The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-08-02
TOWN AND COUNTY.
81 ri Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
local HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

cent per bdiioh.
Tho Hayre de Grace Races Will
open up on Tuesday, September H.
Tho season of canning and drying
il at hand Are you doing your
share?
William Graham, of Zion, has had
the misfortune to lose three horses
from spinal meningitis.
Nathan Volk is improving MS
recently purchased store and DIVER
ling property by painting.
Mauldin Lum expects to gather
over 1000 baskets of peaches from
his orchard near North East.
Miss Emma Hogg, of Elkton, was
taken to the State Hospital at cam
bridge last week by Deputy Sherlh
Lewis A. Seth.
cut in the sugar ration from
three pounds month per person 10
Il +uo mounds is announced to go INTO
effect August l.
4 squadron of 1S or 20 airplanes
i now located at the Aberdeen
Proving Grounds and daily h'gn's
are being made.
Charged with disorderly conduct
George Cohee, of Frederlckto"h'
was fined SIS and costs by Justice
Lewis, of Elkton.,
Mrs. John McGugan has bought
from the Kraft heirs, their 3OO-acre
farm at Lambson's station, near
Galena, for $4,000.
with a view, it is said, OF estaD-
slishing large camp, army ofhcerS
i've been looking over a tract pe
keen Betterton and Colchester.
Have YOU secured your dog tag!
Eistrate B. P. Nichols has at last
kyed the metal tags and is no"
xed to issue the licenses.
ng other complaints OF the
Gather someone remarks wnat
we can't can some Of this
Ier's surplus heat for next
RS use.
EIaude x. Fowble, of near Upper
i Cross Roads, Hartford county, was
,-rastad last week on the charge Oh
vio,at;ng the local option law. IL Is
.1,aged he has been selling haru
cider.
nr Howard Bratton, OF Eiktoh'
xuas chosen one of the vice-presi-
dants of the Association of Meaieal
Societies of the Eastern Shores Oh
MARYLAND, Virginia and Delawafe'
held at Ocean City.
rbe silk mills in Lancaster and IN
marietta are equipping their piah's
to weave silk for the United ota'eS
rovarument to be used in airplanes.
T.arqa contracts are being piaceu
WITH these concerns by the govern
ment.
Tba Cecil County Board last week
racatved a call for 16 colored men
- be.sent to Camp Sewer, at Green's
Vile. S. c.. on August l. and can
for 10 white men to be sent TO camp
Wadsworth, at Spartansburg' D. c''
on August 5.
After evading arrest for nearly
three months, Charles Buchanan
.o1orad who committed brutal
assau1t upon Thos. Bull, an ageu
c;tizen of near the Rocks, harforu
countv has been arrested by Deputy
a Sheriff Johnson
The peach crop in Talbot COUNTY
tb;s year promises to be large one
If the drought does not too seriously
interfere, it is expected that th'
neach crop on the Delaware Coiiege
Farm will amount to between, 4ooo
and 5000 baskets.
Grading on the Lincoln Hish"a!
srom the Maryland State line, leo'
feet toward Newark, DEL, IS com
Melted and concrete foundation pe
inp laid. The contractor has peei
heIped to some extent by prisoner
from the New Castle County WoFA
house.
While a large ten7ton steam roller
was at work on High street, betweei
North and Bow streets, EiXtoh
wednesday of last week, the top o
an old sewer gave way. and th'
beavv machine fell into the sewer
Il took the balance of the day fol
the workmen to extricate 1t.
The drought has nearly ruine'
) pasture and seriously effected al
growing crops. Corn is badly II
need OF rain and potatoes and toma
toes also. The prospects for iarg'
:. corn and tomato packs are no
6right, and both grower and packsl
afe ON the anxious bench, as
means heavy loss for both.