The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-12-18
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

N0XG Erluay Is CnrlStmaS.
Tag day was great success.
Another snow fall yesterday.
Snow, rain and mud on Friday
last.
The public schools of the county
close today for the Christmas holi.
days.
Thursday next, Dec. "a, is the
last day OF the cunning season in
Cecil county.
The Cecil Farmers Club met
with @. Ross Biles, near Blue Ball,
on Wednesday.
j.. i Stephens and John Lynch,
of near town, each lost a valuable
horse this week from collie.
Rev. O.. +. Jones has been in
yited to return for another year as
pastor of Cecilton M. E. church.
"a number of shad are reported
to have been caught in the Snsque-
hanna river at Conowingo last
week.
Twenty-six penitents professed
conversion at the revival meetings
recently held at Hopewell M. E.
church.
Governor Crothers has declared
Saturday, December 26 legal holi
day w request of a number OF
bankers.
A small son of Harry L. GlackeD
was bitten in the face by William
Richardson's dog last Monday.
A meeting Of the County Exec.
utive of the w. G. T. U. was held
Thursday of this week at the home
of Mrs. Edwin Haines.
The public school at Blake has
been closed the past week on &C
count Of an outbreak of scarlet
fever in, the neighborhood.
The ice was of sufficient thick.
ness on some of the small ponds in
the neighborhood last week to per-
NIT skating for a day or two.
IF the person who lost pocket
book in Rising Sun one day last
week calls at this Office and de-
scribes the property he may re.
cover it.
Ben, the old reliable family
horse, aged 35 years, belonging TO
w. G.. West, was freed from all all.
ments and passed peacefully away
this week. .
w. B. Cooney has greatly i'm
proved his restaurant and bakery
on Centre Square by a dress of
paint and it now presents an at
tractive holiday appearance in
yellow and green.
Joseph Clifford, of Sylmar, re
turned on Saturday morning from a
cunning trip in Virginia. He was
member of party of four who
bagged five wild turkeys, sixty
partridges and numerous rabbits.
The annual Christmas entertain
ment of James M. e Sunday school
will be held in the church on
Christmas eve, Dec. "a, at 7:3O
o'clock, when special program Of
music, etc., will be rendered and all
attendants of the school will be
given q treat. An admission of 10
cents will be charged.
The Standard Oil Company un.
loaded from a fat car at Colora on
Saturday morning, an immense
tank weighing. IA 900 pounds. The
tank has a capacity of 400 barrels
of oil and will be placed on the
lot recently purchased from Mrs.
Tosh, Colora being made the dis
tributing station for this section in
future.
Frightening at a wheelbarrow the
horse of John Ramsey, .hitched in
front Of Haines & Kinks hard ware,
broke away and ran off Wednes-
day morning, upsetting the dear
born to which it was attached,
breaking the shafts and seat of the
vehicle and stripping itself Of har.
ness. The wagon collided with that
of John T. Adams, standing in
front of Scott Wilson's, overturn-
ing it and damagingit considerably.
The runaway horse was caught
near w. B. Cooney's bakery, after
.,,alr;nm the ci, emit of the s0narn.