The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-09-06
TOWN AND COUNTY
Short Paragraphs of Recent Events of
Interest to Our Readers
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

The goss receipts of the recent
carnival of Siugerly Fire Company,
Elkton, were $500.
A large number of our residents
attended the "Old Timers" picnic at
Hickory Hill, Pa, on Saturday.
Miss Rachel Boyd, of Rising Sun,
has been appointed teaeEer of Home
Economics in the Perryville High
School.
A consignment of Chinese Ring
Neck pheasants have been released
in Cecil county by deputy game
wardens.
Regular sessions of the Town
Schools of Jacob Tome Institute,
Port Deposit, will begin on Wednes-
day morning, September IL.
The Coslett Garage, in North East,
was broken into few nights ago
and flashlights and other articles
stolen amounting to abou. $25.
Holiday auto traffic through town
on Saturday, Sunday and Monday
was unusually heavy, there being
almost continuous stream for
hours.
With gross receipts OF S10.190
from the Community Festival held
lS the Chestertown Fire Company,
At is expected approximately $4,000
will be cleared.
During an extended absence of
Mrs. Elizabeth Newton from her
home at Chesapeake City, thieves
broke in and carried off furniture
and other articles.
Clarence Burk, of Perryville, was
given hearing before Magistrate
Cove S. Scotten, of Elkton. on
charge of wife beating and sentenc-
ed to six months in the House OF
Correction.
A Teachers Institute was held at
TIE High Sschool building, in Elk
ton, on Tuesday and Wednesday OF
this week, the public schools of the
county. reopening with half day ses-
sions on Thusday and Friday.
Found along the embankment be-
ing built by the Pennsylvania rail
road company. in Port Deposit, Jas.
McCleary died in Richards Hospital
from a fractured skull. 1t is be-
lleved McCreary sustained his in
juries by falling down the high en-
bankment.
Released from Jessups Cut but
few weeks previous, Steve Davis,
colored, was arrested on Wednes-
day afternoon of last week, charged
with attacking his employer, Lee
Matthews, with a pitch fork, intiict-
ing severe wound in Matthews
arm. The colored man was lodged
in Elkton Jail, pending a hearing.
Attempting to run around another
car going in the same direction, at
the railroad crossing at the S. nj.
Ward & Co. warehouse, east OF town,
a reckless driver came to grief on
Z Monday afternoon. His car ran on
of the narrow crossing, bumped over
the iron rails, causing tire to blow
cut. The driver lost control OF his
machine, which crashed into an cleo
trio light pole at the corner OF the
warehouse building. The pole hap
pened to be the one carrying two
transformers. The impact of the
car tore one of the heavy iron trans
formers, weighing about $50 pounds,
from it's fastenings, and it crashed
down, just grazing the hood OF tEe
car. The auto was badly damaged
by striking the pole, but the occu-
pants were not injured, other than
some minor cuts and bruises. Their
escape from being crushed by the
heavy transformer was narrow.
The reckless driver was from Ger
mantown, Pa.
The Community Fire Company
truck was called to Octoraro juno
ton, about six O'Clock wednesday
evening, where large frame
Atructure, belonging to the Arundle
DO, and used as quarters for a large
humber of men employed on the rail-
&oad work at Port Deposit, was on.
hre. The Port Deposit engine was
Also called to the scene. The two
companies combined forces and
pumped water from the octoraro
creek ON the burning structure. Tne
blaze had gained such headway,
Aawever, before the tiremen could
be summoned by phone from ROW.
landyille, mile distant, that the
structure was doomed. One end OF
the building, next to large gasoline
tank, was kept intact, protecting tie
tank, and was pulled down by the
ne,nen after conditions had been
maze sare near the gasoline station.
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