The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-10-10

clecteu trustee OF the Tome lnstl
tute to succeed Samuel G. Rowland,
of Port Deposit.
The Kent and Cecil Light, Power
and Railway Company have been
granted a franchise by the town of
Newark to use certain streets for
their trolley line.
The Commissioners of the Kent
county public schools have decided
to use soft coal for heating purposes
in the various school buildings
until supply Of anthracite can he
had.
John Gardner arrested in North
East on Tuesday and lodged in
the town lookup preparatory to be-
ing taken to Elkton Jail, made good
his escape by a trap door through
the roof.
A wreck off Turkey Point, at
the mouth Of Elk river, is interior
ing greatly with boats en- route
through the Chesapeake and Della
ware canal, between Philadelphia
and Baltimore.
The ballots cast at the November
election in Cecil county, were
burned at the Elkton Pulp Works
on Thursday of last week, under
the supervision of the judges of
the Orphans Court.
The grocery store of VIM. A
Wright, in Elkton, was entered
on Tuesday night and a number of
articles stolen. An unsuccessful
attempt was also made to enter the
store of A. f. Taylor in that town
the same night.
A company is being organized
at Chesapeake City for the pur.
pose of building a marine railway
and establishing a boat yard at
that town, for the repair and build
ing of such craft as passes through
the Chesapeake 4 Delaware canal.
Two Conowingo colored men who
had been in the employ of Miss
Nettie Jenkins, at Rock Springs,
were recently arrested and lodged
in Lancaster Jail for the theft of
wool to the amount of $50 from
their employer. The theft was de-
tected and the negroes admitted
their guilt.
An inventory of the personal es-
tate of Mrs. Elizabeth b. Groome
has benn filed in the Orphans
Court, at Elkton, by the appraisers,
Charles B. Finley and Henry Vim
singer. The personal estate, not
including mortgages, notes, ETC.,
held by the deceased amounts to
81, 1852 .95. The real estate will
aggregate $3.50, 900.
A corps of engineers is employed
making survey of the Susque-
hanna river above and below the
P, w. and b. railroad bridge at
Perryville, with a view to ascer-
tanning what work can be done to
the best advantage with the appro-
priation of $4,000 which has been
authorized by Congress for the i'm.
provement of the river.
The manual training department
of the Elkton High School will be
greatly widened this year. Wood
turning will be taken up, and
lathes and jigsaws are now being
installed. Other new branches
will be clay modelling and plaster
carving, typography or wood burn
ing, and Venetian iron work. The
course in water colOrs will also be
greatly extended.
The members of North East
Lodge, Independent Order Odd
Fellows, are making arrangements
to celebrate the tenth anniversary
of their lodge on Thursday evening.
October IS. Several sister lodges
have been invited to attend. At
the present time there are four lod
ges Of the Independent Order Odd
Fellows in Cecil cOunty-at Elkton,
North East, Chesapeake City and
Rising Sun.
| After working night and day
since Friday morning Sept. 26, the
break in the tracks at Principle, on
the Philadelphia, Baltimore and
Wilmington division of the Penn
sylvania Railroad was temporarily
repaired on the morning of Oct. 2,
and traffic resumed over the road,
the first train to pass over the
bridge being the Southern fast mail
The washout incurred a loss of up.
wards of 100000 upon the rail
road company.
Girls are needed in the Oxford
Caramel factory. Steady work and
good wages, with wages guaranteed
to beginners. Those living in this
section can have arrangements made
to go to and from work on the train
daily or can be provided with
board in Oxford as desired. Girls
: in this vicinity desiring employ
ment can obtain full particulars 10y
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