The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-06-12
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs Of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

the hundred dollars.
The Kent County Commissioners
have fixed the tax rate for the year
at 81 IL on the 500.
The 2OOth anniversary OF Old
Drawers Presbyterian Church, at
Odessa, Del, was celebrated on
Sunday.
Farmers in the lower counties on
the Eastern Shore started their
harvest last week, the crop being a
good one.
A festival will be held at Pilot
town on Saturday evening, June
81. Proceeds for the benefit of
Bethesda church.
The Colored Brass Band of Mil
ford, Del, has gone to New York,
where it joined Frank A. Robbins
Railroad Show for the season.
At an election on Saturday the
town Of West Grove voted to
authorize the borrowing of $4,000
to be expended in street i'm
proyements.
Mrs. John Grimes, of Mercel,
California, who is visiting Oxford
friends, had the misfortune to lose
1914 while attending the fair in that
town Friday last.
A petition from number of
residents of the district has been
filed with the Couty Commission
ers, protesting against the open
ing of a new road at Gains in the
Ninth district.
The County Commissioners have
ordered the printing of county
bonds at $500 each, to the amount
of $25, 700, for permanent road
work, as authorized by act of the
recent Legislature.
The CULLEN farm of 40 acres, in
East Nottingham, Chester county,
has been purchased by Thomas
Gillingham, of Lincoln, who is the
owner of the adjoining McHenry
mill property. 1t is valuable for
its water right.
Mrs. Rebecca Reynolds presented
the JOURNAL with a handsome
bouquet of roses from her recent
purchase" Hillside Cottage form
erly known as the Fox property,
near Rowlandville. The vine was
planted by Miss Betsy Fox, in 184S.
The fair held at Oxford three
days last week, was the best Spring
fair, in point of attendance and ex-
hibits, ever held by the Agricul-
tural Society in that town. It is
estimated fully 1000 persons were
on the grounds Friday, the last
day. The receipts of the fair were
about 5000.
Hopewell M. E. Church, Wood
land, Rev. Howard Gray, pastor,
Sabbath service, June IA: Chill,
dren's Day service at 1890; Ep-
worth League at 1880; Preaching at
s by pastor. Subject, "Setting
Sail;n LIST in series called Seaside
side Sunday Evening Trips.
Michael Stumpa, of Perryville,
by his counsel, Joshua Clayton,
Esq, has docketed suiffor damag-
es against the p, B. & w. r. R.
Company and Hugh G. House, an
employe of said company, for assault
and battery by House while acting
as an officer for the Company.
The automobile of Charles Carter,
with the owner and Supt. Charles
Lindsay aboard plunged into the
race near Providence mill few
days ago, giving both men an IN
expected bath. Luckily they es-
capped injury. The machine was
fished out and sent to the repair
shop.
Admiral Dewey, the fine trotting
stallion owned by Charles w.
Baker of Aberdeen, and DR.. Coy
of Kirkwood, which recently died
from a ruptured blood vessel, was
purchased by his owners for S6, 900.
The animal was insured for &c.
900. An offer of $4,000 had
been refused for him. The horses
record was 2.044.
The stable of Frank Croft, in
Quarryville, and the stable on the
adjoining property of G. j. p.
Raub, were destroyed by fire of an
unknown origin on Wednesday OF
last week. The vehicles and live
stock were saved, with the excep
ton of one hog, which had been
released but ran back into the pen
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