The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-05-23
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs Of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

Friday of next week is Memorial
Day.
school Rally Day at Elkton. Fri
day, May 2S. A
Painters are Frightening the devil
lings of Harry Fisher and JACOB
Jenkins, on Wilson avenue.
All farm work has been greatly re-
tarded this spring by the frequent
rains. In fact it rains almost every
day.
Emerson r. Crothers has sold his
residence on East Main street, Elk
ton, to DR.. Jacob J. Greenwald, for
$11,500.
over $100 was netted by the Leap
Year dance held at Elkton for the
benefit OF the, Susquehanna League
team of that town.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary
society will meet with Mrs. Emma
McNamee on Wednesday afternoon,
May %, at 2 o'clock.
James Adams, owner of the Float
ing theatre, has purchased Joan" an
: attractive yacht. Mr.. Adams recent
" disposed Of the " Marion. i"
A cross tie falling upon him while
he was at work on the Pennsylvania
railroad in Perryville, Cato Nazza-
reno an italian, sustained broken
leg.
A brand new Overland "Bluebird"
touring car, valued at $3.50, was
stolen one night last week from it's
place on the floor of Mackenzie and
Strickland's garage, in Newark Del.
The County Commissioners have
made the following appointments: -
Edward Campbell, local Assessor
\ for the Fifth district, First Precinct;
John Cooper, local Assessor for the
Fifth district, Second Precinct.
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The Mushroom Transportation
Company, Kennett Square, has placed,
an order with the White Company
for three new trucks Of three and
one-haif ton capacity, to be used in
transporting mushrooms to the New
AYork markets.
Gqve s. Scotten. Police Justice OF
EIkton. has held John Goodyear
under $500 bond for Ceurt on a
charge of stealing chickens and tur-
keys from Mrs. John B. Roberts, near
Pleasant Hill, and under 5000 bond
in each of four cases in which he was
charged with selling liquor.
Samuel r. Fulton, a veteran en-
ployee Of Continental Fibre Co..
Newark, died in the Homeopathic
Hospital in Wilmington. May 12.
from terrible burns received early
the same morning, when six-inch
globe valve burst while he was open
ing it In the boiler room of the plant.
The report. that has gained consid-
erable circulation, to the effect that
School Rally Day would not be OBJ
served at Elkton on Friday. May %,
On account of smallpox, is entirely
without foundation. There is no
smallpox in the neighborhood of
Elkton, and Rally Day will be
observed.
The Chesapeake and Delaware
canal will be closed Sunday June 1st,
in order to enable another large
dredge to enter the waterway. The
dredges are approximately 4O-feet
beam, while the locks are only "a
feet in width. 1t is necessary to
float dredge into prepared basin,
erect Golfer dam, food the basin
until the level OF the water is equal
to that in the canal itself. and then
cut a section Of the canal bank to
admit the vessel.
John Lawrence, of Elk Mills. was
awarded verdict of 5000 by a jury
In the Kent County Circuit Court.
last week, against John Wallace
Scott, Of Elkton, for damages grow
ing out of an automobile collision
along the Elkton-Newark road one
night several months ago, when the
plaintiffs car was badly damaged.
The suit was docketed in the Cir
cult Court at Eikton, and removed
to Kent county, for trial.
The plate glasssshow,windows were
Installed in the newly constructed
front of Pogue G Roberson's furni-
ture store ON Saturday. The front
Of the store has been lowered to
nearer the street level and eight
large panes of glass, each measuring
7x7 feet, installed. making decided
Improvement and affording an op-
portunity for display of goods.
The glass was brought by truck
from Baltimore by the Pittsburg
49,