The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-07-30
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs Of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

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1t is said the three weeks drouth
utterly ruined the blackberry crop in this
section.
Woodlawn Camp commences next
| Wednesday, August 4 and promises TO be
well attendee with tenters.
The employees of E. Deibert & Bros,
boatyards, Elkton, have presented Union
Hospital with a handsome roller chair.
i Work is now under way for central
steam heating plant at Oxford and trench
es are being dug to lay the asbestos
covered pipe lines.
Oxford is having its annual attack of
trolleyosis and as in all former attacks
thinks it is sure to have a trolley line
within few months.
While George R. Ewings son Leon. of
Blake, was driving to festival one
evening last week, his horse suddenly
reared up and dropped dead in its tracks.
The little SON of Harry Windle, of OK
ford was bruised and skinned up when
the saddle of his pony turned on Third
street Friday and rolled the lad againsl
the curbstone.
A falling hay fork from the rafters of
the Archibald farm, near Battle Swamp,
on Tuesday, struck William Woods,
harvest hand, and inflicted dangerous
wound in his stomach.
Workmen are engaged this week in
Idismantling the former Diamond State
Telephone plant in this town, which has
not been in use since the Cecil Farmers
Co. acquired the lines a few months ago
4 Edward Balderston, of Colora, instead
Eof Elwood Balderston, as previously
STATED, has been appointed by the Mary
land Agricultural College to inspect the
fruit trees in this section to try and check
the ravages of San Jose scale.
Matinee races will be held at the Elkton
fair grounds Saturday, July 81, by the
Elkton Driving Club. There will be six
events:-Colt race, farmers race, 500,
2:45, 2:3o and 2:2o classes. There will
also be bicycle and foot races.
| In the death of Harry Hartman, who
was knocked from the new B. & o. bridge
at Havre de Grace last week, the casualty
list from work on that structure since it
begun two years ago, is eight deaths and
fifty injuries.
Susquehanna Tribe, No. I27, l. o. Red
Men, will hold festival at Colora, Satur-
day evening, July 81. Ice cream, cake,
confectionery, lemonade, ETC., in abun-
dance. Music will be furnished by Rising
Sun Cornet Band
While Frank E. Williams, editor of the
Cecil Wing, and his wife were driving
young horse near Chesapeake City Sun
| day they were both thrown out, Mr..
Williams being kicked on the hand and
Mrs. Williams also painfully injured.
Rev. Ralph T. Coursey, pastor of the
| M. E. church at Cambridge, who is we'll
known to many in this county, was egged
by an angry mob one evening last week
because he had been quite active in trying
to have the Sunday Blue Law enforced
Il The basement of the new high school
building at North East, which was left
unfinished when the building was erected,
is now being finished, with the proceeds
of the old school lot. The additional room
will be used for manual training purposes.
With one eye shot out and his face be-
spattered with shot from gun, Eli Tay-
lor, colored, of Iron Hill, was brought T.
Union Hospital in Elkton, on Monday.
He had been shot during quarrel with
another negro named James Lee, who is
10 years old.
On account of a breakdown on the
Chester Creek branch last Saturday, the
evening train to Rising Sun did not wait
on the connection and special was run,
bringing three passengers, one for Rising
Sun and two for Colora, arriving here
about nine o'clock
Candy Wilkinson, brother of Mrs. Levi
G. White of Lombard, had his leg ampu-
tated last week, at Williamsport, Pa, the
operation being necessary on account of
gangreen, About two years ago he had
! his other leg ampptated, beth legs being
taken of asboaye the knee.
The First Maryland Regiment, known
as the Eastern Shore regiment yesterday
elected Major Charles W, Adams. of
, Easten, lieutenant colonel to succeed Col
enel William G.. Purnell, of Elkton, re-
tired on account of age, Captain John A.
: Morgan. OF Company E. was elected
major.