The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-08-28

opens on tuesday next.
Iron fire escapes are to be erect
ed on the school buildings at
Elkton.
This is circus day in Elkton,
when Frank A. Robbins show
will give exhibitions.
Susouehanna Tribe, Improved
Order of Red Men, will hold fes-
tival at Colora on Saturday eve
ming, Sept. 5. Music will be fur
nished by Rising Sun Cornet Band.
DR.. Thomas S. Baker, recently
made temporary head of Jacob
Tome Institute, Port Deposit, will
be continued in that position, sue.
ceeding DR.. F. r. Lane, resigned.
A weasel killed twenty six
thoroughbred Barred Plymouth
Rock chickens one night recently,
in the poultry house of J. Frank
Frazer, at Elkton.
Miss Mime b. Hambleton has
accepted position in large mil
linery establishment in Philadel-
phia, and will leave on Saturday
to assume her duties.
Miss Addie Richardson, operator
at the Cecil Farmers telephone ex-
change, is confined to her home
with badly injured knee, which
she sprained by jumping oat OF a
window.
William e. MCGOWAN, the horse
thief who escaped from Elkton Jail
last week by scaling the wall, has
not been re- captured, nor have any
clues as to his whereabouts been
obtained.
The sale of household goods of
the late Miss Elizabeth Briscoe on
Saturday was largely attended.
Several pieces of antique furniture
were eagerly sought and brought
good prices.
A splendidly bound nine-volume
edition of Ridpath's History of the
World has been presented to North
East High School by Patrick
Reedy, of Baltimore, former resi-
dent of North East.
While driving home from Elkton,
Ulysses Goodyear, Bacon Hill
farmer, left his horse standing I'M
hitched while he went into the
home of friend for few minutes.
The horse walked upon railroad
track and was killed.
Sylmar Methodist Episcopal
church will hold Church Rally
Service next Sunday. 1t is hoped
that all the members and friends o.
the Sunday school and church will
be present. Sunday school, 1:3o
D. m. Preaching, 2:30 p. M.
A cold, drilling rain began to
fall Tuesday afternoon and contin'
ued off and on during the night and
all day Wednesday. The tenn
peratures took a. considerable drop,
and general chilliness prevailed
which felt decidedly fall-like.
Il. R. Burlington & Sons are pre-
pairing to replace their present
acetylene gas machine with one o.
POO light capacity, with which light
will be furnished for the store and
dwelling, and also for the NJ. E.
church and the dwellings of DR.. G
s. Dare and Edwin Haines.
Practitioners will be taken into
full membership at Mt. Pleasant
M. E. church Sunday morning
Sept. 6. The sermon for Sunday
morning, 30th inst, "The Business
of a Church," and in the evening
the first ola series of sermons or
the ssTen COMMANDMENTS"
Postmaster Hambleton would
again call the attention of persons
who thoughtlessly or otherwise
make it habit of going into thu
Rural Delivery Department while
the carriers are sorting the mail
Notwithstanding the notice on thu
door. This is an infraction of thu
law and positively forbidden by thu
Department. Please take notice
The inclement weather on Thurs
day interfered somewhat with thu
picnic of the M. E. Sunday school
and compelled the abandonment o
the outside feature. VIM. M
Pogue very kindly rendered thu
use of his large barn, where table
were erected and the finest sort 0
a spread enjoyed at the dime
honr nv the little fOlks.-and tn,