The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-09-03
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

A string of fish weighing 4o pounds
was captured by Prof. A. R. Baldwin, oi
Aberdeen, off Spesutia Island.
The West Grove Firemen are holding q
Carnival this week which opened or
Saturday, when the receipts amounted tc
$500.
A weekend conference Of Friends will
be held at the Friends Meeting House
Darlington, Hartford county, on September
3-5, the general topic being 'Quakerism
at Work"
Charged with carrying concealed
weapons and making an attack upon
Benjamin Larue, colored, Noble Larue, o.
near Conowingo, has been lodged in
Elkton jail.
Arrested for pretending to be deaf and
dumb, a young ybeggar named William
Watson was sentenced by Magistrate Mat
tingly, of Havre de Grace, to ten months
in the House of Correction,
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Chrome and Quarryville base ball
teams played at Oxford on Saturday for a
purse of $25, the gate receipts to be
divided. Quarryville won by 8 to q.
The gate receipts amounted to $roo.
The Ladies Aid Society Of the Union
NJ. E. Church at Fremont, will hold their
annual poultry supper and festival on the
church lawn, Friday evening, September
3rd, from to o'clock. Tickets. IS
cents.
The trustees of the Havre de Grace
High School have recommended the ap-
pointment of M. G. Harper, of Golden
Hill, Dorchester county, as principal for
the ensuing year, to succeed Prof Tins
ley, resigned.
The members of Ebenezer M. E.
Church will hold lawn fete Wednesday
evening, September 8, at the home of
Frank Orr, Greenhurst. Ice cream, cake,
pies and fruit for sale. If stormy. the
roIloWlng evening,
Edward Scheedel, Of Hurlock, Md, was
killed on the Pennsylvania railroad at
Bear station Del. on August 20. His
mangled body was found lying along the
tracks and it is supposed the young man
fell from freight train.
Hopewell M. E. church, Woodlawn,
Rev. ]. Howard Gray pastor. Sabbath
services Sept. S: Sunday school at
o:3o; preaching at 1890. Epworth
League at Sp. m. preaching at Asbury,
at 8 p. m. All welcome.
Miss Mercie Mcdowell, daughter of
Newton Mcdowell. of Chrome, was take n
to the Chester County Hospital, Friday
morning, suffering from light attack of
typhoid fever, making the sixth member
of the family stricken with the malady.
One death has occurred in the family.
Amused at something Miss Maude
Williams, of Lower Oxford, Pa, on
Friday evening had hearty laugh that
developed into hysteria. Everything
possible was done to check the laughing
of the young lady, which continued for
more than an hour. The attack was
finally overcome by dashing cold water
over her.
| According to the daily records kept for
the Susquehanna Water Power Company
Notwithstanding the protracted dry spell
which has been experienced this summer,
the Susquehanna river was three inches
lower last year than it has been at any
time so far this year. This is more
reliable record than the memory of the
''oldest inhabitant.
The canning season in Hartford county
this year, it is reported. will be almost a
complete failure, as far as corn is con-
eerned. The prospect for fair pack of
tomatoes is better. Tomatoes can with
stand the drought better than corn, and
the first pickings have been good, but the
continued dry weather will very ma
terally shorten the crop.
Remember Bufington's stores now close
on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
at o'clock, open on Monday, Friday and
Saturday evenings until 9 or 10 o'clock.
The Interstate Good Roads Conference,
in session at Mountain Lake Park, Md,
adjourned Monday evening after effecting
permanent organization. w. A. Wheel
er, of Bel Air. was elected recording Sec
retary. John M. Tucker, of Elkton,
chairman of the State Roads Commission.
was elected member of the executive
committee. The object of the new organ
ization is to promote the construction and
maintenance of good roads.