The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-10-16

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mer, lost 81 hogs last week from
cholera.
John Kitchens, of Elkton, sus-
tanned fractured ankle on Sunday
last by fall.
The spring meeting of New Cas-
tie Presbytery will be held in Olivet
Church, Wilmington.
Wm. T. Fryer closed down his
cannery at Colora this week. His
pack of tomatoes this season was
1000 cases.
Chesapeake City is to have a
new industry in short time. A
basket factory is to start operations
in a few days.
Mrs. Jennie Gillespie spent Tues
day in the city, shopping for new
and popular millinery conceits, to
add to her already large stock.
Miss Della Keilholtz has resum.
ed her position as telephone opera
tor at Rising Sun central, after an
absence of several months In Lenni.
A republican mass meeting will
be held at EIkton on Friday, Oct.
%, which will be addressed by
Hon. Thomas Parran and Hon. j.
V. L. Findlay.
Tobp CorJo, Of Illyton Loot .,
valuable colt Saturday evening.
The animal became impaled upon
a picket fence in attempting to
jump it, receiving injuries which
caused its death in few minutes.
The cylinder of the cider mill
conducted by John Herr, near Not
tingham, burst a few days since,
while in operation, but fortunately
no one was injured by the accident.
J. j. Benjamin, of North East, a
lumber inspector on the P, B. &
w. railroad, is the owner of two of
the finest pointers in the State.
He is reported to have recently |
refused an offer of $500 for his
CANNES.
Articles of incorporation have
been filed for the Lancaster and
Southern Street Railway Co. The
company is capitalized at 1884, 900.
1t will have connections with the
Lancaster, Oxford and Southern
road-when built.
Elkton Church made the largest
contribution to the sustentation
fund of New Castle Presbytery,
$156.3O. Perryville Church gets
5000 of the fund, Pencader $3.50,
Chesapeake City 800, Christiana
and St. Georges each 5000.
The new dam of the Perryville
Water Company, on Mill creek,
about two miles from the town, is
nearing completion. The structure
is very substantial one, and is
125 feet long and IA feet in height
above the bed of the stream.
The ladies of Cherry Hill held a
festival in that town recently, the
proceeds from which were to be
devoted to town improvement pur-
poses. The sum of $25 was realiz-
ed which will be expended for gaso
line to supply the street lamps of
the town.
The Faculty of Delaware College,
Newark, has offered a prize of 500
to the best, and $15 to the second
best debate in contest between
the literary societies, and also a
prize of $l5 to the best orator, the
Senior and Freshmen classes being
excluded from the contest.
Fire on Monday night destroyed
the pulp machine and canning
house supply factory of Harry
Smith, at Webster, Hartford county.
A barn near the factory, together
with contents, consisting of hay,
grain, etc., was also burned. The
loss was about So, 900, partly cover
ed by insurance.
A B. & o. freight car was broken
into on the siding at Swan Creek
one night last week and box of
shoes stolen. Although new shoes
were bought during the week by
employees of a canning house in the
neighborhood for 81 a pair the
railroad detectives were unable to
locate the "store" where the pur.
chases were made.
The will of Benjamin w. Reed,
late of Bay View, this county, has
been probated in the Orphans
Court at Elkton. The testator de.
vises all his property, both real
and personal, to his widow dur
ing her life, and at her death it
is to 60 to his two sons. The estate
is estimated to be worth between
$12, 900 and $4,000.
A number of small boys Chamber
ed upon a stone crusher being TAX
en- through Havre de Grace by a |
traction engine few days since.
One of them, Robert Keen, missed
his hold and fell in front of the
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