The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-02-12
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs Of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED
Lincoln Day.

st. Valentine day falls on Sunday
this year.
Miss Nellie Armstrong, Of Fair
Hill, has resigned as teacher in Ok
ford, Pa, High School.
The dwelling of E. H. Reynolds,
on Cherry street has been improved
zby new dress of paint.
Wednesdays heavy rain storm
was accompanied by lightning and
thunder about the noon hour.
Machinery is being installed in
the Providence milk separating
station to manufacture cheese.
An unknown vandal cut to death
horse belonging to Athony Ham.
mond, of Zion, while it was in a
field.
"a movement is under way for
the organization of local circle OF
the Kings Daughters, in North
East.
Charged with assaulting Weir
Seth, Lewis Widdoes was fined $50
and costs by Justice Gilpin, OF
Elkton.
On account OF an epidemic OF
measles in Elkton the public schools
were closed Tuesday by the Board
of Health.
About three inches of snow fell
Sunday evening, but rapidly dis
appeared under the warm rays OF
the sun Monday.
A large order for paper to be used
in the money order division of the
Post Office Department has been
completed by the Providence Paper
Mill.
Charles r. Finley, ST., of Elk
ton, has resigned as treasurer of the
Union Hospital Association, and
Frank P. Price has been elected
to succeed him.
James G. McCauley has an
nounced himself a candidate for
Register of Will at the Democratic
Primaries, subject to the provisions
of the Crawford county system.
w. M. Stober, of Onancock, Va,
has been appointed District Man
ager of the Diamond State Tele-
phone Co., at Elkton. Mrs. Stober
will fill the position of assistant.
Joseph F. Holt, Of Mechanics
Valley, has announced himself as a
candidate for County Treasurer OF
Cecil County, subject to the rules
of the democratic primary election.
The Elkton Paint and Power
Club has reorganized with Harlan
johnson as president, and rehearsals
are proceeding for a play after
Easter, for the benefit of Union
Hospital.
New Valley had a mad dog scare
on Monday. Several persons had
narrow escapes from the rabid ami.
NAL, which was finally killed. A
number Of dogs known to have
been bitten by it were also killed.
j. d. Donache is erecting 14x24
frame building on his lot on West
Main street, where he will conduct
the steam fitting and plumbing
business after March %. The firm
of Donache & Brown has been dis
solved.
The horses attached to heavy
farm wagon he was driving be
coming nnmanageable, Henry Dor
sey, aged 15 years, was thrown to
the ground on the farm of John w
McCool, near Elkton breaking his
left wrist.
At the meeting of the stock
holders of The James,<F. Powers
Foundry Company, of Elkton, held
on Friday afternoon, it was decided
to at once erect a steel casting
plant, with a capacity of 10 to 20
tons day.
Daniel L. Baldwin, president OF
the Elk Mills Company, has pur-
chased the interest held in Elk
Mills textile plant by j. W. Barber
s. Company, Philadelphia. The
plant gives employment to about
forty hands.
The abandoned Preston Meeting
House, in the Eighth district,
which is more than 100 years old,
has been purchased by b. B. Gar