The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-04-03
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs Of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS. BRIEFLY NOTED
Buds bursting.
Trailing arhntnS in bloom.

Early garden truck beginning to
show signs of life.
Fine Susquehanna shad have
reached our market.
Governor Crothers has designat-
ed Friday, April 10, as Arbor Day
in Maryland.
Stewart Smith, of Perryville, has
been appointed a constable OF the
Seventh district.
N. G. Brown has purchased for
SO, ,25O the Jonathan Reynolds
property, on Walnut street.
A rural free delivery mail route
will be established from Chesa
peake City to run to Town Point
and points on the Manor.
w. H. Salmon, of Elkton, has
purchased a large Rambler auto.
mobile, which he will hire to
parties for pleasure trips.
The bill to increase the salaries
Of the Cecil County Commissioners
from $500 to $1,000 per year was
passed by the Legislature.
BY the explosion of a loaded gun
which he had been using, James
Knight of Port Deposit, had his
right hand badly shattered.
A congregational meeting will be
held at Zion Presbyterian Church
on Saturday, April IL, at 2.3O p.
M. for the election of trustees.
BENJAMIN Reynolds, of Chesa
peake City, was fined by Magis-
trate Gilpin, of Elkton, on the
charge of assaulting his landlord.
For non attendance at drills,
Herbert L Bryson, member OF
Company E, First Maryland Regi
ment, of Elkton, was fined $3 by
Magistrate Boulden.
The spread Of San Jose scale is
becoming alarming. A number of
our citizens have been compelled to
dig up and burn young fruit trees
which were infested.
Some sneak thief, who evidently
relishes a good meal, appropriated
one of the shad on display at
Snyder's restaurant and failed to
leave the amount due for it.
Members of st. James Protestant
Episcopal Church, of Port Deposit,
have organized a dramatic club and
are preparing to give an enter,
tainment shortly after Easter.
Young Friends Association will
meet next Sabbath at 2:30 p. M.
In addition to regular exercises
Mrs. Owen, of Colorado, will ad.
dress the meeting in the interest OF
girls and boys league and Christian
Citizenship.
The bill for bonding the county
for 100000 for road building
seems 10 have been swamped in the
deluge at the close of the session oil
the Legislature at Annapolis this
week, as we have seen no account
of its passage.
Frank P. Price, who has com
pleted his twentieth year as treas
urer of the Elkton Methodist Sun.
day school, reports that during
that time " teachers have been
enrolled and nearly $40, 900 collect
ed and disbursed.
The Ebenezer Social club will
give a supper at the home OF Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Kirk on the
evening of April 10. Supper, 15
cents. Proceeds for the Sunday
School. All are cordially invited.
If stormy on above date, the next
clear evening.
Preston Perkins, colored, aged
90, of Warwick, Cecil county, ap,
piled to Delaware Hospital, Will
mington, on Monday, stating he
had been accidentally shot in the
thigh and asked that the bullet be
removed. The negro declined to
state how the ''accident" happened
A recent issue of the Washing,
ton Times contains an account of a
demonstration of the work of the
blind at the Columbia Polytechnic
Institute. Miss Margaret A. Cav
anaugh, of near Rising Sun, is a
typesetter and press operator in
the printing department. AS an
example of accuracy of Miss Cava
naugh's work, an entire days
work at type setting showed only
three mistakes.