The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-05-13

Walter H. Taylor has been appointed
carrier on the fifth rural mail route to be
established from Elkton.
Clifford Dunlap is reported 70 have pur-
chased the market route formerly con-
Quoted by the late Edw. Worthington, Of
Colora.
To census enumerator Howard Logan,
of the Eighth district, belongs the honor
of first completing his work in Cecil
county.
The Rising Sun base ball club will hold,
a festival in the pubic hall in this town
on Friday and Saturday evenings, May
20 and II.
While playing in Bacon Hill public
school yard, Carrie Secor. II-year-old
daughter of Duane Secor, fell and frac-
tured her left arm.
The valuable young mare belonging to
Samuel Haines, that was SO badly cut by
a spring tooth harrow a couple Of weeks
ago, died Of its injuries last week.
Former Sheriff Morris Dunbar. was
painfully injured in Elkton Friday, by a
heavy limb falling on him while he was
experimenting the trimming of trees.
Fred T. EIaines, Esq, Of Elkton. has
been elected director Of the Mutual Fire
Insurance Co of Cecil County, to succeed
his father, the late L. M. .Haines, Esq
Rev. H. A. G. Wester6eld, Of Elkton
M. E. church, has been chosen preacher
in charge of the 4oth Woodlawn Camp
meeting, which will begin August 8, 1910.
While playing base ball at Jacob Tome
Institute, Taylor Biles. young son OF G.
Ross Biles. of Blue Ball, was struck in
the face by the ball and sustained broken
nose.
Work was resumed on Monday at the
quarry, and on the road east Of town, by
the State Road Commission, after having
been suspended since the rough weather
in December.
Margaret E. Forsythe, of Iron Hill,
Cecil county, was one Of the graduates Of
Delaware Hospital Training School for
Nurses, in Wilmington, and received her
diploma Monday night.
A festival will be held by Oak Grove
public school, on the school grounds
Wednesday evening, 18th inst Ice cream,
cake, strawberries, ETC., on sale. Music
by Rising Sun Cornet Band. o
r IT. Jones, funeral director of Newark,
and ]. Harry, Marshbank, of Elkton.
formerly engaged 10 the undertaking bust
iness with his father, will start branch
undertaking establishment in Elkton. J;
1t is announced another weekly paper
will make its appearance in Elkton the
first Of next month, to be known as "The
Cecil Countian, with Alan Price. editor
and publisher. Its politics will be inde-
pendent.
The Singerly Fire Company has elected
]. ]. Minister, J. Frank Frazer, Taylor
McKenney, H. w. Lewis and w. c.
Feehly delegates to the Annual State
Firemen's Association convention in Bal
timore June 8, 9 and 10.
S. P. Ryan is preparing to embark in
the mushroom business on small scale
and has procured the necessary material
for the bed in his cellar. When in proper
condition it will be sown with the mush-
room spawn and left to germinate in the
dark.
w. B. Cooney has moved his engine
and other machinery used in the manu-
factnre Of ice cream, from the building on
Pearl street to the newly erected structure
in the rear of his restaurant, where he
viii conduct operations In this line in
future.
Rising Sun town election was held on
Monday and the old board of commits
sioners reelected. No opposition ticket
was run and but few votes were cast other
than for the present incumbents. The
vote resulted as follows: Chas. S. Pyle,
81; ]. M. Sterrett, 81; w. L. Ryan, 6z; ].
M. Holden, GO; H. J. Efing, 81; J. T.
Cameron, IS; DIR. 7. B. Moore, T; Edwin
Haines, I.
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