The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-02-07

MISS Gertrude >. Dare is visiting
relatives and friends in Philada.
and Camden.
p, w. & B. telegraph operators
have had a S. per month increase
of pay granted them.
Mrs. Sarah Ann Xix, near
Nottingham, Pa, celebrated her
Goth birthday on Jan. "a.
Rev. A. NJ. Rich, pastor of St.
James P. e church, Port Deposit,
has received a call to Carnegie, Pa.
Samuel Wilson, a farmer of the
First district, was seriously injured
last week by being kicked by a
colt.
The ladies of the Elkton Presby-
terrain church realized the sum of
500 by their recent supper held in
that town.
A volunteer fire company, to be
known as the Susquehanna Hose
company, has been organized at
Havre de Grace.
VIM. II. Marcus, an employee of
the Elkton Pulp Mill, was injured
on Monday by being caught in one
! of the felt rollers at the mill.
Harry G. Nickle has purchased
for $3025 the farm of Mrs. Elizabeth
Poist, near Port Deposit. The
property contains 81 acres Of land.
The Orphans Court was in
special session on Tuesday but
adjourned until Feb. Ii, without
the transaction of any important
business.
The steel stack at the Elkton
electric light plant was blown down
on Saturday bye the heavy storm.
and badly damaged the roof of the
building in its fall.
In attempting to kick a rat
recently Eli Coulson, ST., of near
Colora, broke his great toe. He
missed the rodent and struck
door with the result mentioned.
The congregation of the First
Presbyterian church of Bel Air,
Hartford county, has extended
call to Rev. Somerset S. Greenwich,
of Relay, to become their pastor.
The purchasers of the Birming-
ham property, near North East,
are prospecting for kaolin, and
contemplate erecting works upon
the property if suitable clay is
| found.
Logan Brothers who recently
purchased the rolling mill property
at Rowlandsville, are Transforming
it into paper mill and expect to
put the plant in operation early in
the spring.
The supper held by the ladies of
Mt. Pleasant M. u. church at
Colora, last week, was interfered
with by the stormy weather but
the sum of 800 was realized for
their trouble.
A dredging and wharf building
outfit was purchased at auction in
Baltimore on Saturday, for $l3, 800,
by R. e. McClenahan and Thos. j.
Talley, of Port Deposit, and James
Mccoy, of Baltimore.
The ice harvest on the Susque-
hanna river began on Wednesday,
the present cold snap making ice
of a sufficient thickness. The
large houses Of the American Ice
Company at Perryville and French
town are being filled with six and
eight inch ice.
Representative A. A. Blakeney,
of Maryland has introduced bill
for limiting the price of sleeping.
car tickets on interstate railway
lines. The rates fixed are 81 for
an upper and % cents extra for a
lower berth for 800 miles, with an
increase for longer distances.
The Circuit Court on Saturday
passed an order directing the con-
testants, Spence, Terry and Christiei
in the election cases, to produce in
court by March LIST testimony to
sustain their allegations, when the
court will decide whether or not
to grant recount of the ballots.
Efforts are being made to estab-
lished large china pottery at
Avondale by Ohio parties. The
promoters are endeavoring to get
the citizens of the town and vicinity
to subscribe for $4,000 of the
$4,000 of stock. About $4,000
of the amount has so far been
taken.
Secretary Badenhoop, of the
Maryland Bureau of immigration,
is preparinga pamphlet descriptive
of the advantages of Maryland,
which will be printed in six
languages and widely distributed,
where it may serve to bring to
the notice of a desirable class of
immigrants the opportunities offer
ed for home in this State.