The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-06-03
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL. HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

School scholarships will be held on 9Th.
The W. C. 7. u. will observe Flower
Mission Day at the home of Mrs. Thomas
Wilson on Thursday. June 9th, at 2.3o
o'clock.
Cecil Squire, of Port Deposit. this week
succeeded Lewis Witcraft as time clerk
on the State road operations in this
section.
The Rising Sun Cornet Band will fur
nish music for a. festival at Castleton,
Hartford county, on Saturday evening,
nth inst.
The gross receipts of the festival held
on Decoration Day by the ladies Of Cal
vert M. E. church were over 500, about
$50 being cleared.
Colora Council, Jr. Q. U. A. M, attend
ed service in Mt. Pleasant M. E. 1church
Sunday morning. Fifty members Of the
order were present. III
A AsStrawberry and ice cream festival will
be held at Ebenezer NJ, E. Church, near
Greenhurst, June 4. If stormy, will be
held Monday evening.
While Freedus F. Johnson was haul
ing load of phosphate on Wednesday
one of his horses suddenly dropped dead
at the top of Colora hill.
With the mercury registering 820 on
Sunday and 4s0 on Wednesday morning
how is person to tell whether this is the
good old summer time or not.
Omar D. Crothers. of Elkton, has been
appointed member of the Democratic
State Central Committe for Cecil county.
vice w. D. Bratton, resigned.
Members of Sylmar M. E. Church will
hold strawberry and ice cream festival
on the church lawn next Tuesday eve
ming If stormy following evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. George W. Steel. of the
Fourth district of Cecil county, have pre-
sented to the head of Christiana Presby-
terian Church an individual communion
service.
Children's Day exercises will be held in
James M. E. church, Rising Sun, on Sun
day evening, June IL, at 1890 o'clock.
The exercises will be in charge Of the
Sunday school.
While hitching her horse in front of the
Elkton M. E. church Sunday afternoon
Mrs. Allen c. Jaquette was severely bitten
on the arm by the animal.
The James F. Powers Foundry Com
pany is having large brick addition
built 10 their plant in Elkton. An electric
crane will be installed and. other improve
ments made.
The work of dredging the channel OF
Big Elk creek from Cedar Point to the
Elkton wharves, has been completed.
The Government has made another appro-
priation of $4,000 to do additional work.
VIM. R. Cameron, of Pennington. had
an old fashioned barn raising last week
and a large crowd of willing helpers as
sembled to give a boost. Ninety persons
participated in the midday feast and
fifty sat down to supper.
Victor r. Bennett has been reelected
secretary of Elkton town council; Robert
C. Thackery elected counsel to succeed
William S. Evans, Robert Rudolph elected
bailiff in place of George Potts, and Will
liam r. Gilpin elected treasurer to succeed
David Scott.
Several boys under rs years of age, EN-
ployed driving carts at the quarry near
town. being operated by the State Road
Commission, have been compelled to gel
written permits from their parents OF
guardians. in accordance with the labor
laws Of the State
Excelsior Lodge. Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, of this town. will attend
services at James M. E. church on Sun
day morning, June S. at 1850 o'clock,
when the pastor, Rev. ]. w. Jones, will
deliver special sermon. The members
of the order are requested to meet in the
lodge room at $50 o'clock. preparatory
to marching to the church in a body.
F. E. BAKER. Noble Grand.
Mrs. Margaret Brown, of the Eighth
district. is reported to have entered suit
against the State and county for damages
to her property. sustained during the
recent heavy rains. The filing in Of the
side bitches in Sthe State road work
near Richardsmere. turned water into her
yard. The food of water was turned from
the roadside and wrought havoc as il
ragged through her yard. flooding spring
house and doing other damage.