The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-12-11
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED


Thursday morning.
Snowfiakes were flying again
Wednesday evening.
Better do that Christmas shop
ping. The time is short.
December term of Cecil Circuit
Court convepes at Elkton on Mon
day morning next.
Two cases of diphtheria are re-
ported in the neighborhood, and one
of scarlet fever.
l., Elmer Perry, of Wilmington,
will address the Sunday school ,at
the morning service Sunday next, in
Rising Sun M. e. church.
Rising Sun Y. P. B. will meet
Friday evening, Dec. IL, at 1:5O
O'Clock with Mrs. Jesse T. Cameron.
good attendance is desired.
Foy's Hill fire observation tower,
near Principle Furnace, has been
closed for the season. The loss
from forest fires this fall has been
small -
Mrs. Herman Lindamood and
brother, Richard Todd, have pur-
chased the store property OF their
father, the late Robert W.sTodd, at
Rock Springs.
The Penna. R. R. Co. has asked
nermission of the Public Service
Commission to discontinue maintain
ing station agent at Bengles'
Baltimore county.
Four fine turkeys belonging TO
Norrie Wilkey, of Fairmount, Pa.'
were stolen one night recently. The
turkeys were taken OF the barnyard
fence where they were roosting.
The southbound passenger train
was more. than two hours late on
wednesday evening, reaching here
about $3.50 O'Clock. A BREAKDOWN
IN the engine, at Oxford, caused the
delay.
The mortgaged real estate OF
horge w. Bakeoven, consisting OF
fee acres n land and dwelling
e aitnatas near Cown Point,
nurch hase1 laa va nby e. s.
ms Il Company, Of chesNsrtown'
<2,o50.
eheck-np last week by the
.fs 81 the financial committee
Dell. M. h. church. show
5talt OF $s,28S.OO was raised
3eea hnd cash gifts during the
eek OF the building fund drive
conducted in that town.
l|he shenks Ferry Anthracite Cpal
81 Is still dredging coal from the
river at Pequea, and will confine
iii danger OF the river freezing
rbev have a mountain of coal piled
is which they can load and ship
after that time. as the P. r. +. Co
can not supply them fast enough
with cars.
A class of twenty-six caHdidates
from Hartford and Cecil courties re-
eaived the Scottish Rite degree Of
Masonry administered by Baltl-
more degree team at Port Deposi'
on Thursday OF last week. Follow
ing the degree work a turkey dinner
was served by the ladies' Of the Por'
Deposit Scottish Rite Club.
Members of the Community Fire
Company attended services in
body at Rising sym M. E. church
on Sunday evening. Rev. j. Y
Mccoy. the pastor had been elected
an honorary member and chaplain O
rAA> Company, and was presented
with gold chaplain's badge. Abou
fifty members of the Company wer'
in attendance
We are indebted to the Shame
Beever Co., electrotypers, OF Balti
more. for a neat little paper-welgn
of their trademark, in the form o
nickel-steel-faced electrotype, com
memoratiye of the twentieth ami
versary of the firm, which has beel
keeping faith with the origina
since 1906" in the way Of busines
integrity and perfection OF work Il
their line.
CnaFleS He4eFS+s "tt :.
stolen frem in frem ct his house Il
QHarryville, Pa, last week. ma
recovered the parts OF it the thleVe
did not need. The machine wa
found in the woods near Mn
Points.
The flve vacuum tires and rims
radiator, two windows, pump an
some other tools were stolen fror
the machine.
Our stores are thronged WIZ
BUYERS doing their Christmas shor
ping.
The Woman's Foreign Missionar
Society will meet Wednesday, De-
Is, with Mrs Elwood Brown, at
o'clock. Program Leader, Mrs. Boy
Etter; Mystery Box, Mrs. Mar