The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-03-08
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED.

Ma1Cn Wedtner3-Suu, SnoW,
blow.
A cerfew law is being advocated
for Port Deposit.
North East town election will be
held Monday, March Is.
Over $40 was realized by the
ladies of Zion M. E. church by the
chicken and waffle supper held by
them.
A movement is being pushed
among the business men of North
Fast for the location OF shirt
factory in the town.
The Ladies Art Circle, Of Perry
vile, will hold a Progressive Tea
in the American Mechanics Hall,
that town, on Friday, March Is.
About SIG was realized by the
recent entertainment and box so
cial held by the teacher and pupils
of Principle Furnace public school
The Young Ladies Home Mis-
sion social will be entertained this
evening at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry G. Robertson, near
town.
A 5000 scholarship has been set
aside by the Woman's College o.
Baltimore for the use of the high
schools of Maryland, outside OF
Baltimore.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany has offered its old passenger
station in Havre de Grace for an
armory for the use of the military
company just formed in that town.
Captain John A. Morgan, of
Company E, M. n G., has given
notice that members who fail t"
attend the drills at the armcry in
Elkton will be court martialt d and
fined.
A marble tablet erected in mem
ory Of Rev. E. d Finney, in the
First Presbyterian Church, Belair,
was unveiled Sunday, with in
tesesting and impressive services
held in that church.
The j. G. Hollingsworth Wheel
CorNpauy. of Wheel, Hartford
county, has been absorbed by th'
Hagerstown Spoke and Bending
Company, which has increased its
capital stock from 100000 t.
1856, 900.
At the annual election for seven
Town Commissioners, held in Port
Deposit last week, the following
were chosen: d R Armstro e. q
T. Stephenson, Walter St CLAIR.
Thomas Fl Murray, l. w Burro
John G Vannort and B. F. Kelly
I" Woodia&n." E" the 266 acre farn
of Mrs. Heniietta G. Ward. in th,
First district OF Cecil county, was
sold at the courthouse door in
Elktou Wednesday, hy W T War
burton, trustee, to Andrew Wilson,
of Kent county, Md, for $l2,70
The woodshed and meathouse op
the farm of Mrs Harriet de FIJI.
amiere, near Zion. were burn' d
one night last week. The Ere j.
supposed to have been caused b,
hot ashes which had been thrown
in pile against one of the
buildings.
a series of meeting for men and
bows has been arranged 10 be held
Sunday afternoons IN the Eikton
Opera House. The first meeting
will he held at $3.50 O'Clock. Sun
day, March 10, aud will be ad
dressed by Rev. De Witt NJ. Ben
ham. Phi. d., of Baltimore, an able
and eloquent speaker.
Prof. T. B. Symonds, state Ento-
mologist, of the Md. Agl. College,
will deliver a lecture on the San
Jose Scale, before the Calvert Agri-
cultural High School on Friday
evening, March 10. and on the fol-
lowing morning he will give a
practical demonstration of spraying
at Cedar FARM, DR. e. e. Browns S
property, near Calvert.
The American Ice Company, q
Baltimore, which own large ice
houses al Perryyille, put force OF
ahont 200 men at work on the Sus
Quehanna river at that point
Wednesday of last week harvesting
a 6ne qnaIity ice averaging ahpnI
10 inches in thickness The
honses at PprryVille have a caDac