The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-02-19
New moon tomorrow night.

Monday is Washington's birth.
day.
Lent begins next week, Feb. "a,
Ash Wednesday.
There are 4342 pupils enrolled in
the Cecil county schools.
The new High School building
at Perryville was used for the first
last week.
The Cecil Farmers Club met on
Wednesday with M. L. Thompson,
near Woodlawn.
The weather man gave us a touch
3 of spring on Monday, when the
mercury reached the 100 mark.
Mrs. Louise Talmadge has resign
ed as teacher at the Washington
school, near Bay View, to take
effect March 10Th.
William T. Palmer, of Delaware,
has bought the AZ acre farm OF
Philip Gallaher, in Fourth district
of Cecil county, for $4,000.
The directors Of Union Hospital,
Elkton, have appointed DR.. A. D
McConachie, of Baltimore, consult
ing surgeon on the eye and ear.
Washfngton's birthday, Feb
ruarv %. being a legal holiday,
the National Bank of Rising Sun
will not be open for business on
that date.
VIM. R. Cameron, of Farming
ton, has lost several hogs within
the past two weeks from disease
which the veterinary terms swine
plague, which is similar to cholera.
By getting caught in some Of the
machinery in the Eureka Fertilizer
plant near Frenchtown, Cecil
! county, Charles Banks, aged 30
years, had portion of his arm
torn off.
w. K. Bird is building dn addi
tion to his barn at Harrisville,
which will extend over and com
pletely enclose his barnyard, afford
ing splendid shelter for his large
dairy herd in rough weather.
Deputy Sheriff J. Wesley Nc.
Allister, last week took Ella Mar
veil, the young white girl of Rising
Sun, who had been committed to
Jail on the charge of larceny, to the
House OF Refuge, until she reaches
her 21st year.
A thunder gust visited this sec.
ton Tuesday evening, as climax
of the spring like weather we had
experienced for period of several
days. The mercury took a tum.
BILE after the storm, with freezing
weather during the night.
Dandelions in bloom in the mid
die of February. One of our resi-
dents plucked a dandelion on
Wednesday which was growing
beside the walk, and not in a
sheltered place.. This is in keeping
with the spring weather we
expeERHced this week.
Some miscreant broke two chew
ing gum and candy slot machines
from their fastenings on the porch
of w. B. Cooney's restaurant, on
Monday night, and carried of
machines and contents. 1t is not
known what amonnt of cash was in
the machines but it was not large.
A reported property sale in town
this week was the house and lot OF
George G.. Reynolds on Cherry
street, Carlton Kimble being the
purchaser. Mr.. Reynolds will
move to his farm near Pennington
in the spring, Mr.. Kimble and bis
daughter taking possession of the
Reynolds property.
Chas. Kennedy and his comedy
company which was greeted with a
crowded house when here few
weeks ago, will again appear in
Rising Sun hall tomorrow evening
10 an entirely new cast. 1.-The
Country Minister" comedy
drama in four acts, will be pre-
sented. See adv. in another
column.
Jefferson public school, near
Principio, has been closed on ac-
count of case of diphtheria which
has developed in the neighbor-
hood. The sufferer, who was a
pupil of the school, is the little sou
Of H. II. Kirk. Every precaution
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