The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-10
Tuesday next Is St. Valentines Day,

Tuesday next is 81. Valentines Day.
Sunday next is the anniversary Of
Abraham Lincoln's birth.
Lent begins on Wednesday, March Il;
Easter Sunday falls on April 70.
AS the result of fall. Mrs. Eleanore
Taylor, Of Blythedale, is suffering with
injuries TO her hip.
The Chesapeake s. Delaware Canal has
been closed this week, while repairs were
being made on the LOCKS at Chesapeake
CITY,
Rural mail carrier W, E. Patten Of
Liberty Grove. lost fine horse on Sum
day from spinal meningitis. The animal
was sick but one day.
..The Toy Shop entertainment given
two nights by local talent. in the Elktcn
Opera House for the benefit Of Union
Hospital netted $Io6. 50.
a ribbon social will be held on Friday
hesening, Feb. II, at the home of Amos
Moore, Rock Springs. Proceeds for the
sneiit st Porter's Grove church.
All the annual meeting Of the lakewood
Detective Association, held on Saturday,
Charles Grub was elected president,
John Regain secretary, and Albert Rey-
nolds treasurer.
Al the shoot Saturday, on the grounds
of the Baltimore Country Club, the feature
shooting of the day was done BY H. L.
Worthington Of this town. He made 4
straight run Of "a, with total Of os out
Of 100.
William Clifford purchased from A. L.
Duyckinck & Co.. this week lot 100 feet
front BY $50 feet 10 depth, on East Main
street. and will erect a dwelling thereon
in the spring.
The North East base ball club has
organized and will make application for
admission to the Tri-County League. F..
HI. White Is president Of the club, J. A.
Rooney secretary and treasurer, and E. J.
Campbell, manager.
Harvey Townsend, rural mail carrier on
Route No. from Nottingham, Pa, has
resigned and win operate the farm Of E.
L. Duyckinck, near Calvert. Aaron
Hines will serve the route until new
carrier is appointed.
The Senior classes Of the Calvert Agri-
cultural High School and the North East
High School, accompanied by their teach
ers, went to Baltimore on Wednesday
evening Of last week, to see Hamlet"
played BY Sothern and Marlowe.
Quite number from this town and
vicinity attended the oratorio given by
the Choral Society in Oxford Presbyterian
church on Tuesday evening, and the rem
dition Of The Creation" IS highly spoken
q The collection taken amounted to
Owe. 500.
Nv Louis Ryan has been awarded the
contract for the erection of an eight room
dwelling with all modern improvements
for Robert +. Cameron on his lot on South
Queen street. The building will be 32x3o
feet with kitchen extension 22x6 feet and
work. is 70 begin as soon as weather con-
ditions will permit
The Impression. created by the mild
weather last week that spring was near at
hand was entirely dispelled on Monday.
when winter returned with heavy snow
storm. Snow began falling early in the
morning and continued throughout the
day, the ground being covered to the
depth Of four inches or more by night.
George P. Wright. of Port Deposit. was
among those present at the banquet OF
the Metropolitan Insurance Company
held in Wilmington. on Thursday last.
He was awarded a gold fountain pen in
recognition of having written the largest
number Of insurance policies Of any
agent in his district during specified
time.
Friday night and early Saturday morn
ing Witnessed the unusual spectacle of a
heavy electrical storm in mid-winter.
Vivid flashes Of lightning. accompanied
BY heavy peals of thunder and a down
pour Of rain occurred. The temperature
being atthefreezing point everything re-
eeived coating Of ice, and pedestrians
found the going exceedingly precarious
r2n Saturday.
The County Commissioners visited
Qra last week TO inspect the proposed
ipr short section of new road
ugh The lands Of Elwood Balderston,
hn Pierce and Carroll Cameron. ending
Il the public school house. The oject Of
the section Of proposed new road is e