The midland journal., 1916-11-17

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Homard Terry, of this town, has
placed a new auto truck in commls-
sion on one of his butcher routes.
The temperature took decided
drop wednesday night, the mercury
registered 22 degrees on Thursday
morning.
The first snow of the season
whitened roofs Wednesday morning
but the ground was too warm tor tne
snow to show much upon 1t.
Friday last was the opening day
Of cunning, and good bags of rabbits
and partridges we're reported by
numerous of our sportsmen,
174 acre Robert Wilson farm
III East Nottingham, has been sofa
hi the executors of the Elwood Web
ster estate to r. B. Wilson.
George C. Rawson has bought OF
Rufus X. Wells the Cecil Garage,
at the corner of Cecil avenue ana
Main street, in the town of North
East.
The official board of North East
Methodist Episcopal Church has un-
animously invited their pastor, the
Rav a r. Neese, to return next con-
ference year.
An automobile owned and opera
tad nv r. P. Mellor. of Winchester
Md. was burned Sunday near Cecil
ton ON the State Road, caused py
the engine back firing.
Th County Commissioners have
anuofnted DR.. Daniel Bratton asses
sor for Elkton to succeed II. WIN
field Lewis, who declined the ap-
nointment some time ago.
John e. Crothers, Calvert, lost a
Ane colt some days ago. The AMI
NAL frightened at an auto truck, ana
ran into the machine. The colt sus-
tanned a broken leg and had TO De
killed.
The concrete road has been COM
nleted from Barnsley to Nottingham,
ps The contractors will push the
whrk towards Sylmar until coIo
waather compels them to abandon
operations.
rhe county commissioners nave
awsrded the contract for building a
macadam road between Miliers Cor.
reT and Cowentown, a distance Oh
about 2h miles, to E. WARD Brown
a bid Of $27,906.69.
,eslie Boyer, colored, employed
~ VIM. H. Townsend, East Noting
ham Pa, attempted suicide satur-
day morning by shooting, but only
.ucceeded in blowing off his arm.
Ha was taken to Oxford where the
shatAmred member was amputateo.
- Ladies of Ebenezer M. +.
church will hold a poultry supper anu
bazaar at the home OF James J.
Armour on Thursday evening, Nov.
2s. supper tickets 30 cents ice
cream and cake for sale. Proceeds
for Hall Fund. If stormy neA'
evening.
Scott Wilson has had Ford auto
equipped with special body and seaes
80 that it has carrying capacity o.
eight or ten persons. The machine
Is driven by his son Lester wilson
and conveys seven or eight boys ano
girls to and from Port Deposit
moruing and evening, where tneS
attend Tome Institute.
The Chrysanthenum Tea held OF
Tuesday evening by the ladies OF tns
NJ n church of this town, was sue
cess in every detail, the cuisine
dainty service, socially, and imam
cially. The ladies always manage u
please with this event. and the gros'
,ace,nts.-$136-sh that their Ell
forts were appreciated by the punii
fhis wear. as IN times gone by.
Fire destroyed the home OF Mr
Alfred Thomas, ON Swan creek
ahout three miles below Aberdeen
an Friday night of last week. IN
hlaze started from unknown orish
on the upper floor, and the famn
barely had time to escape. Ine
did not even have time to save tnei
clothing. so quickly did the fiame
sAread.
AP. Nichols lost control OF nj
machine as he turned out to pass
team in front of the residence OF I
r. burlington, on East Main stree'
sunday evening, and the auto ra
onto the sidewalk and crashed INT
the stone gate post. The macnin
was badly damaged. but fortunatei
the occupants escaped injury othe
than sundry bruises and a sever
shaking up.