The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-07-10

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S. Norman Wilson, Lower Ok
ford, has been appointed principal
of the Wallingsford High School,
Delaware county.
The trustees of Boulden's M. E..
chapel will hold a festival on July
11th. Proceeds for cemetery fence
and other repairs.
Moses Bair, of near Quarryville,
fell under hay tedder and was ter
ribly cut and scratched before being
clicked" out of the way by the
machine.
Prof. James A. Foord, of New
Hampshire, has been elected Pro
fessor of Agriculture to succeed
Prof. Bishop at Delaware College,
Newark.
The Diamond State Telephone
Co. has completed a line from
Conowingo to Rowlandville, and
connected these two points with
their other service.
Miss Mabel 7. Mrerett, of Leeds,
Cecil county. graduate of West
Chester State Normal School, has
been elected Principal of North
Milford, Del, Schools.
Harry Bouchelle, director of
Bouchelle's Orchestra, while play
ing at the dance at Chesapeake
City on Monday night suffered a
slight stroke of paralysis.
"Ivanhoe," owned by w. j..
Adams of Oak Hill, has started
in six races this season, coming
under the win first in four of them
and second in the other two.
The thirty-sixth annual conven-
ton of the Maryland State Teach,
ers' Association, in session at Ocean
City this week, adjourned Wednes
day after the election of officers.
Rufus Hardy, colored, of New
York in attempting to board a
freight train at Mt. Pleasant, Del,
one morning last week fell beneath
the wheels and was crushed to
death.
Pomona No. 3, comprising the
Oranges of Chester and Delaware
counties, Pa, will hold it's next
quarterly meeting August 1, on the
grounds of Lincoln University in
picnic style.
William H. Snyder, who has
been superintendent of the public
schools CT Oxford for thirty years, |
has been elected principal of the
schools of Avondale, and will enter
upon his duties next fall.
j. P. Walker of Havre de Grace.
has invented a device for scalding
tomatoes, and has applied for a |
patent on the same. A number of
orders have already been placed |
for the device by Hartford county
Gamers.
A carrier pigeon was found
floating in the river at Port De-
post last week marked F27p" sc
1872. 1t is supposed the bird
became exhausted while flying over
the river and dropped into the
water and was drowned.
The Eastern Milling and Export
Co., which owns and controls 81
flour and grist mills in Pennsylva-
MIA, among them being the Oxford
flour mill, has gone into the hands
of a receiver. Tie concern was
capitalized at 81, 100000.
Property holders in North East
who have not paid their share of
the cost of new pavements in that |
town, will be compelled to settle
with the town commissioners on
the basis of one half the cost of the
pavement in front of their property. |
The Elkton Stock Farm, situate
about one mile west of Elkton,
has been sold to the Kentucky Rae
ing and Breeding Association by |
John j. Ryan. The farm contains
l47 acres and was formerly owned
by the late William NJ. Singerly.
of Philadelphia.
New Castle county, Del, Levy |
Court has fixed the county tax rate
for the coming year at IS cents on
500 assessed valuation, a reduc-
ton of five cents from last years
rate. A tax of 30 cents per hun
dred was levied against colored
people for colored school purposes.
The body of IA white male child,
apparently one month old, was
found in the North East creek, in
the Fifth district, Tuesday. .Coro-
ner Ricketts, Nelson of Elkton,
made a thorough investigation
into the matter, but was unable
to get any clue as to the child's
identity.
On Sunday afternoon last, while
driving along Peters creek near
Peach Bottom, Miss Jennie Brady
and her four little nieces were pre-
cipitated intothewater by the upset
| ting of their vehicle. Fortunatalv