The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-11-06

/ SOCIdIs
Revival services are in progress
at Union M. E. church, Fremont,
in charge of Rev. j. w. Hudson.
Albert X. Boyd, of Havre de
Grace, has enlisted as second class
fireman in the United States Navy.
Company E, Maryland National
Guards, of Elkton, is to be equip
ped with new Krag Jorgensen
rifles.
William r. and Allen Dempsey
have purchased the Crothers farm,
near lakewood, from Omar D.
Crothers.
The receipts from the sale of
tickets at Conowingo station
during the months of September
and October were $1,000.
The store property and dwelling
at Theodore, recently occupied by
W. J. Bowman, has been purchas
ed by. Harry Mahoney, Of Leslie.
The Ladies Aid Society of Perry
vile M. e. Church will hold its
annual supper on Friday and
Saturday evenings, November 18th
and 14th.
The Ladies' Aid Society Of Octo-
rarO M. e. church will hold a sock
social on Wednesday evening,
November IL, at the home of Mrs.
Ebenezer Riley.
Harry L. Snyder, of Lancaster,
who had been managing editor of
the Lancaster Intelligence since
1886, died at his home in that city
on the 26th ult., aged A years.
An inventory of the estate of the
late Mrs. Grace Ann Greenway,
Of Hartford county, has been filed
in the Orphans Court of that
county. The total appraised value
is $254,245.75.
The Octoraro Water company
has purchased a strip of land ten
feet wide and extending along the
Octoraro creek for distance of
four miles, from Jesse Wood, of
Kinks Mills, for S5,50o.. -
Eugene. Victor Armstrong; son
of Edwin S. Armstrong, of lCooch's
Bridge, was badly injured about
the head by coDiding with the
limb of tree while playing polo at
West Point a few days ago.
The new stone arch over Furnace
creek, at Principle Furnace, has
finally been completed and the
embankment is being filled in with
earth. Work has been progressing
at this point for over year.
Rev. T. E. Terry has succeeded
Rev. W. G.. Rooms on the examin-
ing board of Wilmington Con
ference, the latter resigning on ac,
count Of press of work as Presiding
Elder of the Easton District.
While attempting to replace a
heavy barn door which had slipped
from one of its tracks, Abraham
Lane, of Mountyille, Lancaster
county, was crushed to death, on
Friday last, by the door falling
upon him.
Rev. Giles B. Cooke, rector of
st. Mary's Church, North East,
has been elected a delegate from
the Diocese of Easton to the Mis-
siono1y Convention of the Protest
ant Episcopal Church in Washing
ton, d. G.
Patents have been granted to
Frederick W. Irwin, by the State
of Maryland, for six small islands
in the Susquehanna River, known
as "Maple, Stony, Sandy Point,
Smiths, Reuben and Little Nc
Dowell Islands,"
A colored lad had his foot badly
mashed at Conowingo last week,
by its being run over by a freight
car. He with other boys had been
Jumping on and off passing trains
and was engaged in the dangerous
pastime when the accident oc
Cured.
Mrs. Thomas Shaner, of Ross
mere, Lancaster county, was acct
dentally shot by her son one day
last week, while he was attempt
ing to remove cartridge from a
revolver. The boil made severe
wound in Mrs. Shaner's hip, where
it lodged.
A new grocery and provision
store has embarked in the business
world at Port Deposit, under the
firm name of I. w. Burlin & Son.
The Junior member of the firm,
Tracy Burlin, was in the employ of
E. r. Burlington & Sons this sum-
mer as a clerk.
Fog on the flats Monday greatly
interfered with the opening days
sport of the ducking season. But
few ducks flew and the bags were
generally small. Capt. Jesse Pop
lar of Havre de Grace, was high
boat with 100 ducks; the Isle OF