The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-10-06
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED


ly ripple of excitement yet.
Revival services are being held at
Bethesda NJ. P. church. Oakwood.
Union M E. church. Fremont. is under
going extensive interior improvement.
Apples being picked, cider presses in
operation and apple butter making going
on.
Monday mornings frost was a heavy
one, covering everything with coat Of
white.
Revival services will begin at Sylmar
M. E. church on Sunday evening next, at
go o'clock.
An outbreak of hog cholera in Balti-
more county is causing the death OF
large numbet of swine.
A registered tournament will be held
b. Rising Sun Gun Climb Tuesday. Octs
10, to begin at 10 a. m.
Columbus Day, October I2th, being
legal holiday, the National Bank OF
Rising Sun will not be open for business
on that date.
The old school building and lot at Cecil
ton was sold Saturday, of last week by
the Board of Education to William A.
Brown, of that towu, for $I2oo.
Harry L. Abbott, of Philadelphia,
has sold his 3oo-acre farm. along Elk
river. 10 N. Price Whitaker. of Wheeling,
w. Va, who will use it as summer
home.
The I36th anniversary of the founding
Of Barrett's Chapel, the Cradle of Metho-
dism, was observed Sunday afternoon,
Sept "a. near Milford. Del Rev. T. H.
Jones, of Little Falls. N. Y, preached the
sermon.
William Reed. of Warwick. was assess
ed 800 IS by Magistrgte Cox, of Middle
town Del, one day recently, for running
into and damaging the car Of John W.
Guessford, of Townsend.
A tomato vine II feet in height, can be
seen at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Neal
HambIe Wakefield. 1t grew at the
side of the grape arbor. Fourteen large,
ripe tomatoes are now on the vine.
The attention of squirrel hunters is di-
rected to the letter of State Game Warden,
published elsewhere in this issue. Oc-
tober is closed month. but it is said
some so-called sportsmen are still .shoot-
ing squirrels.
Calvin Blake, of Wilmington, has pur-
chased the livery and automobile busi-
ness of Stewart Hill at Cherry Hill and
has taken charge. Mr.. Blake formerly
resided at Cherry Hill and will again
hove his family to that place.
we received too late for publication this
week the proceedings of the Cecil Farm
ers' Club, which met Sept. 27 with T. B.
Miller, Cherry Hill The report will be
published next week. The club meets
October II. with Jos. T. Grove.
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Delaware College. Newark. opened the
school year with 81 in the Freshman class
ave of whom are from this county, as
follows: T. C. Lorraine and T. N. Lora
inc. IT,, of Chesapeake City; J. F. Work,
Cherry Hill; Hasson Terrell, Elkton; R.
*. Kessey, Perryville.
AS Andrew Ivory, colored, driver at
Edward Taylor's livery. was walking on
the streets in Elkton Monday evening of
last week with his wife, she suddenly
slashed him down the back with a razor
infiicting a cash Is inches long. Jeal-
ousy is supposed to have prompted the
act.
Alfrad !. Morris. of Perryville. aged "a,
a brakeman in the employ of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad, died on Sept. ~ in Della
ware Hospital, Wilmington, from injuries
sustained few days previous. when he
fell from his train and was crashed under
the wheels, ia the Edge Moor freight
yards.
George L. Anderson, of The Avondale
Herald, has leased the plant of the Ken
nett News and Advertiser, from Charles
c. Hadley. and took possession this week,
Beginning the week of October 9th the
Adjudication day of the News aad Adver-
yffser will be changed from Wednesday to
Thursday.
Work on the foundation for the new
Sra. 900 Calvert Agricultural High School
building is well under way. The build
ing is 10 be of brick with FIVE foot granite
base. Il is on the site of the old frame
building. The new building will bring
about the close OF the Rosebonk and
wbite Oak schools 10 thai vicinity.