The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-01-06
TOWN AND COUNTY
Short Paragraphs <of Recent Events Of
Interest to~Our Readers
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

county reopened on Tuesday,
after being closed since Dec.
%, for the Christmas holidays.
Ernest r. Biles has again re-
sumed charge of the Rising
sun Market, conducted for
some weeks past by w. S.
Whitlock, of EdgeWood.
Turkeys this season have
been at an unheard of low
price, the Christmas bird being
purchased in this section at as
low as fifteen cents per pound.
Miss Beatrice Scarborough,
Of Ellzton, met with fall.
when she tripped over a rug at
her home, striking against a
table, and fracturing several
ribs.
Doctor w. A. Bridges,
Of the Maryland tuberculosis
Association, will conduct a
clinic at the County Health
Dept. office, Elkton, on Janu-
airy III, at 10000 a. m.
The muskrat season opened
in Maryland on Monday with
hunters on the Eastern Shore,
the States most prolific
marshrabbit'' trapping ground
lled1t il force. The season clos
es March 15.
Thursday, Dec. 2znd, the So
acre farm OF Miss Elizabeth
Bicknell, Of McSparran, in Full
ton Township, Pa, was sold at
public sale by Auctioneer Lee
Work, to Samuel Wiley, Nc
Spartan, for $1,825.
The hardware store of the
firm of S. H. King and Son, in
Elkton, was broken into and
robbed. one night last week, of
about $50 in money. "A num-
Der of small articles were stol-
en- from the store.
Saturday afternoon, Jan. z,
at two o'clock, election of Off
GERS Of Fulton Detective Asso-
citation will take place. The
meeting place will be F. E..
Cauffman's shop at Wakefield,
Penna.
Several carloads of heavy
steel Orders to be used on the
new railroad span over Big
Elk creek railroad bridge ar
rived in Elkton last week, and
it is expected the work of plac-
ings'them in position will begin
IN a few days.
The annual meeting of Risr
ing SUN Detective Association
will be held on Saturday, Jan.
l4th, at 10000 o'clock a. M, in
the lodge room of the Golden
Eagles, on the third floor of the
public hall building. The an
nual turkey dinner will be
served at the Rising Sun Hotel,
following adjournment OF BUSH
ness meeting.
A contract for $56O.66 has
been awarded to Phillips Bros,
Of Salisbury, Nd, for the cleo
trical work necessary in con-
nectibn with the installation
of power feeders, wiring appa-'
ratus and other materials as an
extension of an existing elec-
trical system on a bridge over
the Sassafras river between
Cecil and Kent counties at
Georgetown.
While Alexander Powell, a
farmer near Galena, Kent
county, was in the pen feeding
his hogs, he was attacked -sby
one Of them, and knocked
down. Two other of the hogs
joined in the attack, and Mr..
Powell was badly bitten on the
head, neck and shoulders, and
had three ribs fractured. He
managed to fight the hoss off
and make his escape from the
pen.
Miss Louise Worthington,
who has been off duty for some
Weexs, owing to@an attack Of
appendicitis and operation,
was able to resume her duties
as assistant at the postoffice
here, this week.
Mrs. and Mrs. Paul AIcCabe
and daughter. of Dagsboro,
Md, and Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Cal
lahan, of ReisterstOwn, were
New. Years guests of G. Clint
on Logan and family.