The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-02-26
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs Of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED.
Lent began on Wednesday.

Malvin GraSO0 mas accepteu
position as assistant at the railroad
station in this town.
A great deal of spring plowing
has already been done by number
of farmers in this section.
The first herring of the season
were caught in the Sassafras River
last week by Richard Nabb.
The rural mail carriers enjoyed
one of their few holidays on Wash
ington's birthday, Monday.
The March term of the Circuit
Court for Cecil County will convene
at Elkton on Monday morning next.
The trustees of the Jacob Tome
Institute, Port Deposit, have elected
DR.. Thomas S. Baker head master.
Miss Eliza Curry, of near Sylmar,
was committed to the Insane
Asylum at Cherry Hill, last week,
The public school at Rock Springs
has been closed on account of an
outbreak of measles among the
pupils.
William H. Deshane, president
of the Cecil County Commissioners,
has announced himself candidate
for denomination.
Orphans Court Judge Richard
B. Merritt, of Warwick, has an
nounced himself Candidate for
Register of Wills.
The missionary tea held by the
Ladies' Aid Society, Of Elkton
Presbyterian Church last week
netted about $1O5.
The ice crop having proven al
most complete failure this year,
efforts to organize an artificial ice
company are being made in Elkton.
On charge of bigamy and
desertion, Elmer G. Weyman has
been arrested at Elkton. The war.
rant was sworn out at Reading, Pa.
The congregation of, Little Britain
Presbyterian church, has rendered
a unanimous call to Rev. Alex
ander Thompson, of Princeton, N.
j., which he has accepted.
At the public sale of Virginia
horses, held on Tuesday afternoon
at the Maryland House stables,
Woodrow & James sold sixteen
head, which averaged $l65.
The heavy rain of Friday night
last caused cavein of about twenty
feet of the brick wall under the
bakery of W. B. Cooney, where
workmen are preparing to install q
bowling alley.
Wilmer Thompson, of Providence
will seek the Democratic nomi
nation for Clerk of the Court, and
J. Wesley McAllister, of Elkton
that for Sheriff at the coming Dem
ocratic primaries.
The p, B. & w. railroad watch
box at Elk Neck crossing, two
miles .sonth of Elkton, was destroy
ed by fire Wednesday night, of last
week. An over-heated stove is
supposed to have been the cause.
James Clark, colored, was ar
rested in Port Deposit last week by
Deputy Sheriff McAllister on &
warrant sworn out by States At
torney Albert Constable, on the
charge of selling whiskey, contrary
to the local option law.
Bishop David 81. Moore, of Gin
cinnati, will preside over the forty
first session of the Wilmington
Methodist Episcopal Conference
which will be held in the Methodist
Episcopal Church, at Milford, DEL,
beginning March II.
Anthrax has made its appearance
among the cattle of William Reyn
olds, of Hopewell, Chester county
Pa Two cows and a bull were
discovered to be affected and Veteri
nary Young was ordered by the
State Veterinary to inocnlate the
remainder of the herd with pre-
ventitive serum, which was done
DIR. Marshall L. Price. Secretary
of the State Board of Health, has
caused the arrest of DIR. w. H. Long
charged with violating the Nationa
Food and Drug Law. Long was
alleged to be selling fake Con
sumption cure and the arrest was
made at the instance of District
Attorney John G. Ross. Long
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