The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-05-17
COU NTY N EWS,
Friday v, May IL 1901.
Ml.>.OR LOCALS

primaries are to be called early in
June.
The wooden railroad bridge at
Octoraro Junction is being replaced
with an iron structure.
VIM. L. Murray will hold a
third public sale of Bedford county
horses in Rising Sun on May %.
VIM. A. Wilson, John T. Patter.
son and Thomas Kane have been
elected town commissioners of
Perryville.
From twenty sheep, farmer W.
E. DeFord, of Kent county, SHARED
175 pounds of wool, which Melted
him 1913 25.
A large barge, loaded with 300
cords, of wood, for the Kenmore
Pnlp Co., of Elkton, is aground off
Clay's Shore.
The sale of privileges of the Ok
ford Agricultural Society will be
held on the fair grounds Wednes-
day, May %, at 2 O'Clock.
The pupils and teachers of Jacob
Tome Institute spent Wednesday
at Betterton, going down the bay
on the steamer Susquehanna.
The May meeting of the Cecil
Farmers Club will be held at the
home of Alfred Kirk, near Farm
ington, next Wednesday, 22nd inst.
Porter's Grove Sunday school
reorganized last Sunday and officers
for the ensuing year were elected.
Two O'Clock p. m. is tile hour of
service.
During a quarrel Friday night in
Elkton John Hammond. colored,
was hit on the head with club
and badly injured, by VIM. Gibson,
also colored.
Three negro tramps were arrested
at Perryville Tuesday night by
Detective Jones, and lodged in Elk
ton Jail, charged with robbing
freight cars.
Trustees of the Jacob Tome In.
stitute have contracted with Hs
Probst, of New York, to erect a
power house to supply light and
heat at cost of $4,000.
The School Commissioners have
asked the County Commissioners
for an appropriation of $1,000
1872, 500 for school expenses and
$500 for new buildings.
1t is reported that J. Dixon
West, representing W. W. Gibbs,
of Philada., will shortly commence
the erection of mill, near Como
wingo, for mining purposes.
The Supervisors of Election, in
the presence of the Judges of the
Orphans Court, burned the ballots
cast at the election last fall, in the
Elkton Pulp Mill furnaces on
Tuesday.
Samuel G. Lowman, flagman on
a local P, w. & B. freight, was
seriously injured at Elkton on
Wednesday. He was knocked off
car sustaining the fracture of
several ribs.
Reports are in circulation that
the gold fever is again assuming a
malignant form in the Sth District
"Klondike" and that extensive
operations are soon to commence
on Bald Hill.
The revised census figures for st.
Mary's, Anne Arundel and Charles
counties, make a net reduction of
1870 from the population credited
to them under the federal census
made last July.
The Maryland Public Health
Association, of which DR.. Howard
Bratton, of Elkton, is president,
will hold its annual meeting and
election of officers in Baltimore,
May % and %.
On Tuesday night of last week
the barn on the farm of Thomas
Major, ST., at Conantown, was de-
strOyed by fire, with its contents,
including hay, straw, fodder, etc.
The live stock was saved.
Granville Pierce experienced a
runaway while descending Hopkins
hill, near Liberty Grove, last week.
He was returning from Rising Sun
with a new drill, which was badly
damaged before the team was
stopped.
The County Commissioners of
Cecil county have granted a permit
to the Delmarvia Telephone Com
pany to construct line from Iron
Hill to Perryville, connecting Elk
ton, North East, Principle Furnace
and Perryville.
DIR. 7. H. Lewis, president of
the Western Maryland College,
will deliver the address to the
graduating class of North East
High School, on May 81. George
A. Blake, Esq, of Elkton, will pre-