The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-08-03
TOWN AND COUNTY
Short Paragraphs of Recent Events Of
Interest to Our Readers
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

the Abingdon flfe Soup"ny ~ 49,
recent carnival.
The Burke property, in the town
OF Cecilton, was sold at assignee's
sale last week to James Tosh, for
s2,sl1.
The third annual Armstrong re-
union was held in Black Barren
park, Sunday, July 2sth, with about
three hundred persons attending.
The Tag Day held July Il by the
FIRE Company of Havre de Grace,
instead of carnival, was great
success, about $1,000 being collect
ed,
Two horses in pasture Held on
the farm of Geo. c. Mcdaniel, near
Elkton, were struck by lightning and
killed during recent heavy thunder
storm.
The Elkton Banking and Trust
Company has elected Frank Jones,
formerly with the Delaware Trust
Co., Middletown, DEL, cashier OF It's
Chesapeake City branch.
Al countrywide citizens meeting
VIII shortly be held in Elkton, to
outline plans for drive to raise
S125,OOO with which to enlarge
Union Hospital in Elkton.
The annual convention Of old fid-
dlers, under the auspices Of the Old
Fiddlers' Association OF Chester and
Lancaster Counties, will be held at
harrisburg, Pa, Saturday, Aug. 4.
William McMullen has removed
his garage and filing station from
the Perryville pike, near Principle
Furnace, to near the State Road
station OF the Delaware Highway
Police.
The Okland coupe of Reuben e.
Clay, Of Elkton, bearing Maryland
license number 142,507, was stolen,
between / and 2 a. M, Friday, from
the Lawrence Weaving Mill, in New
ark, Del.
The first railroad excur-
sion to Atlantic City this year was
rum over this Division ON Thursday
last and carried quite large num-
ber of passengers. Nine tickets
were sold at this station.
.Eheriff Logan last week sold for
hid taxes an eight acre tract of
land near Mechanics Valley, asses
sed to Henry Nevis, Jr.s The proper
ty brought $3.50, and was purchased
by H. Ellsworth Shippers.
benjamin Williams, colored, has
Eeen sentenced to six months in jai
Tor threatening the life OF G. 9. Hill
a local contractor. Mr.. Hill former
" employed Williams as a laborer
during the construction of the Con.
owingo Dam.
nights caused Perryville Fire Co.
carnival to be held two nights last
week. Closing on Tuesday night
the gross receipts OF the carnival
were S6,876.4O. The Ford sedan
was awarded to John Martin, Of
Perry Point.
The Baker farm of 302 acres in
the Second district was sold July %
at the Court House door, Elkton, by
Albert D. Mackey, Esq, Attorney, tc
the Elkton Banking and Trust Co.,
for $74O0. Two tracts OF woodland
ageregating 36 acres were sold tc
Iohn Harasymczuk, and wife. for
$500.
Thomas J. Brennan, aged about
SO years, watchman at the Main
street crossing of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, in Newark, Del, was
seriously injured when struck and
dragged by an automobile, driven by
George Henry, colored. Henry is
being held in $1,000 bond awaiting
the outcome of Mr.. Brennan's in
juries.
County Agent Thomas H. Bartil-
son last week found the Mexican
bean beetle at Perryville. This
beetle has been ravaging gardens
and truck patches in many sections
of Maryland this year. The beetle
is small. muddy yellow in color, and
is distinguished from the harmless
ladybug by row of black spots
transversely across the, back.
w. r. Fristoe has sold his fine
farm; near West Nottingham. EN-
bracing 142 acres and improve
ments, to C. M. McFadden. of Leb-
anon. Russell county, Va, for $685.
600. The deal includes the hay and
field corn crops and all machinery.
Rosi si6n given in October. MT
s.ok expects to move to Forest
Hill, Hartford county.
Wilmington will hold its official
FAN Dollar Day ON August s, ac-
cording to an announcement made
by the Mercantile Section OF the
wilmington Chamber Of Commerce.
Il Is being held under the auspices
81 the Chamber Of Commerce.