The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-01-15

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About three inches OF snow fell
Friday night and Saturday morning.
The young folks have enjoyed
greatcsport coasting since the snow
fall.
The mercury ran way down in the
tube Tuesday night, and was playing.
hide and seek with the. zero mark
Wednesday morning.
Fine sleighing this week, but
as everybody travels by auto. it has
all gone to waste, sleigh being
quite curiosity nowadays.
Cecil Post, No. Is, American
Legion, has launched drive for
funds to purchase an ambulance for
Union Hospital, at Elkton.
The First National Bank of North
East has declared semi-annual
dividend of five per cent and added
$1,000 to the surplus fund.
The Directors OF the Commercial
and Savings Bank of Bel Air have
declared a dividend of seven per
cent on the capital stock of the
bank.
George e. L. Hess, Of Fair Hill,
has been re-appointed by the County
Commissioners, as trustee Of the
Cecil County Almshouse, for term
OF six years.
There will be Tuberculosis Clinic
Afor Known tuberculosis Cases, Con-
hts, and Suspects in The Health
ter, Elkton, Thursday, January
$3.50 A. M.
snday evening, January II, is
TENS Night at Rising Sun M. 4.
-ch. You are cordially invited
hese services. One Of the feat
will be special singing.
he Volunteer Fire Company OF
re de Grace has selected Leo.
Moore, President; Harry j.
Fford, secretary, and L. q. Pohl,
Iurer, for the coming year.
he small property OF Harriet r.
kard, deceased, situated in Elk
leck, was sold at the Court House
door, in Elkton last week by
Robert G. Thackery and Joshua
Clayton, Trustees, for $500. to Will
liam j. Lockard.
Thomas Clifton, OF Chesapeake
City, firemen on the tug 1Corinthia,
was drowned Jan. in Baltimore
Harbor. How the drowning occur
red is not known. as Clifton was not
missed until his body was found in
the harbor the next morning. He
was "a years of age and son OF the
latte George Clifton, OF Chesapeake
City.
Missing from his home for forty
eight hours and known to be
seriously i'll, John w. Williams,
aged rs years, an old river pilot,
was foundzSdead from exposure a
few miles from Iron Hill station
Jan. 8. His body was discovered in
deep underbrush by Harry Howell,
Jr., of Iron Hill, who, with several
companions, was on a coon hunt.
An alarm OF fire routed the fire.
men out about seven o'clock Sunday
morning and called them to the
home of Chas. Steuart, northwest OF
town, where chimney fire was
threatening danger. The blazing
SCOT was soon smothered with
chemical extinguisher, 1t was Q
bitterly cold morning. but the boys
were on the job without loss OF
time.
The Wilson home farm OF about
$50 acres on the North East river
in Elk Neck, has been sold by
Edward C. and Harry L. Wilson
Sr., to the Young Mems Christian
Association of Coatesville. Pa, FOL
$4,000. The Association for q
number OF years has held its sum
mer camps for both boys and girls
there, has had an option on the
place for many motnhs.
The Northern Maryland Power
Company has finally completed Its
line from Wilmington to, Perryville
and all it's patrons in the section
trayersed by the new line, and
those IN Hartford county, are now
furnished with electric current trans
mitted over this new line. The cur
rent is Of high voltage. and the
company claims that there should
never be any interruptions IN the
service now that it has two lines
running into Perryville and Eikton
one from Lancaster. Pa, and one
&C. Wilmington, Del
safe in the Office Of Mackey =
warehouses merchants, OK
a., was blown Tuesday nign'
ggmen, who secured $3.50 II
Ind liberty bonds.