The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-01-31
l.>.)EIOCALS

appointed a Justice OF the Peace
at Glasgow, Del.
Alonzo G.. Brown Of Octoraro fell
from his porch last Wednesday and
sustained a fractured leg.
Chas. johnson, of EarlvilIe, has
been granted an original govern
ment pension of IS per month.
Wilson d. West, of Chrome,
has been granted an increase of
pension to $40 per month by the
government.
Prof. E. B. Fockler, of North
East public school, proposes to
open a night school in that town
in the near future.
Miss Maggie Gilpin, while assist
ing at supper in Elkton Presby-
terian church, last week, fell and
fractured her wrist.
The snow on Wednesday has
caused the cutters to appear on our
streets to the accompaniment of
the merryI jingle of sleigh bells.
Harry Raglan, of lakewood, and
Mary Il. Hanna of Rock Springs
were married at Rising Sun parson-
age Wednesday morning, Jan. %.
Secretary Bratton, of the Cecil
County Board of Health, reports
401 deaths in Cecil county during
1901, an increase of 80 over the
year 1900.
Charles Larzalere, of Elkton,
has been appointed night agent Of
the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, at
Delaware avenue station, at Will
mington, Del.
The daughters of the Confederacy
of Chesapeake City, celebrated the
anniversaries of the birth of Gems.
Robt. e. Lee and Stonewall Jack
son, on Tuesday evening, the Dist.
John p. Wilson has been elected
president of the Rosebank cemetery
association, and Chas. M. Reissler
secretary and treasurer. Philip
Watts has been re-appointed
sexton.
A meeting of gunners from all
parts of Ceci! county will be held
in Elkton on Saturday for the pur
pose of discussing the proposed
changes in the game laws of Cecil
county.
The hook and line fishermen
along the Chesapeake 81 Delaware
canal have presented a petition to
the canal officials requesting them
to prohibit net fishing in the
waterway.
The public schools throughout
Cecil county observed Wednesday
as Mckinley Day by special pro
grams, and the taking of penny
collection for the national monu-
ment fund.
Nelson Henderson, an aged
colored man who has resided near
Principle, for years, has been miss
ing from his home since the LIST of
November, and all efforts to locate
his whereabouts have been of no
avail.
The trustees of Octoraro NJ. E..
church for the ensuing year are:
Harvey Woolens, George A. Nc
Kinsey, John McCaslin, Mar
shall Anderson, Albert j. Conrad,
Albert J. Ferguson and John w.
Conrad.
Owing to the meeting of the
Farmers Institute at Zion on
Saturday, Feb. LIST, the next regu-
lar meeting of Cecil Grange, No. 8,
p. of III will be held on Saturday,
Feb. Sth, at 1 p. m.
G. j. DAVIS, Master.
BY the establishing of the three
new rural mail routes in Cecil
county, to be in operation on
March 1, the post offices at Wood,
lawn, Greenhurst, Pennington and
Principle will be discontinued and
the Office at Theodore will be sup
piled by the rural carrier.
At a congregational meeting
of Zion and Rock Presbyterian
churches on Wednesday, at Zion,
for the election of a minister, Zion
cast majority for Rev. Russell
and Rock for Rev. Jamison, result
ing in no election. Another meet
ing will be called in the near future
At meeting of the tomato grow.
ers of that neighborhood, held al
COlOra on Thursday, it was voted
to ask IS per ton for all tomatoes
furnished packers next season
The packers offered 81, an advance
of one dollar over last year, but
the growers demanded IS or NJ
tomatoes.
Minnehaha Lodge, I. 0. G. T..
of Chrome, has elected the following
officers: G. t., George B. Taylor
V. t., Annie Griffith; secretary
Bailey Kimble; treasurer, George
III. Mason; financial secretary
j. X. Thompson; marshal, James
IL.