The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-05-29

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ford county, are preparing to hold
a monster Fourth of July celebra-
ton in that town.
Chester News, a farmer residing
near Elkton, was attacked last
week, by a cat that had every ap-
pearanch of being mad. The
animal was beaten off and killed.
Herbert Lewis, of Elkton, was
last week badly cut about the face
by flying splinters from a freight
wreck, at Wilmington.
Clinton Seminar, of the Fourth
district, fractured one of his legs by
a fall, while engaged in cutting
timber on his farm one day last
week.
The cadet battalion of st. Johns
College, Annapolis, will go into
camp at Colchester from June
to 5. The corps will number about
200. with band.
Two deaths, reported last week,
occurred in adjoining houses in
Chesapeake City, that of James P.
Lane ON the 18th inst. and Miss
Mary j. Boulder on the 18th inst.
On account of the glut in the
Baltimore market a schooner laden
with bananas put in at Elkton
wharf last week and disposed of
its cargo at 40 to so cents per
bunch.
Helen Mathews, of Philadelphia,
aged four years, while on visit
to Perryville friends last week,
was bitten by a pet bull dog, one
of the little girls ears being badly
tornby theanimal.
Twenty five shares of the capital
stock of the Second National Bank
of Elkton were sold at public sale
in Philadelphia last week to John
Lungren, of Lewisville. The stock
was the property of the late Geo.
A. SlngerIy.
While watching the launch of
his boat at Diabert's boat yards,
near Elkton, on Wednesday, VIM.
j. McIlyaip Of Philadelphia, was
knocked from the high scaffolting
and seriously injured. = -.
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Johns Hopkins anniversary will be
held in Music Hall, Baltimore, on
June 9. Dr. A. W. Harris, direc-
toref Tome Institute, will deliver
the annual address for the occasion.
Elkton is a great town for gas
of various kinds-and on account
of the increased demand for the
article the Gas Company of the
town is replacing the pinch
mains with pipes an INCH larger in
diameter.
Two games of base ball
will be played tomorrow on the
Oxford Fair grounds between the
Oxford and West Chester Normal
teams. Games called at 10 and l
O'Clock. Admission, 25c. Music
by Nottingham band.
The Grand Jury for the May
term of the Hartford County Court,
which recently adjourned, found
indictments against Laurence For
wood for violation of the local OPP
tion law in four cases, and Daniel
H. Carroll for two cases of viola
ton of the local option law.
The commencement exercises of
the 18th class of Goldey Whining
ton Commercial and Shorthand Col
lege, will be held Thursday eve
ming, June 4th, in the Grand
Opera House, Wilmington. The
annual address will be delivered
by 2. S. Henson, d. D., Of
Brooklyn.
The reservoir of the Havre de
Grace Water Co. on the hill outside
of that city, gave away one morn
ing last week, around the inlet and
outlet pipes, and the entire stor-
age of water of over 100000 gal
Ions was lost. The water flooded
the BALTIC. & Ohio railroad tracks
for distance.
Governor Hum, of Del, has
made the following appointment
of officers of Newark's new
military company: Joseph S. Hos
singer, capt. of Company E, First
Delaware Regiment, N. G. D.;
John M. Bowen, first lieutenant
Company E; Paul +. Pie, second
lieutenant, Company E.
DR.. Theodore Worrall, of North
East, met with a serious accident
Monday afternoon while working
about the machinery of his naphtha
launch. In some manner, while
the machinery was in motion, he
got his arm caught in it, breaking
his wrist in two places, and badly
lacerating his hand and arm.
The Pennsylvania Railroad has
rescinded its order, issued several
weeks ago, refusing to carry
milk into Philadelphia over its
Maryland division on account of
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