The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1914-06-19
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

Miss Margaret West. Of Philadelphia. is
visiting at the home of her father. VIM.
G. West. Sylmar.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clueston. Of Columbia
City, Indiana. are guests of w. T. B. R.
Robertson and family.
Miss Edna Mayberry. Farmington, is
home from Western Maryland College for
the summer vacation.
George Shea, of Oxford. son Of David
Shea of near town, will go to Syria in the
fall as missionary.
Herbert Reisler has returned to his
home near Calvert from Dickinson Col
lege, Carlisle. Pa.
Mrs. Clifford Robertson, of Brooklyn,
| is visiting her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. C.
R. Biles, Cherry street
Barclay Reynolds. of ST. Luke's School.
Wayne, Pa, has returned to his home in
town for the summer vacation.
Norris Reynolds and Taylor Biles have
returned to their homes from Swarthmore
Preparatory School for the summer vaca-
ton.
G. S. Pyle, president Of National Bank
of Rising Sun, attended the annual con-
vention of Maryland Bankers Associa-
ton at Cape May. N. j.. this week
Mrs. George Jones, Of Port Deposit, has
announced the engagement Of her daugh-
ter, Miss Lucy Jones. TO Mr.. James Touch
ston. The wedding will take place in
July.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Worthington. of
Baltimore, have announced the marriage
of their daughter, Kate Hitchcock, to Mr..
Richard T. Ceilings. of Baltimore, former
" Of Cecil county. on June 9.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Montgomery cele-
brated the 63d anniversary Of their mar
riage at their home in Kennel Square,
Saturday. All their children and many
relatives and friends gathered 10 congrat-
ulate them on the unusual event.
Invitations have been issued for the
marriage of Miss Veretta Neel, daughter
| of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Neel of Cochran
vile. to Mr.. Joseph Bryan Cochran. The
ceremony will take place Thursday. June
25th, at two o'clock. at THE Pines" the
home of the bride.
The marriage of Miss Pearl Reburn,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs William Re-
burn, of West Grove, to Roy Townsend,
son of James Townsend. formerly of Ok
ford. which was to have taken place last
week, has been postponed until the pros.
pecti"e bride returns from the Pennsyl-
vania hospital. where she was taken last
week, suffering from recurrence Of trou,
BILE, caused by the kick OF a horse years
ago.
Abram Bowman. of the QuarryviIle
Sun typos raphical force. had his right
hand caught in the large press Tuesday
and three fingers badly lacerated.
A festival will be held Wednesday eve
ming. June "a, by the members OF Farm
ington base ball club. at Pennington.
The public is invited to attend and give
the boys Eft.
Viola McKeerer a pupil at Blythedale
public school recently made two drawings
vr hich ware s,,rraeef,.I 4. - .~...... -
ned by The Farm Journal Sketch CLUB,
Philadelphia, Pa.
A horse and carriage owned by Henry
Steel was stolen from his stable 10 New
ark. one night last week. Later the team
was found near Elkton. where it had
been abandoned by the thief
The North East Star reports batting Tor
bull frogs with electric hand sea,chlights
is becoming popular sport The frogs
just get under the spell of the brightI
light and, are readily picked up by hand.
BY accidentally discharging shot gun
at his home at Elk Mills. Theodore Jack
son shot his step-daugh,er. Miss Georgia
Barrett, formerly of North East, In the
foot. The young woman was taken TO
Union Hospital. Elkton. for treatment.
The quarterly distribution of the public
school tax and OF the fund for approved
high schools was announced on Monday
by the State comptroller. Cecil county
will receive $s.4so 60 from public school
tax. and $r.6as from high school fund.
Geaeral Murray Vandiver expects
banner crop from his peach orchard of
1900 trees on Spesutia Island. The
prospects are that between $4,000 and
10000 baskets Of peaches will be gathered
from the orchard.