The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-02-18
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the, Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

Dill LAody.
The Spring meeting of the ponies
on the Havre. de Grace track will
be April 1880.
John S. Dean, son of the late John
H. Dean, has been appointed post
master at North East for a term OF
four years.
John Kurtz has purchased for
1880, the Ladnyk property of 10
acres with frame bungalow, near
Chesapeake City.
The Community Fire Company
will hold a concert and social IN the
public hall OF this town on Tuesday
evening, February %.
Dirt roads are in miserable con-
dition Mild weather has brought
the frost from the ground, and the
roads have no bottom.
The Vesperey property of 6A
acres with frame dwelling, two
miles west of Elkton, has been sold
to Frank di Lorenzo, for $3.50.
The three acre Brunmfield prop
erty in Colora, improved with frame
dwelling, shop, stable, ETC., has been
purchased by John B. Blackburn
for $2250.
Rev. P. Mason Wills, minister in
charge of St. Mary's Church, North
East, will shortly enter the Epis-
copal Divinity School in Phila-
delphia, Pa.
The North East Star gives these
as signs of the early breaking up OF
winter-pussy willows budding, ice
gone from the river and cars being
stuck in the mud.
Asbury Church, at Salisbury, will
entertain the annual Wilmington
Conference of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church which will convene on
Wednesday, March %.
An unoccupied dwelling on the.
farm OF James Lynch, between
Kembleville and New London, Pa,
was destroyed by fire of unknown
ORIGIN on Tuesday night OF last
week. The loss was $4,000.
Sundays sleet storm covered
everything with coating OF ice
Considerable damage was done to
all wire service companies. And
maybe the pedestrian did not have
IA slippery time Monday morning
The Junior English Post, publish
ed by the pupils of the County
Colored High School, with Wash
ington Brown, of North East, ass
Chief Editor, has hade its appear
ance and is a very creditable school
paper.
Charles Dustin, aged about 62
years, of Virginia. was found dead
in bed Thursday morning last, at
the home of his brother-in-law,
William Baker, at Craigtown, near
Port Deposit, where he had been
visiting.
Magistrate Scotten, of Elkton.
fined James A. Kirk, of Chesapeake
G. ty. 500 and cost on the charge OF
reckless driving, Kinks machine
crashed into that of David w.
Chambers. Kirk also paid for
damages to Chambers car.
The body of George Goit@, aged
IS years, patient at Perry Point
Hospital was found on the shore OF
North East river, near North East
on Thursday GoitZ left the hospita
on December / and had not been
seen until his body was found
The remains were shipped to his
home in Elizabeth, N. j., Friday.
About fifty members of Elkton
Camp 9465 of the Modern Wood
men OF America and guests attended
its annual banquet held at the
Church House, Elkton, on Wednes
day evening, February 9. THE
banquet was served by the Willing
Workers of the Methodist Church
Henry NJ Mccullough, Consel of the
Camp, presided.
Miss May Horwitz mourns the
death of her pet Maltese cat Gem"
The animal had attained the age OF
fourteen years, which is a remark
able age for cat. Undertaken
Rogers, OF Oxford, provided satin
lined casket, with engraved plate
my Precious Gen." and burial was
AAmade IN Thursday
The store and dwelling facing on
&. Aer Square in this town, and
occupied by Saml. t Jamison
estaurant, was sold at Attor-
RRle on Wednesday. There
eral bidders, the property
ling to Elroy Steele, oil
a., at bid of S7,1O0.
of Rock Church will hold
er supper at the Session
)bn Wednesday evening, Feb.
!om $3.50 until 9 o'clock.