The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-10-28
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
Local HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

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you.
The Cecil County Fair is being
held this week at Elkton on the
26th, 9th and 2Sth.
The dwellings of ]. M. Holden and
w. T. B. R. Robertson are receiving
new dresses of paint.
The w. C. T. U. Will hold dis
armament meeting in the Friends
meeting room on Saturday, Oct. %,
at 8 p. m.
The farm of Thomas Hugh Patton,
near Port Deposit, has been pur-
chased by ]. T. C. Hopkins at pri-
vate terms.
The contract for carrying the mail
from Elkton station to the postoffice
on and after November l.. has been
awarded to Weir M. Seth.
Barclay Gyles is remodeling and
fitting up the store room formerly
occupied by Nathan Volx, and wilt
open a restaurant at the stand.
AS authorized by recent meeting
held in the town the North East Fire
Company will be Incorporated. The
membership is limited to $50, with
membership fee of $500 and $1.O0
yearly dues. :,
A detail OF Engineers of the U. S
Army. enroute from Fort Humph-
ries, Va, to Fort Slocum, Mass,
passed through town on, Monday
morning. The eight wagons in the
train were drawn by four mules
each.
The barn of Martin Creamer, in
Pequea Township, Lancaster county,
was destroyed by fire of unknown
origin on Saturday at noon. This
years tobacco crop, from two acres,
and other contents, were totally de-
stroyed.
Through his counsel Joshua Clay
ton, Esq. John w. Jackson, of near
North East, has docketed suit in the
Circuit Court for Cecil County, for a
divorce from his wife, Mrs. Amanda
Jackson, stof Chester, Pa, on the
grounds OF desertion.
Harry Stanton, residing with h;
father, James Stanten, near Elkton
was given hearing last week on
the charge of making false repre-
sensations as to the markers OF 9
Dodge car, which he sold to Thomas
B. Russell, of North East.
Four mules belonging to e. Roy
James, of near Havfe de Grace, be-
came fast In bog on Old Bay Farm
near that town, one night last week
and narrowly escaped being en-.
guifed Three of. the mules frees
themselves, while the fourth had tc
be pulled out. All of animals were
unhurt.
The beautiful shade trees that
stood on the church lawn, were
killed by the fire of June 13, and
have been cut down, with the ex-
ception of one, that was but slight
ly injured, by Thomas Rink and q
force of workmen. cit was neces
sary to blast the stumps IN order :,
split them so they could be removed
easily.
In broad daylight, at the point OF
gun, Superintendent Phillip Nc
Ray, of the Delaware Pulp Mills
Wilmington, was held up by mask,
ed bandits and robbed of $4,000
in Wilmington, Friday, shortly be
fore noon. The money stolen rep
resents the payroll of the Pulp Mills
for last week. The bandits made
their escape.
Street Riley. of near town, anf
John Hunter. son of George Hunter
of this town, are each carrying al
arm in the sling. The former suf
fered a fracture of the right wris
early Monday morning while crank
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his milk route, while the latter hat
the misfortune to fall from tn
porch at his home Sunday. and sus
tain Q fractured wrist.
A carload Of crushed stone ha'
been received by the Town Commis
sionefs and is being used to patel
up the streets in different sections o
the town. Preparations are ais
being made to lay concrete aurol
and drain at the crossing at Mail
and Walnut streets. Another de
cided improvement that has beel
made is the relaying of the pave
ment and crossing at the fntersec
ton Of Pearl and Mount streets
where the triangular point has bee
eliminated, a curve made and tn
roadway widened at the turn.