The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-01-15
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs Of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

pointed DTlug0 teuucI dL OdSotiico
river bridge.
Miss Anna Gehr, OF Perryville,
has been appointed principal OF
Oak Grove school, near Sycamore
Mills, vice Miss Pearl Gorrell.
The Cecil County School Board
appointed Miss Emily Whitaker,
Of Cherry Hill, assistant principal
at Grove public school near Zion.
John Kimble, of near town, has
invested in handsome automobile
aud will make things hum when
weather and road conditions i'm
prove.
The County Commissioners at
their meeting on Tuesday ordered
that contractor Brown stop all
work on the North East Bay View
road until Spring.
CeciPs share of the quarterly dis.
tribution of the State School Fund,
made by Comptroller Herring, is
S51O5. "a; Kent's, $3,821.5O, and
Harford's, $6127 .26.
The Carrot Cove farm of SO
acres on the North East river, in
the Fifth district, has been pur-
chased by Albert N. Stewart, OF
Palmyra, N. j., for 81 200.
The Court Of Appeals has re
versed the decision of Kent County
Court which awarded Henry M
Green, of Elkton, 1000 damages
for false arrest at HavIe de Grace,
The Standard Oil tank has been
placed in position at Colora and a
i stable erected for the accommo
dation ofhorsesa and wagons. Colora
will be made the supply station for
this section in future.
The annual meeting Of the stock
holders of the Conowingo Bridge
Co, was held last week. No action
was taken as to rebuilding the
bridge, the loss of which is seriously
felt throughout the neighborhood.
William Thomas, employed by
Monk s. Sons, in caissons con-
struction work for the B. & 0.
bridge, at Akin, fell distance of
sixteen feet while at work on
Thursday, breaking his right arm
and otherwise injuring himself.
The Weekly Bible Study Glass
begins it's regular session for 1909
Friday evening, at Mt. Pleasant
Church.
The Oakryn Orchestra and local
talent will render an entertainment
for the Parsonage Fund, February
8, in charge of the Epworth League.
The sixth annual report of the
State Library Commission shows
that fourteen travelling libraries
were in circulation in Cecil county
in 1908, as follows F.: One each al
Calvert, Cecilton and Sylmar; two
each at Ekton and North East
three at Colora, and four at Pleas
ant Hill.
T. K. Mcdowell, of near town,
was one of the exhibitors at the
Poultry Show held in Baltimore
last week, where he won two first
prizes, two second and one fifth on
Silver Wyandotte chickens. Miss
Bertha Tyson was also one of the
exhibitors, her wild turkeys cap
turing several awards.
We have been favored with
handsome 1909 calendars by several
of our business firms, including
Donache & Brown, Haines & Kirk,
A. b. Keen and A. j. Mearns, OF
Zion. j. H. Terrell, insurance
agent of Elkton, has also remember
ed us with one of the splendid
Hanover Co. calendars.
Wednesday evenings storm, "a
combination of snow, hail and
rain,-spread coating of ice over
everything. Pedestrians found
pavements in such slippery con.
dition Thursday morning that they
took to- the "middle of the road" i"
A number of sleighs were out,
taking advantage of the icy going.
HopewelI M. E. Church Wood
lawn, Rev. J. Howard Gray pss-
tor. Sabbath service, January IL /:
Sunday School at 10; preaching at
IL a. m. and s p. m. Morning sub
iect, "The Bitter and the Sweet in
the Christian Life;' evening sub
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