The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-11-27
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

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ming, Dec. 2. If stormy next fair
evening.
The public schools of the county
closed for the Thanksgiving holi-
days on Thursday and Friday Of
this week.
Henry Altland, of Fairmount
fell from load Of fodder Monday
afternoon and broke his left leg
above the ankle.
The chicken and waffle supper
served by the ladies of the Pastors
Aid Society of Elkton Presbyterian
church netted $50.
The call extended by Little
Britain Presbyterian Church to
Rev. John Noordeiver, of New
Jersey, was declined.
Oxford High School defeated
West Nottingham Academy foot
ball team, at Oxford, Saturday
afternoon, by II to O.
The dwelling house and building
lot in CeciltoD,. belonging to the
estate Of Elizabeth Dumpson, were
sold last week for $3.50.
Her horse running away, Miss
Belle Price of Earleville, was thrown
from her buggy and painfully hurt
while driving to school one morning
last week.
The ladies of st. Johns Church,
Lewisyille, Pa, realized $160 by
the oyster supper held Thursday
evening of last week for the benefit
of the church.
The farm of the Maria FOltz es
tate, near Zion, has been purchased
by Randall Brown, Of the same
neighborhood, for $500. The
property contains 73 acres.
Cunning near Elk Neck; Allie
Mckinney, son of Amos Mckinney,
was accidentally shot by com
panion, one shot entering his throat
and penetrating his windpipe.
Marshall Worth, young son of
John p. Worth of London Grove,
was seriously injured Saturday BY
being kicked in the head by a
horse. His skull was fractured
and his condition is critical.
The engine in a yacht belonging
to w. G. Creamer, of Wilmington,
exploded one evening last week
while the craft was at Howard's
shore, near Chesapeake City, and
the boat was completely destroyed.
Good Will Chapel, near North
East, which had been abandoned
for years as a place of worship and
was in bad state of repair, has
been sold by the trustees of North
East M. 3. church to 8. T. Shippers
for $82.
A valuable deposit of asbestos is
reported to have been discovered
near Nottingham, Pa, and a num-
Der of Oxford business men are
making an effort to organize com
pany for the exploitation of the
deposit.
A uRoll Call'' OF the church
members will be held at Mt. Pleas
ant church, on the morning of Nov.
29. In the evening sermon on
ssRevivals' will be preached and
Wednesday night, Dec. 2, there will
be a meeting for men only.
Thanksgiving was very quietly
observed in Rising Sun, most of
the business places being closed.
Services were held in james M. 3.
church in the morning when the
pastor, Rev. j. P. Otis, delivered
an appropriate sermon. In the
evening the regular revival SER
vices were held.
A special train of five coaches
passed through Saturday bearing
the Howard University foot ball
team, of Washington, with band
and rooters, enroute to Lincoln I'm
iversity, where the two teams con
tested for the championship of the
colored colleges of America. The
contest resulted in tie, by 5 to B.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. M. Holden,
Edward Effing and Bernard Effing
returned on Monday from Fort
Mitchell, Va, where they spent two
weeks. The gentlemen report gun.
ming fine in the Old Dominion
State, with game plentiful. While
away they bagged I25 partridges,
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