The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-04-26
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs Of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

the dance given in Nottingham Hall on
Tuesday evening.
Miss Mollie Keen has returned from an
extended visit TO Philadelphia and
Trenton relatives.
Mrs. Nellie Wagner has been spending
several days at Atlantic City with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jos s. Pogue.
A select dance was given ia o. ". Al.
N. Hall. Bay View, on Wednesday eve
ming by the members Of Bay View Base
Ball Club.
1 Miss Marion Cook. Of West Chester
State Normal School, spent Saturday and
Sunday At the home Of her father. Clifford
Cook. near town.
Mrs. ]. H. Jenness entertained the
West Nottingham Missionary Society on
Thursday afternoon Of last week. at her
home on Cherry street.
Miss Iva Mearns was operated on at the
German Hospital, Philadelphia, on Nsn-
day. Miss Mearns sustained injuries last
summer BY falling from cherry tree.
Miss Goldena 6. Atkinson. of Bay View,
and Mr.. Paul L. Morris. OF Pennington
were married Wednesday evening by
Rev. g. N. zepp, Of Bay View M p.
Church.
The enoaoenenf nae bse, .,,,a,,,xs1,
of Miss Sara X. Woodall, daughter 81
Mrs. Andrew w. Woodall Of Georgetown,
and VIM. Al Hylard. The wedding will
take place in the fall.
The Young Woman's Home Mission
Social will hold their monthly social at
the home Of Mrs. Harry Shepherd, on
May 3rd. All present are supposed To-
contribute 70 the program either by reci-
tation. reading or solo.
G. Mawxell Langdon. OF Ardmore. Pa.,I
is in serious condition from second
stroke Of paralysis suffered some time
ago. Mr.. Langdon is 81 years Of age and
4 is native Of this town. He is brother
Of Randolph Langdon. Of Oxford.
Edward Efing. Of West Grove, and
Bernard Efing. Of Swarthmore.. were
guests Of their brother, Harry EAng,
dnring the week. Bernard Effng left on
Friday for the Pocono Mountains where
he win spend several days trout fishing.
Col. Theodore Roosevelt will be in
Havre de Grace on the afternoon of May
II. He will reach there about o'clock,
and will speak from platform in front
of the Opera House.
i Twelve head Of cattle on the farm Of
Geo. Coates, Hopewell. Pa. have been
killed by order of the State Live Stock
Sanitary Board as the animals were pro-
nounced 70 be infected with tuberculosis
4 Stewart & Donohoe. who have the con-
|tract for building the piece of good road
from Newark to the Maryland line,
known as Elkton road. are ready to COM
mence work A portion Of the road was
constfucted last fall.
| Blake Sunday school has re-organized
with the following officers Amos Z.
Ewing, superintendent and chorister; |;
!, Harvey Anderson assistant superinten-
dent; Miss Annie Yerkes secretary and
Itreasnrer; Miss Sara Ewing, organist-
i Howard L. Brumfeld, formerly of this
place but at present residing at Hamorton.
i Pa, whose barn was destroyed by wind
storm some weeks ago. raised the frame
of new structure last week, about fifty
Of his neighbors and friends assisting.
| An order permitting the Maryland Wa
ter Company to issue bonds to provide
funds for acquiring the head OF Elk Mills,
install filter system and provide work.
ing capital for future Improvements has
been favorably passed upop by the Public
Service Commission.
i The suit of George S. Mattingly, Of
Wilmington, formerly of Charlestown,
against the p, B. & w. r. r., for dam
ages for broken hip sustained while
alighting from a train at Lincoln City.
Del. on August 4. 1910. has been settled
by the payment of sum by the railroad
company and an agreement that the
amount win not be made public,
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Jones. Of near
Nottingham. left on Monday in covered
wagon. for California. They expect to
drive all the way, going by easy stages.
and reaching their destination by winter.
Their outfit embraces cooking utensils, a
tent, etc. They plan to make about
twenty miles day, reaching Kansas
during harvest and stopping in that STATE