The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-03-13
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

Much complaint Of bad roads is
to be heard just at present.
A. j. Mackey, of near Blake,
butchered a 700 pound hog last
week.
The Elkton M. E. Sunday school
raised over $500 Tor missions during
the conference year just closed.
Miss Blanche Reynolds, of North
East, has been appointed principal
of the public school at Carpenters
Point.
The robins and b!ackbirds made
their appearance with the bright,
springlike days of the fore part Of
the week.
A team race between Quarry
vile aud Rising Sun guns clubs
will take place Monday, 10th inst !,
Lisle, Pa.
After being closed six weeks for
repairs to the lock at st. Georges
the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal
was reopened to traffic last week.
The annual municipal election
will be held in North East Monday,
when five Town Commissioners
will be chosen for the ensuing year
The MIDLAND JOURNAL tenders
thanks to Senator France for print
ed copies of various bills before the
Legislature relating to Cecil county.
The twenty second annual con
yention of the Woman's Home Mis-
sionery Society of the Wilmington
M. E. Conference met in Elkton on
Thursday.
J. T. Armour. of near Bay View,
has recently added to his herd OF
grade cattle six registered Guernsey
cows, purchased from j. B. Baxter,
of Philadelphia.
The annual Wilmington M. %.
Conference will be held next week
at Asbury M. E. Church, Viii
mington, the sessions beginning
Wednesday, 18th inst.
The dwelling and two acres OF
land, at Bay View, belonging to the
A. A. Milburn estate were pur.
chased at public sale Monday by
Isaac Rogers, for $500.
The official board of New Castle,
Del, M. e church has extended a
unanimous call to Rev. F. x.
Moore, at present stationed at
Hopewell M e. church, this county.
Mrs. Margaret Tier, of Chesa-
peake City, was awarded $25 by a
Jury of condemnation for a strip OF
land in that town wanted by the
Town Council in order to open a
street.
Prof. Sampson, Of Calvert Agri,
cultural High School, will have
charge of the Agricultural Course
at Cape May, N. j., Summer
School of Agriculture and Domestic
Economy.
Mrs. Mary Whitaker, intending
to discontinue farming, will sell at
her residence on the Whitaker Mills
Farm, at Blythedale, Friday, March
90, stock. wagons, harness, farming
implements, etc.
Harry G. Robertson moved or
Tuesday to his recently purchased
farm, east of town. Il. II. Keil
holtz will move from Lincoln tc
the John Keilholtz farm, vacated
by Mr.. Robertson.
humping from a wagon at Elk
ton in front of team driven by A,
M. Strickland, Stanley Moore, aged
10 years, son of Harry Moore Of
that town, was knocked down and
seriously injured.
A combination sale of stock will
be held on the Haines farm neal
town on March 20, by DIR. G. s,
Dare, Jos. G McMullen and w. T,
Atkinson. who have a surplus OF
cows, heifers, horses and hogs ag-
gregating 20 head.
We are indebted to Charles j.
Fox, Chief of the Bureau of Stats
ties and Information, for the Six
teenth Annual Report of this De-
partment of State government.
Any of our subscribers who con
template a change of postoffice
address this spring, bymoving from