The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-08-12
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs Of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

The public schools Of the county will
open Monday, September S.
Work has been started on the Elkton-
Singerly section of State road.
The oats crop is reported by our farm
ers lobe the best for many years past
There were 1000 paid admissions to
Woodlawn camp grounds on Sunday last
A manual training department is to be
established at Calvert Agricultural High
school,
An additional engine is being installed
at Cecil Paper Mill, near town, as auxil-
iary power in time of low water.
The rain on Monday gave the parched
earth the first real soaking it has had for
weeks, and broke the long drouth.
H. t. Worthington landed nice string
Of bass at Octoraro Junction on Monday.
The largest one tipped the beam at three
pounds and half. -
Catching his foot in wire Blair Hop
kins, leader of the Perryville Americus
Band, was thrown to the ground and
suffered broken arm.
The power launch Of ]. w. Scott, which
was badly damaged by fire at the Elkton
wharf some weeks ago, has been rebuilt
and was launched again last week.
The railroad excursion to Atlantic City
on Tuesday morning proved popular
drawing card. Eighty-seven tickets were
sold at this station for the excursion.
Allie Hall, center fielder Of the Rising
Sun team. has had an offer from the
manager of Ocean City, N. j, team,
to play the balance of the season at that
place.
Mrs Charles E. Pierson, was thrown to
the platform at the Elkton station and
severely injured on Wednesday evening
Of last week, by the Colchester excursion
train starting before she had time to
alight.
BY falling from tree in which he was
trimming out branches, c. K Brown, a
Western Union linesman. of Colora,
sustained broken arm and other severe
injuries.
Nearly 200 representatives from all
sections of Maryland attended the annual
convention of the State Camp, Patriotic
Order Sons of America, which convened
at Elkton Tuesday
w. H. Hoover, a farmer and trucker
near, Elkton. picked box of ripe straw
berries from his vines last week. They
were second crop produced by the vines
this season, and were of fine flavor.
At the sixty-sixth annual meeting of the
Mutual Fire Insurance Company. held in
Elkton, Saturday, Joseph H. Steel, OF
Chesapeake City, was reelected president,
and John M. Tucker secretary and
treasurer.
II is reported that John Solo, of Will
mington, who recently purchased the Red
Mill, property, located in West Elkton,
will convert the mill into a macaroni
factory. The mill has been idle for a
number of years.
Adolph Frei, decorative artist, Of Phila-
delphia, has been awarded the contract
for re-decorating the interior of James M.
E. church. in this town. The metal cell
ing mas been placed in position and the
walls are being scraped preparatory to
painting and decorating.
Nottingham Quarterly Meeting will be
held at East Nottingham on the goth inst.
Joel Borton. a minister of Woodstown,
New Jersey, will address Local Option
meeting after lunch. Also adderss { a
Local Option meeting to be held in
Rising Sun hall 9TH day evening, 27th
inst, at 1890 o'clock.
1t is reported the citizens of Havre de
Grace have offered to enclose the ball
grounds in that town and present the
team with $500 if they beat Rising Sun out
in the tri-county league race. and win the
pennant this year. This is "going some. "
but there are plenty of hackers of the
home team here who are willing to bet the
job is too big for the Havre de Grace boys.
A horse belonging to Harry Smith, who
has been running one of the stone wagons
on the State road work here this summer,
dropped dead about four o'clock Monday
afternoon. just as the wagon to which il
was hitched was being driven on the
dumping board. preparatory to depositing
aload of crushed stone on the road Death
is thought to have been due TO the rupture
Of blood vessel in the brain. The