The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-06-09
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED
moon Friday, June 9.

sweltering weather this week.
Wednesday next. June IA, is FLAG
Day.
Providence Base Ball Teams re-
cent festival netted $21O.
Tuesday next, June 13, is the first
anniversary of Rising Suns big fire.
North East Fire Company realized
$50 from the festival held Decora-
tion Day.
The festival held by the Ladies
Aid Society of Zion M. E. Church
netted $45.
Children's Day will be celebrated
nv Rising Sun M. e. church on
Sunday, June rs.
The public schools OF the county
close for the summer vacation on
Friday of this week.
The Orphans Court has ratihed
+bo sale of the real estate of Anna
B. Dunham, deceased.
President Harding has appolnteu
Charles w. Glasgow, postmaster a'
Street, Hartford County.
Miss Virginia Bond died at -her
home near Port Deposit on Mohuay
from tumor of the brain.
9he June non-jury term OF CIR
emit Court for Cecil County con-
yened on Monday in Elkton.
Miss Nina Pounds, stenograpner
at the National Bank OF Rising sun
has been appointed Notary PuDilc'
Six new bungalows built at Char
lestown by Thomas Tingle, OF VII
mington, have been leased already
The old town is looking mighty
pretty with its nicely trimmed
green lawns, flowers and SHADE
trees.
Rrvon Bouchelle, of Chesapeake
citv has been elected Director OF
Union Hospital to succeed the late
Frank P. Price.
The w. c. T. U. will observe
Flower Mission Day at the nome u
Miss H. J. Reynolds on Wednesday
June IA, at 1880 p. m.
Cecil B. Cummings had the mis-
fortune to lose one OF his ilVery
horses on Saturday last. The AMI
NAL had been sick for several days
Ladies of Rock Presbyterian
Church will hold festival on the
church lawn Tuesday evening, June
1S, with band music. Everybody Is
invited to attend.
The Fairbanks Morse Co., OF Bar
+imore. has been awarded the con-
tract for a so, 100000 gallon pump
at Chesapeake. City to pump water
into the canal, at contract price Oh
$31,964.
Abbott Bros, of Havre de Grace
have purchased the large 5O-passeh-
ger Yacht, "My Darlington" from
the John M. Michael estate whlch
thew will have rebuilt for use py
pleasure parties.
State Road surveyors began work
last week on the bed OF Main street
Elkton, which is to be concreteu
from Gonce's store crossing TO Deia-
ware avenue, and the latter street t'
the bridge at the Mill.
lanes G.. Crockett of near Church
Vile. Hartford county, received worn
last week from the Navy Bepart-
ment that his son, Lawrence, a sec
ond class seaman on the U. 5. >.
Trinity, had been drowned OH 'n'
coast of Turkey.
The "Helen Steele" a gasoline
freighter owned by j. Groome
steele, of Chesapeake City, was de-
stroyed by fire near the lock at ot.
George's. on the Chesapeake ana
Delaware Canal. The vessel was
valued at $4,000.
In an alteration at Elkton on thf
evening of Decoration Day Nelson
Jackson, colored, received star
wound in the lung, at the hands OF
Price Gray, also colored, wnom@ nc
had asked for money owed MIN
Gray has been lodged in Elkton jail
About $3.50 was the sum netting
at the carnival held on Thursday
Friday and Saturday evenings last
for the benefit of the two Rising
Sun base ball teams. 1t rained an
three nights. keeping both attend
ance and receipts at low ebb.
The case of Lannon W., Winters
charged with the murder OF Iva M
Blucher, has been transferred from
Towson to Bel Air for trial. Biucher
was a watchman at the Gwynnbrook
distillery. He was fatally shot when
an attempt was made to raid the
distillery on April 4th.