The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-10-30

New London Detective Associa
ton will hold its annual meetin,
the first Saturday in November.
The Hytheham Club, of Port De
post, has elected Mrs. G. A. Newell
president, and Miss A. E. Mile
secretary.
Ellis Brown has sold the hous
and lot in Oak Hill, recent,
purchased by him, to W. P
Chubbs for $3.50.
The large new flour mill of Johl
Gam, at st. Georges, Del, wa,
burned last week entailing los,
of $4,000; insurance $4,000.
The gross receipts from tn,
lecture of Byron King, given il
Little Britain Presbyterian church
on the Dist inst, were $137; So
being netted.
A. j. Green, half back of Della
ware College football team, had
his collar bone broken during the
game with st. Johns College team
on Saturday.
John Gilpin, proprietor of Elk
ton brick yards, suffered the frac
ture of three ribs by fall last
week from the scaffolding about
one of the brick kilns.
| Samuel Clements, of Elk Land.
ing, in landing his fishing nets one
day last week, brought up 25-lb.
cannon ball which is supposed to
be relic of the war of 1872.
The Scott Fertilizer Company
Elkton, has received this week IS
cars Of pyrites, for use in the man
ufacture of sulphuric acid. The
ore is from Spain, coming by boat
to Baltimore.
| New Castle Presbytery is called
to meet at Middletown, on Novem-
Der 8, to consider the case of Rev.
r.. A. Elwood, of Olivet Church
Wilmington, growing out of his
sermon preached prior to the
White lynching in. June last.
The missionary society of Rock
Presbyterian church has collected
1.-THE following officers: President,
Mrs. George Pierce; vice. president,
Mrs. Frank Haston; secretary of
literature, Mrs. Samuel Huston;
secretary, Mrs. Alfred Mackey;
treasurer Mrs. Samuel Gatchell.
Wnrx T. Reynolds, of West Not
tingham township, Chester county,
was given a hearing on Saturday
morning last, on the charge of kill
ing James johnson, his neighbor,
on the night of Oct. p. He was
lodged in West Chester Jail to
await trial at the next term of
Court.
The board of directors of Leslie
Camp at their meeting last week
decided to open the camp next
year on the Dist of July and close
on the 9TH of August. This in
cludes three Sundays. 1t was de-
cided to lower the rental of tents
from ST. to S.. Rev. w. T. Ham
mond was reelected manager of the
camp.
The Christian Endeavor Society
of Nottingham, Chester county
Presbyterian church has elected
the following officers: President,
! Walter Herr; vice president, Miss
Mabel b. Hines; treasurer, Mrs.
George A. Wilkinson; recording
secretary, Miss Effie Herr; cores
ponding secretary, Mrs. Jessie r.
Kirk.
At the annual meeting of the
Chester County Equal Suffragists,
held in Oxford on Thursday last,
the following officers were elected :
President, Rev. William Barrows,
Oxford; vice president, Mrs. M.
ID. Brown: Kenneth Square,; secre.
tary, Mrs. Tacy Hilaman, Chrome;
treasurer, Mrs. Elizabeth Passmore,
Oxford.
Mrs. Annie e. Weaver, who was
so badly burned by her clothing
catching fire while making apple
butter at the home of her son in
law, William S. Moore, near Cherry
Hill, Cecil county, Wednesday last,
died Friday morning from the
effects of the burns. She was IS
years of age and the widow of VIM.
K. Weaver.
Joseph 7. Bunting, of Philada.,
representing the Octoraro Water
Company, has purchased the fol-
lowing additional properties lying
along the West Branch of the Octo-
raro creek, in Lancaster county.
The Thomas L. Conner farm of SO
acres for $4,000; John McCrea farm,
S34O5; tract of % acres from Thos.
Collins, acres from Chas. Wit
mer, 1896.
The twentyfourt annual Teach
ers' Institute of Cecil County has
been holding its session in Mechan-
les Hall, Elkton, this week, under
the supervision and direction of