The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-08-10

Miss Georgia Bennison, of New
ark, is the guest Of Miss Addie
Smith.
Miss Elizabeth Thompson, Of
Wilmington, is visiting her mother
on East Main street.
Miss Julia Bieden, of Baltimore,
is visiting J. Thomas Riale and
family of Pennington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Hodge and
Harry f. Richards, Of Philada.,
spent Sunday in Rising Sun.
Mr. Henry Jenkins and family,
of Philada., and Miss Case Moore,
of Delta, are visiting DIR. and Mrs.
t. B. Moore.
Miss Helen Phillips and VIM.
Reynolds are visiting relatives and
friends in Bel Air and other points
in Hartford county.
A freight wreck occurred at
Perrynan's, OH the p, w. & B.
railroad, Monday morning. Two
cars were demolished and the track
blocked for several hours.
Lieut.. John G.. Constable, OF
Elkton, now on duty in the Phil
ipp;nes, has been promoted to Bat
TALON Adjutant, ranking as a lieu
tenant but receiving the pay of a
captain.
VIM. B. Usilton, of the Kent
News, Chestertown, has sold to
Capt. G. r. Atkinson the fine
estate on the Chester river known
as Riverside, containing 3O7 acres,
for $l5, 800.
Harry Taylor removed this week
from Octoraro to Elkton. Amos
Allies has moved into the property
vacated and will conduct the store
while his wife will act as deputy
post mistress.
Freight brakeman George T..
Handshub, of Wrightsville, Pa,
had his foot crushed Tuesday morn
ing while coupling cars at French
town, the member being caught
between the bumpers.
Farmers in Kent county, DEL,
are short handed and unable to get
help to pick their peach crop. Rail
road detectives have been waging
a relentless war on tramps who in
former years helped pick the
peaches.
1t is reported work will COM
mence at once near, Peach Bottom,
on the plant of the Susquehanna
Electric Power Company. The
Company is to have a capital stock
of $12, 900. 900 and the headquarters
will be in Baltimore.
The very latest proposed business
enterprise offered Elkton is cigar
mandatory, providing one hum
dred girls at $3.50 a week can be
hired. The silk works seem to
have died abornin. We hope the
cigar business won't, but expect it
will.
The Elkton M. E. Sunday school
abandoned their contemplated ex-
cursion to Colchester owing to the
fact that the railroad company re-
fused to transport free of chare all
members under IA years of age.
The school will picnic at French
town.
A number of members of Della
ware State Game Protective Asso-
citation held a meeting at Rehoboth
last week and decided to present
bill at the next legislature prohib-
iting parties from other States who
have no licenses from cunning in
Delaware.
The Tome Institute has had
room fitted up in the town hall,
Port Deposit, for the use of the
workmen engaged in the erection of
the new institute buildings, where
they can smoke, play checkers,
swap yarns and read the papers
good scheme.
The Circuit Court of Baltimore
city last week granted Mrs. Mary
E. Strickland an absolute divorce
from her husband, Robt. T. Strick-
land, formerly of Elkton. The
plaintiff is given the custody of
their infant child and the defendant
ordered to pay two dollars each
week for its support.
The Second District Republican
congressional convention was held
at Towson, Baltimore county, on
Monday. Albert A. Blakely, of
Baltimore county, was chosen on
the first ballot, receiving the votes
of Baltimore, Hartford and Carroll
counties. Cecil county cast her
four votes for VIM. j. Smith, and
Baltimore city her votes for ex
Justice w. III. III. Sultzer.
The Cecil delegates TO the con-
vention were Lewis T. Logan,
Walter Buckworth, John W. Tay-
lor and III. /. Oliver.