The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-01-23
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs Of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

More snow Monday nlSht' .na. sio
rain converted into deep slusn on
Tuesday.
Robert H. Baker, OF near Elktor,
hutchered a hog last week that
weighed $40 pou-ds.
The County Commissioners hay.
,eannointed ! Reuben H. Dunbar a.
collector OF dog tax for 1873.
All members of the State Motor
,nty Forest Wardens by Governor
Police have been designed as De-
Ritchie.
The Susquehanna power o.,
which recently purchased the beh
mansion, al Conowingo, IS reinoaei
ling and fitting the building for rote'
purposes.
Robert Murray, who pitched on
Inc Havre de Grace base Dali Team
last year, has been signed py the
Richmond, Va, team, OF the VIE
ginia League
At the annual election for Com
missioners of the town OF Charles
town, Harry Murphy. Nelson NC
Call. Wilmer Murphy, Horace era
ham and Frank Murphy were chosen.
a r. Jewell, OF Havre DIT Grace
has been reelected president OF tne
Susouehanna Base Ball League.
.,he playing schedule will be adopted
at a meeting held Monday evening
January rs.
The plant of the Delaware State
Fair, ne.ir Elsmere, De- Wi Le sold
at RECEIVERS sale on Monday, Jan
rs. at 1O:3O a. nj. The p-'operiV
includes ninety-tnree acres oil lahc'
and tn. buildings thereon.
Preparations are being made fcf
extension Of the siding at the rail-
road station in this town, foI tne
accommodation OF the Shelhe
Farms Co. which will facilitate the
daily shipment of milk from Tn
plant.
+ Groome Steele, OF Chesa peake
CITY. is having lalge power poa.
constructed by the Deibert Company
of Hayre de Grace. The vessel Il
Iv5 feet long, beam OF "a leet
derth of feet, and 800 tons
capacity.
The Annual Meeting OF the Trl
state Packers Association was neio
at the Hotel Dupont, Wilmington
Del. on Tuesday and Wednesday o.
iast week. Mr.. Radebaugh, Count:
Agent OF Cecil County, was one o.
the speakers.
At the annual stockholders meet
ng of the Farmers & Mechanics III
surance Association, he'd at Zion, OF
January 10, the old Board OF Man'
ayers was reelected, with RoDert
Cameron president, and E. u. Car,
Lart secretary and treasurer.
Francis Skunk Brown, owner o.
FIX View Farm along Elk Rlvor
has presented Town Point publl'
schoo, with new desks tor tnc pupils
teachers desk and chair, kinder
rarten table and chairs, water
cooler, dictionary and stand ans
bulletin boarG.
Elkton Chamber OF Commerce ha'
eiccted the following Board OF Dl
rectors: William II. Mackall, Ihos
B. Miller, William Z. Feehfy, Cai
roll. Gardner, DR.. Howard Bratton
:. B. Decker, Arthur IL. HUBBARD
Daniel S Terrell, John IL. Minister
S Ralph Andrews, John II. Gonce
G. A. AllendeI, w. Sterling Evans
Standley Evans and Irwin L. Kepler
The family CT James II, Spiout, 0
Cherry Hill, were overcome by Goa
gas from the heater. Friday mornln'
last. Mr.. Sprout, who IS a fireman
at Providence Mills, returned iron
work in the morning and found tn
house filled with gas, MIS-. Sprout
and their two children unconscious
He summoned a physician whe sue
ceeded in reviving all three OF tn
victims.
A truck belonging to McCool 4
Sentman, of Elkton, was struck a
the railroad crossing at North Eas
by fast train, on Tuesday OF las
week. Arthur Samuels, colored, tn
driver of the truck, jumped and es
capped injury, but Cook Kline ant
Edgar Reynolds, who accompanies
him, suffered cuts and bruises. Ha'
the truck, which was loaded VIII
five tons of coal, gotten fully on tn
track, there would probably hav
been wrecked train. As it was
was struck in front and whirled OF
the track.
The regular services at SylmG
M. e. church, which were discon
tinued for the last two Sundays be
cause OF the revival services at Rif
ing Sun, will be resumed Sunda
afternoon, January %, as follows
Sunday School ! 1880; Preachir
2:s0.