The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-08-15
NTY NEWS.
Friday, August 10 1902.
MINDRLOCALS

While on a visit to Oxford on
Saturday the horse driven by Ar
not Shaw was taken sick and died.
Richard Bramble, fireman ON a
P, W. & B. freight, fell under his
train at Elkton on Tuesday and
sustained badly mashed foot.
j. G. Constable has been elected
captain of Company e, National
Guards, of Elkton, and w. p. Con-
stable second lieutenant.
Plans for the new Presbyterian
church, which is to be erected
at Port Deposit have been drawn
by architect w. L. Plack, of
Philada.
The Ladies' Aid society of Octo-
raro M. E. church will hold a festi-
val on the lawn adjoining the
church on Wednesday evening,
August Goth.
A festival will be held at Porter's
Grove M. p. church on Saturday
evening, Aug. %. Proceeds for
benefit of the acting pastor, Rev.
J. Howard Gray.
Miss Hannah Harnett, public
school teacher of the Third dis
trict, sustained fractured arm as
the result of runaway accident
which occurred near Elkton.
Nineteen tickets were sold at
this station for the Atlantic City
excursion Thursday morning.
The hour of leaving, 5:23, was a
little too early for most people.
A camp of Maccabees has been
instituted at Elkton under name OF
Calvert Trent, with John S. Stray
horn as commander and Joseph Fl.
Sloan, secretary and treasurer.
The little daughter of John
Maloney, who resides on farm
near Elkton, was so badly injured
last week by being butted by a
ram as to require medical attention.
The portable steam saw mill of
Ivan Richards has been put in oper-
alton at A. L. Duyckinck & Co. IS
ware house, saving the heavy tim
Der for a new hay house which
they will erect along the recently
completed siding.
Repairs on the cannery near
town are being rapidly pushed to
completion in anticipation of
commencing operations in a short
time, the prospects being good for
a large pack of tomatoes. The can
merry will be operated by Charles
Silver, of Hartford county.
e. III. Reynolds gave an exhibit
ton of rapid wood saving with
a small outfit yesterday. He has
little Il horse power gasoline en-
CINE which he attached to two
foot circular saw and found that it
would cut at the rate of eight cords
of split wood per day. The neces-
sary power for the days run is fur
nished by two gallons of gasoline.
Miss Cora Boyd. daughter of
Samuel Boyd of Nottingham, Pa,
and young son Of Levi Miller of
Elkton, were thrown from their
vehicle and badly injured last week,
by the shying of the horse they
were driving in Oxford. Miss
Boyd lost a tooth, and suffered a
severe scalp wound and sprained
shoulder, while the lad required
several stitches in the face to close
an ugly wound.
The Calender Club of Elkton M
E. church disbanded last week.
1t was organized in July, 1901, with
800 members, for the purpose of
raising funds to purchase new seats
for the church. By dues, fairs,
etc., the sum of $500 40 was raised,
more than the amount required for
the purpose of the organization,
there being balance of $52.4 to
turn over to the church after the
seats were purchased and placed
in position.
The attendance at Woodlawn
camp during this week has been
fair. Sunday the usual large crowd
was on the grounds and the en-.
trance fee feature, inaugurated fol
the first time in the history of the
camp this year, proved satisfactory
the gate receipt being over 1926
for the day. The heavy storm
which swept over the grounds in
the evening, accompanied as it was
by deluge of rain and vivid cleo
trical discharges, interfered some
what with the services and dispers
ed the crowd in short order, but
did little damage other than drench
Ing the effects in some of the tents
which were not we'll protected
against such an unsual downpour
One of the latest improved ma
chimes manufactured by the Nation
al Cash Register Co., of Dayton
o., has just been placed in position
at the store of E. r. Burlington
Sons. 1t is a handsome cabine