The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-07-08
TOWN AND COUNTY
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

July L.
The residence property of M.
Louisa Carhart, of Zion, has been
purchased by John Astle, Sr., OF
Principle, for $4,000.
Rev. ]. c. Mccoy, pastor OF James
M. E. church, Rising Sun, has been
granted an increase of salary from
$500 to $1,000 a year.
Dog days this year will be ushered
in July 26, and probably will make
things uncomfortable while they last,
which will be until August 81.
Painters are dressing up the stores
of Haines & Kirk and B. B. Gyles
and dwelling OF DR.. R. c. Dodson,
among other properties in town.
Following a raid on the home OF
Morris Davis, of Elkton, when
quantity of liquor was found, Davis
was held for appearance at Court.
The Fourth was greeted in Rising
Sun with old-time noisy enthusiasm.
In the evening several pretty displays
of fireworks were to be seen in diff
ferent sections of the town.
DR.. Raymond A. Pierson, Presl-
dent of the University of Maryland,
will be one of the speakers at the
Farmers Day meeting at Port De-
post, on Saturday, August 13.
Joseph A. Katz, of Perry Point,
has been sentenced by Federal Judge
Coleman to five months in jail for
selling liquor to four soldiers at the
Government Hospital at Perry Point.
Fire that started on the third floor
of the dwelling of Mrs. Louise Cain,
in Port Deposit, damaged the build
ing to considerable extent before 1t
was extinguished by the Port De-
posit firemen.
Miss Bertha Irene Smith, OF Port
Deposit, and Mr.. William Dobson
. Leitheiser, of Havre de Grace, were
Fmarried June 25, at the home OF the
bride, by Rev. Allen Wise OF Fort
ADeposit M. E. church.
Her clothing catching fire while
6he was burning old papers In the
yard of her home at Galena, Mrs.
kosephine Cameron, aged 70 years,
3ered burns from which she died
William Johnson, colored, OF Iror
Hill, is held for the murder OF AL
fred Taylor, of Newark, Del. In
fight at the packing plant, near
Newark, Johnson stabbed Taylor, in
fiicting wounds that resulted in the
death of the latter.
John w. Holloway, who establish
ed the Holloway Beach resort at
Charlestown, Cecil county, met with
an auto accident near Lanhorn, Md.
which resulted in his death on June
26. Mr.. Holloway's home was at
Charlestown.
Judge Coleman, in the United
States District Court, Baltimore. on
Thursday last, sentenced Mrs. Mary
Calichia, proprietor OF a restaurant
at Havre de Grace, to forty-five days
in gail on her plea of guilty to VIOLA
ton of the Volstead act.
Edwin S. Drcus, of Port Deposit
for the past four years Assistant
County Treasurer of Cecil county
succeeded John H. Terrell July 1,
as County Treasurer, for term OF
four years. w. Herbert Baker OF
near Chesapeake City, succeeded Mr
Dorcus as Assistant Co. Treasurer
A speaker representing the Mary
land Camp of Gideons. which organ
ization is instrumental in placing
Bibles in hotels and in doing other
eyangelistic work, will occupy The
pulpit of James M. E. church, Rising
Sun, on Sunday morning, July 10,
at eleven o'clock.
Attempting to board a moving
IFGlSnL train dl ClhlOA, o"ASS ~NS--
colored, aged 40, fell beneath the
wheels and was so terribly injured
that he died few hours later in thf
Union Hospital. Neil had just beer
released from Elkton jail, where ne
served term for disorderly conduct
at Cenpwingp.
Clarence Ashby has novel Ice
cream ad in his show window, IN the
form of wax figure representing
boy scout, with an Ice cream cone
The figure is electrically driven
The boy has a pleased smile on his
face as he places the ice cream cone
to his lips, licks it with his tongue
then takes it away and further mani
tests his delight at the luscious It'd
At by rubbing his stomach with his
hand. The figure is life-like
loo attracted much attention.