The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-11-01
TOWN AND COUNTY
Short Paragraphs of Recent Events OF
Interest to Our Readers
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED


this Friday, November /.
1t will be lawful to shoot rabbits,
partridges and other upland game
on November IL.
Miss Francis England, OF North
East, stenographer in the law office
of Albert D. Mackey, Elkton, has
been appointed Notory Public by
Governor Ritchie.
Omar d. Crothers, Elkton, has
been appointed counsel to the Board
OF County Commissioners for Cecil
county, in the place OF Albert u.
Mackey, who has resigned.
The National Water Works Corp
grafton, New York city, is negotlat-
ing for the purchase of Havre de
Grace Water Works, and has made
an offer of $4,000 for the plant.
The Lancaster Bone Fertilizer
Company, of Quarryyille, has pur-
chased the old established business
and fertilizer factory OF the oxford
Packing Works, OF Oxford, Chester
county.
The directors of the James F.
Powers Foundry Company, OF Elk
TON, have elected the following Of
ticers: Standley Evans, president;
James F. Evans, vice prest.; VIM.
sterling Evans, sec. and treas.
Joseph Short, of Rising Sun, who
has been Deputy Sheriff for Cecil
county under Sheriff G. Clinton Lo-
gan for the last two years. has ten
uered his resignation to take erect
as soon as his successor Is appointed.
A decree OF bankruptcy has
been granted to the Delta publishing
and Printing Company, Delta, Ia.
me company publishes the Delta
Herald at Delta, and the Adams
County Independent. VI
Pennsylvania.
Dr. +. B. IN nourns the loss
ON fine rabDif &, sport. which
Ql0Q Oh tuG eve OW tuS AAAeAA6 SSe@7
son. Sport was fine little dog, and
went to the happy hunting ground
last week, old age being the cause
OF his demise.
Frank Krauss, of near Farming
ton, who was run down by hit-and-
run au.o driver some weeks ago, and
suffered BADLY fractured leg, was
compelled to undergo amputation OF
me llmb in Union Hospital, Elkton
IN oruer to save his life.
A checkup OF the accounts OF
Frank Eckles, manager OF the Dla-
mond Ice Company branch at New
ark, Del, revealed a shortage OF
$500. Eckles disappeared last week
without letting his destination being
known.
Walter E. Carroll and Jin1 Sutor
are In Bel Air jail charged with at
Tempt to rob the pool room and cigar
slore OF Arthur Cloak, in Havre de
Grace, and also with stealing an
automobile belonging to the Am
prose Taxi Company.
George E. Hess, president OF the
Board OF Trustees OF Poor and In
sane for Cecil County, has been ap-
pointed a member OF the Eastern
shore Commission to investigate the
present system of county almshouses
and the needs OF dependant aged
and inflrm residents.
Earl J. Mundis is the only York
county, Pa, potato grower thus far
TINS year 10 be placed in the 400
uusnels TO the acre class. The yield
Tor the acre as checked up by the
County Agent was 4O2.o bushels.
In 1928 thirty-five York county po-
talo growers qualified for tho Penn
sylvania 400 CLUB.
The pastoral relation existing be-
tween the Rev. Irwin +. Wagner and
me Elkton Presbyterian Church has
been dissolved by the New Castle
rresbytery, to take effect November
40. The Rev. Charles Il. Bonner,
ID. D.. OF Wilmington, has been ap-
pointed to declare the pulpit vacant
On November "a.
Jos. McIntire, of Rising SUM- ana
Gene Snipett were arrested ana
turned over to the Federal author
tiles in Baltimore, charged with sell
ing liquor. For some time past NC
lntire has been running a preao
route through this section OF the
county, as a blind, it is alleged dis
pensing liquor along his route 10
thirsty customers.
Three residence properties at New
Providence, Lancaster county'fa.'
were purchased last week by Danlei
M. Herr, who conducts general
store at that place. The properties
belonged to the John A. Wilmer es-
tata and the price paid was $1,000.