The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-11-01

Mrs. Z. H. Worthington is visit
ing relatives in Bucks and Mont
gomery counties, Pa.
Mrs. Frank Cherry and sister,
Miss Florence Worthington, are
visiting friends in Philada. this
week.
The cunning season opens today
and Bunny Cottontail and Bou
White hail better take out accident
policies.
William Stephenson, a carpenter,
employed on the erection of a new
foundry in Elkton, fell distance OF
80 feet, receiving internal injuries
besides breaking several bones, on
Wednesday afternoon. His condi-
ton is critical.
The ejectment suit of Lennox
Birkhead VS.. Edwin Reside, re-
moved from Cecil to Kent county
for~ trial, was decided Saturday
evening bya jury, in favor of Birk-
head. The suit was for a tract of
land in Cecil county, known as
Marty Farm.
The two year old child of Mrs.
Joseph James, of Laurel, Del, fell
head foremost into pot of boiling
soap fat, one morning last week,
! and before it could be rescued by
the frantic mother, who was in the
room when the accident happened,
was scalded to death.
The following officers of the Ep,
worth League of Hopewell M. E.
church have been elected Prest.,
G. S. Abrahams; vice, presidents,
Mrs. R. w. Todd, Miss Ida Thomp
son, Miss Sara Tyson, Miss M. o.
jackson; sec., Miss Virginia Abra-
hams; treas, Mrs. r. &. Terry.
William Sapp, a telephone line
man, was quite badly hurt last
week, while at work near Colora.
The men were engaged in setting a
pole when it slipped and fell,
striking Sapp. He had one rib
broken and was otherwise severely,
but not seriously injured as at first
feared.
The Pan American Exposition,
which closes it's gates Saturday
night at midnight, has not been a
financial success. The deficit will,
it is stated, approximate$ s., 900, 900.
Forty-seven tickets were sold at
Rising Sun station during the ex-
position, good to "put me off at
Buffalo,
Mrs. Joseph S. Terrell, of Elkton,
celebrated her SD birthday on
Thursday of last week. Mr.. Ter
rell, her husband, is So years old.
In honor of the day the aged couple
gave a dinner to their children,
grandchildren and great grand
children, four generations being at
the table.
John Williams, a Delaware lad,
had an experience last week which
he will not care to have repeated.
He and companion were gather
ing chestnuts. Williams was in
the tree, when his companion
threw stone, striking him with
such force as to dislodge him from
his lofty perch. He sustained a
fractured arm and rib by his fall
John S. Writ and Albert Con
stable, counsel for DIR. James G.
Mackenzie in his suit against the
trustees of the Jacob Tome Insti-
tute, have filed their declaration,
stating that DR.. Mackenzie was
employed as Director at an annual
salary of $40, 900, and that he was
wrongfully dismissed at the end of
the year. The suit is for 100000
damages.
Another sensation has been
sprung at West Grove, occasioned
by the arrest of S. Morris Jones,
creameryman of that place. The
arrest was made last Saturday on
complaint of the Inspector of the
Pure Food Commission, the charge
being for the alleged use of preserv
aline in the manufacture of butter.
This is the second arrest in that
locality upon the same charge.
Mrs. William Croes, while work
ing in the Nonantum paper mills,
near Newark, Del, a few days ago,
found one-half of $50 note, but
could not find the other portion. II
} is supposed that the missing hall
was destroyed by a machine used
for cutting rags. Mrs. Croes took
} the mutilated money to a officer OF
: the Newark National Bank, who
, sent it to Washington for redemp
, tiOn.-EX,
The farmers in the neighborhood
of Sassafras are alarmed at the
mysterious fires which have occur
red in that vicinity recently. The
, stack yard of w. E. Slaats was the
first to be destroyed, and this wa,
: followed by the destruction of Ell.
wood RObinSOn's stack ward. anC