The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-12-27

While digging well on Frida.
last, James Moore, colored, of Elk
ton, fell and broke his leg.
During the past month Theodore
Jackson, of North East, has caugh
about 1000 pounds of black bass.
The inmates of the Cherry Hill
Aims House and Insane Asylum
were given their annual Christmas
treat on Monday.
Henry Green and Bertha Biddle
botL of Elkton, were married al
the M. E. Parsonage, in that town
on Thursday evening, Dec. 10.
1. J. Kitchens, a New George
town, Del, farmer, claims the rec
ord of that State for a fat hog. He
butchered one last week which
weighed 61S pounds.
Thos. H. Hewitt, of Georgetown,
has been appointed keeper of the
Sassafras river bridge, which con
meets Cecil and Kent counties, vice
A. Fl. Redding resigned.
Among those who have been ap.
pointed to the position of teacher
in the American schools established
in the Philippines is Elmer Fl.
Holm, formerly of Havre de Grace.
Governor John Walter Smith
has signed the death warrant OF
Lloyd l.. Burke, who is to be hang
ed at Centerville February 2Sth for
assaulting Helen Tarman, aged 10
years.
The engagement of Miss Ethel
Howard, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry d. Howard, formerly of Elk
ton but now of Allendale, N. j.,
and R. B. Reading, Of Philada.,
has been announced.
John Lynn, president of the
New Castle County Del. Levy Court,
was Monday afternoon found guilty
in the County Court of securing $50
under false pretenses from the
county by means of a fraudulent
bill.
Among the contemplated i'm
provements of the Pennsylvania
railroad the coming year are the
erection of several new stations
on the P, w. & B. division
and the securing of a four track
system between Philadelphia and
Washington.
Philip Brown, of Elkton, while
on visit to friends in Marshallton,
Del, Saturday evening slipped and
fell down an embankment, striking
his head against a large stone,
causing slight fracture to his
skull. He was taken to Delaware
Hospital for treatment.
The following are the newly
elected officers of l.. A. G. Gerry
Post, G. A. r., of Port Deposit:
Commander, T. J. Vanneman; s..
V. c., George Jones; J. V. c., w.
j. Tompson; quartermaster, s. L..
Barr; adit., J. L. Taylor; chaplain,
William Cain; o. d, j. G. Gilmore;
0. G., James Buck.
The latest scheme for the util-
ization of the Susquehanna river
for the benefit of Baltimore, is the
construction of a canal from a high
point on the river to the hills above
that city, where power houses
would be established, the waste
water being used to flush out the
harbor. The cost of the canal is
estimated at $4,5OO,OOO.
DIR. Fisk of the Jacob Tome
Institute, has been appointed one
of the faculty of Johns Hop
kins University, and will give
weekly lectures during the winter
on the Diplomatic and CONNER
cial relations between the United
States and Germany. DIR. Fisk was
first secretary to the American
Legation, Berlin, for a number OF
years.
Elkton Council, No. %, Jr. o. U.
A. NJ, elected officers Monday
night as follows:-Councilor, How
and Vincent; vice councillor, II,
Winfield Lewis; recordingsecretary
P. M Groves; assistant, Walter
Blackson; treasurer, Joseph H.
Sloan; financial secretary, Ricketts,
Nelson; conductor, Clarence Del
bert; warden, Frank Karl; inside
seminal, Henry HI. Plummer; out
side sentinel, John Blackson; chap.
lain, William p. Dean; trustees,
S. j. Keys, Alfred Davis and P. NJ.
Groves; representative to State
Council, r. Day Cantwell; alternate
j. II. Sloan; representative to F.
B. A., Ricketts, Nelson; alternate
r. Day Cantwell.