The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-09-21
TOWN AND COUNTY
Short Paragraphs Of Recent Events of
Interest to Our Readers
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

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Monday.
Ernest Brickley has sold his farm
containing so acres at Farmlngton'
~ Luther Lyle, who, will take posses
sion in March next.
The sum of $534.30>was realized
by the Girls Reserves by a dinner
served at shoot held at Yorklyn'
The fund will be given to the Z. w
G. A.
Cameron Brothers cannery, at
Rising Sun, closed on Saturday after
noon. the out of town employees re.
turned to Baltimore on MONDAY
morning.
Members of the p. o. OF A. and
P O. S. of A. lodges. this town, VIII
attend services at James M. H.
church in a body Sunday evening
September 20.
owners of poultry and live stock
killed in Kent county by worthless
dogs in two weeks have presented
claims amounting to more than $lOU
- the Board of Kent County Com
missioners.
workmen are engaged in wiring
the PerryvilIe- Hayre de Grace bridge
for lighting purposes. The contrac.
was awarded the Electro Chemlcal
Go. and will require about Two
months to complete.
Johnny Jones, colored, OF Bel AIT
who was patient at the Harve oe
Grace hospital suffering from biooo
noisoning. became insane on Sunday
inmped off an upstairs porch OF tne
hosnital and broke his neck
The Rosebank M. E. Church, al
Calvert. was reopened on Sunday
after having been closed for SIX
weeks, undergoing extensive repairs
The building has been painted both
inside and out, and new carpet
laid.
Marion F. Brumfield, of Rising
sun. was arrested in Wilmington
last week, charged with reckless
driving and assault and battery on
Rudolph johnson, aged 16 years
who was run down by Brumneidi
car.
n1rrhere are .232 horses stabbed q
Hayre de Grace track where tht
ten day fall races of the Hartford
AGRICULTURAL & Breeders Association
began ON wednesday of this week
Purses amounting to $150,000 Will
be distributed.
The removal of the tolls from tho
Havre de Grace-Perryville bridge
will be celebrated by the citizens o.
Hartford and Cecil counties with
big parade and other appropriate ex
ercises ON Monday afternoon ane
evening, October l.
Rev. G.. S. Marshall has been ap
pointed to the Rowlandville M, r
church for another conference year
and Rev. X. H. Warheim to Leeds
M. P. church, by the Maryland An.
nual Conference, in. session at Lynch
burg, Va.
A community fair will be held al
the school house, Perry Point, on
Saturday, Sept. %, in the afternoon
and evening. The Perry Point Band
win furnish music and there will DC
many special features including 9
program by the school children
The public is invited and the admis-
sion is free.
Despondent on account OF III
health James Allen, an aged resident
of Havre de Grace, made an attempt
at suicide one day last week, by
humping into the Susquehanna river
4 voung man who was fishing from
the wharf nearby saw the man 1umI
and plunged into the river and res
cued him.
During July the fourteen Ayr
shires. owned by Ray G. Norman, Of
street. Hartford county, ranked third
in. fhe United States among all herds
tested under the rules of the Ayr
shire Herd Test. on their average
yield of 927 pounds of milk, 1880
pounds of butter-fat, according to
the Ayrshire Association.
In the report given us OF the ora,
torical and musical contest held at
West Nottingham by Rising Sun
Loyal Legion, Miss Ruth Jenkins
was credited with having won the
silver medal in the musical contest.
This was incorrect. Miss Elizabeth
Grason being the winner in the
event.
rks from a bon fire started a
En the dry shingle roof sof q
storage building. near the
ilroad station, on Thursday iast'
shortly after the noon nour. me
chemical truck Of the Communlly
Fire Company was called 10 tne
scene and the blaze extingu'sneu
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