The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-04-03

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Julia A. Armstrong, of North
East has been granted an increase
OF government pension to IS per
month.
Mrs. Sarah Eckman has sold her
farm of 40 acres in Lancaster
county, to the Pennsylvania Rail.
road company, for $4,000.
DR.. W. B. Kirk has purchased
THE property fronting on Main
street, Darlington, Hartford county,
and at present occupied by w. Il.
Whiteford.
A representative of the Eastern
Shore Trust Co., of Cambridge,
visited North East last week with
a view to establishing q branch of
the concern in that town.
Charles S. Boulder has purchas.
ed the brick dwelling house OH
Bow street, Elkton, where he at
present resides, from the heirs of
Mrs. Elizabeth Groome, for 81, 200.
John HI. Fox and William n.
Montgomery have leased of John
M. Macklem, the Rock Run flour
ing mills, near Lapidum, Hartford
county, and took possession
Wednesday.
The duck shooting season on the
Susquehanna flats, off the shores of
Cecil and Hartford counties, closed
on Monday, while shooting from
blinds along the shore may be con-
tinued until April 10th.
The Aberdeen Electric Co., of
Hartford county, turned on the
current and brilliantly lighted that
town for the first time last week.
The plant had been under construc-
ton for three months past.
Ralph Davis, one of Elkton's en-
thusiastic young base ball players,
received broken nose one after
noon last week, by being struck in
the face by a pitched ball, while
attempting to catch behind the bat.
Operations have been started at
the government fish hatchery at
the mouth of the Susquehanna, be-
low Perryville. The propagation
of perch and herring will be car
ried on in addition to the Matching
of shad.
Mrs. Milcha Lusby, of Cecilton,
narrowly escaped being struck one
night recently by bullet, fred by
an unknown party, which crashed
through window of her home and
buried itself in the opposite side
Of the room.
Eugene V. Armstrong, of Cooch IS
Bridge, who is cadet at West
Point U. S. Military Academy,
was the winner of the silver loving
cup offered as first prize for the
champion all round athlete, at the
recent annual indoor meet of the
Academy.
Henry K. Shertz, of Gap, Ian
caster county, committed suicide
one afternoon last week, by shoot
ing himself in the head with re-
volver. The deceased was a vet
eran of the Civil War, aged about
56 years, and had kept saddlery
and harness store at the Gap for
many years.
A decision has been rendered in
the Superior Court Wilmington,
which will prevent many farmers
of this county, who for years have
been taking truck to that city,
selling their products in market.
Solicitor Garrett has found that I'M
der the law of 1901 it is an offence
to peddle anything without first
taking out a peddler's license, cost
ing about $25.
Work on the Pennsylvania rail
road improvements in Chester
and Lancaster counties, which en-
brace.the laying of a double track
section of road through Quarryville,
is being pushed with vigor as the
contracts call for a completion of
the work by December 81, OF this
year. 1t Is estimated that within
a few weeks nearly 10000 will be
employed on different sections OF
the work.
The receivers of the BALTIC. Build
ing Association, in which a num-
Der of Cecil countians held stock,
have reported to Judge Morris of
the United States Court, that they
have been offered $1,000 for
the qndispQsed of residue, of which
accepted will enable them to
make final dividend of 5 per
cent, making total dividend of
over so per cent to the stock
holders.
Harry Hulstein, a lad Of IF
teen years, of Lancaster, Pennsyl-
vania, was recently awarded "a, 695
and his mother SS5l.25 in suit
for damages against John Baum, a
well-to-do farmer of Londonderry,
Pa. The suit was the outgrowth
of a fOgging received by the lad at