The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-07-19

increase III their wages.
A council of the Independent
Order of Red Men has been insti
tuted at Chesapeake City.
This has been Il hard week on
the farmer, with hay down and
wheat sproutiDg in the shock.
An original government pension
of IS per month has been granted
Henry McVey, of Town Point.
The Port Deposit Presbyterian
Sunday school held their annual
picnic and excursion to Betterton
on Tuesday.
The Maryland State MALTA is
encamping at Queenstown. Gov
ernor Smith visited the soldier boys
on Wednesday.
NJ. E. Rose, of Bay View, has
been appointed substitute mail
clerk on the B. & o. railroad, be-
tween Washington and Cumberland.
Rev. j. II. Geoghegan. formerly
pastor of the NJ. T. Church at
Cherry Hill, has been transferred
to Hubnab, Somerset county, Md.
Joseph Vought, a Is year old lad
of Newark, Del, fell from a second
story window while walking in his
sleep, but was unframed by his fall.
"A black snake measuring over
five feet, WAS killed by a nurse of
the Silver Cross Home, at Port De-
post, last week with pair of
scissors.
The hail has damaged the grapes
considerably in this section, some
vines being nearly stripped, while
on others the grapes were bruised
and split.
Rev. j. Fl. Mitchell will preach
in the M. f. Church at Rowland
vile, on Sunday, Dist, at 2:30
O'Clock p. M. All are invited to
come out.
A festival will be held at Octo
raro church on Thursday evening,
July %. IF stormy on that date,
the festival will be held on the
following evening.
A horse attached to one of the
Standard Oil wagons was overcome
by the heat while at North East
last week. 1t was taken to Elkton
but died shortly afterward.
Five experts from the Federal
Census Department have been sent
to Kent county to go over the work |
of the State and Federal census and |
ascertain the cause of the discrep-
ancy between The two.
Eight young ladies took the ex-
animation for free scholarships at
Western Maryland College and st. |
Mary's Seminary, held at Elkton
on Monday. The names of those
who passed will be announced as |
soon as the papers are reviewed.
Prof. G. Harold Powell, horti.
culturist at the Delaware College
Experiment Station, is writing a |
monograph en- the Chinese Cling
group of peaches. The plogenitor
of the group was INTRODUCED into
America about so years ago.
Philip Strout, a Port Deposit |
butcher, met with a peculiar acct
dent last week. He was lifting a
quarter of Il beef from his refrig |
orator and while clasping it with |
both arms, struck another piece of
meat, the sharp hook falling on
his arm and badly decorating it.
Mrs. Ellen Devlin, a woman
tramp aged about 40 years, who
claimed to hail from New jersey, |
was arrested in Elkton on Friday |
last, for drunkenness and using
profane language. She was sen.
fenced to the House of Correction
for six months by Magistrate
Groves.
While driving in Oxford one day |
last week Mrs. Jacob Miller and |
her daughter, of Nottingham,
were thrown from their wagon,
by their horse shying at an auto.
tricycle.. Mrs. Miller received a |
severe scalp wound and broken
collar bone, and Miss Myra,
through badly bruised, was not
seriously hurt.
Alfred S. Bay, of Norrisville,
Hartford county, was thrown from |
his wagon and killed on Friday last,
while on his road to the creamery |
His horse took fright, ran away |
and turning suddehly Into the
lane the wagon was upset, throw
ing Mr., Ray out on his head
and shoulders. The unfortunate
mans skull was fractured, aud he
died in short time.
Constable Brown, of Lancaster
county, was in town on Wednesday
with warrant for Jos. Mosteller,
who is charged with stealing set
of harness from Jos. Cooper of Ash.
vile. Mosteller, who was employ
ed on j. p. Wilson's farm, was an.
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