The midland journal., 1916-11-03
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week. y
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

Election Tuesday next.
Cunning season opens Friday,
November 10.
The ducking season opened --on
Wednesday.
The Epworth League of North
East M. E. church realized $9S oy
an oyster supper.
The w. C. T. U. will meet with
the President, Mrs. William M.
Pogue. on Thursday, November ., at
2:3O p. m.
The County Commissioners have
appointed Edward c. Wilson Asses
Ssor for the Fifth district, vice John
utty, resigned. ~
The first new corn to reach the
baltimore market last week SOLD at
$1.O5 per bushel, the highest price
for corn since 1892.
VIM. H. Castle has sold his farm
of 12S acres, near Elkton, to DR.. J.
Gordon Potter, of Haiti, who will
make his future home upon it.
Rev. Irl R. Hicks, astronomer ana
s.long distance" weather forecaster
and publisher, died at st. Louis, Mo-,
ON Friday Oct. 20, from pneumonia,
aged 72 years.
william E. McKelvey, of Baltl-
more. County, has leased the Arm
strong mill in North East for flve
wears. and expects to put it in oper-
alton Immediately.
The State Roads Commission is
advertising for bids for concrete
bridge over Little Elk creek, at Red
Mill, near Elkton, to replace the
wooden structure, which is unsafe.
The contract for coal for the Court
House and Jail, at Elkton, has been
awarded to the Keys and Miller
Lumber Company, the only bidder,
at $698 for furnace coal and $7.24
for stove coal.
Robert Bradfield, aged 35, of
Havre de Grace, brakeman on the
Pennsylvania Railroad, was killed by
an engine in the West Yard, Phila-
delphia, on Tuesday of last week.
His widow survives.
Reginald Pollock and an Aid So
ciety boy living at the Pollock home
in Nottingham, were badly lacerated
by the explosion of dynamite cap
which they found and were 'dnvesti-
eating" too closely.
Chester Sturgeon, of North East,
was seriously injured few days ago
by being thrown from his automo-
bile. An axle broke as he was turn
ing corner at the intersections of
eets, and the machine overturned.
&The Woman's Auxiliary Mission
aEy Society of the Diocese of Easton
will hold it's session in Elkton on
wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 8
and 8. 1t is expected that some
thirty or forty delegates will be
present.
Fire of unknown origin, few
days ago, destroyed the fishing shed
along North East river, owned by
Clinton w. Purner. Fishing nets
and other paraphernalia were burned
amounting to about $1,000. The
loss was covered by insurance.
A petition has been filed in
Chester County Court by Elmer J.
West and his wife, Ida M. West OF
West Nottingham, for a decree au-
thorizing them to adopt the four
months old son of Florence Barthoff
of Pittsburg, the child to be known
as James Edward West.
Republicans of this county have
a--anged to hold three mass meetings
before the close of the campaign,
Friday night, in Elkton; Saturday
night at North East. and Monday
night at Port Deposit DR.. Joseph
I. France, the nominee for United
States senate, will speak at the
meetings.
Fire destroyed freight car on
eouthbound Baltimore & Ohio train
one morning last week. at Aberdeen,
and about $4,000 damage was DONE
The car contained two large pianos,
"a talking machine, barrel OF
khiskey.. ar iron bedstead and a
6Antity OF cigars. cigarettes and
Chewing tobacco.
Edward Jamison, the little boy ac-
cused Of depredations in the Barks-
dale section, was given hearing be-
fore Magistrate BARLEY and COM
mitted to "a Home. but James F.
Evans, Esq, counsel for the accused.
kas taken an appeal to Court. The
ssttle boy lived with Mr.. and Mrs.
william Lewis.