The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-01-28

Wednesday with Ernest Cullen, near
town.
Saturdays fog was of the London
type and hung low all morning,
finally lifting about noon.
A freight wreck on the Columbia
and Port Deposit railroad delayed
traffic several hours on Monday.
Fred Baldwin, Of Aberdeen, has
been signed by Jack Dunn, OF. the
Baltimore Orioles, for the 1927
base ball season.
Wednesday next, February IND,
is Ground Hog Day, when the little
animal will tell us all about the
weather that is to come.
The plant Of Perkins & Perkins
manufacturers Of fruit juices In
Elkton, has been purchased by the
Citrus Chemical Company
The soft" weather the latter
part of hast week and fore part OF
this caused the bottom to drop out
of the dirt roads, rendering travel
conditions miserable.
After several days Of, mild weather
winter came back strong on Wed
nesday, sending the mercury clear
down to the zero mark >by Thurs
day morning Of this week.
Charles Arrants, of Elk Neck, in
attending traps on Saturday, Jan
uary Is, when blizzard was
raging, had both his hands SO
severly frozen that they are IN a
serious state.
Charles Coates, of near Kinks
Mills. Pa, suffered fractured arm
last week. He was chopping tree
that had lodged and when it fell, {
limb struck Mr.. Coates on the arm
fracturing bone.
iThe American Legion Post OF
Havre de Grace has succeeded II
raising sufficient funds for the
purchase Of an ambulance and. has
placed an order for an eight
cylinder Cadillac machine to cost
S4,6aO.
Theodore P. Gather, of Principle
who has played several games on tho
Rising Sun team, and a former
National League playerT-has beer
signed as manager of the castor
Base Ball Club in the Eastern Shore
League, for the season of 1927.
The Community Fire Compan,
chemical truck was called to tn
home of Henry H. Hindman, nea'
Calvert. Wednesday morning, about
eleven o'clock, to extinguish a chin
ney fire. The blaze proved a stub
born one, but was finally extin
guished by the use Of chemicals.
Adam Jovelek, aged 21, deserter
from the United States Marine
Corps at Quantico, Va. was arrested
on the Bel Air road last week by
State Police on the charge OF stealing
the automobile belonging to Charles
= ~
B. Durham, of near Bel Air. He
was sentenced to one year IN the
House of Correction by Magistrate
Richardson.
The recent thaw broke the ice UT
on the streams and caused higr
water. The Susquehanna river wat
gorged with ice, and water waf
backed up into Port Deposit or
Saturday afternoon and early Sun
day morning, number OF yards anc
cellars in the town being flooded
but the water had subsidized b.
Monday.
Miss Priscilla Pancoast, of Balti
more county, has been engaged as
Home Demonstration Agent for the
county and will enter upon her
duties on February l. Miss Pan
coast has been assistant Homo
Demonstration Agent for Baltimore
county. She is native of New
Jersey and was graduated from the
University of Maryland last year.
Five hundred and eighty cars OF
material were transported to the
Conowingo Dam project during the
month of December over the Sus
quehanna railroad to Shure's Land
ing. The material received consist
ed mostly of cement, sand, lumber
and structural steel. All cars were
consigned to Stone and Webster
Inc, or to the Susquehanna Power
Company
!. At the recent Tri-State Poultry
how in Newark. Del, there wer'
competing birds, shown by %
&tors from four States. Victor
knnett, of Elkton, exhibifins
Rocks, received the silver
the best display. HaI ex
20 birds and Fl of ther
laced under the ribbons
cling Evans. of Elkton
nlk wyandottes ant
les, showed 9 birds
der the ribbons.