The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-03-08
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs Of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

night was a reminder of spring.
The Red Cross Unit of the Sixth
district has membership OF Ell.
VIM. T. Warburton, Esq, Of Elk
ton. delivered an address before the
students at Tome Institute, Port De-
posit, last. week.
Rev. J. C. Mccoy, pastor Of Zion
M. e. Circuit, has received an invl-
tation to return the coming year TO
his present charge.
DR.. G. p. Carrico, of Cherry Hill,
has purchased the Elmore Deibert
residence on West High street, and
will move to Elkton.
The Farmers Trust Co., of New
ark. DEL, has purchased car load
of pure bred cattle in Michigan and
will put the stock out to the farmers
at cost.
The Westbrook Dairy and Produce
Company, Ltd, of Peach Bottom,
Pa, tied for third premium on their
fancy butter at the annual dairy
show held in Harrisburg recently.
Finding it impossible to procure
sufficient flour to make their usual
quota of bread, Lebo and Bush, Ok
ford bakers, have taken their
wagon off the road until conditions
Il in that line are better.
The grist mill belonging to former
Senator Charles A. Andrew, near
Berkley, Hartford county, was des-
troyed by fire Feb. %, together with
most of it's contents and machinery.
Loss estimated at $4,000.
The barge Cahtoman, owned by
the Southern Transportation Com
pany, loaded with wood for the Elk
ton pulp works in coming up the
Elk river, was cut through by ice
and sunk near Turkey Point.
The concluding shoot of the three
cornered contest between Rising
Sun, Providence and Oxford gun
clubs will be held Saturday at Provi-
dence. The score is close and the
result of the shoot is causing much
speculation.
At the recent election held in Port
Bebosit, the following Town Com
misslpners were elected for the year;
Alberts. vannort, Allen N. Vannort,
George q. Trowbridge, r. l.. Steb-
bings, Hugh A. Falls, Lewis A.
Abrahams and John P. Kelley. A
light vote was cast.
March term of Circuit Court for
Cecil county convened at Elkton- on
Monday morning. The Grand Jury
completed it's labors on Wednesday
and it was expected Court would
adjourn this week. We were un-
able to secure report of the pro-
ceedings for this issue.
The roads are soft clear
through. the bottom having dropped
completely out of them in some
sections this week, Frost has been
coming out of the ground rapidly
4 during the mild weather that has
prevailed for the past two weeks,
and the rainNof Wednesday night and
Thursday helped soften things up
generally.
The real estate Of the late Israel
r. Dean. of North East, was sold last
week. The home farm of SO acres
adjoining North East, was purchased
by John H. Dean for $3.50. The
farm of 160 acres in the Ninth dis
trict was purchased by Harry l..
Harvey for S6,500. The 65-acre
tract of woodland in Elk Neck was
purchased by Harry L. Harvey for
$500.
The public sale Of horses held on
Tuesday afternoon by w. B. Cooney,
ut the Maryland House stables, was
largely attended, and probably bet
ter prices prevailed than any similar
sale ever held in this town. In all
81 head of horses were disposed of.
A carload of 30 averaged. $2C2.4O
per head. The highest price realized
was for a pair Of grays, which
brought $557. and were purchased
by Lawrence Sadler.
A demonstration of what happens
when whiskey and gasoline are mix
ed was witnessed in front OF the
postoffice on Thursday evening OF
last week, when the drunken driver
of big Hudson auto ran his ma
/, chine into road cart that was
hitched to horse belonging to
Frank Haines. The horse was un-
injured, but one wheel of the cart
mashed. The drunken auto driver
got his machine out of the mixup
and speeded away without stopping
to ascertain the damage done. Such
drivers should have their licenses
revoked and not be permitted to
endanger life and property as this
drunk did.