The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-06-18
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

the year
A number OF Boy Scouts from Phiadel
phia, have been camping at the SParvetta
quarries.
The Clerk of the Court of Cecil County
issued 2oI marriage licenses during the
month of May.
Chesapeake City Presbyterian women
cleared $I73 by an entertainment given for
the manse fund.-
The salary of Postmaster Robert E.
Smith, of Ridgely. will. July |. be in
creased from $1,000 to $500.
Charles A. Packark had his right arm
broken in&wo places. near the wrist, last
week, while cranking an automobile in
Port Deposit.
w. Cabell Bruce, Esq, opened his
campaign for United States Senator at
Elkton Saturday evening. when ne de-
livered an address at Mechanics Hall.
Sundays storm was of unnsual severity
ia the lower section of the county. where
rain fell in torrents and with the high
wind did large amount of damage.
Saturday last was hot one. the mer-
cury mounting up to go. A heavy gust
on Sunday afternoon brought lower tenn
peratures, but the hot wave was on duty
again Monday.
Miss Sara Elizabeth Tyson. who re-
ceived her diploma from the Jacob Tome
Institute, June 9th. has been awarded
scholarship at Goucher College for the
coming scholastic year.
Clayton Walton and Harry Efdng spent
Thursday of last week on the river, rock
fishing, and brought home string OF
twenty-one fish. which weighed seventy
pounds 10 the aggregate.
While connecting wires to the telephone
pole which was held in position by
spikes, Vaughn Harvey. telephone
workman, fell to the ground, on Monday.
at North East, and was badly injured.
While passing through the apple or
chard on the farm tenanted by Thomas
Price, near Bethel. one day last week,
Rudolph Borem was attacked by avicious
hog and badly bitten before help arrived.
Magistrate Jackson. of Perryvile. has
released Herman S. Hines, the colored
bov who insulted young lady recently
near Perryville, on condition Ahat he leave
the State aud never return. The negro'sI
home is in Delaware.
A car of 300 cross ties was shipped
from this station last week to Greenwich.
Pa, where the ties will be treated to
creasote bath in the tanks OF the railroad
company's preserving plant, 70 increase
taeir length of usefulness.
E. B. Hayes. the stranger who several
Z weeks ago caused a disturbance at the
North East station while temporarily de-
ranged, has been released from custody
by Magistrate ]. M. Ash. as he has ap-
parentIy recovered his reason.
The second annual commencewent OF
the Training School for nurses of Union
Hospital. Elkton. was held 10 Elkton
Opera House. Wednesday morning. The
graduates were Miss Sara Ethel Porter
and Miss Maria Magdalen Schilling.
chiIreden's Day exercises will be held.
at the, M. E. church OF this town on Sun.
day evening. June 20. and will be in,
charge OF the Sunday school. A cantata
eatitled Carnival of the Flowers" will be
rendered. The exercises will begin at
1890 o'clock.
Joseph H. Green. native of Rising
Sun, will retire to farm near Elkton.
after 38 continuous years Of service as a
Wilmington fireman. Mr.. Green has
driven the apparatus of Washington Fire
Company without an accident for the
above mentioned period.
The annual meeting of the Public
Library Association will be held in the
Library, Town Hall. Wednesday evening.
June 2srd at o'clock.
Il is especially desired that all friends
Of the Library be present as new methods
of conducting the Library will be dis
cussed.
The farmers meeting. held at North
East last week iu connection with the
Chautauqua. and arranged for by County
Agent Marsh, were very successful and
the attendance good. The women es-
pecially were much interested in the ad-
dsess OF Miss Prichett, and a number ex-
pressed themselves in favor Of the ap-
pointment OF woman county agent who
would be under her direction In connec-
tlon With demonstration work.