The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-07-30

The receipts of the recent 1estiVdi
held by the Fairfield, Pa odo fei
lows were $3.50.
citizens of Earleville and vicinity
are urging an improved road between
cecilton and Earleville.
The huckleberry crop is an abund-
ant one. The berries are selling at
20 and 20 cents quart.
The summer meeting of Maryland
state Horticultural Society was helu
at New Windsor, Md, on Thursday
July 20.
Walter Ritz, catcher of the New
ark. Del, base ball team, is being
given a tryout by Connie Mack with
the Athletics of Philadelphia.
A detachment of U. S. Cavalry
from Fort Myer, Virginia, passed
through Rising Sun on Friday morn
inc last enroute to Camp Dix, New
Jersey.
DIR. Robt. Watt, superintendent OF
wilmington District, will preach at
1O.45 a. m, at Rising Sun and at
2.3O %. M, at Sylmar, on SUNDAY
August /.
Tho skating rink property. in OK
ford. recently purchased by the oA-
ford Presbyterian church, was soid
last week at public sale for $Soo u
r. Stanley Grier.
public sale of the househoid
goods of the late Mary 5. Stewar'
viii, he held on the premises at Row
landyille, Thursday, August D. At
one O'Clock p. m.
The large barn on the farm OF
Jesse L. Shepherd, near Cecllton' was
struck by lightning during an eiec-
tric storm last week and burned
with much of the contents.
Robbers broke open freight car
or the Baltimore and Ohio Raliroad
81 Aberdeen, one night last week
and carried off case OF snoes anu
several hundred pounds OF sugar.
The coolest weather in July that
has prevailed for fifty years. accoru,
ing to the weather man, occurred U"
Monday and Tuesday, when the
mercury registered So and ~ de-
grees respectively.
The seagoing barge Henlopen
which was beached at Little Esg In,
let has been brought to the ya1os OF
Southern Transportation Co.. a.
Chesapeake City, for repairs. Ihe
barge is owned by the Southern W
william Frederick, CT Charles
town. participated in the Yach's
mans League regetta on the Deia
ware river July IT, his yacht Hei'aa
won the race for the course oho "'
was presented handsome silver cup
Thieves entered the Newark Del
Department store early one morniht
last week and stole u large quahtilS
Of shoes, clothing and other goods
amounting to several hundred aoi
lars. No clue as to the guilty partleS
has been obtained.
Attempting to jump wire 1enc'
from one field into another, morse
belonging to Frank Zelmer, 1arme
of near Hayre de Grace, fell AM
broke its neck This was the thlr
tieth horse to die on the farm within
the past five years.
When the public schools OF mary
land reopen in September Tor th'
school wear, one of the requirement.
win be to sing the "Star Spangle'
Banner" at least once eacn week
The new law was passed at the ses
s,on OF the Maryland General Assem-
bly, last winter,
Alfred Brittingham and WiihaA
Lowe, two Hartford county p":
were landed in Bel Air jail last weel
charged with robbing dweliihs
The boys made their escape ny uis
ging through the Jail wall Tue
stole bicycles and rode to North Eas'
in this county, where the shefih'
an automobile overlook them ah
lodged them in jail again.
A broken electric feed wir
caused the death or horse oe'''
driven by Miss Jane Chalmers hea
Newark, DEL, last week. Wheh III
horse fell Miss Chalmers suppose
the animal was i'll. She Jumpe
from the buggy and started TO uh
harness the horse. From the hishi
charged ground she received sever
shock. Her feet were badly purhee
All persons having books IN tnel
possession belonging to the hisih
Sun Public Library are requested
return them to the library room
Saturday evening, July 81, wneh u
library will be open between Tn
hours Of eight and nine o'clnck,
The books are to be re-listed an
it lis important that all OF tnem
on the shelves before the Work
commenced.