The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-02-02
BRIEFLY NOTED
HAPPENINGS
Short Paragraphs OF Recent
Events In Town And
County


he young folks.
Fire on Sunday destroyed an old
rame house, located near Red Mill
rossing, Elkton. Origin OF fire is
lot known.
A meeting of the Young Republic
an League of Cecil County, will be
held Friday evening, February 2, at
he New Central Hotel, Elkton.
Mrs. H. B. Crowgey, OF near Elk
on, president of the Cecil County
ersey Cattle Club, has announced
lerself candidate for the House
If Delegates.
Rev. Otis Jefferson and the Mems
Choir of Chesapeake City M. E.
Church visited Zion SUNDAY after
loon last, and took part IN the SER
ices at the Presbyterian church.
Charged with shooting fox
hound belonging TO w. B. Bcuchelle,
zoe Chaplain, of Mechanics Valley
was fined by Magistrate bremen, OF
1lkton, $40 and costs, Or serve 16
days in Jail.
The truck of Charles Boyd, of
Jolora, was destroyed by fire, near
4ancaster, Pa, on Thursday last, to-
gether with eighty cases of canned
pinach that he was hauling to
Wilkes Barre.
Fire destroyed the barn and con-
.ents on the farm of John e. Sprout,
near Eastland, Pa, about noon on
Thursday. The building was prac-
.ically new, having been erected a
few years ago.
While at work in the wood work
ng department of Kenmore Mills,
! Lawrence Burns, of near Blake, had
! he fingers and thumb of his left
hand several when board on the
saw frame Sllppeur
| S. earle Cooling, of Baltimore, a
former Havre de Grace man, has ac-
cepted an invitation to be the guest
speaker at the annual fifeman's
banquet to be held in that town,
Monday evening, February IL.
M. U. Zimmerman, principal of
Rising Sun High School, was the
speaker at the regular monthly
meeting of the Mems Club of the
Elkton M. E. Church, on Wednesday
evening last. He spoke on Educa-
ton.
For taking possession of A house
at Ricketts, Mill, near ElKton, with
out permission, Herman Moore, col
ored, was sentenced to year in the
House of Correction, by Police JUS
tice Manly Drennen, on the charge
of vagrancy.
Tweedy CHM, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred CHM, Bohemia Manor, suffered
fracture of both bones in his left
leg while playing foot ball on the
Chesapeake City High school
grounds. He was taken to Union
Hospital.
The regular meeting Of the We-
mans Christian Temperance Union
will be held at the home OF Mrs,
Scott Wilson on Thursday, February
8, at 1880 p. m. Devotional leader,
Mrs. Ada Ely; Program leader. Mrs.
Chas. S. Pyle.
Ernest Schneider, who followed
| the fox on foot, at the chase which
started from Browns Hotel, Kirk
wood, Pa, on Saturday, captured the
brush. A large number Of riders
followed the hounds. The animal
was caught at Nine Points.
Twenty-Five young ladies st. Mary
Anne's Parish, North East, have
formed Women's Club with the
following officers: Miss Mary Tom
linson, president; Miss Henrietta
Camerin, yice-president; Mrs. Stan
ley Mitchell secrstary, and Miss
Blanche Huston, treasures.
Three boys, inmates of the Mary
land State Reform Gschooi at Lock
Raven, escaped from the institution
on Friday. Among the trio was
francis Davis. 10, Of Washington,
D. c., who was serving time for en-
tering the home Of A, Victor Davis,
East Main street, ElktOn, about q
year ago. N
A petition is being circulated in
Elkton for signers, which will be
sent to Congressman GoldsboroNgh,
asking that provision be made for
the erection of new post Office
building in the town. The plan has