The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-03-18
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs Of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY noted


Palm Sunday.
The North East Sunday school
raised $500 for missions during the
year.
All unpaid tax bills for 1920 will
be given to the Sheriff for collection,
on April 1.
Leiper Boyd, Of Lancaster county,
has made record by capturing
thirty-two foxes during the past sea-
son.
The County Commissioners re-
ceived no bids for the 100000 road
bonds offered on March 8. The law
requiressAhat no bid be received al
less than par.
r. H. Knode has resigned as
County Agent, to accept position
lin Pennsylvania, and the State Ex-
tension Service has appointed W. G.
Snarr to succeed him.
The steam pipes of a B. & O. loco
motive bursting near Barksdale bad
" scalded Joseph c. Barrett, eEgi-i
neer. of Philada., and Robert BIlke,
fireman, of Baltimore.
Capt. T. c. McCracken, for S5
years past superintendent of North
East M. E. cemetery, has resigned
on account of falling health. Mr..
McCracken is 8S years, of age.
w. H. Holm, of Port Deposit, has
been awarded the contract for build
ing 2A miles of roadway in Har-
ford county, from Bethel Church TO
Black Horse, at bid of $780, S3O.7O.
The home of the late Judge James
A. Pearce, in Chestertown, has been
purchased for $40 900 for a rectory
for Emmanuel Church. Rev. c. l..
Atwater and family will occupy the
mansion shortly.
Ralph Kelly, of Hayre de Grace,
has been found guilty in Hartford
County Court of selling intoxicating
cider. Judge Harlan imposed arr
Of 5000 and sentence Of three
months in the House of Correction.
The electric storm that swept
over this section on Wednesday
afternoon of last week, assumed
hurricane proportions north of us,
and did much damage about Oxford,
Avondale and throughout that sec
tion.
March 25 is Maryland Day, the
anniversary of the landing from the
Ark and the Dove Of the Calvert
colonists, in St. Mary's county.
The 25th is also known as Moving
Day in Maryland, and this year il
happens to be Good Friday.
Filling the tank of Ford truck
at night, by the aid of lantern re-
suited in an explosion on the farm
OF George Gardner, near Unicorn,
The curtains and cushions were
DuTu0u, nut Juc tiI0 Was HudAiy
smothered out with blankets
Attempting to solder leak in the
gasoline tank of truck caused an
explosion, in the shop of Howard
Evans, near Quarryville. One end
of the tank was blown out and the
soldering iron struck the workman
oho,ya tha ava ;uAintiy0 a ce vora
cash.
The Hartford County Grand Jury
returned an indictment against
John G. Grimmell, a canner of near
Jarrettsville, for canning tomatoes
with other than juices of Tomatoes.
This is probably the first indictment
of the kind ever returned by a
Grand Jury in this State.
The Oxford Minstrels. as had been
expected. drew crowded house on
Tuesday evening, at their show in
the public hall here, for benefit Of
Rising Sun base ball club. The
boys gave a good entertainment, anG
kept the audience laughing with
their jokes and funny antics.
Woodchoppers recently found in
hollow maple tree. near Blackbird,
DEL, pint bottle of whiskey wrap
ned in Philadelphia newspaper OF
November IS, 1898, bearing a Will
mington dealers label. 1t is thought
it might have been hidden by gum
ners in the fall of that year.
The largest and most modern
gun Of. the United States military
service is being mounted for testing
at the Aberdeen Proving Ground.
The barrel of the gun is So feet 2
inches long and the weight OF the
gun and its mounting is nearly 600