The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-07-16
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED
Democratic primaries tomorrow.

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menced Sunday and will continue until
August 22.
Company E, First Regiment, of Elkton,
willleave July>IS, for the State Camp at
Westminster.
Leslie Camp will open on Wednesday of
next week and continue over two Sun
days, closing Aug. 8.
Governor Crothers has appointed VIM.
S. Byers Justice of the Peace for the
Second district of Cecil county.
Mrs. Samuel Rankin, of near West
Nottingham, was painfully cut and
b -uised bysfalling from cherry tree,
few days ago.
Frank Barton Evans, son of William S.
Evans, of Elkton, has passed the State
Board of Law Examinations, and will be
admitted to the bar.
The first new wheat was received at our
warehouses last week. The price paid
was Sill per bushel. $I.I4 per bushel is
being paid this week.
4 A number of gypsies passed through
town last week. Some OF the women OF
the band piled fortune telling during the
briet stop made on our streets.
Thomas Robertson, of near town, had
the misfortune to sprain his ankle badly,
one day last week, while in the harvest
field, and is compelled to take an enforced
lay-off.
The Cecil county school board has ap-
pointed Charles Blake, of Elkton, princi-
pal of the Cecil County High School, to
succeed Norman w. Cameron, who re-
signed recently.
The Harvester Mission Band of Zion
Presbyterian Church will hold 'tJapa-
nese Tea" in the Session Building, on
Wednesday, July 2s, from to 9 o'clock
The public is cordially invited.
The management of Oxford Agricul-
tural Association has been notified that
the exhibit of the Experimental farm of
Pennsylvania State College will be sent
to Oxford for the fall fair.
The Tyson Mining Co., of Baltimore
has sold its 475-acre tract of mineral land
in Elk, East Nottingham, West Noting
ham and West Marlborough townships to
E. Stanley Grier, of East Nottingham.
Osborne S. Mackie, of Fair Hill, has
lost recently three horses from cerebro
spinal meningitis.
Gilbert SINNERS, of this town, lost a
fine driving horse from the same disease
on Monday.
Miss Bessie Hartnett, of near Elkton,
has been appointed teacher at Victoria
school, Ninth district and Miss Margaret
Johnson has been selected by the trustees
for the Pleasant Meadow school, near
Rising Sun.
The dry weather. and excessive heat
which has continued for more than fort
night has made an ideal harvest and
while some of the belated ones would be
caught, good rain would be acceptable
at the present time.
Alfred Kirk, of Pennington, for thirty
two years director, and for many years
president of the Farmers and Mechanics
Mutual Insurance Association of Cecil
County, has resigned, on account of fall
ing health. The vacancy on the Board
has been filed by the election of Robert
T. Cameron as director.
The barrens between Sylmar and Not
tingham were burned over Sunday after
noon, by fire said to have been caused
by paper balloon, which settled in the
dry grass and started the blaze. No
serious damage is reported but farmers in
the locality Of the section burned over
were kept busy fighting the flames for
several hours,
The report from those who have
threshed wheat in this section is that the
yield ranges anywhere for 20 to 2S
bushels per acre.
The hay crop, for the most part has
been good one, and with the splendid
harvest weather, was gotten up in the
best of condition, up to the present time
not spear of it getting wet.
Work on the Rising Sun-Principio road
is being pushed vigorously by the Horri.
gan Construction Co. More than mile
of grading has been completed and the
work of putting on stone began last week
The Rickey-Swann Co, is also making
rapid progress on the Barnes Corner
Korner Ketch road. Three concrete cul.
verts have. been constructed and the grad,
ing of the road for its entire length Of
one-half mile, has been practically COM
pleted.