The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-10-08
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

Tuesday, 18th inst, Is CoiunpuS
Day.
October Q and IL are additional
registration days.
How's the stove and heater pipe!
Better look them over.
The Chautauqua at North East
will be held October 10, 20 and FL.
Coal is selling at $14.50 per ton
and is reported due for further ad
vance.
Revival services are in progress
at Rising Sun M. E. church, under
direction of the pastor, Rev. Chas.
c. Harris.
Edgar P. Young has sold his farm
near Elk Mills, to Miss Appleford, OIL
Kent county. The price is SAID to
have been $4,000.
Tuesday, October IL, Columbus
Day, being legal holiday, the
banks in Rising Sun will not be open
for business on that date.
A public sale of household goods
of the late John Harvey will be held
at Colora on Saturday, Oct. 9. as ad-
yertised elsewhere in this issue.
The Haines real estate at the edge
of Elkton was offered at public sale
last week by w. ]. Bratton, Trustee.
and withdrawn at bid of $4,000.
Thrown from horse. he was rid
ing, Harry Hager, son of ex-ShellH
Henry Hager of Chesapeake City.
sustained a double fracture of his
arm.
Ground has been broken for the
erection of a 20x3O TT. rear addition
to the Maryland House, by w. b.
Cooney, which is to be devoted to
restaurant purposes.
A freight car op the Pennsy lvania
railroad tracks loaded with several
thousand dollars worth of mercnan-
disc was destroyed by fire one morn
ing last week at Iron Hill.
The fall meeting of the New Castle
Presbytery, which comprises all the
Presbyterian Churches in Delaware
and on the Eastern Shore of Mary
land, convened in Rock Church, near
Fair Hill, ON October A.
The County Commissioners met
Sept. 2S to receive bids for 100000
of road bonds, but there were no
offers, as the Act provides that the
bonds cannot be sold below par and
no bidder would offer par value for
S per cent bonds at this time.
The recently reorganized Com
pany E, of Elkton, was mustered into
Federal service on Oct. by Col.
Orval P. Townshend, U. s. A., Senior
Observation-Disclosures for Maryland.
The total number of men in the
Company, including the commission
ed officers, is So.
While threshing was in progress
on the farm of Mrs. William Wilson,
on Bohemia Manor, this county, last
week, one of the large stacks OF
wheat caught fire evidently from a
spark from the engine, destroying it
together with about half of another
stack, in all about 600 bushels of
wheat.
The Commissioners of Chester
county, Pa, will submit the road
loan proposition to the voters at the
November election. The object is
to increase the Indebtedness in the
sum of $3,OOO,OOO to be used in the
building and improving of public
roads.
The milk situation is still unsatis-
factory in this locality, the Sharpless
Co. not having resumed the purchase
of whole milk, as had been expected
AS a consequence number of our
milk producers are disposing of their
cows. The sale Of an entire herd OF
eleven high grade cows is reported
this week.
Some little excitement was oc-
casioned in town on Friday night
last when the drivers of big Stuz
touring car and Buick roadster, with
two passengers each, attempted to
tear down the barrier on West Main
street and come through on the newly
laidJcement road. The motorists were
prevented from coming through. and
when they reached town by way OF
the 4etour were detained by num-
ber 9f our citizens who had assem-
u bled Vto intercept them, and the
ff p telephoned for. AS this
could not be located and as
pf those assembled had author
arrest the motorists. they
beat it down the pike for the
Hlvania line. Both machines
New Jersey licenses, and theil
rs were forwarded TO The
obile Commissioner.