The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-12-19
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs Of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

it be a Joyous one for all.
The public schools of the county
close on Friday of this week for the
Christmas holidays.
Winter will begin on Sunday next,
December 21. The days will then
be at their shortest.
Mrs. j. G. Richards has purchased
property in Baltimore, and will
move from our town to that city
this week.
The Rowlandville M. p. church
Christmas entertainment will be
Sunday evening, the 21st, at 1880.
Everybody welcome.
Austin Case, Chief of Susque-
hanna Hose Company, Havre de
Grace. has been appointed Chief OF
the Perry Point Fire Department.
Warren F. Cabe, of Philadelphia.
has purchased the Belmont" hotel
al Retterton from l.. A. Hickman
and wife, for the reported price OF
$4,000.
Wilmer L. Barnes, temporary
Postmaster at Bel Air, has been reg
ularly nominated by President Cool
ridge and awaits confirmation by the
Senate.
w. D. Adams, of Phillip, W..
Va, has sold thru Starkey & Aus
tin his dwelling and u acres OF
land near Rising Sun to Mrs. Han
nah r. Moore.y
Members Of the Bay View Gun
Club will hold holiday Shoots Christ
mas and New Years. Shoots start
1890 p. M, ON the club ground.
Everybody invited to take a hand In
the sport. Il issse
A class of ninety-nine young men
ana women were graduated from
Goldey College, Wilmington, on De-
cember 9. Among the graduates
were e. Stanley Bryson, of Elkton,
and Anne Mae Kirk, of Colora.
The annual turkey dinner of'Ris-
ing sun Detective Association Will
be served Saturday, Jan. 8, 1925, in
the public hall, under auspices OF
i the Community Fire Co. A supper
(and bake will be- held in the
evening.
lack w. Leslie has been lodged In
Elkton Jail, charged with robbing
bunalows along the river shores
Leslie calls the world his home and
was arrested on his boat at Thigh
mans Island, by Talbot county au-
thorities.
The annual meeting OF Rising
Sun Milk Producers Protective AS
sociation wilrbe held in the public
hall of this town on Saturday morn
ing, Dec. 20, at ten O'Clock. All
dairymen, whether members or not,
are urged to attend this meeting.
John Anderson, of Cecilton, in his
suit against William HI. Klair, grow
ing out of the sale of number OF
cattle, which was docketed in the
Circuit Court at Elkton and later re
moved to the Talbot County Court
for trial, has been awarded a verdict
by the jury for $1136.54, the full
amount Of the claim.
The ducking season on the Sus
quehanna fats is reported to be the
poorest for years. The rainy
spring caused high water in the Sus
quehanna river, quantities of mud
being washed down, covering the
wild celery completely and smother
ing out the young plants. This
depletion of the feeding grounds OF
the wild fowl has caused them to
hunt other celery beds.
Two deers have been seen in this
locality several times by different
parties recently, and one little girl
who saw the animals fastened to her
mother in great excitement and
asked If they were not Santa Claus
reindeer.
AS no one knows where the grace
ful little animals came from, this
seems to be a pretty good ex-
PLANTATION. especially as Christmas is
SO close at hand. and Santa is MAX
Ah6 pEepdEdItOH AOt uic IitpS OAA ASt'
mas eve.
A call came about eleven O'CLOCK
Saturday morning to the Community
Fire Company for assistance. at, the
home of VIM. H. Nesbitt, near Har-
risville, where blazing chimney
threatened serious trouble. A mum.
ber OF firemen responded with the
chemical engine.
Firemen with hand extinguishers
soon extinguished the blazing SCOT
in the chimney, when 1t was dis
covered loose bricks had permitted
the IRE to communicate to the wood
work. and it was necessary to tear
away the lath and plaster to get at
the insipient blaze. which would
soon have assumed serious aspect.
The damage done was trifiing, and
the discovery Of the fire fortunate.