The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-05-13
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs Of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

| An eclipse of the moon will occur on
May 23, visible in this latitude, beginning
at 1916 p. m.
The Cecil County Commissioners have
appointed John Futty,. Jr., of Elk Neck,
assessor for the Fifth district.
The tax rate for Hartford county has
been fixed at $r.o5 per $Ioo. The State
tax is I6 cents, making total of $I.2I.
Six Oxford homes have been quar-
antined on account Of the epidemic of
measles which are prevalent in the town.
Early Saturday morning the safe in the.
postofice at Greensboro, Del, was blown
open and about $500 in money and
stamps taken.
The Ladies' Aid Society of Mt. Pleasant
M. E, church will hold festival in w. T.
Flyers hall at Colora on Wednesday.
evening, May 49,
The post Office at Dublin has been
abandoned and rural route to supply
that neighborhood from Darlington has
been put into operation.
Monday evening, May 23rd, the Oxford
Concert Band will give concert in the
Oxford Opera House, under the manage
tment of the new leader, J. R. Wheelock.
P. H. Cleaver, William S. Evans,
Clarence c. Strickland and Thomas c.
Major have been elected trustees of Elk
ton Presbyterian Church for three years.
The County Commissioners for, Cecil
County have granted the American Tele-
phone and Telegraph Company fran
chise to lay conduit system through
Cecil county.
Roger Brooks Irwin, of Carroll county,
Maryland, who was recently appointed
road engineer for Cecil county, is a. patient
at the Union Hospital in Elkton suffering
from typhoid fever.
Elkton Town Council has appointed w.
w. Burkley and Charles Jeffers judges
and William R. Gilpin and William c..
Feehly clerks for the annaul town cleo
ton to be held May I6.
The receipts Of the Oxford postofice
were over eight thousand dollars the last
fiscal year. and the Office was raised to
second class. with an increase in salary
for Postmaster Ingram.
Harry S.rcarver, attorney for Allen ST.
IClair, has filed an injunction restraining
1.-THE Susquehanna Pole Line Company
from crossing Mr.. St. Clair's farm near
lClermont. in Hartford county.
Residents of London Grove township
have petitioned the Court for the appoint
ment of jury of view to report on
proposed bridge over the west branch of
White Clay Creek in their neighborhood.
i Kent county's books are to be placed in
the hands of an expert accountant. The
finances of the county are in bad tangle,
and it will be necessary to make tax
rate Of 81, so on the $Ioo this year to meet
lexpenses.
i just six months after Its destruction by
FIRE. the old Methodist Protestant Church
at Georgetown, Del, has been replaced
and will be dedicated next Sunday with
appropriate exercises. The new church
is of brick and cost $1,000. ~
Il Robert Johnson, colored, fell from
rowboat while returning from Havre de
Grace to the Casparis stone quarries, on
the Susquehanna river. and was drowned.
The colored man was intoxicated at the
time, and his companion Isaac Bullock,
white, who was also drunk, was unable
to save him.
4 The Delaware County Historical So
ciety has decided to observe the ami
versary of the battle of Brandywine
lon September TO- The Chester County
Historical Society and the Daughters of
the American Revolution in Delaware
and Chester Counties will be invited to
cooperate in the celebration.
| MIS- Aituui Diyuo, VI TeIIyVliie. was
throw from her wagon on Sunday after
noon. when the horse she was driving
took fright and ran away. Her clothing
catching she was dragged some distance
before being rescued from her perilous
position by c. Tyson. Although pain
fully cut and bruised Mrs. Bryde fortu-
nately escaped serious injury.
| A representative of the Traymore
Tailoring Co., will be at M. Ely & Sons
on Friday, May ~. Any one wishing an
up-to-date, stylish spring suit made to
order, with perfect fit guaranteed. win do
well to call on that date. See adv. in
anRtheF columns