The midland journal., 1899-11-24
COU NTY NEWS
Friday, Nov. 24. 1899.
M 'NORLOCAIS

operations this week.
Repairs are being made to the
Cecil county end of the Conowingc
bridge.
John A. Dunn of Oakwood, who
has been very ill, almost hopelessly
so, is slightly improved.
William Reed, of Elk Neck, has
been granted an increase of pension
from IS to $40 per month.
J. G. Jenness of Principio, shot
a hawk last Saturday which meas
ured A inches from tip to tip.
Mrs. L. r. Atkinson favored us
this week with a boquet of hand
some japanese chrysanthemums.
Home Council, O. U. A. M, will
hold an oyster and poultry supper
i'll their hall at Principle on
Wednesday evening, Dec. 20.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Clifford en-
tertained party of young folks
last Saturday evening in honor of
their son Clarence.
j. Scott Jackson was tried before
Squire Shippers of North East, last
week, on the charge of violating
the ducking law, and fined $25.
DR.. Howard Bratton, secretary
of the Board of Health, reports that
for the year ended September 30
there were 243 deaths in Cecil
county.
A bill for divorce, on the ground
of aband nent, has been filed in
the Circuit Court for Cecil county
by David Henderson from his wife,
Margaret Henderson.
Rev. A. D. Melvin, president OF
the Methodist Protestant Annual
Conference, will preach in the Row.
landville church on Sunday morn
ing, 26th inst, at 1870 O'Clock.
The suit for $4,000 damages,
brought by Joel r. Dean against
the p, W. & B. railroad, which
was removed from Cecil county, was
set for trial at Easton on Wednes
day.
Tn future no married female
teachers will be appointed to the
public schools in Anne Arundel
county, the School Board of that
county having so decided at a
recent meeting.
VIM. Brown of this town was the
defendant in a suit for obtaining
goods under false pretenses, in the
Lancaster court this week, brought
by the Lancaster Creamery Co.
The jury rendered verdict of not
guilty.
The swindler who passed forged
checks for small amounts on several
Elkton merchants a few weeks ago,
was arrested for a similar effense in
Delaware and is held for hearing
under 5000 before the Court of
General Sessions in Wilmington.
The following pupils of Rising
Sun public school attended without
missing a day the quarter ending
Nov. 10 (: Helen Evans, Armenia
Wilson, Della Jenkins, Mollie
Keen, Mona Jenkins, Reba Nor
rison, Aaron Reynolds. Paul Keen,
Ernest Patton, Leslie Keen, Lynn
Gillespie, Floyd Gillespie.
DIR. G. S.. Dare won his suit in
West Chester court last Friday
against DR.. L. M. Conard of West
Grove, the jury rendering a verdict
in favor of the former for $145.
The case was for the recovery OF
the value of a horse which DIR.
Conard had attached and sold,
claiming the horse was the property
of DR.. G. G. Sill.
The coast survey which is being
made of the Chesapeake bay and
tributaries will show besides the
coast lines the depths of water on
the present sailing charts, strip
of country adjacent to the water,
giving all the typographical fea.
lures, such as roads, fences and
streams, which make them very
useful to the navigator.
The company which was formed
for the purpose of utilizing the
Susquehanna water power for op
Grating electric plants is steadily al
work on the enterprise. In place
of transmitting the electricity t(
distant cities the efforts of the com
pany are being directed to bring
manufacturing plants near to tn,
power and save the great loss o
energy by transmission on wire.
for long distances.
Another row occurred at thu
tramp rookery near Perryville OF
Monday morning which required
the services of Sheriff Conoly
This fracas was between tw,
negroes, one of them receiving {
pistol shot in the shoulder. Tht
men were stealing a ride on thu
freight and got into quarrel Will,
the train stood at the signal sta
ton. Harris, the wounded man
WAS sent to Baltimore hnsnita