The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-06-25

The wheat harvest has begun in the
lower Districts of the county.
The paper mill at Rowlandville has
closed down for an indefinite period.
The Cecil Farmers Club met on Wednes-
day with Robert T. Cameron, near Prin-
cipio.
A festival will be held on the lawn Of
Mt. Pleasant M. E. church on the eve
ming of Friday, July 2.
The total receipts of Oxford Spring
Fair, from all sources, were $2,62S.S6,
which win about defray all expenses of
the exhibition.
The medical societies of Cecil, Hartford,
Kent and Queen Anne's counties are ar
ranging to hold joint meeting at Better
ton next month.
: A mortgage from the Conowingo Bridge
Company for $4,000 has been executed
by Stevenson A. Williams and Frank H.
Jacobs, trustees.
The annual picnic of the Junior Ep-
worth League was held on Friday last
at Griest's Fording, and. great days
outing was enjoyed.
According to the report by State En-
tomologist T. B. Symons there are s7,42o
fruit trees on the Eastern Shore infected
with the San Jose scale.
A strike for higher wages by laborors
on the b. & 0. bridge at Aiken, on Fri
day, resulted in the contractors replacing
. the strikers with Italians.
After performing the Newton Moore
marriage ceremony on Tuesday, Rev. D.
E, Shaw baptized the young son of Mr..
! and. .MrsNC. Reeve Vanneman.
Work on the experimental mile of road
being built by the State Commission at
Oakwood, this county, is in charge Of M.
F. Mcdowell, of Port Deposit.
North East Lodge, |. o. 0. F., has
elected the following officers: H. G. Good
snow, NC; Price Lowe V. G.; ]. Frank
Peach, R. S.; H. H. Shippers, F. s.;
Jesse Shippers, P. G.
Fighting the flames of pot of burning
tar ignited on the stove, Clara Marcus
was badly burned about the face and
arms at Elkton. The Singerly Fire Com
pany extinguished the blaze.
The base ball diamond has been graded
and rolled with I5-ton steam roller and
is in fine shape for the game tomorrow
when the team from the county seat will
try conclusions with Rising Sun.
A herd of twenty cattle belonging to ].
Willison Watt, of near Oxford, were de
clared to be affected with tuberculosis by
the Pennsylvania State Veterinarians and
were shipped to Philadelphia where they
were killed.
John Stewart, who shot and killed
George Benson, both colored, near St
Augustine on Decoration Day, and had
since been -eluding the authorities, wa:
apprehended and lodged in Elkton jai
Wednesday evening. He has confessed
to the crime.
An axe that he was using catching in I
clothesline, J. Pennell Martindell, 0
Nottingham, was struck severe blow il
the forehead Saturday, by the instrument
being rendered unconscious and receiving
deep cash that bled profusely and re
quired several stitches to close.
Work was begun this week on tn,
Barnes Corner : Korner Ketch road
which is to be macadamized by tn,
: Rickey-Swann Co. Jos. T. Richards, Jr.
of this neighborhood, has general super
vision of the work. which it is expected
will require about one month of Incomplete
The Judges and clerks for the demo
{ cratic primaries, to be held in Cecil county
under the Crawford System on Saturday
July III have been appointed by tn,
Election Supervisors. Those for the Sixtl
district are, Harry L. Glacken,, Samuel A
Taylor, George R. Grason, judges Mari
Founders and Samuel II. Moore, clerks
-Four large automobiles with guest
from Philadelphia and Norristown, en-
route to the eNewton-Moore npptials, pass
ed through Rising Sun Tuesday morning
Fwd Of the sqtos did not reach here unit
quarter Of twelve, and owing to the fac
that they were not properly directed tn
guests in there machines did not reach tn
scene Of the wedding until about ra;3o,
half hour after the ceremony had beel
performed
Samuel F. Bolts has been appointc,
postmaster at Hartford Furnace, vice P
d. Clark, resigned.