The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-06-05
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Shoft Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

The postponed matinee races will
be held on the Elkton Fair grounds,
Monday, June 8.
The billiard parlor of A. W.
McCray, in Oxford, has been pur-
chased by Harry Brown, of that
town, for $500.
Company E, NJ. N. e., of Elkton,
will leave on Saturday morning for
ten days practice;in army mapeu
Evers at Fort Howard.
The gross receipts Of the festival
held last week by the Ladies Aid
Society of Zion Presbyterian
Church amounted to $85.
Oxford postoffioe has been raised
to a second class Office by the
Postal Department at Washington,
and the salary of the postmaster
increased to $1,000 per year.
Two cows, colt and two hogs
were killed by lightning on the
farm of Frank P. Cochran, near
Galena, Kent county, during a
thunder storm Saturday evening.
Rev. A. G. Sawtelle has rendered
his resignation as pastor of Little
Britain Presbyterian Church, to
accept call to the pastorate of the
Presbyterian Church at Binghamp
ton, New York.
E. w. Alexander, of Chester
county, Pa. ,4on, Monday morning
beganrharvesting, four acres of fine
clover, on the Crosby farm, and is
probably the first to start harvest.
ing in his county.
A reward of $10O has been offer
ed by the Fulton Detective Asso
citation fer the recovery of a lot oi
carpenter and plumbing tools, horse
blanket and other articles stolen
from the premises of Sd. Kirk, on
Tuesday, May 20.
The body of John Foreman, who
was drowned the Friday previous
at McCall's Ferry by the capsizine
of a boat was recovered on Wednes
day of last week at Havre de Grace,
twenty five miles from the scene ol
the accident.
Prof. Fred Talbot of Honey
brooke, Pa, hassbeen elected .prin-
cipal of Barnsley High School, vice
Prof. Hagenbuch, resigned. The
assistants will be the same as last
year: Misses Lena Kimble, Ethel
Mason and Helen Taylor.
The Post Office Department has
increased the salary of the post,
master at Havre de Grace from
$500 to $4,000 and at Port Deposit
from $l7OO to $500, while that Of
the Chestertown postmaster was
decreased from $4,000 to $4,000.
Because of the increase in tele
phones rates charged by the Bel
Telephone Company, farmers in the
neighborhood of Kennett Square
Chester county, are preparing tc
build an independent line and con
meet with the lines of the United
Telephone Co., an Independent
concern. E
| The bursting of one of the com
pressors at the Oxford Pumping
Station has put one of the pumps
out of commission and caused more
trouble for the town Water Com
mittee, which had but recently
succeeded in getting the pumps il
first class running order, aftel
months of work. "
Watchmen, one night last week
frustrated supposed attempt t.
dynamite the plant Of the Ameri
can Bridge Co., in charge of the
construction of the B. & o. rail
road bridge at FrenchtOwn. 1t il
charged the attempt was made in ;
|spirit of revenge by former mem
bers of the Structural Iron Work
ers' Union, great many of whom
are unemployed.
| Services at Hopewell NJ. E
Church, near Woodlawn, Rev. J
Howard Gray, pastor, will be helC
June z, as follows: Sunday schoo
at $50 a. m; preaching at 1880
subjects: "Gideon and His Faithful
Few" There will be no service
in the evening because of Children
Day services at Asbury Church
the other appointment. On Jun
} Ia, at 1890 a. M, Children's Da.
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