The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1914-01-02
TOWN AND COUNTY
Paragraphs of Events IN the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

The pubic senoois VIII ~
Monday.
The annual meeting and dinner ot
Rising sun Detective Association will be
held Saturday. Jan. ,.
Two cases Of typhoid fever are reported
IL town. Burton Keilholtz and John
Wilson are the sufferers.
The w. c. T. U. will meet, according
10 ali established custom. with Mrs Jos.
S. Pogue on Thursday, Jan. sth, at a:sc|
o'clock.
The cold wave Friday sent the mercury
down TO 20 degrees thas night, Saturday
night ii touched IS degrees. and Sunday
night aa.
Hunters dam. near town, IS covered
with sheet OF smooth ice, and ine skat
W has been enjoyed this week BY the
5ung folks.
g B. Cooney Is improving his store
ffyS BY enclosing the front porch,
aratoly TO putting in large plate glass
bw Windows.
For the 6rsfsime this winter the Sus
quehanna river is frozen over from the
head II the bay % Port Deposit, and is|
closed 10 navigation.
Miss Winifred Robinson. assistant
professor Of Biology at Vassar College.
has been elected dean Of the new Della
ware College for Women.
Governor Goldsborough has ordered 4
remission Of SIS fine imposed upon
Joseph Dye. Of Havre de Grace. for al
legged violation Of the ducking laws.
The residence property Of Manly Dren-
men. on East Main street, Elkton. was
sold last week by Frederick T. Haines,
Esq. Trustee. to Omar P. crothers' ESQ.,
for $3.50.
Il has continued cold all week. with the
mercury down In the twenties. Ponds
and streams are frozen over and those
with ice houses TO fill have visions Of an
early ice harvest.
While helping 10 unload heavy lumber
from a car on the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad At Aberdeen, John Lay had his
right hand SO badly crushed that amputa-
ton may be necessary
Onering to finance the building Of a
gravel road from BeIair toward Edge
wood, the Hartford County Commission
ers gave large delegation Of residents
lpermission to go ahead.
g The Ladies Aid society w:ll hold sale
ID the lecture room 81 the church on Ian:
ard. al ) o'clock. Bread, rolls, cake
chicken salad, ice cream. eIc.. will be On
sale. No supper viii be held.
rhe new Gilpin's bridge, over the Big
q cFeeK, just north Of Elkton, was open
travel Iast week. The new structure
acess the old covered bridge blown
d1ring gale 10 October.
e. g. Lee has been appointed
for the United Stores Company,
All. the members Of which are H.
Ia Rockford, n. c. Butler and W.
awson, ara has filed $1,000 bond-
{ team Of John Grinnage. Of Gias-
Del. was stolen Sunday night,
e tied 10 front Of the residence of DR..
Asson, ID Elkton. and no clew Of the
81 missing property has since been
iaed.
Christmas day was dull and cheeEless
out Oh doors. with heavy wind and rain
storm at night But there was plenty Of
brightness and joy indoors. with home
cominks, family reunions, dinners, and
good cheer generally.
Andrew D, Dean has been appointed BY
she Judge Of the Circuit Court, 10 the posi-
fion Of Crier made vacant by recent death
81 George A. Brown. Mr.. Dean has been
flline the position for the past two years.
durjng Nj. Browns illness.
kontraesor A. NJ Strickland has com
Acted the foundation for the new hoisery
niil for The EIkton Realty Company.
e building will be Of frame Aox6o feet.
stories. and on completion will be
lied BY E. sutro &.sons Company as
siery mill.
Noble Heath, the young white man Of
Flkton. who had warrant sworn out
for the arrest Of Edward Jackson. colored.
charging bin with robbing him Of bis
stickpin and money was fined u and
costs for crap.shooting. and the negro
~ discharged.