The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-11-29
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs Of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

| ing to H. D. Hanway. a farmer Of near
Bel Air.
Charles w. Baker has donated lot in
Aberdeen upon which will be erected the
new library building.
Grier Bros. Hartford county nursery
men, recently shipped a number Of
cherry, pear and apple trees to China
DR.. David Mackey, Oxford. has been
appointed medical inspector of the
schools in Oxford and surrounding Sec
tions
Three bundled barrels of prime corn is
the yield from I7H acres, harvested by
Henry B. Bruins. Hartford county
farmer.
| By circular issued by the Treasury
Department there will be no new coins of
silver quarters and half-dollars for the
Christmas holidays.
Mrs Millard Harkins. OF Hickory Hill,
was painfully injured Monday afternoon
by being thrown from the buggy when
her horse took fright and ran away.
John Reath. of White Rock. Pa. lost
valuable COW Saturday, it having gotten
out of the field and strayed into Kings
dam. sinking in the mud and drowning.
Two hundred and fifty persons took
supper at the New London Hotel Satur-
day evening. the occasion being the an
nual banquet of the Harmony Detective
Association.
w. E. Burns has had ground broken
fol six new concrete block houses on
Green street, Havre de Grace, making
twenty eight houses built by Mr.. Burns
in the past few years.
An outbreak of scarletina among the
children caused County Healh Officer
DR.. J. T. Courtney, Of Chesapeake City.
to close the Mitchell School. on the Elk
ton-Chesapeake City road. last week.
| Quarryville Shoe factory has been so
lsuccessful that it is found necessary TO
have more room, and a, sox32 #. addition
lis being built. making the second addition
to the building since the factory began
i Operations.
Corn husking contests and creating in
terest in the neighborhood of Newark,
Del. So far, the championship in held by
George Anderson. colored, ~of Newark.
He maintains record Of IS ears from
the shock, husked clean in 264 seconds.
Hanging head downward between two
cars when a foot caught between a steel
plate and car top, Robert Clifford, of
Reading, brakeman on the Wilmington
& Northern. was carried several miles
before other trainmen disco-ered his
plight.
i A farmers produce exhibit will be held
in Mt. Pleasant hall from Saturday, Nov.
80, to Tuesday, Dec. 8. Numerous prizes
will be awarded for best exhibits of wheat.
corn. oats. potatoes turnips, pears. apples.
cabbage and pumpkins. The exhibits
are to be sold at auction Tuesday after
noon and proceeds devoted to the church
fund.
Miss Mary Moffitt has been appointed
Ioperator at the North East telephone ex-
change to succeed Miss Blanche Logan.
who resigned to fill a position as teacher
in the public schools. Mrs. Ambrose
Drennen. formerly of this town and who
had been previous operator At North
East. acted as temporary operator until
Miss Mofitt could quality.
An oil boom has struck Somerset
county, Pa. where drilling has been 90
ing on for some time. but the results
have been kept secret. The Peoples
Natural Gas company Pennsylvania COM
pany interested in the oil and gas devel-
lopment are said to be leasing all the
land in two of the townships of that
county and have been doing extensive
drilling.
Chairman E. o. Waller. of the Mary
land Good Roods Commission, announces
that more State road work will be done
next year than has been done before in
any year. He stales the Commission will
spend part of the time this winter getting
stone and other materials delivered along
the roads to be improved so that work
can be started early next spring. and can
be pushed with rapidity.
j The live stock firm H. w. Smouse &
| Bro. of near Oakland, have shipped dur
ing this fall fifty carloads of lambs raised
principally in Garrett Md. and the adjoin-
ing counties of West Virginia. The last
shipment for the season was sent to the
eastern markets last week and closed the
business for this season. Prices have
averaged good for the entire fall and