The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-11-22

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winter.
A beautiful memorial organ t.
the memory of the late Judge George
M. Russum has been placed il
Christ p. E. Church at Denton.
The town Of Aberdeen, Hartford
county, is being canvasSed with d
view toinstalling an electric lighting
plant, which will cost about $4,000
Mrs. Charlotte V. Schal died al
her home in York, Pa on Nov. 10
The deceased was sister of Mrs
Clayton N. Balderson, of Colora
The Diamond State Telephone
Company last week purchased the
telephone line in Wicomico county
which practically gives the com
pany control of the entire PENN.
slla.
Drs. G. S. Dare and j. II. Jenness
attended the semi annual meeting
of the Medical and Chirurgical Fac,
ulty of Maryland which was held
in the Elkton Opera House on
Tuesday.
The Havre de Grace City Council
has been petitioned by the Deer
Creek and Susquehanna Railway Co.
for the right to use tie streets of
the town to lay tracks for an cleo
trio railway.
Fire in the woods owned by DR..
William Skinner, near Elkton, on
Monday and Tuesday burned over
a large area destroying valuable
timber to the amount of several
hundred dollars.
Union services will be held by the
Perryville Methodist and Presbyte-
rian churches in that town on
Thanksgiving morning. Rev. r. H.
Hoover, ofthe Presbyterian Church,
we'll preach.
Considerable petty thieving is re-
ported from the stables in the vicin-
ity of Elkton and Cherry Hill.
Recently a set of harness and horse
blanket were stolen from the aims
house stable at Cherry Hill.
The Oxford Hotel, in that town,
was sold last week by Thomas d.
Harper to Elwood Smith of West
Chester, for $50, 900, who will take
possession of the property as soon
as the change can be effected.
Miss Maud Ohmensetter, formerly
of North East, and Charles Neff, of
Coatesville, Pa, were married at
the brides residence in Gainesville
on Nov. 18th. Their wedding tour
is including North East friends.
The prices of ducks have advan-
ced so that the gunners for the wild
fowl find it profitable when they
get good bag. Canvas backs are
bringing 1926, red heads $1.75,
widgons $1.10, black heads so cts.
per pair.
The railroad company and the
Maryland telephone company have
finally adjusted their difficulty at
Elkton and on Tuesday the tele-
phone company completed the
erection of poles on the property of
the railroad in that town.
DR.. Andrew Henderson Whit
ridge, nephew of Mrs. Albert Neil
son, of Elkton, and Miss Madeline
L. Gary, daughter ofex- Postmaster
General Gary, were married in
Brown Memorial Presbyterian
Church, Baltimore, on Thursday of
last week.
The committee organized for the
purpose of marking the Chaulks
battlefield, in Kent county, the
scene of a conflict between the Eng
lish and American forces in 1914,
report that over $500 has been
raised toward the purchase Of
suitable monument.
On Friday night last while a
freight train on the P. w. & B.
road was lying on the siding at
Aberdeen to allow an express to
pass, car was broken into and two
large boxes thrown into the adioin-
ing field and goods to the amount
of 800 stolen from them.
The large barn on the farm of
Bently Webb, near Parkersville,
Chester county, was destroyed by
fire last week, together with con-
tents consisting of hay, grain, farm
machinery, q head of cattle and
four horses. The same night an
unsuccessful attempt was made to
burn the residence of Mr.. Webb.
Last weeks Peninsula Methodist
contained the following item: "Rev.
Isaac Jewell formerly a member of
the Wilmington Conference, but
for number of years connected
with the Southern California Con
ference, has been extremely ill.
There are hopes of his recovery
now.n
The Rev. Mr.. Jewell was for a
number of years, stationed at
Rising Sun, and his friends here
will be pleased TO learn of his re-
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