The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-03-06
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs Of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL. HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

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house at Colora.
Howard Pugh has purchased the
property of George Conner, 10 Port
Deposit, for 81 900.
George w. Albaugh has disposed
of his interest in the Cecil National
Bank, of Port Deposit.
The Oxford Fire Company is
having new ladder truck built,
and will shortly add it to the ap
paratus of the company.
The residents of Aberdeen, Har
ford county, have subscribed
$4,000 toward the erection of a
high school building in the town.
The henhouse on the farm of
G. L. Stable, at Darlington, Har
ford county, was destroyed by fire,
500 chickens perishing in the
flames.
Gilbert Cooling, of Jacob Tome
Institute won gold medal at the
recent indoor games of the Fifth
Regiment. Baltimore, in the shot
put event.
The Maryland Bankers Associa-
tion will hold their annual conven
tion this year in Baltimore, Sep.
tember 23d, Oath and 25th, at the
Belvidere.
Harry s. Carver has been ap.
pointed receiver by Judge Morris
for John Smith and William o
Grafton, trading as Smith s. Graf
ton, at Aberdeen.
| Rev. J. @. Jeter, pastor of
Trinity M. P. Church, Easton, WHO
was formerly stationed at Bay
View NJ. P. church, will be sent to
| Oklahoma for the next conference
year.
/ Workmen who were preparing to
place telephope pole on the prem
ises of Mrs. Hannah Archer, of
Bel Air, against her wishes, beat a
retreat when she threatened them
with a shot gun.
The County Commissioners have
decided to let the mending of the
Ipnblic roads out by contract, anil
to advertise for sealed proposals for
the same to be opened at noon on
Thursday, March 26, 1908.
/ Elkton Presbyterian church is
undergoing improvements which
it is estimated will cost $4,000 to
complete. The money for the pur,
pose was raised through the efforts
of the Ladies Mite Society.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
has placed an order with a Pitts.
burg firm for 1900 tons of struc.
tural steel, to be used in connection
i with the rebuilding Of the bridge
lover the Susquehanna river above
Perryville.
i Monday evening the mangled
body of an unknown white man
was found along the tracks of the
P, B. & w. railroad, at Booths
crossing, in Elkton. A Coroner's
Ijury rendered verdict of acci
dental death, exonerating the rail
road.
| James Eshleman, near Port De.
posit, while in the stable with a
lantern Monday morning was
severely injured by being kicked
by one of his horses. The animal
kicked the lantern from Mr.. Eshle.
mans hand and in attempting to
recover it he got in the way of the
horses flying heels and was pain
fully kicked about the back.
John s. Settle, who has been
disposing of his store goods at
Leeds, this county, will remove
about the first of April to Balti.
more with his family, where he
has purchased a handsome resi-
dence on Maryland avenue, and
where his son, DR.. George Settle,
will follow the practice of his pro
fession. The store at Leeds has
been rented by a Mr.. Lowe, of
Newport, Del.
The fine herd of dairy cattle
owned by James Camant, of
New London, Pa, which was re-
Gently sold by him at public sale to
various buyers, has been. dis
covered to have been infected with
tuberculosis The State Live Stock
Sanitary Board is engaged in
tracing the herd to stop the spread
of The infection. and ten of the