The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-12-08

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Moonlight nights. with full moon
tomorrow night.
w. J. SINNERS, Pennington, mas
sold his farm of 10S acres to H. Q.
Lynch.
The w. G. T. u. will meet with
Mrs. c. S. Pyle, Thursday, Dec. 14th,
at 2:S0 o'clock.
South Queen street was swept,
oiled and top-dressed on Wednesday
putting the street bed in fine shape
for the winter.
Elkton Town Council has had
parking signs placed on sections OF
business streets where the standing
oANautomobiles is prohibited.
The canning house of the late w.
ST. Fryer, in Colora, has been pur-
chased at public sale by George Ii
dell, Of Liberty Grove, for $1,000.
Rev. O.. H. Connolly, the M. E.
minister OF Mt. Pleasant Church,
Colora, will preach in the Octoraro
Peoples Church Sunday. Dec. 10, at
2:45 p. m.
Chicken thieves made a raid on
the poultry of Parke Mclaughlin,
near Oxford, one night recently. and
got a good haul. Returning few
nights later they stole 200 more
chickens.
The Elkton Banking and Trust
Company has just installed "Tisco
manganese sheet safe. The safe is
circular in form, made in one solid
piece, three inches thick, and about
as burgular proof as can be construc-
ted.
Elkton M. E. church has been re-
opened after undergoing improve
ments costing about $1,000. The
fund was virtually all in hand when
the work was finished, so that no
special collections were taken at
the reopening exercises.
AS Miss Jennie Trimble, of Bay
View, was driving into the yard at
her home few days ago, her wagon
was run into by the auto OF Harry
Montgomery, neighbor. The wagon
was broken. Miss Trimble was
\ thrown out and bruised.
The Lancaster Automobile Club
brought suit against three road su-
pervisors of Bart township for fail
ing to keep their roads in proper
repair. The jury found the super
visors guilty, and they will not only
have to repair the roads but stand
all costs of prosecution.
a The pupils of the Rising Sun pub
lie school will give an entertainment
including Living Pictures. lllustra-
ted Poems, and Cantata entitled
..The Brownie Band" in the town
hall December 14th, at p. m.
Gheral admission 25 cents.
lat the congregational meeting on
thanksgiving Day the following
trustees of West Nottingham Presby-
terian church were chosen: M. E
Flounders, Isaac Yocum, Robert
Aiken, DR.. Ernest Rowland, Elan
Krauss, William Wilson. s. b. Tosh
j. J. Hanna, Calvin Riley.
Francis Skunk Brown, of Pennsyl-
yania, who owns a, farm of 800 acres
along the Elk River, in Cecil county
will have two hundred bird boxes
erected on the property. Mr.. Brown
is devoted to all animal life, ana If
determined to provide protection FOL
the birds during the winter.
It cost s53s.75 to place Hayre dc
Grace on the "dry" map, at the re
cent election, according to the finan
ciaI statement filed with Clerk O.
the Court Robinson. at Bel Air, b,
Clarence M. Howard, treasurer OF the
Havre de Grace Dry League. The
receipts of $569.5o exceeded the ex
penditures by $19.76.
Chester Mason, of Chrome, pep
pered a chicken thief with bird sho'
SATURDAY evening, and succeeded II
capturing his man and recovering
two bags of stolen chickens. Th'
thief proved to be William Stewart
but recently pardoned while SERVING
a term for chicken stealing. He viii
be, put back behind the bars.
The second number of the enter
tainment course will be given in tn
public hail Of this town on Tuesda,
waning, Dec. Il. by Harry c. ostr
4er, travelogue lecturer. Hi
rnbiect is Mexico" and the lectur
win be illustrated. This promise
to be one of the most interesting
lectures of the course, as the lee
tnrer is q top-notcher and Mexic
has been in the minds Of every on
4 for months past. Tickets are o.
sale at the store of q. r. Bufangtol