The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-07-07
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

Rock fishing in the Susquehanna'
river is reported better than ior
years.
Ford car belonging to CLIFFORD
snotts was stolen in Elkton Satur-
day night.
The singerly Fire Company OF
Elkton has decided not to nold
carnival this year.
According to report the wrecked
Second National Bank of Elkton
will pay about fifteen cents on the
dollar.
Ladies of st. Johns Church, New
ark. DEL, cleared upwards OF $ooo
from their recent lawn fete ana
festival
The dwelling on West Main street.
Elkton, owned by Harry M. Taylor
has been purchased by A. F. Stanley
Of that town.
carnival will be held at Cherry
Hill, July IL, 1S, IA and Is by Little
Elk Tribe of Red Men and the De-
gree of Pocahontas, of Cherry Hill
The First and Fifth Regiments OF
the Maryland National Guard VIII
encamp on the Edgewood Arsenal
Reservation from July % to Aug. ..
Weather conditions on the 4th OF
July were anything but favorable
for outings or celebrations. There
were drizzles and showers all day
that upset many program for the
observance of the Natal Day.
Work has been started on the
new State road at Rowlandville.
About $500 cubic feet of dirt ana
stone will be taken from the top ana
side of Rowlandville hill to get the
grade and reduce sharp curve.
This section was swept with vio-
lent electrical storms and deluges OF
rain, on Saturday afternoon, about
five o'clock, and Sunday afternoon
about the same hour. The cutters
and streets literally ran rivers OF
water during the downpours.
The Free Masons have purchased
the lot on North street in Elkton
from Albert D. Mackey, sold at the
receivers sale of the real estate o.
the late William T. Warburton. The
plans Of the Masons are to Dulia
Temple in the future.
d Contractor S. Ralph Andrews De-
gan preliminary work last week, IN
the town of Elkton, on concreting
the bed of Delaware avenue from
the Mill Bridge to Main street,
which will be continued west on the
latter to the crossing at Gonce's
store.
Millard F. Bayiess, farmer OF
stepney, Hartford county, has hiea
an involuntary petition in bank
ruptcy in the United States Court,
Baltimore. The Hartford Bank, OF
Bel Air is the complainant, and the
assets are listed at $9,877.25, ana
liabilities as $2A,888.88.
Oxford Electric Co. lost thousands
of dollars by the storm SATURDAY
afternoon. Transformers in OXFORD
Nottingham and Colora, were BURN
ed out. Our town was without cleo
trio light Saturday night. Lamps
and candles were resorted to III
dwellings and places of business.
During the storm of SATURDAY
afternoon lightning struck one OIL
the large silver maple trees in the
front yard of the Barclay Reynoias
property, west Of town, shattering
one side Of the tree and also break
ing and badly damaging the con-
crete retaining wall recently erecteo
along the front Of the property
About 1900 Boy Scouts of Amer
lea from different States, uhoer
Chief Scout Master Greenhawk, Will
camp at Red Point and call their
camp the Caesar Rodney Camp
this summer. The grounds nave
been prepared for them, and tnes
will come In groups of SO to 200
each group remaining a week. Any
registered Scout has the privilege OF
attending at cost of $3.50.
The Fourth OF July was very
quietly observed in our town. There
was hardly any noise" and threat
ening weather put damper on al
most all outdoor celebrations.
The festival and celebration plan
ned by the Sunday school was one OF
the things that was almostly COM
pleteiy spoiled. that is the celebra-
ton end of it, but the ladies and
their helpers stuck bravely to their
cake tables and ice cream cans, de-
spite the showers, and did a fair
amount OF business, the receipts
amounting to over 800.