The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-17
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED.


Court adjourned last week to meet.
Monday, March Q
George Benson, of Cecil county,
has been elected by the legislative
committee as assistant postmaster
in the House of Delegates.
The annual meeting Of the Rose
bank Cemetery Association will be
held 10 Rosebank Hal, Calvert,
on Saturday, Jan. %, at, 1:3O
o'clock.
NJ A simmer like thunder storm,
with lightning, a heavy dow.l-
pour of rain and little hail swept
over this section about four thirty
Sunday afternoon.
The mansion on the Simcoe farm,
at Bay View, together with plot
Of about six acres of land, have
been purchased by Mrs. 9. NJ
Janney, for 81, 25O.
Samuel r. Haines was among
the few lucky ones in this vicinity
to get ice last week. He cut and
filed his house with fine five inch
ice from the pond on his farm.
Rev. Vaughn s. Collins. pastor
Of Tome Memorial Church, Port
Deposit, notified his congregation
Sunday that he will leave at the
meeting of conference in March.
The work of dredging the channel
of Elk Creek from Cedar Point to
the foot Of Bridge street, Elkton,
for which the Government appro
priated $4,000 is nearing com
pletion.
Sheriff Henry Hagar will shortly
remove to EIkton and take personal
charge of the jail. His business
affairs ID Chesapeake City have
prevented his removal to the coun-
ty seat sooner.
The real estate of the late Wilson
n. Brown, near Sylmar, embracing
81 acres, with Improvements, was
purchased Saturday at executors
sale by William Cummings, of Ok
ford, for $3,025.
For disorderly conduct on a
Pennsylvania Railroad train John
Semms and George Morton were
sentenced by Magistrate Boulder.
of Elkton, to three months in the
House of Correction.
AHthe ponds in this section
were frozen over by the cold snap
last week and some excellent
skating enjoyed by the young
people, the moonlight nights and
fine ice making conditions ideal for
this popular sport.
'rhe engine Of the southbound
passenger train scheduled to arrive
al this station at 8 43 a M, met
with breakdown at Oxford, Mon,
day morning, causing delay of
about an hour and half until
another engine could be pressed
into service.
Among the applications for
Office published in the Baltimore
Sun appear the names of DR..
Howard Bratton, of Elkton as
member of State Board of Health,
and John S. Strahorn, of Elkton,
for superintendent of Public Build
ings and Grounds.
The Perryville "Record' after
being in existence for fifteen years,
has suspended publication. The
paper was founded by Wilson i.
Coudon, who disposed of it a few
years ago. Recently it had been
under the management of W.
Arthur Stump, Esq.
During the rain and wind storm
Saturday night part of the stone
wall of the barn on the farm of
Charles Biles, at Fair Hill, fell in,
killing calf and partly buyring
two COWS and two horses, which
were extricated after several hours
work, fortunately not much the
worse for the experience.
While leading a horse into the
stable on Thursday last Willis
Brown, near Glenroy, was kicked
ia the mouth by another horse,
His iawbone was fractured and ten
teeth knocked out. 1t was feared
his injuries would prove fatal at
FIRST, but he is now progressing as
we'll as could be expected.
A short course in agriculture
will be given in the agricultural
department of Delaware College
from the 18th to the .2Sth of