The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1914-02-13
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs Of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED
Tomorrow is St. Valentine day.


night and Wednesday morning
Woodrow & James returned on Wednes-
day from Virginia with carload of horses
for their trade.
The 400 acre farm of James Long. near
Oak Hill. has been purchased by John
Jackson at private terms.
/. H. Ford, Esq, has presented to the
North East High School library ten
volume set of Kipling's works.
Dr.. w. T. Worth, of Bainbridge. Pa,
has purchased the farm, grist mill and
creamery of Theodore Bye. near Blake.
w. ]. Johns, Of Warwick, lost his auto
mobile last week when the machine
caught FIRE and was completely destroyed.
On Monday morning Of last week, Miss
kIsabel r. Galbraith, of Earleville, began
la her fifty-frst year of teaching in the
khools Of Cecil county.
SURVEYS were made this week at the
railroad station here. for a siding to be
run between the Biles & Cameron ware
house and the freight sheds.
Howard Reeder suffered stroke of
paralysis while on duty at the Matchbox
at the North East station of the P B. &
w. railroad. but is improving.
Two calves belonging to 7. w. Mont
gomery Of Liberty Grove. got upon the
railroad track on Friday afternoon and
we're killed by freight train.
May Ia will be celebrated as Founders
Day at Jacob Tome Institute, Port De-
posit Secretary Of the Navy Josephus
Daniels, will deliver the address.
Plenty Of winter this week. with light
snow Tuesday night and very decided
drop in temperature Wednesday night,
the mercury recording zero by Thursday
morning.
The Jamison property at Conowingo
was sold Saturday at the Court House
door in Elkton by E. Kirk Brown, Esq,
assignee Of mortgage, to Tunis G. Foltz,
for $425.
The teacher and pupils of Monroe
school will hold bake at the school build
ing on Saturday afternoon and evening,
Feb. r4th, from to 10 p. M. closing in.
the evening with an old fashioned spelling
bee.
Clarence L. Krauss. whose restaurant
at Colora was destroyed by fire last week.
will not receive any insurance on his
goods as the policy had expired short
time before the fire and had not been re-
newed.
Kinks Mills store will change hands
next month. Robert c. Kirk. who has
been conducting this store since his father.
Lewis ]. Kirk. retired from, that business
will be succeeded by Robert Boyd. OF
Rising Sun.
Prof. T. B. Symons or John Monroe, of
Maryland Agricultural College. will ad-
dress the meeting Of the Farmers Civil
and Business Association. Calvert. Md,
on Feb. 81. at 2:3op. m A full attend
ance is solicited.
The Presto Light Co., which recently
purchased the Gilpin brick yard property
in Elkton. has applied to the Town Coun-
Gil for building permit, and will begin
operations at once. The Pennsylvania
R.R. Co., will run siding to the pro-
perty.
Liveryman Edward w. Taylor of Elk
ton, has not recovered the team stolen
two weeks ago, but the thief is known to
be William Esicks. who deserted from the
United States Army at Fort Myer. Va.
on January II last, and for whom re-
ward is offered.
Duncan Veasey, former Cecil coun-
tian, aud now Auditor of Customs for the
District of Maryland, has been named by
the Treasury Department at Washington,
as one Of the three commissioners to re-
wise the book of Treasury Regulations for
the Department.
The Chesapeake and Delaware Canal.
the short inland route for traffic between
Baltimore and Philadelphia. which has
1een closed for several weeks. so that
necessary repair could be made 10 the
locks at Chesapeake City and St. Geoges
was reopened for traffic on Monday.
Magnolia Public School in Hartford
county. double-room frame building.
with all its contents. was burned Friday
night 1t is thought the fire was caused
by the stove upsetting Beside the desks,
6xtu1es and textbooks. the school had a
large library. Arrangements probably
will be made TO hold school in the public
hall.