The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-06-21
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
sIOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

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Monday, June "a.
B. P. Nichols, of this town. mas
heen reappointed Justice OF tne
Peace.
Dr Howard Bratton has been ap-
pointed Physician to the JAN a.
Elkton.
rho County Commissioners VIII
meet on June 25 to make the anhuai
tax levy.
The Chautauqua at North East
will be held three days next week.
June Is, 26 and 81.
rho County Commissioners nave
.nnointed George Poor Bridge Ten
der at Chesapeake City.
Children's Day exercises Will De
held at Calvert M. E. church, on
sunday evening, June %, at eigh'
o'clock
The u. S. Government last week
sent out hurry call for l3oo car
loads of crushed stone. for the Aoer-
deem Proving Ground.
Despite the fact that the Eiktoi
rha,,tauoua last week was one OF
the hest ever held in the town, the
guarantors had small denclt u
meet
The Ladies Aid Of RowlandViiie
M. P. church will hold their annual
FESTIVAL in the basement OF tne
church on Thursday evening, June
27th.
rive bows from conowingo sec
tion. who had, been playing with the
.,ena, telephone on the railroad
were given a hearing before Magis-
trate Lewis, OF Elkton, and dlsmis-
sad after severe reprimand.
Barges of susquehanna ice are
being towed to Baltimore every
other day from the ice houses near
Perryville. where about So'ooo IONS
were gathered and stored this winter
bU the American Ice Company.
The laQIGS AAu OOS~S
EnvAorth League of Rising Sun M. e.
ChuEch are making arrangements 10
hid a festival and patriotic celepra-
zion on Bufington's lot, opposite the
church. ON Thursday evening, July T.
Mrs. Eda B. Krouse, of Havre dc
Grace. has filed bill for absolute
divorce in Court against her nus
hand VIM. Krouse, alleging deser-
tion. The plaintiff also petitlons
the Court to allow her to resume her
maiden name, Eda B. Cole.
John Hagen and John Quinn, OF
Philadelphia, and Lawrence Camp
eon Of Lincoln, Mass, the three men
arrested in Wilmington for steallhg
the automobile of Harvey Ewing, at
perryyille, have been held for Court
bv 1ustice Lewis, under $4O0 each.
Over seventy-five ladies ana
gentlemen of Elkton have signed the
guarantee for the return OF Chau-
tanaua next year, and friends OF the
children raised the $75 needed u
have the Junior Chautauqua the
year round, with monthly meetings
The following applicants for post
master at Havre de Grace took tne
civil Service examination held at
Mlkton last week: Miss May V.
Robinson. Miss Eleanor Brown
Messrs. Robert R. Pennington, G. G'
Keatley, Charles Johnson, William
T. Kelly, Robert r. Lawder and Leo
\ M. Moore.
An auto driven by l.. B. Reifsneld-
er and a motor cycle ridden py
jackson Hunter were in collision at
Center Square Monday morning
The rider of the motorcycle was
thrown to the ground heavily ana
severely cut and bruised, but fortu-
nateiy escaped serious injury. His
machine was somewhat damaged.
The general store of Arthur Reyn,
olds, at Syimar, narrowly escaped
destruction by fire on Sunday night
week when 1t was struck by llgnt-
ming. Mr.. Reynolds, with the as
sistance of neighbors who hastenea
to his aid; succeeded in extinsuisn-
ing the flames after a hard hght'
The damage amounted to- about
$500.
An official from the State Auto
mobile Commissioners Office paid an
unexpected visit to Elkton, Monday
night of last week, and had war
rants issued for 1S automobile own
ers for not having lights on their
cars while parked near the Chautau-
qua tent. The cases were all dis
missed by Magistrate Lewis. with
warning that lights must be burning
Z S)en cars are left standing On
streets or highways after sunset: