The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-12-29
Happy New Year to all!

farm of 175 acres, at Zion, to George
w. clifford, for $50 per acre.
The, sleet on Wednesday made
treacherous going for pedestrians,
with many slip and tumble.
The Port Deposit Quarry Company
has put in a new stone crusher to re-
place the one recently destroyed by
fire.
The First National Bank of Havre
de Grace has declared it's usual 4 per
sAent. dividend for the past six
Aonths.
Rowland & Buck, Port Deposit,
are preparing to. build an ice plant
to be used in connection with their
coal and wood business.
The usual semi-annual dividend of
7k per cent has been declared by
the Board of Directors of the Ma
tional Bank of Rising Sun.
Charles H. Ford, of North East,
had watermelons grown last summer
and kept on ice, to which he treated
his friends on Christmas day.
B. P. Nichols informs us he has so
many calls from New York and other
cities for his celebrated country
sausage that he is unable to keep up
with the orders.
Ice harvest on Hunters dam be-
gan this week, but the rain on We'd
nsday put check on it. The Ice
measured five inches in thickness
where the snow had been cleaned off
of it.
Elkton Town Council has had
School District signs placed on North
street warning motorists to run
slowly past the old Academy build
ing where Elkton's little tots attend
school.
Paul Cameron, of Elkton was ar
rested last week charged with as
saulting a passenger conductor on
Pennsylvania railroad train while
passing through Delaware. He was
held under bail for hearing.
Ideal weather prevailed on Christ
mas and the day was a quiet one IN
our community, given over to happy
home comings, family reunions and
dinners, everyone being imbued win
the Joyous spirit of the Yuletlde.
The trustees of the poor and in
Coo;I oorpfu uaVQ their an
nnal Christmas treat to the inmates
at the county institutions on Thurs
day of last week, consisting OF new
clothing. candies, fruits, tobacco and
a poultry dinner.
AIrhe weather last week was
lgeneral mixture. Snow, then spring
IKE sunshine, followed on FRIDAY
morning by a real summer thunder
cnst Old Boreas later in the day
getting up and making things no"i
with March gale.
An automobile belonging to VIII
liam r. Johns, of Warwick. was oe-
troyed by fire a few days ago on the
state road between Warwick ana
Mjddletown. Mr.. Johns, who was
in the car at the time, does not kno"
how the fire started.
During the binding snow storm
on Tuesday of last week, an automo-
bile driven by Roy JaHney, OF FroVi-
dence. and an auto truck coilldeo Oh
the Newark road. The Janney ma
chine was wrecked and the oflSer
considerably injured,
An auxiliary of Che Women's
Foreign Missionary Society has peen
organized at North East, with Mrs
H. Moore, president; Mrs. G. H.
Neese, vice-president; Mrs. E. A
sturgeon. corresponding secretary
Miss Ruth McCraeken treasurer.
Mrs. Wesley Cooper, OF Charies-
aown, Cecil county. has asked the
authorities to search for her nus
band, who disappeared from ms
boarding place in Chester, Pa, on
Nov. IL. Cooper had been employ
ed in Chester for some months.
Carlos O'Brien, eolored, was ar
rested in Elkton last week, by a
!. Phiiadeiphia detective on the charge
~ larceny of good in that city, where
he had been employed. o'Brien con-
fessed his guilt and accompanied the
officer to Philadeiphta without a
requisitiOn.
The newly organized Farmers
Protective Association OF Middle
town, Del. has been active in ferret
ing out clues to the poultry thieves,
and it is believed that they are about
TO round up the ringleaders OF the
gang. The outlet has been discover
ed, and 1t is said to be Wilmington
poultry dealer .