The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-10-08
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

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The w. C. T. U. will meet with Mrs. c.
S. Pyle, on Thursday, Oct. IA, at 80
o'clock.
twenty-five acres are being planted in
apples on the Albert Constable farm near
Providence.
The cannery at Elkton closed this week
after pack of 1900 cases of tomatoes
during the season.
The vestry of St. James Episcopal
church, Port Deposit, has extended call
to the Rev. Mr.. Weir.
lanes Short, an Elkton lad, was bitten
on the hand by vicious dog upon ente.
ing the yard of Elsy Wright.
Revival meetings are in progress at
Rising Sun NJ E. church, in charge OF
the pastor, Rev. ]. w. Jones.
The trestle bridge on the railroad, near
Colora station, was renewed Monday
night by large force of workmen.
The derailing of several cars OF r, b.
& w. freight train at Iron Hill, Saturday
morning, delayed traffic several hours.
Anumber of cases of scarlet fever have
been reported to the health authorities
from the lower districts of Cecil county.
The result of the two days registration
in the Sixth district was As new names
and 21 transfers being added to the list.
w R. Ely. of Trenton. N. j., has rented
a room in the Hunt building and will
shortly open gents furnishing goods
stoie.
Benz. Briscoe has been appointed one of
the guards at Jessups Cut and left Rising
Sun on Tuesday to take up the duties of
his position.
Owing to scarcity of water Jno. Stump
has installed 80 horsepower gasoline
engine at his electric light plant, near
Principle Furnace.
The P. E. Sharpless Co. is paying $3.50
for q per cent milk during October. They
paid as high as $I.o2 for the highest test
milk last month, and $I.7o for per cent.
LINES Buchanan has been appointed
sexton of West Nottingham church and
cemetery, which position was recently
made vacant by the resignation OF Harvey
Barrett.
The republicans of the Sixth district or
ganized for the campaign on Saturday
night, by the election of B. P. Nichols,
president; ]. E. Brumfeld. Sec; John
Terry, assistant sec.; S. ]. Terry, treas.
A public meeting will be held at an early,
date.
A party giving his name as John
Hewitt and hailing from Pincess Anne
was in Rising Sun yesterday trying to
locate his brother, Thos. R. Hewett, who
he says is farming somewhere in this
neiphborhood and whom he has not seen
for 81 years.
The road between Duyckinck, Sterrett
& Co.'S warehouse and Pleasant Meadows
school is closed to travel, pending the
completion of the two concrete culVerts
for the State road, work on which began
Monday. The closing of the road neces-
states short detour to the Pennington
pike.
While driving farm wagon on Monday
Luther Hindman, of Liberty Grove met
with painful accident by getting his
right hand caught between the wagon-bed
and wheel. The member was terribly
lacerated and crushed, the flesh being torn
from the back and the bone and ligaments
exposed.
Pencader. the speedy stallion owned by
James T. Armour of Greenhurst, started
in tep RACES this season, winning first
money in all at them. His best pers
ytormance was at Roanoke, Va, where
he paced the last mile of race in 2:IIA
which was within half second of the
Roanoke track record.
The last base ball game of the season
will be played on the home grounds to-
morrow afternoon, between Chrome and
Rising Sun. Each team has won game
and the rubber, it is expected, will be
hotly contested. An admission of IS
cents will be charged, the proceeds being
for the benefit of the players.
M. L. Mccullough and Walter Stubbs,
representing Oxford Tennis Club, played
Edwin L. Haines and Bernard Efing, of
the Pioneers, Saturday on the court of the
latter club. The Oxford players took two
. ofSthe three events.
~ Haines defeated Mccullough, 6-3, 6-2.
Stubbs defeated Efing. 6 A, GA. McCul1
Tough aAd Stubbs defeated Haines and
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