The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-07-24

last week, suffering from temporary
alteration of the mind.
Prof. Edward Reisler, of Balti-
more, has been appointed principal
of the high school at Havre de
Grace, vice Prof. I. d. Bowers,
resigned.
At the meeting Of the directors
of Oxford Hall Association, at Ok,
ford, on Friday last, a semiannual
dividend of two and a-half per cent
was declared.
Rev. j. M. Yingling, formerly
pastor at Sassafras NJ. P. church
is in a critical condition at his
home in Laurel, the result of being
thrown from his carriage in a run
away accident.
The festival held by the ladies of
the Perryville Presbyterian church
on Tuesday and Wednesday eve
nings of last week netted something
over $50, Notwithstanding the un-
favorable weather.
Daniel Reinhart, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Aaron Reinhart, of Lancaster,
was one of the July 4th victims of
lockjaw. Mr.. Reinhart was a resi-
dent of Oak Hill until this spring
when he moved to Lancaster.
1t is rumored that the Penpsyl-
vania r. r. will double track the
Pomeroy & Newark R., R. and use
it for dispatching all through freight
for Delaware river instead of trans
porting it around by Philadelphia
DR.. Samuel A. Martin, who was
formerly professor at Lincoln I'm
iversity and for years has been
President of Wilson College, Cham
bersburg, has accepted the Presi-
dency of the Pennsylvania College
at Pittsburg.
Mrs. Pennock, of Lower Oxford,
widow of Frank Pennock, received
$1,000 on Monday from the Oxford
Conclave No. 415 Improved Order
of Heptasophs, of which her hus-
band was a member at the time
of his death.
Burglars ransacked the house of
VIM. G. Whitney, in Havre de
Grace, one night last week securing
a gold watch and $25 in money.
The pantry was visited by the in
truders and feast of preserves and
other good things had.
The barn of George Heaps, at
Glenville, Hartford county, was
struck by lightning on Monday
afternoon and burned, together
with the entire crop of new hay
which had just been moved in it.
The live stock and most of the
farming machinery were saved.
Frank Pratt, assistant at Tough
kenamon, met with a serious acct
dent at that station Monday. In at
tempting to jump on moving
freight train he missed his footing
and fell beneath the wheels. One
of his legs was so badly crushed as
to compel amputation at the knee.
A discouraged editor, in fit of
desperation, dashed off the follow
ing: "The wind bloweth, the water
foweth, the farmer soweth, the
subscriber oWeth, and the Lord
knoweth that we are in need of
our dues. So come a-runnin', ere
we go gunnin,! This thing of dun
MIN gives US the blues"
The Cecil and Kent Light, Power
& Railway Co., claim that the
work of constructing the trolley
line between Elkton and Ohesa-
peake City will begin not later than
Aug. 1. The gang of men at work
on the line between Middletown
and Odessa, DEL, is to be transfer
red to Cecil county after compile
ton of the road in Delaware.
The sloop "Ethel," owned by
Capt. Chas. E. Biddle of North
East, was capsized last week in a
heavy blow whilelying at anchor off
Still Pond. A party of five men were
in the boat at the time, four of
whom succeeded in clinging to the
craft until rescued, while the fifth
struck out for shore, which he
reached ia safety after hard bat
tie with the waves.
Edward Alexander, of Union
vile, Chester county, was shocked
by lightning during the storm on
Monday. He was leaning against
a telegraph pole, from whence he
received the shock which stunned
him. Mrs. Ella Daniels, of the
some neighborhood, had a pan
knocked from her hand by light
ming, but strange to say, did not
suffer much of a shock from the
bolt.
The Elkton town council has
granted permission to the Philadel-
phia, Baltimore and Washington
Railroad Company to open the bed
of Bridge street, in that town,
from the railroad to the river, for
the DurDOSe of having wafer