The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-03-07

involuntary bath of hot coffee
which he upset on them.
M. E. Rose, of Bay View, lost a
fine lot of young chicks Friday
night, by the lamp used in the
brooder becoming too hot and suf-
locating them.
i Among the milldams to suffer
damage by the recent heavy floods
was that of Curtis & Bro, near
Newark, which was washed out,
necessitating the closing down of
the Momentum mills.
Benz. A. Abrahams, a brother
of W. Harry Abrahams of North
East, had one arm and a jaw bone
broken on Monday by falling from
a tree at Trainor, Pa. He was
taken to the Chester hospital.
Breakman Harry G. Wolf, who
was injured in the freight wreck
at Gully, on the Columbia & Port
Deposit railroad last week, died
of his injuries, making the fourth
life lost as result of the accident.
Hartford county has petitioned
the legislature asking for the pas
sage of a law submitting the ques-
ton of licensing hotels to the voters
of each precinct separately. Har
ford county has been dry county
since 1888.
Walter X. Terry left Rising Sun
last Monday to fill his new position
as cashier of the Parkasie National
Bank. J. A. Thomas of Philada.,
formerly of Chestertown, is tenn
porarily filling the position vacated
by Mr.. Terry.
Jas. H. Foard, of the Fourth
district, and W. Irving Hill, of
the Sixth district, were on Monday
drawn to serve as jurors at the
March term of court, which con-
venes on the 18th inst, in place of
Mailman Smith and John S. Ben
son, excused.
Capt. John W. Worth, who was
recently elected Department Com
pander of the G. A. R. for the
State of Maryland, at the annual
meeting held in Baltimore, was
formerly resident of North East
and one of the original members of
Co. A, Fifth Md. Reg, which was
organized in North East in 1861.
Louis Wilson, colored, aged
about Is years, of Middletown,
Del, was shot Sunday evening in
the right jaw by Wallace Beaston,
a white man. 1t is claimed the
shooting was accidental. Wilson
was taken to the Delaware Hos
pital, Wilmington, for surgical at
tention, but the bullet was not
located.
The Smyrna, Del, Times says
the prospect for peaches was never
better, as is true for fruits of all
kinds. Continued freezing weather
Of an old fashioned winter has kept
the buds dormant, a most fortunate
condition, and now before the buds
can possibly appear, winter will
have vanished and spring warmth
will nuture them.
The American Ice Company
harvested about $4,000 tons of ice
from the Susquehanna during the
February freeze, and stored it in
the houses on the Cecil county side
of the river, near Perryville. Nine
thousand tons were placed in the
houses at Frenchtown, $4,000 tons
at Locust Grove, and $4,000
tons in the "Virdin" houses at
Perryville.
On account of the high water at
Port Deposit, Rising Sun was shut
off from southern mail connection,
except via Philada., for several
days this week. The Susquehanna
was higher than it has been for
years, the water being within few
feet of ConOwingo bridge on Satur-
day night and Sunday. The eastern
end of the bridge and the roadway
leading to it were badly damaged
and travel has been blocked for the
past week.
A council OF Red Men composed
of 3S members has been instituted
at Cecilton with the following
officers: Prophet, J. A. Canaan;
sachem, VIM. E. Taylor; ST.. saga
more, VIM. Brown; jr. sycamore,
Harry Rowan; keeper of records,
Lewis Mccoy; trustees, r. M.
Black, Eric Ostrom, Jas. P. Nc
Coy, Jr.; LIST warrior, Geo. MILL
kin, I'd warrior, G. H. Peters; Sd
warrior, VIM. Luttringer; 4th war
rior, VIM. G.. Jones; list brave,
Edw. Mattox; I'd brave, Pierce
Stradley; Sd brave, Robert Gonce;
4th brave, Thomas Pierce; sannaps,
John W. Taylor and Charles
Griffith; guard of wigwam, guard
of forest, G. G. Morgan.
The New Castle, Del, correspon-
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