The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-08-22
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

The Black Barren Fair Association
has selected September and S as
the dates for the annual fair.
District Superintendent Rober'
Watt will preach at 10:45 Sunday
morning at the M. E. church.
The gross receipts of the Firemen's
Carnival held in Newark during the
first week in August were $4,000.
Delaware State Fair will be held
at Elsmere September to 5. the
ad. appears elsewhere in our col
umns.
! Jos. T. Riale, intending to move
from our town to Wilmington, hello
a public sale of household goods on
Monday.
Chester. Dorsey, who formerly liv-
ed in oxford, was arrested Sunday
upon the charge of having stolen an
automobile from the home OF MRS.
Brown in Havre de Grace.
Arrested ON the charge of running
an army truck through Elkton at
high speed and in reckless manner
Captain F. J. Sweitzel was fined $50
and costs by Justice Lewis, at Elk
ton.
While plowing on the farm OF
Matthew Anton, near Galena, How
ard Baker turned up a pocketDook
containing $26.50, which had been
lost last fall by Mr.. Anton While
husking corn.
Vast quantities Of German ammu-
milton are being destroyed at the
Aberdeen Proving Ground, to pre-
vent spontaneous combustion ex-
plosions, such as occurred at the
Post some time ago.
A low rate excursion 20 Atlantlc
City is to be run Tuesday, August 70.
The special train leaves Rising sun
at 5:25 A. M. Returning leaves
Atlantic City at $50 P. M. Round
trip fare from Rising Sun $2.a5.
Charles Chambers, who has been
conducting a business for several
years at Suplee, Honeybrook town
ship, but formerly lived at West
Grove, has purchased the west
Grove Inn property Of the Kennedy
estate and will open it as a temper
ance house after making number
of improvements.
It is reported the American Tele-
phone and Telegraph Co. Is 10
abandon its line running from New
York to washington via Conowingo,
and passing through this town. The
underground system extending
through the county via North East
and Perryville is found to be ample
for the company's needs, according
to report.
AT the Harvest Home Celebration
at West Nottingham Presbyterian
Church Thursday, August 2Sth, the
features this year will be the big
basket dinner, special games for the
boys and girls, play by the young
ladies Of the Westminster Guild en-
titled THE Anybody's Family" and,
as always, a talk-fest for the older
people. This has always been a
great day at West Nottingham
church.
In excavating for the state road in
front of the dwelling of w. K. Bird,
at Harrisville, the steam shovel un-
covered huge rock, and 1t was
necessary to resort to dynamite for
the first time on Saturday. The first
blast put off shattered fourteen win
dows in Mr.. Birds dwelling, through
failure of those in charge OF the
work to have the doors of the dwell
ling open and windows raised before
the charge was fired.
A large truck broke through one
of the small bridges on the detour
road between the Pennington pike
and Pleasant Mraiow school house
on Tuesday, blocking traffic on the
road. AS the contractor on Thurs
day morning refused to let autos
through on East Main street, send,
ing a machine back through the
mess, which is of his own making
through botch job, all autos are
now compelled to detour to Bay
View.
The Sunday school of Rising Sun
M. E. church enjoyed their annual
picnic on Wednesday, and about
seventy-five members of the school
and their friends gathered at Hunt
er's dam, near town, where bathing,
boating, fishing, and other diversions
were INDUCED in by the younger
generation, and all hands Joined
forces at the dinner hour for the
spread Of good things unpacked from
the baskets and partaken of with q
relish by keen appetites. All voted
the picnic Q grand success.