The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-05-15
Full moon tonight.
Festivals flourishing.

Some hail fell in this section Fri
day afternoon and Saturday night.
Quite a number from the town
and vicinity attended Tome Met
on Saturday.
Elwood Lindsay, Elmer Camp
bell and A. 81. Owens have been
re elected Town Commissioners of
Perryville.
A camp of the Patriotic Order
of Sons of America has been organ
lied at Cecilton with membership
of thirty-five.
The inclement weather last week
interferred with the success of the
festival of Calvert Agricultural
High School.
The North East town authorities
had Wesley Neal arrested aud fined
him $40 and costs for running his
merry .go-round without a town
license.
The new Town Council of Elkton
has chosen John 81. Terrell secre.
tary, David Scott treasurer, VIM.
s. Evans counsel, and George Potts
bailiff.
John P. Evans, son of VIM. s.
Evans of Elkton, has been appoint
ed one of the inspectors in the office
Of the Labor Statistician at Bal
timore.
During the heavy thunder gust
Of Friday evening, lightning struck
and badly damaged the mansion
house on the farm of John w.
Falls, near Port Deposit.
The Board of Election Supervi-
ecrs met in Elkton Friday, and
organized by electing Omar D.
Crothers, President, and Hester
Hess Counsel and Clerk.
A defective furnace in the e. t.
Dorcus store, at Port Deposit,
caused blaze early Saturday
morning which did several hun.
dred dollars worth of damage.
The ballots cast at the election in
Cecil county, last November were
burned by the Election Supervisors,
in the presence of the Judges of the
Orphans Court. at the ElktOn pulp
mill furnaces Friday.
The Cecil County Commissioners
have arranged to hold joint meet
ing with the Maryland Good Roads
Commission, at Elkton, May 25, to
outline plans for permanently i'm
proving the highways.
The Epworth League of Ebenezer
chuIch will hold a lawn fete at G,
L. Armour's, Greenhnrst, on the
evening of the Goth inst. Ice
cream and cake will be on sale and
coffee and tea served free. The
public cordially invited.
Rev. j. Whine Jones, of Balto.,
Chaplain Dept. Md. G. A. R., will
be the orator of the day at the
memorial exercises at Rose Bank
on Decoration Day. Mr.. Jones has
the reputation of being one of the
foremost orators in tbs state.
The rainfall on Thursday of last
week was heavy and continued
throughout the day. About seven
O'Clock in the evening a gust Of
unusual severity swept over this
section accompanied by vivid
lightning and a torrent of rain.
Services at Mt. Pleasant M. E.
Church next Sunday: $50 a. M,
Sunday school; 1890, Preaching,
"Christian Fundamentality;' 1900
1890, Class; 6:45 p. M, Epworth
League; 7:30 p. M, Preaching,
nWhen in Rome do as Rome does. y
The rains of last week caused a
landslide on the Columbia & Port
Deposit railroad, Thursday, which
blocked traffic over the road for
several hours, and required a large
force of men to remove, about fifty
tons of earth and rock being pre-
cipitated upon the tracks.
The annual election for five town
Commissioners was held on Mon
day. The vote was light, and not
withstanding there had been talk
of an opposition ticket, none de-
veloped, the old Board being re
elected. The following was the
vote: j. M. Sterrett, 40; -Chas. 8
Pyle. 40; w. Louis Ryan, 49; A
B. Keen, 40; II. ]. Effing, AZ; A
i. Duyckinck, 2; ]. G. Hindman
i; DR.. j. h. Jenness, 1; 81. l.
Shanhard.