The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-12-06

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The supper given by the Chesa
peake City lodge of Red Men, las
week, netted them $3.50.
The West Grove Inn was put W
at public sale Friday and with
drawn at a bid of $1,000.
) Delaware College, Newark, now
has liz students, the largest mum
Der in the history of the institu
ton.
The James Nelson farm neal
Fremont was offered at public sale
Wednesday and withdrawn on al
}, $500 bid.
Seventy five dollars were realized
at the Thanksgiving supper held
in the basement of the M. P
church at Rowlandville.
The Calender Club of Elkton
M. +. church has raj sed the sum
of $500, which will be devoted tc
refurnishing the church.
A branch of the Maryland State
Teachers Reading Circle has been
organized by the teachers of the
Chesapeake City schools.
A clock has been placed in the
tower of Memorial Hall, at Port
Deposit, which reminds those on
the Heights of the school hours.
The directors of the Philada.,
Wilmington and Baltimore Rail
road have declared a mi-annual
dividend of 4 per cent, payable
January 2, 1902.
Harry Shivery, of Elkton, is held
in the sum of 5000 bail for his ap-
pearance ut Count on the charge of
larceny of $35 from Mrs. Sarah
Dick, of that town.
The fishermen of Cecil, Hartford,
and Kent counties will enter a
protest against the proposed change
in the fish law at the coming ses-
sion of the Legislature.
The choir of Tome Memorial
church, reinforced by talent from
Baltimore and elsewhere, is prepar-
ing to render the Oratorio of "The
Last Judgment in the near future.
The chorus will include sixty voices.
According to the report of Justice
of the Peace Thos. B. Cameron, of
the Fifth district, there was not a
death in that district during Nov,
which is the first report of the
kind the Justice has ever been
able to make.
The Diamond State Telephone
Co. has completed it's line from Port
Deposit to Rising Sun via Row
landville,, Liberty Grove and Colora,
and direct connections were made
this week to these points from the
Rising Sun exchange.
The Penna. Marble company
whose quarries are near Avondale
has been awarded the contract
for furnishing the marble for the
new Grace Reform church of Wash
ington, D. c., in which President
Roosevelt will worship.
The fourth annual meeting of the
Maryland State Horticultural
Society will be held in Baltimore
on Thursday and Friday of next
week, Dec. IL and ID. George
Balderston, of Colora, is county
vice president of the Society.
Tom Harris, a demented colored
man of Kirkwood, Del, has been
committed to the asylum at Farm
hurst. Harris chased his mother
and another woman from the house
with a butcher knife, armed him
self with shotgun and threatened
to shoot all who came near him.
The barn of Mrs. Ruth Gray,
in Avondale, Pa, was destroyed
by fire Monday evening. Her son
Norman was going up stairs in the
barn with lantern when a board
broke letting him fall. The lantern
was upset, lgniting the hay and
the building was soon in flames.
VIM. G. West of Sylmar attended
a big horse sale in New York this
week and purchased the noted
PAGER Strychnine which has a trial
record of 2.1S. The price paid
was $3.50. Strychnine will doubt
less set "killing" pace for nags
in this section if he is as sure as
his name.
The congregation of the New
London, lChester county, Presby'
terrain church has extended a call
to Rev. Herbert w. Beiber, OF
Princeton college to become theil
pastor. The salary is 5000 pei
year and parsonage, with one
months vacation. 1t is thought
Mr.. Beiber will accept.
Elkton Council, Junior Order Of
Mechanics, purchased ON Tuesday
from Senator Austin L. Crothers
his property on North street in
that town known as the CruikshanE
property, for 81 900. The Mechan