The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-07-12

Queenstown.
On Monday, July s, the first
train passed through Union tunnel
Baltimore, sine the cavern Satur.
day morning, June 20.
Henry 7. Krauss, of Farming
ton, while at work on Allie McNa.
mee's barn near Principle last
week, fell and fractured his wrist
The State Teachers Association
which was held three days last
week, adjourned on the evening of
July 3 to meet next year at Ocean
City.
Henry G. Wells, of Elkton, mar
rowly escaped choking to death
Sunday by having a small chicken
bone lodge in his throat. An OPP
GRAFTON was necessary to remove
the bone.
The Delaware College Outing
Club has rented cottage at Reho-
both for the month of August.
Stirling Evans and VIM. p. Con
stable, of Elkton, are members of
the club.
While driving to the separator at
Battle Swamp, one day last week,
Floyd SINNERS horse became
frightened at flock of partidges
and ran away The lad was thrown
out but fortunately escaped injury.
J. Egbert Smith died at his home
in Delta, Monday evening, from
lockjaw, the result of Injuries re-
ceived in runaway accident few
days previous. He was 40 years of
age and leaves a wife and several
children.
Mrs. James Crew was stunned
by lightning of Saturday evening,
while standing in front of her hus-
bands hotel under Il tree, at Bet =
terton. Her condition is critical
and little hope is entertained of her
recovery.
Charles Cooling, of Chesapeake
City, while riding his bicycle at a
rapid rate, accomplished the feat of
colliding with an ice wagon and
landing uninjured on top of the
vehicle before he realized "where
he was at.
Thomas B. Windsor, proprietor
of the Windsor Hotel, at Milford,
DEL, was shot in the abdomen and
killed on Thursday of last week,
during an alteration with his son,
Edward, Windsor, who was COM
mitted to Jail.
A thief entered the store of Paul
Weber, at Middletown, sDel., on
Saturday night, by the back door,
while the proprietor was sitting in
front of his establishment, and stole
$3.50 in cash and $50 in checks
from the money drawer.
The barge Milgendutt sprung a
leak and sunk Sunday morning off
Poole's Island, in the Chesapeake
bay. The position of the wreck is
such as to be serious obstruction
to navigation to and from the Ches
apeake & Delaware canal.
Robert Anderson, of Cecilton,
and Thomas Kirk, OF, Rising Sun,
have been granted government
pensions of Is and So per month
respectively. The pension of John
M. Gilbert, of Havre de Grace, has
been increased to Sl2 per month.
Lightning struck and burned the
outbuildings of the farm tenanted
by Fred Robinson, near. Middle
town, Del, on Wednesday night OF
last week. About fifty tons of hay
and numerous farming utensils
were destroyed, but the live stock
was all saved.
Mrs. Siney Wright, who was
born slave at Frenchtown, on the
Elk river, died at her home in
Wilmington last week. She had a
clear recollection of the war of 1872,
being IA years of age at the time.
Her freedom was bought by her
first husband.
The intense heat of two weeks
duration was broken by thunder
lgusts and continued heavy rains on
Saturday and Sunday nights. Such
roasting sun heat has never been
Experienced since the records have
been kept. One hundred and forty
four degrees of surplus heat above
the normal is credited to those two
fatal hot weeks. Hundreds of PEG,
pie died in the cities from the
effects of intense heat while thous,
ands more were Frustrated.
The Appeal reports the follow
ing odd method to be tried by the
Elkton ladies for the benefit of
their church: ga novel plan to
raise money for the improvement
fund of the Methodist Church has
been formulated by a number of
young ladies of Elkton. Fifty two
girls have agreed to be weeks,
whose duty it is to get seven per
sons to be DAVIS. each dav to nav