The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-10-29
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED
Election Day. Tuesday next.

Election Day, Tuesday next.
The landscape is beautiful with
it's autumn colorings.
Halloween falling on Sunday
will be celebrated by the goblins on
Saturday night.
Arthur l.. Harris, Of near Better
ton Skinned $50 barrels of kelfer
pears to England last week.
some of our berry growers nave
been enjoying raspberries anu ever
bearing Strawberries this month.
The rain. on Wednesday and
Thursday of this week is the first III
this section for nearly three weeks.
Rev. H. D. Garner has been ap-
pointed pastor of the new COM
munity Protestant Church at Perry
Point.
The autumn meeting of the Cecil
County Medical Society was held at
Union Hospital, Elkton, Thursday
of last week.
r. Shaub last week caught sal
mon in the Susquehanna river al
HOLLYWOOD that weighed six pounds
and ten ounces.
The Hunters moon was full on
"Wednesday evening and there have
heen some beautiful moonhghI
nights the past week.
Murray Brush, son Oh Dr. brush'
Director of Tome Institute, Port De
posit, sustained fractured arm
few days ago while playing loo'
ball.
Salmon fishing in the susque-
hanna river, below the dam at Holt-
wood. is reported excellent, with
good catches being made almost
daily.
IT. Alan Goldsborough, Demo-
cratic nominee for Congress, PAID
visit to our town Wednesday after
noon and extended the glad hand 10
voters.
w. w. Aldrich,' Edward W. Jack
son and w. T. Anderson, Cecil coun-
tv. have eeen awarded scholarships
in the engineering department at
Hopkins University, Baltimore.
the Republicans of Cecil county was
the Republicans of Cecil county was
that ON Wednesday night of this
week at Elkton, when U. S. Senator
Miles Poindexter and Congressman
w N Andrews were speakers.
The sale of the Kidd properties
at Calvert, offered by r. G. Thack-
ery. trustee, resulted in withdrawal
of the store and dwelling house at
bid of $4,000 and of the frame
dwelling house at bid of $500.
William M. Pogue will address
the Mems and Women's Bible
Glasses in the M. E. church Sunday
morning, Oct. 81, at 9:45 o'clock,
on "Christian Principle in Politics.
An invitation is extended the gen.
eral public to attend.
The will of Ellen Cameron, OF
Principle, has been probated at Elk
ton. Her farm was bequeathed to
two nieces, Miss Ellen Bradley, OF
Philadelphia. and Mrs. Ray. of st.
Louis; the remainder of the estate
being left to other nieces and
nephews.
At this time two years ago the
flu was getting in it's deadly work,
bringing anxiety, distress, bereave-
ment to hundreds of homes, closina
places of amusement, schools and
churches, putting ban on public
gatherings, the terror of its pres
ence being felt throughout ouI
county, State and Nation.
The meeting of farmers held in
the public hall, Rising Sun, or
Monday evening, Oct. 25, was large
ly attended. The future price OF
milk was thoroughly discussed, and
it was finally agreed that the farm
ers would accept 1927 per hundred
lbs. for whole milk for the balance
of October, with the promise Of
better price as soon as conditions
would warrant.
Woodrow & James, of Meadow
Brook Farm, have sold to Norris j
Reynolds, of near town, three yer!
nice registered Holstein heifers, al
from advanced registery dams. Th'
FIVE nearest dams of their sire aver
age 1876. lbs. butter, and 21,02l
lbs. milk in one year.
The above firm also sold to F. ]
Ham, of Rising Sun, yearling bul
that comes of good breeding. Hi
dam produced 632 lbs. butter, ant
17.1sS, lbs. milk in s65 days.