The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-04-19
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs Of Events in the County
During the Past Week. y
FOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED.

| Calvert M. E. Sunday school was
recognized on Sunday last.
Edward G. Lynch has rendered
his resignation to the Town Coun-
cil, as Bailiff of ElktOn.
The friends of former Congress,
man William B. Baker, of Aber-
,deen, are booming him for nomi.
nation for Governor on the Repub
lican ticket.
William 81. Harlan and Harry
Is. Carver have been appointed
receivers of the Enterprise Carriage
Company, of Bel Air, and have
bonded for $4,000.
The Level, Lapidum and Gar
Hand, Hartford county, postoffices
will be discontinued on April 80.
The patrons of these offices will
be served by rural free delivery.
The Rush Gas Light Company,
Eof Belair, has sold its plant to
E. Tucker & Co., of Forrest Hill,
who will improve the plant and
furnish better gas to the citizens Of
the town.
i Rev. Bernard Jacob Brinkema,
of Princeton, was extended unan'
imous call at a congregational meet
ing of Rock Presbyterian church,
held on Saturday, to become pastor
of the church.
| Murray Woods, employed as a
bridge carpentar on the Baltimore
| & Ohio Railroad, fell off the Sus-
quehanna River bridge Saturday,
a distance of thirty feet and was
seriously injured.
| The stockholders of the Elkton
Base Ball Association have de
cided to put a team in the field
this season and have elected Fred
H. LETTER temporary manager and
Edwin Vinsinger treasurer.
| Levin Hyland, Kent county
trapper, caught 800 musk rats
during the past trapping season.
In addition to selling the pelts
considerable was realized for the
meat, which is considered great
delicacy by some.
The first exhibition of the sea-
son bv AL. +. Wheeler's shows,
which wintered on the Oxford
Fair Grounds, will be given in that
ltown tomorrow afternoon and eve
ming. The shows exhibit at Quar-
Iryville on Monday.
Il While playing with an old
rusty pistol George Goodyear, aged
ia, of Providence, received a bad
Injury in the hand one day last
week, by the accidental discharge
lof the weapon, which the lad
"didn't know was loaded. !"
James Holland, colored, was
landed in Elkton Jail Sunday morn
ling charged with violating the
prohibition law of Cecil County.
So desperately did the prisoner
j fight to escape that it required five
linen to assist Sheriff Kirk.
7 VIM. Knight, manager of can
, merry in Kent county, was arrested
in Chestertown last week, charged
with obtaining money under false
, pretenses. 1t is charged he report.
ed more cases of canned goods in
the warehouse than were there,
and obtained loan on them.
II Axel johnson, a Scandinavian
by birth, and a reporter of the
) Bridgeport, Conn.,, Post, passed
! through Cecil county last week on a
5000 mile bicycle trip. He left
home penniless, one the Gondi.
tions being he must meet his ex-
penses without begging, which he
does by selling his photographs.
The Gospel Chapel at Provi-
, dence, Cecil county, which was
) recently erected was reopened and
dedicated Sunday afternoon in the
> presence of a large congregation
4 Rev. Mr.. Brown, of Wilmington,
] had charge of the service. Rev.
F. II. Seneft, of Philadelphia,
! preached the dedicatory sermon.
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!, In the snit of the American Ice
Q Company, of Baltimore, against
E Charles A. Simms & Co., of Phila-
: delphia, for $4,000 damages done
) to the American Ice Company
| storage house at Perryville by fire
through alleged negligence Of the
t defendants, on trial at Bel Air, the
) jury came into court Friday after
, noon stating thew could not agree