The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-07-25
TOWN, AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED


the Mccoy farm, near Earleville for
$250O.
Rev. Robert Stewart, of Newton,
Iowa, occupied the pulpit of Rising
Sun M. E. church on Sunday morning
last.
sThe official board Of North East
NJ e. Church has decided to dispense
with Sunday evening service during
July and August.
James F. Evans. Assignee, sold
last week the Morris farm of S66
acres in the First district. to Edward
H. Friel, for $4,000.
A Ford truck has been purchased
by Elkton Town Council for hauling
purposes for the town, replacing the
horse and cart of yesterday"
The page property OF IN acres,
near North East, improved by
house and barn, has been purchased
by william q. Craig for $112b.
Peninsula peach growers report
the trees SO heavily laden with green
fruit as to require much thinning
giving promise of an abundant crop.
Nose Miller, formerly of Perry
Vile SusQuehanna League base ball
team. is now pitching for the Parks
ley club OF the Eastern Shore
League.
VIM. F. Riley, Of New Bridge, ad-
vertises a public sale Of farm I'M
plements, cattle and other stock. on
Thursday, July 81. at ~ o'clock
noon.
The Community Fire Company
Band furnished music on Tuesday,
"wednesday and Thursday evenings
I. OF this week for the carnival held
at Oakwood by the Junior Order
American Mechanics.
III The first new wheat was received
at the warehouses here last week,
and brought $1.10 per bushel
Wheat has been pouring in daily
since. The grain is good and yield
reported fair average.
Arthur "A. Armor, of Pennington,
carried OF first hOnors in Class A.
at the recent Betterton trap shoot,
by breaking 81 targets out Of pos
sihie 100. Hugh Falls, Of Port De-
posit. won the Handicap event.
The State Roads Commission OF
Maryland has awarded the contract
for building one mile of concrete
road between Calvert and Fair Hill
to John w. Rehill and J. w. Nc,
Allister, at bid of $29,S5S.50.
The Rev. ]. W. Easley, of Will
mington, Del, has been appointed
pastor of Mt. Pleasant Methodist
Episcopal church. near Colora. to
succeed Rev. H. e. Reed. who has
resigned ON account of i'll health.
Herman, Tyson, Newark horseman
trainer and reinsman. has entered OF
his 1924 tour with q string OF twelve
promising horses, ten tretters and
two PAGERS. His first entry will bt
at the Kent-Sussex Fair, at Harring
ton. Del, on July %.
The railroad station at Port De
posit was entered one night las
week by unknown parties and an un
successful attempt made to open ths
safe. The combination knob wa.
knocked on with sledge hammer
but the weuld-be robbers failed tG
get the safe open.
Mrs. william H. Evans, of Newark
has been elected first yice-president
Of the Delaware State Federation OF
Women's Clubs. Mrs. Evans will
represent New Castle County on this
Board OF Directors. At present she
Is in California at the national con-
vention Of Women's Clubs.
The Aberdeen Proving Ground
baseball team. in airplanes. few te
Dover. Dell. last week. and were
beaten in a fast game by the Eastern
shore League team. rs. Buck
Herzog, former big league star,
covered second base for the Proving
Ground. and cracked out a home run
with two ON base.
At the height OF the electrical
storm ON Tuesday night. shortly be
fore eleven o'clock. the fire. whistle
sounded, and goodly number o
firemen hurried through the pour
ing rain to the engine house, ant
were preparing to make a run will
the apparatus to the premises of o
w. Conner, near Calvert, whose
barn had been struck by lightning
and set on FIRE.
Just as the engine was ready Il
start sword was telephoned that Mr.
Conner had succeeded in putting thu
threating blaze out, and that thu
services of the iiremen were no
needed.