The midland journal., 1915-02-26
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

The Ebenezer Club will meet with Miss
Estella Kirkwood Friday evening.
March S.
The Cecil Farmers Club met on
Wednesday with A. H. Mendenhall,
Blue Ball.
Alfred H. Davis has purchased the SO
acre Blackwell farm near Iron Hill at
private terms.
The new bridge over the Big Elk Creek
at Ricketts, Mill. near Elkton. has been
opened to travel.
The farm of Oliver Jones, along Elk
River, has been bought by Mrs. James F.
Evans, of Elkton. for $500.
The summer temperatures of last week
and this, brought robins, blackbirds, and
bluebirds as harbingers of approaching
spring
Rev. F. H. Huffman, pastor of West
Nottingham Presbyterian Church, began
on Sunday last series of sermons on the
Lords Prayer.
Work on Albert Burkins new dwelling
at the corner of Main and Mount streets
is being pushed rapidly by contractor
Ryan and his men.
Farmers of the Colora section at meet
ing decided to demand $I2 SO per ton to
grow sugar corn for the canneries during
the coming season.
George R. Ewing, of Blake. has an
bounced himself as a candidate for the
Democratic nomination for County Com
missioner for the long term.
Theodore Wollens, of near town. has
bought the farm of W. H. Townsend. con-
tanning 66H acres, situated in East Not
tingham township. at private sale.
DR.. lanes Cain. for the past ten years
president at Washington College, Cheter-
town, has rendered his resignation the
same taking effect at the END of the pre-
sent school year.
The celebrated Mrs Jarley's Wax
Works will be given in Liberty Grove
school house Friday evening, Feb. 90.
Admission IS cents, children 10 cents. II
stormy, the next clear evening.
Port Deposit voters on Monday elected
DR.. G. H. Richards, R. L. Stebbings, Al
bert N Vannort, Allen N. Vannort, Lewis
w. Abrahams, William S. Knight and
John P. Kelley, Commissioners.
In our list of political aspirants. pub
iished last week, was the name of Edwin
Carhart for the Office of Register of Wills.
Mr.. carhart wishes us to state that he is
most emphatically not candidate for any
Office.
After numerous delays the new public
: school building in this town has finally
been completed and the different grades
moved into it on Tuesday. 1t is hand
some brick structure of one and half
stories.
Arthur Allen, colored, OF Elkton, has
been sentenced to six months in the
House of Correction for shooting crap,
and Walter Lones to IS months in the
same institution for running a gambling
house in Elkton.
Capt. William P. Poplar. of Havre de
Grace, was found guilty Saturday of vio-
iating the ducking laws on the Susque.
hanna Flats and fined $50. Capt. Jesse
Popular pleaded guilty to the same offense
and also will be required to pay fine.
The Young folks of Hopewell presented
the three act comedy, My Awful
Dad,' in the public hall of this town on
Friday evening last. Music was furnish
ed by Rising Sun Cornet Band. The pro-
ceeds were for the benefit OF the Hopewell
hall fund.
Dogs attacked the sheep of John Gill, a
farmer of Middle Neck, Cecil county. last
week. Mr.. Gill succeeded in capturing
two of the three dogs that. had one of
his sheep down. He held the sheep-kll-
ing ours until he could get out his pocket
knife and cut their throats.
A large delegation of citizens and tax
payers Of Cecil county appeared before
special meeting of the county commits
sioners on Monday. asking that portion
Of the $4,000 bond issue for roads this
year be used on rebuilding the roads IRON
Perryvile to Port Deposit, and from Port
Deposit to Liberty Grove.
The fine weather of last week and the
forepart of this. with bright, warm sun
shine, put the ground in condition for the
plow, and numbers of farmers in this
vicinity began to turnthe fnrrows on Mon
day. aad Tuesday. The rain of Tuesday
aight and Wednesday. however, put an