The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-10-10

Mt. Pleasant.
Chestnuts in this neighborhood
are very scarce, but there is a fairiy
good crop of walnuts.
Reading, Pa, Fair receipts amount
ed to $7O,O00s and the profits are
estimated at 100000.
The Board of Education has re-
opened Monroe school, near Colora'
with Miss Helen Aiken as teacher.
Preparations are being made for
the building of a 30x40 TT. addition
td Britton's garage, on West Main
street.
with the decided drop in temper
ature on Tuesday night Jack Frost
was much in evidence Wednesday
morning.
white Hail. farm along the Elk
River, has been sold by Mrs. Anna G.
Summers, of Philada., to Baltimore
parties for 100000.
West Chester has raised sufficient
corn on lot belonging to the bor-
ough to feed the horses of the Street
Department all winter.
West Chester residents keep the
tablet to deceased soldiers on the
Court House lawn continually sur
rounded by cut flowers.
The s3sth Stated Meeting of the
Presbytery of Baltimore was held in
the Havre de Grace Presbyterian
Church, October 6 and
Monday, October Is, Columbus
Day, being a legal holiday, the Ma
tional Bank of Rising. Sun will not
be open for business on that date.
The School Board has appointed
Miss Maybelle Leibig, of Wisconsin,
instructor of Domestic Science at
North East and Calvert High
Schools.
H. M. Driving, aged II, of Balti
more. was arrested in Elkton last
week charged with stealing an auto
mobile from Conrad Abond, OF ROSS
vile, Md.
Caught by a belt in Providence
paper mills, where he was an en-
ployee, Lawrence McCummons had
the side of his face terribly lacer-
ated one day last week.
To encourage fishing as a sport
money prizes have been offered by
the Bucks County, Pa, Fish, Game
and< Forestry Association for the
largest bass and pickerel caught IN
the county.
!, The Haven Lake Poultry Farm
situated near Milford, said to be the
largest in Delaware and owned by
4he Grier brothers, has been pur'
chased by Wesley Harrison, OF
Tennessee.
Clerk of the Court VIM. q. Pur-
nell issued up to Oct. nearly l2Ot
resident gunners licenses, 10 non
resident licenses and rs Statewide
licenses, under the new Resident
Hunter License law.
A freight wreck near Port Deposit
ON Tuesday night delayed all traffic
over the Columbia and the Media
Divisions. The morning mail train
due here at 1881, did not reacf
Rising Sun until about 9 o'clock.
William r. Cameron has resolt
the Reuben Kirk farm, near .Sysmar
and containing 100 acres, to Miss
Annie Kirk and sister, who moved
from it to Oxford about a year age
and will now return to their ole
home.
Their car upsetting in the lane o
Walter Jackson, near Andrew
Bridge. Lancaster county. Misses
Ida and Celia Jenkins of this town
had a narrow escape but fortunatei!
were not injured nor was the ma
chine damaged.
Lack of sand has been responsible
for no concrete laying on the Stat
road in this town for nearly tw'
weeks. The only work done wa
that of crushing stone, the materia
being placed along the road nea
Harrisville. A carload OF sand wa
received Wednesday afternoon ant
the concrete mixer began work again
Thursday morning Rof this week
finishing the section to Cente
Square The machine will be movet
to West Main street and worl
toward Center Square from Wilson
avenue. The completed section o
concrete road will be opened T.
traffic between the railroad ant
Bufingtons corner on october 10
n This section was. being used b.
hatos on Sunday, regardless of warn
Z ing signs, so substantial barrie
was erected across 1t ON Monday.