The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-05-03
TOWN AND COUNTY.
hort Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
local HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED


lecture Room of the church Friday
afternoon, May 8, at two O'Clock.
Robert Taylor has been transfer
rcd from Peach Bottom to the Port
Deposit station, as telegraph opera
tor.
The Cecil county school board has
anpointed Miss Anna l.. Weis, OF
Culpepper, Va, principal OF Colofa
public school.
Don't forget the festival IN the
nublic hall on Friday evening, May
8. held under auspices of Rising sun
base Lall team.
Earl Cooney has purchased the
daily paper route Of Curtis e. IRWIN
and will in future supply subscribers
with newspapers.
PROT. Gilbert Bonadaile, instructor
of manual training at the Cecil coun-
ty high school, Elkton, has resigned
to enter the Navy.
Work has been resumed on the
Rising Sun-Porter's Bridge section
of state road, after having been sus-
pended during the winter months.
A game has been arranged be-
tween the Rising Sun and Eikton
base ball teams for Saturday after
noon, May 4, on the grounds of the
latter.
The annual election for five COM
missioners of the town of Rising
Sun will be held Monday afternoon,
May 13. between the hours OF three
and six o'clock.
Tome Institute, Port Deposit, has
issued invitations to the secondary
high schools of Maryland to enter
tbe annual contest in public speak
ing on May 18.
Pleading guilty of bigamy in the
Kent County Circuit Court, Annie E.
Unsworth and Mary E. Startt have
each been sentenced to six months IN
the House of Correction.
). After being closed several months
on account of the illness OF tne
rector. the Protestant Episcopal
Church at Galena, Kent county, has
been reopened and Rev. DR.. Burke
will be in charge.
There was sudden drop in the
Temperature on Wednesday after
noon. when rain and hail fell in this
locality. The night was cold and
plenty of frost was to be seen
Thursday morning.
At the meeting of the Grand Looge
Of Maryland, Independent ordef OIL
Odd Fellows, held in Baltimore
Henry M. Mccullough, Esq, OF Elk
ton. was installed as Grand Master
and ]. Will Perkins, also Of Elkton,
as Grand Herald.
Fire ON Sunday evening, April 21'
destroved the carriage house ana
contents on the farm OF Edgar hsh-
leman. in Little Britain township,
lancaster county. An automobile,
two sleighs, and a runabout were
burned. The origin OF the lire Is
not known.
The cantata Dream OF Fairy
Land which was to have been given
bv the pupils of Rising Sun public
school in the hall on Thursday eve
ming of this week, was indefinitely
nostponed on account of the mumps
some OF the pupils having important
narts in the play contracting the dis
ease and being quarantined for three
weeks.
The cool weather the greater part
of>the time this spring has been
drawback to the fshin. business
Rut few herring have been caught
and shad are also very scarce. Ihe
present ruling prices are: Herring
per hundred, $500; Shad, roe' pei
pound, 2S cents; Shad, buck pei
pound. 20 cents; Rock. per pound
20 cents.
special train of fourteen coaches
drawn by two engines, passed
through Rising Sun on Friday las'
enroute for Camp Meade, with 22Os
soldiers aboard. The train starlee
from West Chester, gathering up the
selective draft men along the Central
Division. Another special of sever
coaches, loaded with soldiers, passee
through on Monday.
-The play given by the students Of
Calvert Agriculture High School Oh
Thursday evening of last week was
well rendered and drew an audience
that the seating capacity of the
{ building would not accommodate
Following the entertainment fes
tival was held in the basement Of
the school building, and this also
\ was literally patronized. The re
ceipts from the play were $Ss. ant
from the festival something ovel
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