The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-10-15
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED


held by the ladies of the New Cen
tury Club, in Newark, Del, were
$1,000.
John P. Seth has resigned his
position as deputy sheriff for Cecil
county to accept position as an
officer at Perry Point.
The Railroad Company has ISSUED
an order prohibiting jitney drivers
from parking their cars on the rail
road property at the Elkton station
A public sale of household goods
will be held at the cottage OF B. II.
Brown, West Main street, Rising
Sun, on Saturday, Oct. 2S, at one
o'clock. See ad. this issue.
The Dover, Delaware, Index re-
ports tomatoes being shipped in car
load lots from Clayton at six cents
a basket. Farmers sold at this
price rather than lose their crop.
The Board of Education for Cecil
County has appointed Miss Margaret
Ramsey, of Lower Oxford, Pa, IN
structor of Domestic Science in Cal
vert and North East High Schools.
Mrs. Mary A. Bay has been grant
ed an absolute divorce in Hartford
County Circuit Court from her hus-
band, DIR. James H. Bay, and allow
ed $40 a month permanent alimony.
The growth of horsepower sup
Piled by the Pa. Water and over
Co. is shown to have increased since
January /, 1908, when only 1885
horsepower was supplied, as against
38.5O71h horsepower at the present
time.
The electric light system went out
of commission on Friday night last
and the town was in darkness at
night until Tuesday, when the
trouble was remedied. Both street
and house lights were out OF COM
mission.
The public sale of household goods
of j. T. Leedy is advertised for Mon
day afternoon, October 25, on whit
is known as the SPOTS, or Allen
farm. near Calvert. The family
viii remove from the neighborhood,
having sold the farm to Virginia
party for 100000.
While watching some young mer
participate in pool game in Perry
Vile. Amor Barrett, of that town
was bitten on the leg by a snake tina,
was in a bag left lying on the tiool
by one of the pool game participants
Barrett was taken to Union Hospital
Elkton, for treatment.
There will be no reassessment OF
real estate in Cecil, Hartford, Fred
erick, Washington and Montgomery
counties at this time. The State Tai
Commission announced that 1T viii
not require compliance with its ordel
given some time aGo to the commits
sioners of the counties.
A box car containing 10000
cases, or 55,OO0,O0O matches, travel
ed all the way from California to
Columbia, Pa, without mishap, but
Just as the train was pulling into
the railroad yard the car burst into
flames, which consumed the car ant
its contents. The fire is believed
to have resulted from friction.
Road contractor Thos. Mullan on
Wednesday brought suit against
Jas. M. Tosh, of near town, for re-
moval of large wooden water tank
from along the roadside. The case
was tried before Magistrate B. p.
Nichols, who awarded Mullan $50
for the tank, which had been remov-
ed and destroyed.
Walter Cassidy, the 12-year-old
colored youth held by Squire Lovett
of Newark, for arson several weeks
ago, was sentenced last week tC
three years Imprisonment by Judge
Conrad in General Sessions Court
after pleading guilty to a charge VI
burning the barn on the Stroud farm
near Newark, Del. Cassidy is sait
to be weak minded.
The committee in charge of the
Annual Masquerade to be held In
Hopewell Hall Saturday night, Oct
so, invite any class, club or group OF
people to take part in the evening:
entertainment, the same to be IL
Vie nature of stunt, original OF
erwise, dialogue, pantomime
\, or shadowgraph. A
IN be awarded to the ont
most clever. The usus
te offered for the most artis
nal or ludicious costume
15c to those masked, 90
unmasked. Ice cream 70