The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-08-30
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL. HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED.

Inc hlSluS gun ebno OhlonO
teams will play on the home ground
this afternoon.
The annual picnic of Octoraro M.
E. Sunday school will be held on
the church lawn Saturday after
noon.
Riverside Cornet Band of Port
Deposit, will hold a festival and
bazaar in that town the latter part
of October.
About 500 was cleared by the
young ladies of Rock PRESBYTERIAN
church, near Fair Hill, by the
bazar Saturday evening.
West Nottingham Presbyterian
Sunday school held its annual har-
vest home in the grove at the
church yesterday afternoon.
Winfield S. Smith, of Peach
Bottom, has purchased for $4,000
the fine farm of D. W. McVey, of
Sylmar, embracing 101 acres.
The August meeting of the Cecil
Farmers Club was held at the
home of M. L. Thompson, near
Woodlawn, on Wednesday.
A festival will be held at Porter's
Grove M. P. church tomorrow eve
ming, 31st inst. The Rising Sun
Cornet Band will be in attendance.
A lively scrap between a couple
of juveniles, one white and the
other black, took place in town
Monday morning, with honors even
and injuries slight.
The National Bank of Rising
Sun will observe Monday, Septem
Der 2, 1907, Labor Day, as a legal
holiday, and will not be open for
business on that date.
A number of young men OF the
Second district of Cecil county have
organized Democratic club, with
headquarters at Cayot's Corner,
and indorsed Judge Crothers.
H. G. Gotwalt will assume
charge of paper mill on the Con,
estoga creek, near Lancaster, next
month, while Ira Witcraft will
succeed Mr.. Gotwalt as manager OF
Cecil paper mill.
James Andrews, who for the past
thirty seven years has been an in.
mate OF Elkton Jail, has been placed
in the "County Home" at Cherry
Hill. Andrews, who is 73 years OF
age, is a veteran Of the Civil war.
The canneries at Colora and
Oakwood expected to begin the
mack of tomatoes this week. Toma-
toes are ripening very slowly owing
TO the cool nights, and the indica-
tions are for short pack in this
section.
The Prohibitionists of Cecil coun-
tv held convention in Rising Sun
with Amos r. Brown, chairman,
Saturday afternoon. They decided
not to place a ticket in the field
this year. Delegates were chosen
for the State convention.
During a recent thunder gust
lightning struck wheat stack on
the farm of T. S. Othoson, near
Warwick, setting it on fire. The
flames communicated to other near
by stacks, destroying them all.
The loss is partially covered by
insurance.
Quite a number of our young
people enjoyed the moonlight ex'
cursion down the bay on the steam
er Susauehanna, from Port Deposit,
Monday evening. A party OF
about 200 from Oxford went on the
excursion, returning from Port De-
posit to Oxford by special train.
Jack Bladen, colored, was arrest
ed and lodged in Elkton Jail >on
Monday on the charge of stealing a
lot of tools from the Flint Mills at
Conowingo, a month or so ago
>trhe arrest was made by Constable
Barrett, and hearing held before
Squire T. III. Cummings, of Pilot.
The M. E. Sunday school held
their annual picnic on Wednesday
in the grove on the Duyckinck-
Sterrett farm, near the station.
The day was enjoyed by big and
little folks alike, as too, was the
splendid dinner served a little past
midday, the baskets containing the
good things being wonderfully
lightened before the journey home
ward. The day was an ideal one and