The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-07-03
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

uuCII August IL.
The Citizens National Bank, OF
Havre de Grace, has declared a
semi annual dividend of % per
cent.
Henry Biddle, of Elkton was
seriously injured on Friday by
being kicked in the stomach by a
horse.
The First National Bank OF
Havre de Grace has declared a
semi-annual dividend of per cent.
clear of taxes.
Hayes McCauley, of Leeds, has
been appointed railway mail
clerk on the B. & o. railroad be,
tween Philadelphia and Baltimore.
The gross receipts of the festival
held at Pilot on Saturday evening
for the benefit of Bethesda church
were $64. A large crowd was
present and music was furnished
by Rising Sun Cornet Band.
John A. Rigdon has filed bill
for divorce from his wife, Myra s.
Rigdon, in the Circuit Court for
Hartford County. The bill alleges
abandonment. They were married
April II, 1890, and have two
children.
The Postal Department has mott
fed the postmaster at Georgetown.
Del, that unless the roads leading
out of that town over which rural
free delivery carriers travel are
improved the service will be dis
continued.
Ella and Pauline Jones, colored,
of Iron Hill, fell from passenger
train one day last week, as it was
slowing up at the Elkton station.
Both were badly bruised and
shaken up, but fortunately escaped
serious injury.
The building committee of Grace
Methodist Protestant Church, Bel
Air, has awarded the contract for
a new church. The building will
be of stone concrete. The audi
forum will be 32x4O with a Sun.
day school room 20x30.
A beer keg falling from the top
Of a pile in front of Sherrick's
saloon, in Havre de Grace, struck
the little daughter Of Archibald
Fletcher and crushed her leg. 1t
has since been necessary to ampu.
tate the injured member.
The Elkton base ball club will
hold a celebration on the ball
grounds in that town on the after.
noon of July 4th. Sports of
various sorts will be held, includ
ing two games of base ball. The
Declaration of Independence will
be read and a patriotic address de-
livered.
Hopewell M. E. church, Wood
lawn, Rev. J.. Howard Gray pastor,
Sabbath services July g.: Sunday
school at $50; preaching at 1890
a. m. and s p. m. Morning sub.
ject, "The Weapons of Our War
fare;" evening subject. "Homeward
Bounds last in series. Epworth
League at 1880 p. m. Preaching
at Asbury at 3 p m. All welcome.
The Elkton colored base ball
club and the Sparrows Point color
ed ball tossers played at Elkton
last week, the latter winning 2 to
L. But this isn't the worst of it.
When the brass band members de.
handed pay for their part of the
entertainment, it was discovered
the ticket seller had decamped
with the receipts. Magistrate
Boulder was appealed to, and the
band members received a portion of
their money, but there is blood on
the moon.
During the six months ending
June 30th, the National Bank Of
Port Deposit earned 81 per cent on
its capital stock. From this they
declared dividend of % per cent,
payable July LIST, and passed $25OO
to the Surplus account and the re-
mainder to Undivided Profits.
This bank was organized in No
vember, 1900, and has a Surplus
and Undivided Profit Account
amounting now to $21,O0 Its
methods and accommodation to its
patrons is winning for it constantly
increasing patronage and the bank
is fast gaining a place high 10 the
tanks of Maryland's financial