The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-08-07
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs Of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

of VIM. II. Realey, on West Main
street, Elkton, has been closed by
Sheriff Hager.
The Cecil County Sunday School
Convention elected George O..
Carey, North East, president, and
e. ID. Carhart, of Zion, secretary
and treasurer.
Maryland Agricultural College
has raised the salary of President
lSylvester from $4,000 to $4,000 and
that of Professor Patterson from
$24O0 to $4,000.
The farm of Philip Gallagher,
in the Fourth district, containing
40 acres of land with Improvements
has been purchased by VIM. D.
Palmer for $4,000.
DR.. G.. M. Ellis has been re-
elected president of the Mutual
Building Association of Elkton;
Geo. W. Cosden vice. president
and Geo. A. Blake secretary.
The pay train passed over this
end of the Baltimore Central
Wednesday afternoon, the employees
of the road being paid in cash in,
stead of by check, as heretofore.
Robert P. Bradfield, Of Perry
vile, has been granted an absolute
divorce from his wife Ida Grace
Bradfield, by the Baltimore City
Court, on the charge of abandonment.
H. Edwin Vinsinger, chief book,
keeper at the Elkton National
Bank, has been appointed cashier
of the Newark, Del, National
Bank, succeeding Robert Gallagher,
resigned.
The report from State Board of
Health concerning the water supply
of Perryville shows that of the ten
samples sent, for drinking purposes
the water is suspicious in four and
bad in six cases.
Suit has been entered in the
Circuit Court for Baltimore county,
against the Youngstown Con
|struction Company, by W. 81.
Thompson, of Havre de Grace, who
was injured while in the employ of
the company.
Claiming that Charles Penn, a
negro, resisted him when he went
to arrest him on a charge of larceny,
Constable Alvin Russell, of the
Fifth district of Cecil county, fired
his revolver, the bullet taking eff.
feet in one of Penn's knees.
The suit entered against the
Pennsylvania Railroad by Norval
Thompson of Aberdeen, for his
election from one of the trains of
the company, has been com
promised by the railroad paying
Mr.. Thompson 5000. Mr.. Thomp-
son was put off train near Havre
de Grace on the night of July 26th,
1907. The conductor claimed the
ticket was not good on the train.
The Board of Supervisors of
Elections of Cecil county have ap-
pointed Judges and Clerks to serve
| at the, election in November.
Those for the Sixth district are !:
Judges, Henry L. Glacken, dem.
Levi R. Atkinson, rep; Thomas B.
Moore, dem., Robert B. Marshall,
rep. Clerks, III. Branch Patton,
dem.; Wilmer X. Bird, rep.
Elmer Koontz, of Fishing Creek,
was badly cut about the face last
week Dy jumping from a freight
train. He boarded the freight at
Pequea but when it reached Fish.
ing Greek the train was running at
such rapid rate that it was some
time before he risked jump.
When he did make the leap he
landed on a cribbing and received
some ugly cuts and bruises. One
cut under the eye required several
stitches to close. Fortunately no
bones were broken.
The fishing crew on Harry Har-
vey's boat rounded up school of
rock fish in the North East river
last Monday, and when barrelled
for shipment there were 400 Tbs.
The next day another hanl brought
in 1000 Tbs. The market price for
rock is Is cents a pound. If one
pound of rock fish is worth Is cents,
800 pounds, caught in two days,
is worth whole years salary of a
high school principal, or that of
two assistants, or the pay of three
Ordinary teachers, and would pay
the salary of school commissioner
for len years. No wonder Peter
felt constrained to 20 tishing, in
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