The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-10-24
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

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structed at the station here, for use
Of the tank cars of the Standard
al. Co.
Fire damaged the bakery OF Will
liam Schurnm, in Perryville, on
Tuesday morning, to the extent OF
several hundred dollars.
: yA number from this section en-
loved the railroad excursion TO
Luray Caverns. Virginia, last week.,
taking the train at Wilmington.
A. H. owens purchased. for $12,-
900. the property Of the Peoples
Cooperative Store Co., at Perry
Vile, sold at auction Saturday.
Jumping from the bridge into the
Susuuehanna river, Saturday, one OF
the Perry Point patients committed
suicide. The body was recovered.
Elkton Town Council is having
the marsh in the rear OF business
properties on Main street, in tnat
town.. fiIled in and graded, an I'M
prpyement long needed.
The Pennsylvania Highway Com
mission has awarded Fred 3. Fish,
OF EIlton, a contract to build sec
, tion OF road in York. county, at
bidB of $4,000.
One of the four men injured when
the Army blimp TC-2 was wrecked
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at Newport News, Va, Oct 10, was
an Elkton boy, Otto Jensen. SON OF
MIR. and Mrs. Peter Jensen.
The legal season for shooting
SQUIRRELS closed on Wednesday, Oct.
Is, and will again reopen on Nov
ember. 10th, when the open season
tor rabbits, partridges and wood
cock will begin.
The engine OF the Community Fire
Company was taken to Colora on
Saturday last and gave demonstra-
tion of pumping from the dam rec
emily constructed there for fire pro-
stection purposes.
A Republican Mass Meeting will
\be held in Elkton Armory on Mon
day evening, October ~. Former
Mayor and Congressman ]. Hamp-
ton Moore, of Philadelphia, will be
the chief speaker.
A tract Of 100 acres of land in
Grove. Neck, Cecil county. has been
purchased by Miss Margaret Eng
land and ANOTHER lady land prepara-
tions are being made to set out 1000
apple trees ON the property.
Successful Community s b o W S
have been held this week at West
Nottingham ON Tuesday, Oakwood
on wednesday and at Appleton on
Thursday. The Show at Calvert
will be held Saturday, 25th inst.
A large amount of honey was se-
cured last week when bees that for
several years had occupied a, place
between the ceiling and the roof of
the upper porch or veranda OF the
howard House, in Elkton, were
removed.
Frank Askins and William White
head, both colored, who were recent
ly convicted in the Hartford County
Circuit Court ON the charge OF con-
spiracy to rob, were sentenced by
Judge Harlan to three years in the
Maryland Penitentiary.
Police Justice Grove s. Scotten, OF
Elkton, fined Richard Baumann,
who operates a farm near that town
SO and costs on a charge of cruelty
to animals in shooting bull owned
by Francis Mhllin, which had stray
ed from the Mullin farm. =
Farmers in the neighborhood OF
Quarryville, Pa, have found the
growing of cabbage profitable this
year. The Quarryville Sun reports
that up to last week twelve carloads
of cabbage had been shipped from
that town to Lapcaster market.
While at work at the mill at Row
lndville Theodore Gully met with {
very serious accident. In trying to
escape. from flying tar from one OF
the big retorts he fell and fractured
an elbow. lin addition to being
painfully burned about the face by
hot tar:
The Rising. Sun Farmers Union
will hold q public meeting in the
school house at Rising Sun, Satur
day. November 1st. at p. m.
Prof. George L. Schuster. Agro-
nomist of the University of Della
ware will address the meeting. All
who are interested in agriculture
invited to attend.
The lowest bid for the construc.
tion Of the concrete roadway lead
ing from below Unicorn, through
Fulton Township. by way Of Goshen
Wakefield and New Texas. to the
Maryland line, known as Route 1856
was rendered Tuesday by w. Grant
Raub. OF Red Lion. York County
the amount being $440.517,46
The contract has not yet been
| awarded.