The midland journal., 1917-08-24
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS, BRIEFLY NOTED

ID.
Elam K. Krauss, of neear town,
threshed 500 bushels of oats, the
yield of thirteen acres.
The recent festival by the ProVi-
dence Branch OF the Red Cross net
ted $202.S5 for the cause.
The gross receipts of the festival
held Tuesday evening by Octoraro
M. E. Sunday school were over $50.
At the Red Cross carnival held in
oxford on Friday afterhoon and eve
ming the net receipts realized were
$500.
DR.. G. Hampton Richards, OF Port
Deposit, has been commissioned as
lieutenant in the Medical Reserve
Corps of the Army.
The Mack property of 4S acres in
athe Third district has been sold by
VE Kirk Brown, Esq, Mortgages, to
Brown &c BARLEY, for $500.
The card of George Benson, Demo
cratic candidate for nomination OF
County Treasurer, appears in our
advertising columns this week.
By a fall of nearly 100 feet into
the Casparis stone quarry, near
Hayre de Grace, on Monday, John T.
Fahey was. killed almost instantly.
H. s. Coslett7 has purchased the
pleasure yacht Lynn Haven from
Charles Biddle, of North East, for
ferry use between Wilmington and
Carney's Point.
The Belle Hill poultry farm near
Elkton has been sold by Mrs. Lillian
L. Bentley and her husband James
N. Bentley, to Mrs. Alma Haslett, OF
Philadelphia, for $4,000.
The canning of corn was begun on
Monday by George J. Liddell, at his
Liberty Grove plant.
w. Scott Silver, at his Colora can
merry, began operations on Tuesday
Rev. Harvey Ewing, of Morgan
town, West Virginia, occupied the
pulpit of Rising Sun M. E. church
on Sunday morning last, and preach
ed a splendid sermon on Ravens.
Irwin G.. Griffith, of Chesapeake
CITY. has announced his candidacy
for Democratic nomination of long
term County Commissioner. His
card appears in our advertising
columns this week.
Walter Anderson, a member OF
Company E, of Elkton, hai1ing from
the Rising Sun section, was lodged
in jail last week, charged with steal
ing S19 from Glen Fair, tent-mate
j He may be tried by Court Martial or
be held for the September term OF
the Circuit Court.
The annual Farmers Institute and
Agricultural Fair will be held at
Black Barren Springs, Thursday and
Friday. September 6 and z. This
event promises, to outdo those OF
former years. Able speakers will be
present. The Kings Daughters will
furnish music.
At the instance Of the State Roads
Commission a warrant has been is
sued for the arrest of John Sollors,
of near town, charged with running
a traction engine, with cieated
wheels, upon the State roads. The
case will be taken to court and
threshed out
! Auto thieves, who have been oper-
ating in this section for some time
past, made raid on Kinks garage,
in Rising Sun, Sunday and stole
tires, headlights, bulbs and tools
from new cars. that were awaiting
delivery. On the same night they
stole parts from the car OF Luther
Richards, of near town. No clue to
the thieves has been obtained.
Justice Jackson, of Perryville,
fined Harry Gnsfelder, F. ]. Miller
and Christian o. Myggind, Pennsyl-
yaina motorists, $25 and costs each
for running cars at excessive speed
on the county roads.
There are SeVeral motorists III our
Immediate locality who have we'll
developed cases of the speed bug,
and need a good stiff dose of Magis-
trate Jackson's medicine.
In making a sharp turn on the
Tome Institute grounds, Port De-
posit, Saturday, the auto driven by
Mrs. James H. Maxwell, of Rising
Sun, collided with tree. Mrs.
Maxwell and Miss Esther Maxwell
received severe cuts and bruises by
being thrown against the front of
the car by the force of impact, but
fortunately escaped serious injury
as the machine was running ut low
rate Of speed. The front of the
auto was damaged considerably.