The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1914-04-10
Good Friday.
Full moon tonight.
Sunday next is Easter.

Sunday next is Easter.
A brush factory is being organized at
Havre de Grace by outside capitalists.
Good Friday and Easter Monday will be
observed as holidays in the public schools
Of the county.
Falling but IS inches. from step at
New Castle Charles Nolan broke his right
arm in two places.
Philip Dougherty has sold his Penn
Hill Hotel at Wakefield, to George F.
Grove for $40. $780,
The ladies of the Missionary Society of
Zion realized over 500 by the supper given.
on Friday evening last
Good Friday. April roth. being a legal
holiday, the National Bank OF Rising Sun.
"A will not be open for business on that date
GfIIers who have gone down the bay
s-0axe not had much success fishing thus
far. owing to the high river and high
winds.
The trial of Mrs. Elizabeth Mckinney,
Who killed Delaware Reed, at Glasgow.
Del, has been set for the May term of
Court
The ladies of Sylmar M E. Church will
hold an Easter lunch at the Church on
Tuesday evening, April ~. from six to
nine o'clock.
The box social and festival given by
the Athletic Association of Calvert High
School was decided success. About $38
was realized.
Fire destroyed the dwelling of James
Small, in West Grove. last week. causing
loss Of $500. Sparks from bonfire
caused the blaze.
Rose Porter. colored. who stabbed
John Health of Elk Mills. on the street IN
Wilmington, on the night of March FL,
was fined $50 and sent to Greenbank for
six months.
Rising Sun Grammar School and Cal
vert High School opened the base ball
season at Calvert by a game Friday after
noon. Score to 7. in favor of Calvert
High School.
For violating the State quarantine law.
Mrs. Richard Pierson. of Newark, was
given the option of paying $50 fine or
serving 80 days in the workhouse, and
chose the latter.
Rev. George L. Hardesty, who has
reached his three score and ten years, has
resigned as pastor of Cecilton Methodist
Protestant Church and will retire to his
farm in Delaware.
Jake Monah, employed by ]. A. Kfum-
rine at his saw mill. near North East was
seriously injured on Thursday last, when
tree which he was cutting fell on him
before he could get out of its way.
While Jacob Croft and his men were
filling one of his limekilns at New Provi-
dence. Lancaster county, the, horse was
allowed to back too far and both horse
and cart fell into the kiln. The animal
was killed and cart wrecked.
William H. Kennedy has presented
Little Britain Presbyterian Church with a
thousand dollars, the amount being placed
with Lancaster Trust Company. the in
teiest Of 5A per cent annually. to be used
toward keeping up the cemetery.
Easter will be observed at the M E.
Church in town with appropriate music by
the choir and a special sermon by the
pastor Rev. Geos w. Townsend. Sunday
morning. In the evening the services
will be in charge OF the Sunday school.
which has been rehearsing a program of
chornses. solos, recitations. ETC.. appro
pirate for the occasion.
Walter Eek. watchman at the Jacob
Tome Institute. incurred the displeasure
OF the student body. Investing in 20
dozen eggs the boys peited the uckless
watchman on Saturday night last as he
came from the moving picture show.
Port Deposits main street was a mess
after the bombardment. and Eek was
obliged to buy an entire new outfit OF
clothing
Chaplin Jones of The Maryland State
Forestry Department gave very interest
ing and profitable illustrated lecture before
the students and people of Port Deposi,
Wed esday Afternoon last Mr.. Jones
gave very interesting account of the
Timber land in Maryland as well as in the
United States at large. He also explain
ed thoroughly what should be done and
what is being done by the Forestry De-
partmeut.