The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-10-04

night from saturday TO tuesday.
Ralph Freeman, an Elkton lad
was severely bitten on the hip by &
vicious dog on Saturday night last
The farmers of Bohemia Manor
who gave the new corn harvesters
a trial this fall, pronounce them
unsatisfactory.
George Lidell, who recently pur.
chased the Woodrow farm, at Lib.
erty Grove, is erecting a new barn
on the property.
George McQuilken, of Elkton has
been appointed to position as in
spector in the naval construction
department of the government.
Miss Edna Ferguson of Octoraro
left at the MIDLAND Office yesterday
a bouquet of apple blossoms, a re-
minder of spring rather than fall.
The Royal farm near Calvert will
be sold ut executors sale Oct. IA.
This farm contains 200 acres and
would make an excellent dairy farm.
Miss EStelle Van Deusen, assist.
ant at the Cecil County High
School, Elkton, has resigned to
accept a position in New York
school.
While at work in the Elkton M.
E. church on Saturday, James
Russell, of Baltimore, fell from a
scaffOld fifteen feet to the floor, re-
ceiving severe injuries.
The J. w. Barnes property, con-
sisting of dwelling and lot on Cherry
street, was sold at mortgagee's sale
on Monday. Geo. r. Grason was
the purchaser, for $2O05.
Miss Reba Miller has been ap-
pointed teacher of West Amwell
public school, to succeed Miss
Hattie Evans, who has accepted
Il position at the Elkton High
School.
The barge H. j. MacDermott,
loaded with lumber, from Norfolk,
Va, to Philadelphia, while passing
through the Chesapeake & Del
aware Canal on Saturday sprung a
leak Il sank.
John S. Writ, Esq, of Elkton,
president of the Maryland State
Bar Association, delivered an adj
dress before the Association, at a
meeting held in Baltimore on Tues
day evening.
The house of Rev. Elan Kirk, of
Oxford, was entered one night
recently by thieves, through a Gel
lar window, who carried off a guam
tity of canned goods and number
of silver spoons.
The six-mule paper mill wagon
was upset while coming down Pig
con Hill last Monday morning, caus
ed by the lock breaking. The load
was spilled and the team somewhat
injured but not seriously.
The Seventh District Republican
Club has organized at Port Depssit
with the following officers: Edwin
Boynton, president; Isaiah Burlin,
ice-president; Frank T. Benson,
secretary; S. A. Vannort, treasurer.
Any person desiring to engage in
the dairy business has an opportun-
ity to purchase an excellent farm
for that purpose on Oct. IA, when
the Royal farm of 200 acres, near
Calvert, will be sold at executors
sale.
Comptroller Herring has made the
distribution of the public school
tax in the white and colored schools
of the several counties of the State.
Cecil cOunty's share is $3,O76. SO
for white schools, and $69O.72 for
colored schools.
Mrs. Rene Creswell and her two
little children were thrown from
their buggy, one day last week,
but fortunately escaped serious in
Jury. While driving in Port De-
post her buggy collided with a
wagon and was overturned.
The P, w. & B. railroad is
building a new iron bridge on their
line, between Elkton and Newark,
to replace the one so badly dam
aged during the recent heavy flood
in that section. The structure is
to span the Christiana creek.
Sunday evening of last week Miss
Gertrude Sidwell, of Lombard,
thought she heard robbers in the
house. The neighbors were called
and search begun, under beds, in
closets and tireplaces, when it was
discovered the cause of alarm was
a bird in the chimney.
One morning last week a citizen
of North East discovered a bag
lying in the street which contained
fourteen chickens, each with its
head wrung off. Someone's hen
roOst had suffered to that extent,
and the raider lost his booty be-
fore escaping to a place of safety.