The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-06-02
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
local HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

The month of roses.
Gardens growing grandly.
One more week of public school,
Home grown strawberries reach
ing market.
cbautauaua next week. Have you
purchased a season ticket?
potato bugs and ugly, green
woollv worms crawling everywhere
officer Booth, of the State Motoi
Police Force, is now statioheu a.
Rising Sun.
cbi,dren's Day will be observed IN
Rowlandville M. P. Church on sun
day, June 18th.
Carnival by the two Rising sun
hase ball teams Thursday, FRIDAY
and Saturday evenings of this week
stephen Condict, of Port Deposit
was arrested and taken to the coun-
~ iail at Elkton, Thursday iast'
charged with selling liquor.
The double dwelling Buckley
property, on South Queen street. III
this town, was sold at public sale on
Friday to VIM. R. Cameron ioi
$365e.
The grocery store of Morris Dick
inson. South Third street, oxloru'
has been levied on by the SheriH' d
writ for $1,000 having been taken
out by N. B. Irwin.
Some young men, looking fof
foxas in the vicinity of Point Look
ont. Chester county. Pa, accldent,
ally came upon three barrels OF
moonshine located in the woods near
there.
Our Minister'S Honeymoon, the
nlay given by the brotherhood u
TITLE Britain Presbyterian Churcn
in Oakryn Hall, was splenoid sue
cess, the receipts amounting 10
$118.40.
A Cadillac and a Packard car met
in headon collision near ConoWmso
Saturday afternoon, with the resui'
that both machines were Daoly
broken and several were seriously
injured.
The profits of the two nights per,
formance of 'sThe Story Of Kennett'
given ON the 18th and 18th OF May
in Kennett Square, amounted ~
s525.OO for the Bayard Iayloi
Memorial Library.
While at work at the plant OF the
York shipbuilding Company, cam
den. N. j., last week, Harry b. Alex.
ander Of Elkton, had his left hano
SO severely crushed that his nttie
finger had to be amputated.
The express business is yer!
heavy at West Grove station at pres
ent, 46O packages and boxes being
shipped from the two nurseries NOR
dav. OBTAINING trains from ten U
twelve minutes loading them.
Pleading guilty in the Uniteo
States District Court at Baltimore
to the charge of having six quarts
of intoxicating liquor in his posses
sion, Luke Goodyear, OF near Elk
ton. was fined 500 and costs.
Up to the first of last week there
had been shipped from the Chester'
town postofice 175,000 baby chicks
the hostage on which amounts te
more than $425. This is the larges
yearly shipment in the history O.
the office, and the season is JUS
about half over.
Henderson Bashum. Of near town
who recently was fined 1925 fol
driving an auto after his license nae
been revoked, has been committe'
to Elkton Jail by Magistrate Jones
on the charge Of drunkenness ane
disorderly conduct, pending an ex
animation as to his mental SOUND
ness.
The matter OF the petition OF 5
Ralph Andrews of Elktop, for
writ of mandamus, ordering Receiv
err Perkins to give him access to NIL
safe deposit box in the Second Ma
tional bank of Elkton, was settlet
in Cecil Circuit Court by agreement
Mr.. Perkins granting the access
sought.
In the sixteenth annual inter
scholastic track meet held at Por
Deposit, May 20, Mercersburg tool
first place with but little opposition
finally totaling 1914 points. Centra
High. of Washington. took secon'
with 35, while Tome took third will
19. In the events limited to count,
schools, Millville, N. J. scored q
points, Dupont High IA and Spar
rows Point 8.