The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-01-24
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED
The days are lengthening.

Moonlight nights. with full moon on
Wednesday. 22nd inst.
His axe glancing while chopping wood
Ronald Bond severed one of his small
toes.
John A. Morgan, of Elkton, has an
nonced himself candidate for Sheriff on
the democratic ticket.
The members of Ebenezer church are
conducting Class Meeting each local
Sunday at 1880 o'clock.
The public schools at Chesapeake City
have been closed. on account of the prev
alence of diphtheria in the town.
A largely attended class in chu,ch his
tory meets each Wednesday evening at
Rosebank M. E. church, Calvert.
A meeting of the Usher's Union Of
Zion and Rosebank M. E. church will be
held at the parsonage on Thursday,
January go.
A number Of Fifth district taxpayers
have petitioned the County Commission
ers for the repair Of a bad stretch on the
Old Ferry road.
The winter meeting of Cecil County
Medical Society was held in Elkton on
the 23rd inst Serum "Therapy' was the
subject discussed.
Barclay Brown. a well-known baggage
master on the Baltimore Central Division
Of the Pennsylvania railroad. has been
placed on the retired list.
1t is reported that the p B. & w. rail-
road company will make their system four
tracked through the greater part Of Cecil
county during the present year.
Pike fishing is reported to be excellent
at the mouth Of the Susquehanna. where
good catches are being made daily. Cat
ash and bass are also being caught.
The Ladies Aid Society Of Zion M. E.
church has been reorganized and-is in
fourishing condition. The next meeting
will be Held at the home of DIR. Eta
Crothefs. the first Thursday in February.
Charles B. Finley, Jr., has been elected
captain Of Co. E. Maryland National
Guard. Of Elkton. to. succeed Carroll Ed
gar, resigned. DR.. Daniel Bratton was
elected first lieutenant to succeed Mr..
Finley.
The Chesapeake City fire company has
elected the following officers for the en-
suing year: James H. Hopper. president: !:
Or Delmar Smithers. vice president;
Hugh w. Caldwell secretary and treas
urer; William Vaughn. chief.
William H. Salmon. through his
counsel. Frederick T. Haines. has asked
the County Commissioners for damages
for the shutting down of his mill in the
/ Second district while repairs were made
10 the roadway across the dam.
The contract for dredging Elk river
and Little Elk creek. just below Elkton.
part of the funds for which was contri-
buted by local interests. has been awarded
to the Maryland Dredging and Construc-
tion Company. and work win be started
soon.
White Oak public school house. near
Calvert. narrowly escaped being burned
one day recently. Just as school was be-
ing dismissed the stove fell apart. scat
tering live Goals all over the floor, and
but for the boys who went to work in a
hurry. the building would have been de-
troyed by fire.
Sixsy-nine suits have been docketed in
the Circuit Couit of Cecil County by prop
erty owners of Port Deposit and vicinity
against the B. & o. railroad company and
the American Bridge company, for losses
to property incurred by the ice gorge two
years ago. The amount OF the claims
total about $4,000.
An item of interest to our readers of
this vicinity. clipped from the column of
the Cecil Whig fifty years ago" dated
January II. 1868, concerning property
sale. reads: y. T. Mccullough. Esq.
as Trustee. sold on Saturday last the Odd
Fellows Hall. at Rising Sun, for $o75:
Barclay Reynolds. purchaser.
aentertainment on Monday evening.
public hall. by Bill Bone, drew a
|ouse. the audience being an appreci-
ative one. Mr.. Bone proved himself
clever impersonator OF old man and boy
characters. He recited numerous rhymes.
as he styled them. which were his Own.
They were humorous and otherwise. and
contained many homely truths and good
food for thought. The entertainment, on
the whole. was pleasing one.