The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-09-23
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs Of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

The dwelling OF MIS-. =. W. AAuAAs
is being improved by painting
Raw View Council of American
Mechanics will hold a carnival OH
September 1924.
Mr.. E. T. Coslett has erected an
iron flag pole seventy feet hlgh OH
his lawn in North East.
The fourth annual Community
Fair will be held at West Noting
ham Friday, October FL.
The monies are running at HaVre
de Grace. the fall meeting opening
ON wednesday for ten days.
C. w Grason has resigned as sales
manager at Rising Sun Garage, a
position he has filled for several
years past.
Caught robbing the poor box OF
Elkton Catholic church stranger
was lodged in Elkton Jail last week
to await trial.
The. net receipts OF the recent
four-day carnival held by the COM
munity Fire Co. in this town were
something over $4,000.
On Friday morning, September
9th. Thomas w. Williams, OF Elk
ton, presented to the colored pubic
school large American flag.
The Hartford County Commission
ers have approved bill of Mrs.
Charles Pocock for 500 to cover
the loss of 80 turkeys killed by dogs.
Levi Rhoads, of Bart Township,
Lancaster county, has made an as
signment to Lloyd L. Winter. OF
Quarryville, for the benefit OF his
creditors.
Installation exercises of Rev.
Thomas P. Mckee as pastor OF West
Nottingham Presbyterian ch urc
will be held Thursday evening. Oct.
s, at 1880 o'clock.
Edward White, negro, 4S years
old, was heard at Lancaster court
last week on the charge OF selling
whisky at the colored campmeeting.
at Arcadia. He was found guilty. .
The Aetna Fire Company of New
ark has voted to accept the free
site. offered by the Newark Academy
trustees, on Academy street, for its
proposed new engine house and
headquarters.
The suit of Mrs. M. Bowen. of
near Tolchester, against the County
Commissioners of Kent County for
$4,000 alleged damages to her land
by water, has been set for trial IN
the Circuit Court for Cecil County
this week.
Harry M. Howe. charged by JOS.
McMichael, of Little Britain Town
ship, with having poisoned three
cows belonging to his father. Lewis
McMichael. was acquitted and the
costs of the case divided between
the prosecutor and the defendant.
Miss Elanor Cawley, of Elkton,
who at the beginning of the school
year was appointed principal OF
Centre school, has been transferred
to Rising Sun as an assistant pri-
mary teacher. Centre school has
been closed and the pupils will be
taken to Fair Hill school.
Frosts this spring played havoc in
the Smyrna-Clayton. DEL, grape
belt. Where in normal years thous-
ands of tons are grown tae most
conservative estimates are the croT
will fall off more than three-fourths
while some vineyards will hardly
have enough for shipping purposes
Robbers broke into the engine
room of the tug, "Champlin," LYING
at the wharf at Havre de Grace, one
night last week, and carried off two
rubber coats belonging to Capt
Jacob Galloway and r. F. McGaw
and also stole pair of shoes ane
clothing belonging to Louis Smith
Edgar C. Hanson, son Of Mr.. ant
Mrs. Frederick Hanson. of Church
Vile, Hartford county, died at Edge
wood Arsenal Hospital, on Thurs
day morning Of last week, iron
burns received on Wednesday In al
explosion of a large phosphoru'
bomb, which he and two others wer'
filing,
The barn of Albert M. Keen. nea
Pleasant Grove, Pa, was destroye'
by fire on the evening of Sept. IL
A COW and calf. about 400 bushels o
potatoes, the seasons crops o
wheat and hay, harness, farm impie
ments and the like we're burned
Amos Moore is farming the place
and he sustains share OF the loss
The origin Of the fire Is unknown