The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-07-29
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs Of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

The recent bazaar of the American
mechanics, held at Perryville, netted
l$25I.63.
i The attendance at Leslie Camp on Sun
day was large, an estimate of two thousand
being placed on the crowd.
| The 'Red Mill" property in West Elk
ton, has been sold. to John Solo, of Will
mington, Delaware, on private terms.
Gyles Jamison, of near Oak Hill, and
Cline Watson, of Wakefield, each lost a
horse last week, the animals dropping
dead in the road.
U. G. Realey, for several years chief
clerk in the superintendent's Office at
Media, has been appointed train master
on the Central Division, vice c. D. Lack,
deceased.
Elkton has organized an Improvement
Association with Frederick T. Haines,
President; DR.. H. Arthur Mitchell, Vice
President; Charles B. Finley, Jr., Secre-
ltary; Clarence C. Strickland, Treasurer.
1 The committee having in charge ar
rangements for celebration of the thirty
fifth anniversary of the founding of
Hopewell, Pa. Lyceum have decid ed
upon Thursday. August 18th, as the date.
i Suit has been entered bv Deputy Sher-
Iiff ]. Nathan Dean. of Hartford county,
Iagainst the United Railway, of Baltimore.
for damages for injuries received when a
car on which he was riding jumped the
ltrack near Towson.
The Assessors for the various districts
of Cecil county met in Elkton on Tuesday,
land received instructions from their
Counsel. preparatory to beginning their
work of reassessing all real and personal
property of the county.
There will be an ice cream festivafheld
lat Pilot on Saturday evening. July 3o
The best ice cream, cakes, candies,
bananas, lemonade, etc.. will be for sale
Everybody come. Proceeds for benefit of
Bethesada M. P. church.
The $27, 900 issue of bonds for improve
ment of the streets of Havre de Grace, ex-
tension of the sewerage system and erec-
ton of building for the fire apparatus
was awarded to the Havre de Grace Bank
ing and Trust Co., at a bid of $Io2. 62H.
| Remembers of Porters Grove church
will hold festival on Saturday evening,
goth inst... il the grove adjoining the
church Ice cream, cake, fruits, etc., on
sale. Music by Rising Sun Cornet Band
If stormy Saturday evening, festival will
be held the following Monday evening.
Arrangements have been made to hold
the annual meeting of the State Camp,
Patriotic Order Sons of America. in Elk
ton,- on August and 10. Nearly 200
delegates from various parts of the State
will be present The residents and
merchants of Elkton have been requested
to decorate with flags and bunting.
Large yields of wheat and oats are the
order of the day in this section. Linn
Murray threshed 42-bushels of wheat per
acre from FIVE acres on potato ground. his
whole acreage averaging "a bushels. The
oats yield is reported considerably above
the average and is running anywhere
from 90 to 100 bushels the latter being the
estimated yield of R. X. Rawlings.
In fight between Henry Thomas and
Gus Gibson, both colored, on Satur-
day night, at Fredericktown, in the
First district. Thomas was so badly cut
with a razor by Gibson. that his recovery
is doubtful. Gibson made his escape
down the Chesapeake Bay in boat,
while his victim was taken to Union
Hospital, Elkton, in critical condition.
4 Rumors are afloat that the Maryland
l& Pennsy land railroad is to be converted
into an electric road to Bel Air.
If the road was electrified the suburban
travel would double in short time and
with cheap power from McCalrs Ferry,
which is only about 10 miles from Cardiff,
the cost of operation would be very much
less and the profits of the company great
ly increased at small cost and the stock
would soon be dividend payer.
i John Mitchell. of Castlefen, York county
Pa. was instantly killed on Thursday
afternoon of last week while at work on
the Susquehanna transmission line. be-
tween David St. Clair's place and North
Bend. While in the act of raising one of
the steel towers, The shere legs, term
for the. two poles which are used to raise