The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-03-24
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the Courty
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

dozen in this burg.
Saturday, 25th inst, is Maryland
Day. also designated as Moving Day.
Tuesday, 21st inst. was the first
day of spring, but it was not very
spring-like.
Cecil county's share Of the quar-
terly distribution of the State school
fund is $17,625.13.
The Stacker list, sent out by war
Department for Maryland, does not
include the name of a single Cecil
County man.
Ernest Glacken, SON OF H. H.
Glacken of near Rising Sun, has been
appointed rural mail carrier from
Conowingo postoffice.
In a distribution of $1.S11,666 to
educational institutions by the
Rockefeller Foundation, Lincoln
University will receive $4,000.
Rev.. c.. e. Aldridge, a colorec
minister of Lincoln University, is in
West Chester Jail, charged by John
H. Wilson, Of Coatesville, with alien
ating the affections of his wife.
The barn and corn crib on the
Paul Arbuckle farm, near Cherry
Hill. were destroyed by fire on the
evening of March 13. The loss was
$4,000, with insurance of but $500.
Mrs. Nellie B. Reed, postmistress
at Chesapeake City for the past eight
years, being recently succeeded by j.
M. Reed, has purchased the general
store of Mrs. Taylor w. McKenny'
in that town.
Load after load of household
goods may be seen passing through
town. as Saturday is Moving Day
There are numerous changes OF resi-
dence in the, neighborhood. but only
three or four in our town.
Caught in. the act Of robbing the
nay station telephone box in the Eel
ton House, Elkton, Harry c. Ward
has been lodged in jail. He is also
charged with robbing other teie-
phone pay stations on the Eastern
Shore
Twelve Old Maids, presented IN
Rising Sun public hall (on Friday
evening last by local talent from
Zion, drew a fair sized audience and
proved an amusing sketch. The
gross receipts were about $40. The
play was given for the benefit OF
Zion Missionary Society.
Milton litter, of Chesapeake City
has devised an appliance for auto
mobiles to control the flow Of gaso'
line, requiring special key before
the car can be operated. The device
is intended to lessen chances o.
theft, and will be patented.
The 126th anniversary of thu
Bayard Taylor Hunt took place al
Kennett Square, Pa, on Thursday oi
last week. A large crowd witnessed
the start of the hunt from the old
historic Barton Farm, often spoken
of in the STORY of Kennett" and as
sociated with the. towns history.
During a heavy wind storm on
Wednesday afternoon of last week
the roof was torn completely on the
M. e. church at Kembleville, Pa.
and the interior of the edifice badly
damaged by rain. The hitchinf
sheds on the church grounds were
also blown down. The damage te
the property was fully $500.
At a conference of the Count,
Commissioners, Board of Education
Senator H. Arthur Cantwell and
members of the House of Delegates
from Cecil county, held in Elkton, II
was decided to introduce a bill IN
the Legislature authorizing a bono
issue to the amount of $4,000 fol
school purposes in this county, sub
.ject to a referendum to the voters
The entertainment Monday eve
nluB III INC puUlLC Hoii W SAO OA-~
ford Foote Trio was the concluding
number Of the entertainment course
which as a whole has been above thf
average, and that given Monday eve
ming proved one Of the best. The
members of the trio are all versatile
artists and every number Of the pro
gram was thoroughly enjoyed by the
audience.
The pool match at the Glover Club
in this town on Tuesday evening
14th inst, between Tommie Riale
and Chess Huss. resulted in favor o.
Huss. the Oxford cue expert putting
it all over Tommie and winning
hands down by a score Of $50 to 96
Tommie's followers are still loyal tt
and think he can trim the OK
boy II another series of games