The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-07-19
COU NTY NEWS.
Friday, duly 10 1901.
MINORLOCAIS

A long distance automatic pay
station phone has been placed in
the Maryland House.
A government pension of $40 per
month has been granted William
A. Brickley, of Principle.
A new frame school house will
be erected at Marysville. in the
Fifth district, near Leslie.
Thomas Burns, of North East,
has purchased for $50 the house to
Silas E. Cannon, in that town.
Marshall Jones, an Elkton APP
peal typo, dislocated his right arm
one day last week, while playing
ball.
The ladies of Mt. Pleasant NJ. +.
Church will hold festival on Fri.
day and Saturday evenings, July
10 and 20.
Norman Cameron, of ElktOn, has
accepted IA position as teacher in
the Philippine Islands. He left for
the islands this week.
Rev. I. G. Koontz, of Cumber
land county, Pa, has accepted a
call to become pastor of Little Brit
ain Presbyterian Church.
Mrs. Robert Love, of Coion, had
her arm badly lacerated one day
last week, by pitchfork falling
from a load of hay and striking her.
Quartermaster Sergeant II. j.
Hanrahan, of the Fortieth Co.,
Coast Artillery, is in Elkton re-
cruiting men for the L. s. Army.
A festival will be held at Union
church, near Fremont, on the eve
ming of July %. Nottingham Band
is expected to furnish music for the
occasion.
While working on the farm OF
his brother near Cherry Hill, last
week, Jack Fowler fell from a load
of hay and sustained fracture of
his collar bone.
Workmen have been engaged
this week widening the railroad
cut between Hunts bridge and Syl-
mar. The work required consid-
cradle blasting.
But few of our farmers have been
able to get their wheat under cover
since it was cut, and the warm, wet
weather has caused the grain toI
sprout in the shock.
The trustees of Rising Sun public
school this week appointed Miss
NJ. Emma Haines principal tor the
ensuing year. There were six APP
plicants for the position.
The Diamond State Telephone
Co. and the Port Deposit Electric
Light Co. will use the same poles
in the town of Port Deposit, string
ing separate wires on them.
Scott Johnston, II years old, son
of James Johnston, while picking
dewberries on "the ridge" last Sun
day evening, was bitten on the
ankle by a copperhead snake.
An eight-ton boiler was moved
last week from the Welsh Point
farm to Elkton. The boiler was
mounted ON log wheels and two
traction engines used to draw it.
The interior Of Brick Meeting
house, at Calvert, is to be refresh
ed, fences and sheds to be white
washed and the property put in
good condition for the coming hi
centennial on September IA.
Stephen Lynch, of Principle, left
at the MIDLAND Office this week a
sample box of white blackberries.
They are perfectly white and very
pretty in appearance, but not quite
rs sweet as the black variety.
Troop A, Boys Brigade, of Ian
caster, Pa, which is marching from
that city to Colchester Beach, pass
ed through Elkton and North East
on Wednesday. The Troop will
spend a week in camp at Colchester.
Kinsey Matthews, the miller at
j. H. Armstrong & Co.'s grist mill
at North East, had three fingers of
his left hand caught in the machin-
cry of the mill on Tuesday and SO
badly crushed as to pecessitate
amputation.
The Delaware authorities have
as yet been unable to apprehend
James Windsor, of Milford, who
killed his father, Thomas B. Wind
sor, on July 4th. 1t is ;helieyed he
made his escape to the west where
he has friends.
The Parlor Meeting held by the
W. G. t. U. at the home of s. L.
Reynolds, on Monday evening was
an enjoyable social and literary oc-
casiOn. A fine program was rem
dered, embracing vocal and instru-
mental music and select readings.
S6methilg DYER seven dollars was
realized by the silver Offering.
The federal census authorities