The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-11-20
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs Of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED
Thanksgiving next Thursday

The winter term of the public
schools began on Monday.
The Maryland National Guard
encampment next summer will be
held at Elkton.
Perryville public school was
closed last week Oh account of scar
letina among the pupils.
Alan ID. johnson has resigned as
First Lieutenant of Company E.
Maryland National Guard, Elkton.
The macadam road between
Leslie and North East is about
completed and is a fine piece of
roadway.
Herbert Rittenhouse, a pupil at
Calvert High School, had his left
arm broken while playing football
at school.
john j. Paul of Elkton, received
a painful flesh wound on the hand
by the accidental discharge of a
revolver he was handling.
The residence on Cecil avenue,
in North East, has been sold by
Mrs. George W. Mccullough to
Chas. G. Bayard for 81 800.
The November meeting of the
Cecil Farmers Club was held on
Wednesday at the home of Rev.
Samuel Polk, West Nottingham.
Kicked by another horse in the
stable, valuable mare belonging to
John Wahlen, of lakewood, suffered
a broken leg and had to be killed
Y Attacked by a vicious bull in
his barnyard, Haines Harlan, o
farmer of near Fair Hill, was knock
ed down and three of his ribs were
broken.
George Brehm, of near Rowland
vile, who was struck in the eye
some time ago by flying piece of
flint, has lost the sight of the in
Jur6u ueLuDcF.--
Oxford talent presented the
drama Valley Farm" in Town
Hall on Friday evening last. The
house was we'll filled, the receipts
being about $40.
Samuel B. Foard, proprietor of a
shooting gallery in Elkton, was
struck in the face by a reDoundiug
bullet one night recently and re
ceived a flesh wound.
On account of an outbreak of
diphtheria in the community, the
revival meetings at Moore's Metho-
dist Episcopal church, near Lom,
bard, have closed.
Harry England, near Zion, has
purchased from George FL. johnson.
of Newark, delaware Boy" a
speedy horse, that will show the
best Of them the way down the
road.
A colored man by the name OF
Allison, living at Cokesberry, was
lodged in Elkton Jail Saturday,
charged with the theft of a hunting
dog belonging to William Hines, OF
Colora.
Butler school, near Greenhurst,
Miss Harriet Miller teacher, has
just installed fine organ, the fund
for its purchase being raised
through the efforts OF pupils and
teacher.
William H. M. Rambo, of Elk
ton, is engaged in building con-
crete dam 7 feet high and 25 feet
wide, at the Seminary farm at
Childs, to supply water for ice and
fish ponds.
Monk & Son, contractors for
building the pier foundations OF
the BALTIC. and Ohio bridge, at
Aiken, have suspended active work
until next spring, and have laid of
the greater part of their force OF
WorKmen.
Mrs. India Tosh has. sold to the
Standard Oil Company a plot OF
ground at Colora, where an oil tank
will be erected and the Company's
supply station for this section trans
ferred from Port Deposit, where ii
has been located for a number OF
years, to C0lora.
West Nottingham Academy was
beaten Saturday by. Havre de Grace
High School by a score of "a to O.
Tome Institute defeated Princeton
Preparatory School on Friday after
noon last, in the closing game OF
foot ball, played at Port Deposit,