The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-08-25
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs Of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

The grape crop Is an aounus
one.
There's a Fall feel in the air.
nights and mornings.
The gross receipts Of the base ball
carnival at Elkton were about $Sooo.
Goldenrod is blooming about the
country and is being avoided by per-
sons subject to hay fever.
Walter D. Lindsay, of Providence,
has been re-appointed principal OF
Rising Sun High School.
The katydid is here-an unmis-
taxable sign that Autumn is climb
ing over the Summer wall.
Thirty-four tickets were sold at
this station Wednesday morning for
the Atlantic City excursion.
The ponies will run at Havre dc
Grace track, at the fall racing meet
September 20 to so, inclusive.
The Democratic State Convention
will be held at Ford Opera House,
Baltimore, on Thursday, September
21, at IL M.
George Janney, of Kennett Square.
held the lucky number which won
the Ford automobile at the New
London carnival.
Wheat 80 cents per bushel, ana
predicted to go still lower. Where
do our farmers come in on the pre-
vailing high prices.
One who claims to know says the
best way to drive starlings and
blackbirds from the shade trees is to
turn a searchlight on them.
About 500 former soldiers, suffer
ing from mental disorders, will be
brought to the new Government
Hospital at Perry Point, this week
In view of strike conditions, the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company has
placed guards at each bridge over
it's entire system, as means OF pre-
caution.
The daylight saving ordinance IN
Baltimore, automatically expires al
2 A. M. Sunday, August 27 Al
that hour the clocks in that city Will
be turned back one hour.
The gross receipts from the carnl.
val held by West Grove, Pa, Fire
Co. were nearly $4,000. The larges'
nights receipts were $3,165.4S
taken in of the closing night.
There will be a conference Of
Friends held at Colora Meeting
House on Seventhday evening, the
26th. All friends and any Others
interested are cordially invited t.
meet. with US at 1880 p. M, stand
ard time.
H.. L. Shepherd and family and w
X. Alice have moved to their newly
erected dwelling on Main street, II
the rear Of their store. The dwell
ing is double one, Of brick and
frame construction, and<is receiving
it's finishing touches.
Sheriff Clifford has appointed
former Sheriff and Clerk OF ths
Court Cecil Kirk. his Deputy, to sue
ceed in September, ]. Edmund
Crothers, who resigned on July 81
to resume work with a Virginia Con
struction Company.
The Commission created by tn
last Legislature to take over th'
Susouehanna river bridge, connect
ing Havre de Grace with Perryvilie
reports It will have it's data in shape
to make an offer to the bridge com
pany by September l.
Two freight cars jumped th'
track on the Susquehanna Rive
Bridge Thursday morning last, caus
ing tie up in traffic for severa
hours. Through trains were de
toured over the Baltimore and Ohio
while passengers on the local trains
were transferred in Dusses over th'
vehicular bridge.
The Merchants & Manufacturer
Audit & Tax Service, Of Baltimore
has completed the audit Of th'
books and records of the Tow
Commissioners of Rising Sun. Th'
report will be published in our is
sue of Sept. 1. At preliminar!
meeting Aug. Is. the accountants re
ported all receipts and disburse
ments properly accounted for.
Demand for advertising spac
this week compells us to carry Owe
until next issue large amount o
local matter already in type. inciud
ing the program of the w. G. T. .
convention, to be held at Hopewel
Sept. /, historical sketch Of Metho
dism in Rising Sun, account OF boy
and girls club week at College Park
and other interesting news items.