The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-06-07
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED
The month of roses.

Gardens Aow doing their bit.
The schools of the county close on
wednesday next.
Fine home grown strawberries
low top the market.
soap stone quarry is being open
ed on the William West property
. Rock Springs.
Children's Day Service at Ebenezer
f,hurch. Greenhurst, Sunday eve
ming, June 16, at 8 o'clock.
Laurance B. Levy, who recently
sold his farm near Elkton, has pur-
chased small farm near Amber
Pa. 81
The Chesapeake City Fire Depart
ment has purchased at cost Oh
sa25 a new Ajax Chemical appa-
ratus.
DR.. Edward H. Wilsey, of Chesa-
peake City, has been elected Presi-
dent Of the Maryland State Homeo-
pathic Medical Society.
lanes Alfred Pearce, former CHIEF
Judge of the Third Judicial circuit
has been appointed a member OF the
state Board Of Education.
The road from Roberson's Corner
to Sylmar, which is undergoing con-
crete construction, has been closeo
to traffic and it" is now necessary 10
make a detour to reach Sylmar.
A special program is being pre-
nared by the Sunday school OF Rising
Sun M. E. church for Children's
Day, which will be observed sunday
evening, June 8, at 1880 O'Clock.
Howard w. johnson, who succeed
Cd o. c. Giles at the North street
market house in Elkton, has gone
out of business, and this stand IS
I. closed for the first time III many
years.
The Elkton colored school erected
service flag on Friday evening,
Nav "a. there being twelve stars
representing boys that have been
called Into service of the United
States.
LBS. T. Riale, for a number OF
wears past manager Of the F. r.
Sharpless Co. milk plant In TINS
town. has resigned and secured a
position at the munition plant IN
Perryville.
A Ford automobile owned by VIII
liam Chidester, of Pleasant Hill, was
stolen at Perryville on Sunday eve
ming of last week, and later located
near Sparrows Point, where it had
been abandoned.
The steamer Anthony Groves,
Jr.." while bound from Baltimore to
Philadelphia, via Chesapeake and
Delaware Canal, was disabled and
towed back to Baltimore, by the
steamer Ericsson.
Jack Bladen, colored, of near Port
Deposit, was arrested last week ana
given q hearing before Magistrate
Lewis. charged with disorderly con-
duct. and stoning his sisters home.
He was fined $25 and costs.
The Maryland Dredging and Con-
tracting Company, of Baltimore, has
the dredge Maryland" at work
making an intake for the mammoth
acid works being built on the Stump
farm near Perryville for the Govern
ment.
y John Scully and Thomas Stephens,
both of Boston, were sent to Elkton
Jail for ten days by Justice Jackson
charged with jumping the intertrack
{ fence at Perryville station when re-
uuested not to do 50 by the officer at
the station.
President william H. Mackaii and
Commissioners Alfred Davis ana
Miller F.. Magraw were elected to
succeed themselves as Commission
ers Of the town of Elkton last week.
The hold over Commissioners are W.
Frank Karl and Taylor W. NC
Kenney.s
Miss Frances Dickey, daughter OF
Mr.. S. Ralston Dickey, Lower OK
ford. escaped in a lifeboat when the
Steamship Carolina. upon which sne
was returning home from Porto
Rico, was torpedoed off the Jersey
Coast on Sunday.
The FELTON, Hotel, Central Garage
And Atkinson Livery Stable all be-
longing to Sheriff J, w. McAllister
and located in Eikton. have been
sold at private sale to M. hapian q
Brother, Of Eiktpn. for $3.50. The
ew owners do not take possession
nntil March next.