The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-07-25

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was the guest of FL. f. Richards
over Sunday.
Miss Emma Bachelor, of Airing
ton, is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Eli T. Reynolds.
Saml. Moore, of Delta, spent a
few days this week with his
brother, DR.. T. B. Moore.
Herbert N. Gerry, editor of. the
Port Deposit Press, and bride,
were the guests this week of Rev.
and Mrs. III. A. G. Westerfield.
G. A. Andrews, of Berkeley, Har-
ford county, will operate canneries
at Conowingo, lakewood and Rock
Springs this season.
Allen Miller, a Newark lad, was
kicked by pony which he was
teasing and had his nose broken
and a rib fractured.
The barn of George Derrickson,
near Chesapeake City, was demol-
ished Sunday afternoon during the
severe storm which swept over Cecil
county.
The plant of the Cecil Fire Brick
Company, at North East, was sold
at mortgage sale in Elkton Tues
day, to Daniel A. Cline of Balti-
more, for $4,000.
The small child of Amy Burkins,
of Castleton, Hartford county, was
kicked in the head by horse which
was pasturing in the yard, and in.
stantly killed last week.
The School Commissioners have
appointed Gwinne Shure, William
Charsha and Edward Jackson trus-
tees of Chapel school, near Wood
lawn, as those originally appointed
failed to qualify.
John McClenahan, CT Port De-
port, and Ex-Governor Lloyd
Towns, of Cumberland, have been
appointed delegates to the Inter
national Mining Congress, which
meets at Butte Mont.
The First Regiment, Maryland
National guards, will camp on the
fair grounds at Bel Air, from
August 2 to 8. 1t is estimated
that the expense of the encamp-
ment will be about 81 900.
Oakley Barwick, of Chesapeake
City, SHE'D a brick at cat on the
fence of his yard, but missed his
mark and hit instead Miss Laura
Coleman, rendering her uncon-
conscious and injuring her severely.
Miss Martha Biddle, who for
forty-three years has been a teacher,
thirty three years of which time was
spent in the public schools of Cecil
county, has applied to the State
Board of Education for a pension
of 5000 year.
Lightning struck the residence
of Edward II. Jackson, at North
East, Monday, tearing away por-
ton of the roof and setting fire to
the house. The flames were ex-
tinguished before they had assum-
ed serious proportions.
The School Board last week in
spected school houses in the Fourth,
Sixth and Ninth district. The
need of an addition to the public
school building in this town, which
has been urged by our citizens, was
clearly apparent to the Board but
it will not be made this year.
Eight men who were riding on
the train between the baggage cars,
were arrested near Elkton last
week by railroad detectives. For
some time number of young men
living in towns between Elkton and
Wilmington have made it a practice
to steal rides on the early morning
passenger trains over the P, W.
& B., and the officials of the load
have determined to break up the
practice.
A suit to recover $50 damages
was brought last week by John S..
Russell against Thompson Reed.
The litigation is over field of hay
which owing to failure to harvest
|at proper time was a total loss.
Russell had contracted with the
late William Reed, of Bay View, to
do the work, but after the death OF
the owner his son, Thompson Reed
refused to allow Russell to enter
the field. A decision was rendered
for $22.50 in favor of the plaintiff.
1t is announced that the Nation.
al Vulcanized Fibre Company,
which secured charter at Dover
last week, will at once erect large
plant at Newark, Del, and start in
deposition to the Fibre Trust,
which was recently formed. All
of the men interested in the new
enterprise were formerly connected
with the American Hard Fibre
Company, of Newark, which has
been absorbed by the trust. The
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