The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-09-11
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

House.
Falling, Miss Rebecca Hopkins,
of Liberty Grove, fractured bone
in her right foot, on Sunday.
A box social will be held on the
church lawn at Mt. Pleasant Fri
day evening. All welcome.
Oak Grove school, north west of
town, now has q large bell to
announce the school hour to
pupils.
Rally Day Service will be OBJ
served Sunday, Sept. q, by Mt.
Pleasant Sunday school. A special
program.
The sermon topic for next Sun
day evening at Mt. Pleasant M.
e. church is "a Cake Not Turned
Inconsistency"
Miss Mabel Smithson, of Port
Deposit has been appointed teacher
of domestic science in the public
schools of Baltimore city.
Under the. will of Mrs. Sallie
Dennis, late of Havre de Grace,
81 900 was left to the Peninsula
General Hospital, at Salisbury.
The September meeting of the
Cecil Farmers, club will be held at
the home of A. FL. Mendenhall, at
Blue Ball, on Thursday, the 18th
inst.
DR.. T. G. Taylor of Perryville
has filed suit for absolute divorce
from his wife, in the Circuit Court
at Elkton, through his attorney,
John p. Poe.
Howard Harris, son of Samuel ]
Harris, of Bay View, while cunning
for squirrels fell from tree dis
lance of thirty. five feet and was
severely injured.
A mammoth sea- going barge,
christened the Potomac was launch
ed last week at the Deibert boat
yards, Elk Landing, for the P.
Dougherty Co., Baltimore.
The old wooden water wheel at
Rock Run mill, which had been
in use for 80 years, has been re
placed by a steel one. A cold
storage plant is being built at the
mill.
w. X. Bird reports a yield of
45O bushels of fine potatoes from
four acres. Can any OF our other
farmers beat this? The reports
generally are of a poor crop from
every section this year.
Lockiaw caused the death on
Friday, of a fine horse belonging to
A. J. Mearns, of Zion. Geo. Nc
vey of the same neighborhood also
suffered the loss of valuable
animal by spinal meningitis.
Company E., Purnell Legion,
will hold its annual re, union,
Saturday, September 10, at 10
o'clock, a. M, at the Grand Army
Hall, North East. All comrades
of the company are cordially in
vited to be present, also members
of Battery B.
The public schools of the county
re.opened On Monday MOI ming
At Rising Sun public school. Miss
Nellie Shannon principal, and Miss
Ethel Hall assistant, there were 46
pupils. At the grammar depart,
ment, Miss Bessie Rawlings prin
cipal, there were % in attendance
The rain greatly interferred with
the festival held on Saturday night
at Colora by Susquehanna Tribe of
Red Men. Notwithstanding the
Indictment weather a good sized
crowd was in attendance and all
the articles provided were readily
disposed of. The Rising Sun Cor.
net Band was present ana rendered
music.
While driving home from the
postoffice on Saturday afternoon,
after serving his route, r. F. d.
mail carrier Saml. J. Terry was run
into from behind by A. j. Fassitt,
in his automobile. The accident
was due to an attempt of Mr.. Fas-
slit, who was driving his machine,
to pass the mail carriers wagon in
too narrow a place in the road. A
rear wheel of the mail wagon was
struck, the vehicle being pushed
forward on the horse with such
force as to break the harness but
do no further damage, while one of
l,vo rss, 10 r,.v,o ~. tho 0s.ksx.