation in this vicin
ity who has lost faith in the
ground hog. After setting three
traps on Saturday last, this lad
mounted rail pile near a. ground
hog hole aud waited yainly an hour
or more for the mythical weather
prophets appearance. finally TAX
ing up his traps and leaving the
vicinity in disgust, thoroughly
convinced there is nothing in the
time hOn0Eed belief.
Miss Berths NJ. Tyson on Satur
day shipped a, pure wild turkey
gobbler and a pure wild turkey
hen to the Rhode Island Agricul-
tural Experiment Station, Division
of Animal Breeding and Pathology,
at Kingston, r. L., for their exper
imeutal work this year. 4 few
weeks ago she'supplied j. P. Nor
gan with fne flock of wild and
half wild turkeys for his game pre-
serve in New York. Miss Tyson is
this week attending the Poultry
Show 10 Philadelphia.