The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-04-12
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs Of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED
Today is Arbor and Day.

Today is Arbor and Day.
Despite the cool weather plum
trees are putting forth their bloom.
Perryyille is having its troubles,
mumps, pink eye and chicken pox
being prevalent in the town.
Cherry Hill Council, o. U. A.
M, will celebrate its forty third
anniversary on Saturday evening.
The date selected for the annual
Field Day sports at Jacob Tome In
stitute this year is Saturday, May
11th.
AY. W. G. T. u. is to be organ
lied at Calvert by Mrs. A. r..
Brown, President of Cecil County
w. CT. U. this evening.
Alfred Reynolds, who last year
conducted the store at New Bridge,
has removed to Appleton, where he
has opened store business.
1t is reported a larger dynamo is
to be installed at the Gilpin's
Falls electric plant, the present
one not Glling requirements.
Mrs. William Fl. Cole, Jr., of
Perryville, slipped on some ice
Monday while walking along a
street OF the town, and fell and
fractured her wrist.
Morton Reeder, Raynor Carey,
Ollie Coslett, Rufus Wells, and
Marshall Priest have embarked in
the chicken business on an extensive
scale in North East.
The town election in Elkton on
Monday, for two councilmen, re-
suited in total of 27S votes being
cast and the choice of John III.
Terrell and Harry M. Taylor.
G. Elliott Brown, of Elkton, has
been awarded a diamond ring by the
Hearst American Home Magazine,
of Chicago, for the correct solution
of puzzle published in the mag
azine.
Amos Lynch, son Of the late
Granville Lynch, was taken sick
last week and given shelter and
board by Mr.. and Mrs. j. d. Garnt.
His case developed into typhoid
and he was taken to q Baltimore
hospital for treatment.
The weather this week has been
as. disagreeable as it has capricious,
with snow storm Tuesday morn
ing of no mean proportion, covering
the ground as it did to the depth
of an inetl and a half or more, in a
short while.
Miss Vincent and Mrs. Swanson,
have terminated their connections
with the Silver Cross Home, at
Port Deposit, after ten years ser
vice. Mrs. Whitney, of Baltimore,
succeeds Miss Vincent as matrOn,
and Miss Lilly, of the came city,
succeeds Mrs. Swanson as nurse.
The Sparvetta Mining Co., it is
reported, has decided to abandon
it's traction engine for hauling to
and from the mill and railroad sid
ing near Sylmar. 1t has been
found that the engine will not run
satisfactorily over the pike which
was built this winter by the
company.
Four members of the Elkton
minstrel troupe have entered suit
against the Pennsylvania Railroad
for $1,000 each. The men were
arrested some weeks ago by an
officer because one of their crowd
had lighted a cigarette iR the
passenger station at Havre de
Grace.
Unsuccessful, ,attempfs were made
last week to haul the large scow
belonging to the Acme Sand Com
pany, back into the river, from
where it was left high and dry by
the ice gorge at Port Deposit.
Two tugs we're unable to move the
seow, which is some distance from
the river.
A suit for $40, 900 damages was
placed on trial last week in the
BeIair Court by the American Ice
Company, against Charles A
Simms & Company. of Philadel'
phia. 1t is alleged thGt the ice
company storage houses at Perry
willie were destroyed by fire about
a year ago from p spark from an
engine belonging to Simms &
Company.
The annual meeting of Mary
land State Bar Association will
be held July 3, A and 5, at Ocean