The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-07-26

Leslie Camp opened on Wednes
day of this week.
The republicans primaries for
Cecil county will be called for
August 10.
Some of our farmers expect to
begin oats harvest the latter part
of this week.
DR.. E. E. Brown, of Cedar Farm,
had one of his gray horses die with
the collie last week.
The Pioneer Tennis Club has
been re-organized and fine court
marked out on the ball field.
Fifteen tickets were sold at this
station Wednesday morning for the
railroad excursion to Colchester
Beach.
J. M. Post, of Elkton, has sold
his boat house, launch and para
phernalia to John Lawrence, of
Elk Mills.
While attempting to adjust the
knives on a moving machine, L..
B. Manlove, a farmer near War
wick, lost a finger.
The finishing touches are being
put on the dwelling of Mrs. Ellen
Pyle, on Cherry street, and the
family are moving into it.,
Friends meeting next Sabbath
at 10 a. m, conference class at III
a.. m. Subject: Sacred Literature.
Meeting room, first floor of hall
building.
The Sunday School of Pilot will
hold festival on Saturday evening,
August 3, on the school grounds.
Music will he furnished by the
Rising Sun Cornet Band.
The frame of Jesse T. Cameron's
new dwelling on Cherry street, was
raised this week and work on the
building is being pushed with
yigor for its early completion.
The amount realized by the
festival held on Friday evening
last for the benefit Of Bay View
Cornet Band was about $76.
Rising Sun Cornet Band was
present.
Duyckinck, Sterrett & Co. re.
ceived the first new wheat on Mon
day, 22nd inst, and this week ship.
ped carload to the city market.
The price quote is so cents per
bushel.
Children's Day services will be
held at Porter's Grove M. P.
church next Sunday evening, July
%, commencing at 1880 o'clock.
An interesting program will be
given and the public is cordially
invited.
The preceptress at West Not
tingham Academy for the coming
! year is Miss Mary A. Ranck, of
( Lancaster, Pa. She is graduate
of Dickinson College and comes
highly recommended.
There was a partial eclipse of the
moon on Wednesday evening.
The first appearance of the shadow
was little after 10 o'clock, and
about an hour and a half later the
eclipse attained its greatest magni-
tude, the shadow darkening about
two.thirds of the moons surface.
The sweltering weather of this
and last week has been particu
larly trying on harvesters, the op-
pressive heat being severely felt
by the men in the fields and the
teams engaged in the work. The
mercury reached its highest point
on Thursday last, when go was
recorded.
The members of Susquehanna
Council, No. 72, Junior Order
United American Mechanics, will
hold festival in Mechanics Hall
Oakwood, Saturday evening, July
27. The Rising Sun Cornet Band
will be in attendance. If stormy
on above date, the festival will be
held the following Monday
evening.
The Horseshoe" farm, near
Cecil paper mill, embracing $50
acres in Pennsylvania and 40 acres
in Maryland, has been sold by III.
T. Cause, of Wilmington, to James
r. Hall, of Pennington. Mr.. Hall
will m we to his "gOod luck" pur-
chase next Monday and his friends
will find him "at home" after that
date whether he is in Maryland or