The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-06
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs Of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED


M. E. church during Woodlawn camp.
Ernest Brickley, of Pennington, lost
one of his horses, few days ago, from
collie.
The Red Mems Band of North East will
run an excursion to Betterton Saturday
afternoon.
Woodlawn Y cleared about $25 by the
festival held July Fl on the lawn of Hope
well M. E. Church.
Twenty-seven persons from this vicinity
took advantage of the excursion Tuesday
to enjoy day at Atlantic City.
The recent Japanese tea, held by mem
bers of the Harvester Mission Band of
Zion, netted that organization $50.
SINNERS and Barnes, of Woodlawn
have been awarded the contract to build a
wooden bridge over Rutter's creek near
that place.
Owing to the dry weather and conse-
quent scarcity of milk, the Sharpless
condensery will pay $I.35 for per cent
August milk.
Lightning destroyed several stacks of
straw, containing about rs tons, on the
farm of Alfred Wetherill, near Elkton,
Friday night.
DIR. ]. H. Jenness landed a ten pound
rock fish with hook and line, on Thursday
evening of last week, near the mouth Of
the Octoraro.
A lake covering two acres of ground is
being constructed on Cedar Farm, near
Calvert, for additional water supply and
other purposes.
The gross proceeds of the recent lawn
fete held under the auspices of Leeds M.
P. church, were $165, over one hundred
dollars being cleared.
The revised tax list covering property
in Rising Sun has been hung in the
Post Office. Date of appeal is August II,
1909, from 1890 to $3.50 p. m.
H. C. Cummings is extensively inn
proving the Shepherd property, recently
purchased by him, by the erection of a
rear addition, side porch, painting, etc.
Unless two or three good rains come
within two weeks the corn crop of Mary
land, it is predicted, will be seriously
damaged, although SO far it is apparently
holding its own.
Miss Maud A. Fell is the new principal
of Rose Bank school, at Calvert, taking
the place of Miss Margaret Johnson, who
has been assigned to Pleasant Meadows,
near Rising Sun.
The Orphans Court was in special
session on August 4, to hear exceptions
filed by creditor heirs to the adminitsra-
tion account of John Anderson, executor
of Patrick Anderson deceased.
While picking berries in thicket near
Miss Mullin, daughter of Harry Mullin,
was shot in the foot by couple of young
men who were firing at a mark and did
not see the young woman.
While trimming hedge along the road
on the Lincoln farm near Harrisville, last
week, Thomas Reynolds discovered a
bundle wrapped in newspapers lying in
the ditch, which contained the decomposed
body OF still-born male infant.
James Foraker and Grover Hall, tive
young white men of near Singerly. have
been sentenced to sixty days in the New
Castle County Workhouse by Justice
Lovett, of Newark, for ill-treating horse
which they hired from liveryman in
that town.
The second railroad excursion to Toll
chester, on Wednesday, was we'll patron
the BALTIC. Central contingent to Perry
vile, where the boat was taken. Ninety
one tickets were sold at Rising Sun for
the excursion.
The State Good Roads Commission has
accepted conditionally the bid of the
Rickey-Swann Company for building
three and three-fourth miles of State road
near Princess Anne for $50, 26s.4o The
Rickey-Swann Co., is at present engaged
in the construction of the Barnes-Kornel
Ketch road.
]. D. c. Pownall has been experiment.
ing for some time on the fruit trees in the
yards of Messrs. Burlington, to combat
the borer, and has discovered that a
preparation composed principally of the
residue from an acetylene gas machine,
placed at the foot of the tree and applied
on the trunk with brush, effectually
exterminates. the destructive pest.