The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-06-15


DIR. Howard Bratton, of Elkton,
has been elected president of the
Maryland Public Health Associa-
ton.
Amassa G: Brown, of Elkton.
has sold the "Holems" farm at
Waterford, to w. G.. Reed, Of
Philadelphia.
The Maryland Democratic Edi-
torial Association held its annual
session in Chestertown, Kent
county, on Tuesday.
Look out for your tomato plants.
The potato bugs enjoy them as
much as potato tops. Paris green
cooks the beetles III short order.
The incorporators Of the Cherry
Hill, Elkton & Chesapeake City
Electric Railway have decided to
open books for subscriptions on
June %, the books to be closed
June 80.
the Providence paper mill after
a shut down of several days re-
sumed work on Friday, under the
management of the Jessup & Moore
Company, of Wilmington and Phil
adelphia.
Edward Larue, colored, of Port
Deposit, died of lock jaw last week,
the result of a bad cut received by
a fall, which was not given proper
attention until after the malady
had developed.
The appointments for Cecil coun
ty made by the annual conference
of the Maryland District A. u. M.
P. Church, which met in Havre de
Grace last week, were Rev. r. E.
Moore, Cedar Hill Circuit, and Rev.
G. w. Sides, North East Circuit.
Cards are out announcing the
marriage of Miss Grace M. Craig,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Joel r.
Craig, of Blythedale. to Mr.. Alex
ander Hasson, the ceremony to take
place on Wednesday evening, June
goth. at eight O'Clock, in Asbury
M. e. church.
This evening the twenty sixth
annual commencement of Friends
Normal Institute will be held, Miss
Helena DeCou principal The grad
yates are Misses Maude Kirk,
Margaret Boyd, Helen Phillips,
Mabel Duyckinck and Emily
Duyckinck. Miss DeCou has ten
dered her resignation as principal
of the school.
Warrants for the arrest of Harry
B. Boulder, of North East, were.
sworn out on Tuesday, for the kid
mapping Of his four daughters. The
children were last week committed
by Magistrate Groves to the Henry
Walton Home for Children, in Bal
timore. On the promise to return
them Boulder was allowed to take
the children home to get clothing,
but instead on Sunday took them
to Wilmington where he left them.
During a celebration which was
held by the colored people at Ches-
tertown, Kent county, last week
free fight occurred in which two
men and two women were shot and
a horse killed.
And yet our Christian nation and
its churches are at war in the Phil
ippines and threaten war in Tur-
key for the purpose of Christian
izing the heather, who are at our
own doors being made more heather
and savage by American whiskey.
A class of ninety. five young men
and women graduated from the
Goldey Commercial College, Will
mington, on Thursday evening of
last week. Among the graduates
from Cecil county were: William E.
Church, Bay View; j. Howard
Calvert, Lewis Roy Crawford, FL
more H. Owens, Perryville; Geo.
w. Hamilton, Leslie; Clifton Kirk,
Pennington; Bayard G. Wilson,
Sylmar; Miss Ethel Gray, Rock
Springs.
The trustees of the Jacob Tome
Institute have employed a for
midable cops of engineering talent
to lay out and direct the building
and Improvements which are to be
commenced the present summer.
Boring & Tilton, architects; James
ii. Fuertss, hydraulic and sanitary
engineer; Charles w. Leavitt, Jr.,
landscape gardner; Francis Bros. &
Jellitt, mechanical engineers in
charge of heat, light and power.
All the firms mentioned are from
New York,
A heavy thunder storm passed
over Rising Sun on Friday after
noon. The wind during part of the
storm blew with much violence and
the rain descended in torrents. An
almost constant discharge of light.
ming with loud peals of thunder
marked the violence of the storm.
Some hail was mingled with the
rain but not enough to do any
damage. The storm belt was very
NARROW. not more than three miInc