The midland journal., 1910-08-26
TOWN AND COUNTY
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

navy.
Peaches have been selling in the local
market for 65 and IS cents per basket this
week.
The canning factory of Silver & Liddell,
at Liberty Grove, began operations on
Monday.
The Cecil Farmers Club met with N.
s. Thompson, near Woodlawn. on
Wednesday.
The members Of Zion Presbyterian
church have had a handsome new carpet
laid in the church.
The property of Zion Methodist Episco-
pal church is being greatly improved by
laying concrete walks.
DR.. T. B. Moore caught nine-pound
rock fish at the mouth of the Octoraro
one evening last week.
w. B. Cooney lost a valuable three
year-old colt on Thursday of last week
from spinal meningitis.
The gate receipts at Leslie camp this
year were $3.50. The receipts last year
were $aIo, and $ao3 in 1908.
The gunning season in Cecil county for
reed and railbirds, ortolan, blackbirds and
squirrels opens September I.
The old covered wooden bridge. span
ming Stone Run at Liberty Grove, islto be
replaced by an iron structure.
Grabs are unusually plentiful in Elk
River, and many grabbing parties are
taking advantage of the sport
After Is years service, Mrs. John L.
Moore has resigned as organist of the
North East Methodist Episcopal Church.
The members of RowlandvilTe Camp
Modern Woodmen of America have pur-
chased the George Christie property for
$3.50.
The town council of North East has
granted permission to the American
Telephone and Telegraph CO., to con-
struct conduit system through the town.
Morris Larue, Of Port Deposit. one OF
the five negroes who recently broke Jail at
Elkton, was recaptured last week. But
two of the FIVE jailbreakers aie still at
large.
Dr. Charles NJ Ellis, of Elkton. has
been named by Governor Crothers as a
delegate to the Southern Commercial
Congress. which meets in Atlanta, Oc-
tober I.
Those Days Of Long Ago" is the
latest production of John Mills, Of Elkton,
popular song writer. The music is by
R. K. Belden. The song is published by
New York firm.
party of forty ladies and gentleman
from Quarryville and vicinity passed over
the Baltimore Central road Wednesday
morning enroute for Betterton on a two
weeks camping expedition.
The circular concrete warehouse, erect
ed on the wharf at Port Deposit by the
Colchester Steamboat Co., to replace the
frame structure wrecked during the ice
gorge last spring, has been completed.
Chilly weather is on the way, according
to the Weather Bureau. Starting from
the Northwestern States and sweeping
across the continent it is scheduled to
reach the Atlantic coast by to-day Oh
tomorrow.
Clifford Kirk. who has been clerkine
for some months past for Haines & Kirk,
hardware dealers of this town. has ac,
cepted position in the wholesale hard
ware establishment Of Cariin & Fulton
Baltimore.
: Joel Borton, of Woodstown. N. J.. will
address local option meeting in Rising
Sun hall tomorrow evening. He will
also address the Friends meeting on the
following morning. The public cordially
invited to attend.
Lewis F. Scott, of this town. has beer
granted a patent on an automatic lock fol
milk canlids. Mr.. Scott is young mar
with inventive genius and has patent:
pending on two or three, other ingen
ious contrivances. one of which is sell
computing counter scale fof stores
The members of the Loyal Legion held
jolly watermelon treatfon the lawn al
the home of Miss Ella Pogue. Wednes
day evening. the guestsiof honor being
the parents Of membersg of the League
The lawn was prettily lighted with Jap
anese lanterns and the Ii Rle folks enjoyed
/ numerous games in the ppen air during
the evening.