The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-02-15
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs Of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED
Lent began on wednesday.


Owing to shortage of coal the
nlant of the American Fibre Com
pany at Newark, Del, has laid Oh
200 employees indefinitely.
The two Fisher farms in Morgnec'
containing 564 acres, have been
bought by Marion Malcomb, of Har-
ford county, for $4,000.
Marshall Francis, colored, sus-
pected of burglaries at Cecilton sew
eral weeks ago, has been arrested
and lodged in Elkton jail.
The basket fatcory of e. I. B. Day,
North East. has had to close owing
to the impossibility to procure wood
on account of the heavy SHOWS.
George B. Taylor, who has been
French instructor. at Tome school
for several years, has enlisted in the
u. S Army as French Interpreter.
The chicken supper held on Thurs
day evening last at the home OF
George Green, for the benefit OF
Octoraro M. e. church netted $28.
The price of milk after Feb. Z,
1918, for members Of the Interstate
Milk Producers Association will be
SA cents per quart {. Q. b. Philadei-
phia.
DR.. Edward j. Clarke, of the Fac
ulty Of Washington College, has been
elected Superintendent Of the Public
Schools Of Kent county, to succeed
the late Prof. J. L. Smyth.
q. Layton Mahoney, son of G. M.
Mahoney, of Mechanics Valley, has
been appointed a railway mail clerk
between New York and Washington,
and entered on his duties last week.
Clarence Alexander, rural carrier
of route 2 from Elkton, had a mar
row escape on Monday OF last week,
when near Bethel he became uncon-
! xscious from the cold and fell from a
sleigh.
Snow falling from the roof OF the
barn OF Elwood Balderston, near
Colora, onto shed in the barnyard
under which cattle were sheltered
crushed in the roof and injured two
COWS.
Curtis Irwin, of Zion, has purchas-
ed the grocery and ice cream busi-
ness of Brown & Fisher and will
take possession next month. Brown
& Fisher retain the pool room and
will conduct the same.
William A. Lusby, Of Bridgeton,
N. j., a son of Arlington Lusby, OF
Elkton, last week had both thumbs
severely mashed by getting caught
in a job press at the Office where he
is employed in Bridgeton.
The Federal. Farm Loan Asso-
citation for Cecil county has been or
gaDized In Elkton with Henry M.
Mccullough, president; John H.
Kimble, vice-president; E. Kirk
Brown. secretary and treasurer
The Cecil. County School Board has
appointed Miss Elizabeth Eggert OF
the Womans College, Newark,
teacher in the Chesapeake City High
School to succeed Miss Mary Wal
ters, transferred to the grammar
grade.
A real estate deal that is reported
to have been negotiated this week is
the trading by Howard Sheline of his
residence property on Cherry street,
formerly owned by w. B. Cooney, for
the farm of Calvin Reynolds. south
east of town.
j. B. Armstrong, special
agent of the Internal Revenue De-
partment will be in Rising Sun all
next week, 18th to the 23rd, for the
purpose of assisting any one who
needs it, in fixing their income tax
Cecil B. Cummings lost one of his
livery horses from spinal meningitis
on Saturday.
A number of our citizens saw the
reflection Of the flare up" that oc-
CURED at the Du Pont powder plant
at Carney's Point, N. j., on Tuesday
evening, about seven o'clock. Twelve
men were injured by the accident
100000 pounds of powder went up
in sps5ke and five buildings were
con7hmed. The loss is estimated al
<ss5O,OoO.
The snow banks have dwindled
rapidly this week under the influence
of mild weather and the warm sun
The cutters have run rivers and all
streams have. been swollen, to over
flowing by the melting snow. Tues
day night Of this week is the first
night for weeks.--or months,-thaI
the ground has not frozen. It looks
as though the backbone of winter
Nes hpally been broken,