The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1914-09-25
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY. NOTED
oxford Fair this week.

According to the almanac Autumn De-
gan on Wednesday. at 4:32 p. m.
The ponies are running at Havre de
Grace again and the bookies are catching
suckers.
Some hot weather this week, the Their
mometer registering So on Monday and
Tuesday
On Sunday. October nth. special
excursion to Washington. D. c.. will be
run over the Central Division.
Governor Goldsborough has appointed
Miss Sarah Estelle Smith. of Elkton,
notary public for Cecil County.
Twenty-six took the examination, re-
Gently held at Elkton. for carrier for the
Elkton-Lewisvill rural mail route.
In attempting to remove an apple from
the windpipe of one of his cows Benjamin
Passmore, Oxford, was badly bitten,
Saturday
Y A special train will be run this morning
over the Baltimore Central leaving Rising
Sun at $40 o'clock. for the accommoda-
ton of Oxford Fair excursionists.
Rosh-ha-Shonah. the Jewish New Year,
was celebrated by the Hebrews Monday
and Tuesday of this week 1t is the yeat
5675 according 10 Hebrew rectoring.
The official board OF North East M. E.
Church has requested the District Super
intendent to appoint Rev. Asbury Burke
pastor to succeed Rev. H R. Adams who
recently died.
AT a meeting of the creditors of Mat
thew G. Scarborough of Leeds. held last
week, before Willis E. Myers, Referee in
Bankruptcy. w. Booth Settle, Esq, was
elected Trustee.
Tuesday and Wednesday were the first
days of registration. In this District, the
Sixth, 2Io voters registered on Tuesday,
and I65 on Wednesday. The next regis
tration days are October and 7.
The Rising Sun-Farmingtan macadam
road IS to receive top dressing of crush
ed stone. A carload of the material was
received this week and has heen ,unloaded
and placed along the road for use.
Arrang have been completed for
an entertainment course this fall and
winter. in Rising Sun hall. Further an
nouncement and date of ticket sale will
be made next week.
The stable on the farm of Mrs. John
Shelton, near Bohemia Ferry. was burned
last week, together with some hay and a
large number of cement bags. The FIRE
is supposed to have caught from sparks
from an eqfne.
Thomas ]. Murray. of Elkton. was
appointed second deputy in the Office Of
the State Auditor at the meeting on
Thursday of the Board of Public Works.
The position pay $1,000 and was created
ae1he last Legislature.
Rev. DR.. Mowbray former District Sup
! &isendent of Wilmington Conference.
but recently pastor of North Capitol Street
Church. Washington. D. c.. has been
chosen dean of the Lucy Webb Hayes
National Training School in Washington
Becoming frightened while hitched in
front Of Haines & Kinks hardware store
the double team of Thomas Reynolds
broke the hitching strap and ran away
Friday afternoon. The team was caught
at the foot Of Pigeon Hill. neither horses
or wagon having sustained any damage.
Tompkin's Wild West Show exhibited
Ia Rising Sun on Thursday OF last week.
afternoon and evening. The show was
a good one and the attendance large at
both performances. In faGt in the even
ing there was regular out-pouring of
people. 1t being declared that no show in
this town ever drew as large crowd as
that present.
A colt being driven by Taylor Biles
and Norman Pyle one evening last week
bolted when ia, front of the post office. the
bit breaking. aud ran into the iron fence
around the yard of H. L. Shepherd. The
young men jumped out Of the cart and
escaped injury. The colt knocked down
a two panels of The fence and cut itself up
Considerably but was caught before doing
any very serious damage.
Magistrate Cameron. of Elkton, heard
dog tax case last week. in which George
T. Demond. of the Ninth district brought
suit against Harry A. Brown. Constable
fos that district, for SIS damages for kill
ing dog for taxes for 1878.
0eamond refused TO pay the tax and the
Tlonstable shot the dog. The Magistrate
decided in favor Of the Constable and
Demond appealed the case to court