The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-09-18
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

10, LE duu AOLu luStS.
The Newark cornet band has been
reorganized with membership of
| eighteen.
Work at the Mccall Ferry power
plant is to be suspended October
LIST, for the winter.
The Ladies Aid Society of Blake
M. E. church has appropriated $50
to the Chapel Improvement fund /.
John Jackson, 'bailiff of Bel Air,
has been held under 5000 bail for
his appearance at Court, charged
with assaulting John McCommon.
Norval Herbert for the past year
brakeman on Gilligan's train, has
been transferred to Philadelphia,
as extra brakeman, Charles Elzey,
of Baltimore, taking his place on
the Central Division.
Ernest Congo, colored, of Cecil
county, who was pardoned from the
penitentiary two weeks ago by
Gov. Crothers because he was i'll
with consumption, died Tuesday at
his fathers home at Cedar Hill.
W. r. Jordan, of Baltimore, was
accidentally shot in the temple
while cunning for rail birds on the
marsh near North East. The
wound, while painful, was not of q
serious nature, although Mr.. Jordan
had narrow escape.
Third Quarterly Conference will
be held Saturday, Sept. 10, 2:3O D.
M. at Mt. Pleasant church. Dis
trict Superintendent will preach
Sunday eve, Sept. 20. Rally Day
services of the Sunday school will
be held Sunday evening, Sept. 81.
All welcome.
Mrs. Tholman Clay, of near Elk.
ton, met with a severe accident
Tuesday evening by the breaking
1of a lamp chimney that she was
cleaning. Her wrist was terribly
gashed, two arteries befQg severed
The arteries had to be tied and it
required seven stitches to close the
wound.
The Spring Lawn Rug mill prop
erty, at Lewisville, Pa, was sold
last week at public sale to E. W.
Meloney, of Avondale, general
manager of the Elk River Electric
Light, Heat & Power Co, for
5000. The property embraces
besides a fine water power, 81 acres
of land, five dwelling houses and
Ia large barn.
In listless and poorly played
game at the county seat Saturday
AFTERNOON. the Elkton team shut
out Port Deposit by score OF 5 to
o. Duncan pitched fine game for
Elkton, the Port boys being unable
to do anything with his delivery.
The batteries were Duncan and
Bonthrom for Elkton, Williams and
Scott for Port Deposit.
A cage for batting practice is
being erected at Jacob Tome Insti-
tute, which will be the largest of its
kind of any school in the United
States. The cage will have a
ground floor 6Ox1OO, giving an
opportunity for indoor practice of
base ball enjoyed by few colleges
in the country. The building will
be of concrete, walls 20 feet high,
apex of the roof 33 feet from the
ground. The cage will be ready
for use by Thanksgiving.
Hopewell M. E. church, Wood
lawn, Rev. J. Howard Gray pastor.
Sabbath services Sept. 20 Sunday
school $3.50 a. M; preaching 1890
a. M, by pastor, subject "Mani-
festation of Christ" Epworth
League 1880 p. m. Preaching at
Asbury 800 and 1880 p. M, eve.
ming subject-"What Think Ye of
Christ 2" Revival meeting at
Asbury in the evening. All
welcome.
The Loyal Temperance Legion at
its meeting Sept. 15, elected the
following officers for the ensuing
three months Miss Mollie Keen,
superintendent; William Pogue,
secretary, Miss Mary s. Haines,
treasurer and organist; flower mis-
sion committee. Pearl Ryan, Mabel
johnson and Ella Pogue; curators,
Miss Mabel Reynolds, Marian Pyle
and Paul Keen. The next meeting
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