The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-10-17
COU NTY NEWS.
Friday, Oct. II. 1902.
MINORLOCALS


A government pension of $12 per
month has been granted Thomas
Hartley, of Port Deposit.
Sallie E. Shippers, of North East,
has been granted a government
pension of IS per month.
The Moffitt mill property, near
North East, was sold at public sale
on Saturday to August Carlson for
for $4,000.
A Temperance lecture will be
given by Rev. A. T. Hess in Bay
View M. P. church Sunday even
ing, October 10.
George Scott, an aged colored
man of the Eighth district, died at
his home at New Bridge on Satur-
day, aged 81 years.
The survey for a fifteen foot
channel in the Susquehanna river
will extend from the lower end
of Spesutia island to Port Deposit.
Company E, Maryland National
Guards, of Elkton has presented
First Lieutenant John A. Morgan
with a handsome new sword and
belt.
The fine standard bred stallion
Prince Kuser, owned by VIM. M.
Pogue and A. HI. Tyson, was sold
this week to J. B. and Geo. Tyson
of Woodlawn.
The "Snowdrop Mission Band"
of West Nottingham Presbyterian
church, have postponed the social
announced for this evening until
further notice.
Owing to the bad weather dur
ing the Fair the Oxford Agri-
cultural Society have decided to
give races on their grounds on
Thursday, October %.
The festival held by the members
of the Junior League at the M. E.
parsonage, on Friday evening last,
was a success in every respect.
The venture netted the Juniors over
1923 for their trouble.
A public meeting will be held in
the Office of School Commissioners,
at Elkton, on Wednesday evening,
October 22nd, at which the need
and practicability of a hospital for
Cecil county will be discussed.
Jas. FL. Lynch of Theodore, left
with us this week some very fine
samples of his apple crop. They are
the York Imperial and Ben Davis
varieties and Mr.. Lynch reports a
good crop from his young orchard.
A handsome new organ has just
been installed at Union M. E.
church, Fremont, which will be
used for the first time in public
service at the Sunday school rally
at the church on Sunday morning
next.
Capt. Emil Holm, of the steamer
City Belle, Port Deposit, while at
work on his boat Saturday after
noon, fell from the upper to the
lower deck, suffering fracture
of three ribs and receiving other
j injuries.
J. F. Rutter, of Woodlawn, sus-
tanned fracture of three ribs last
week. While closing "a gate his
horse started and in attempting to
catch the lines Mr.. Rutter fell I'M
der the animals feet and was tram
pied upon with the above result.
Eugene A. Reynolds and VIM.
j. Adams, both of this town, were
in collision Sunday evening while
driving in opposite directions on
South Third street, Oxford Mr..
Reynolds horse was injured by the
point of Mr.. Adams buggy shaft
piercing its chest.
Arthur Mcconnell, aged % years,
of Honeybrook, Chester county,
met with a fatal accident last week
by the breaking of the shaft of a
circular saw which he was operat-
ing. The saw struck him in the
face and side, cutting him terribly,
severing his arm and causing
instant death.
The cannery at Rising Sun, oper-
ated by Chas. B. Silver of Hartford
county, closed on Tuesday and the
Bohemian labor employed therein
departed with bag and baggage
Wednesday morning. The pack
was several thousand cases short of
what was anticipated, owing to
the unfavorable conditions for
the rapid ripening of the tomato
crop in this section.
F. G. Wilson & Bro. have been
awarded the contract for the cree
ton of two-stOry brick dwelling,
2Sx30 it,, fitted throughout with
steam heat, acetylene gas and all
modern Improvements, by E. M.
Hunt. Plans for the same were
drawn by Mr.. F. G. Wilson. The
foundation is already is course of
erection, on the lot on South Queen