The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-05-01

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Chapter.
Chas. Mckinney, of Principle,
was severely cut and bruised
few days since, by being kicked
in the head by horse, which he
was unhitching.
The McIntire farm, containing
217 acres, near Elkton, owned by
the late Levi G. Bird, of Whining
ton, has been sold to Capt. Samuel
B. Bootes for $4,000.
William Marel, a Townsend,
Del, farmer, was severely bitten in
the hand, one day last week, by a
vicious hog. The wound required
several stitches to close.
The B. & o. railroad company is
equipping the Philadelphia divi-
sion of its system with signals light
ed by gas, thereby doing away with
the antiquated oil lantern signals.
During an alteration at one of
the Sassafras river fishing shores
last week a negro known as Curt
Cosden was badly "carved" with
% razor in the hands of a dusky
assailant.
Webster Wells, son of Jos. L.
Wells, Elkton, has been rendered an
appointment, subject to successful
examination, as navel cadet at
Annapolis, through Congressman
William Fl. jackson.
After service extending over
period of more than thirty years,
Thos. N. Lewis, of Elkton, will re-
tire May LIST, from the foremanship
of the Elkton Iron Hill section of
the p, B. & w. railroad.
The Hartford County School
Board has notified the Hartford
County Commissioners that $40, $50
will be needed to maintain the
schools of the county for the ensn,
ing year ending July 81, 1904.
1t is expected that nearly every
Christian Endeavor Society of the
Methodist Protestant Church in
this state, as well as other states,
will be represented in the conven.
ton to be held in Washington, d.
c., May 40. - -. q
Mr.. and Mrs. John T. Gawne, of
Philadelphia, and Mr.. and Mrs.
James A. Weaver have sold their
interest in the estate of the late
James Merry, of Elkton, to Hannah
B. Anthony, for 81 900. The prop
critics are situated near Elkton.
The following officers of the
Ladies' Aid Society of Zion Presby-
terian church, have been elected:
President, Mrs. Austin Carhart;
vice president, Mrs. Charles Miller;
secretary, Miss Florence Shepherd;
Treasurer, Miss Marietta Mearns.
John G. Constable, of Elkton,
who is a member of the Engineer
Staff of the Repauno (Dupont)
Company, at Wilmington, Del,
left Elkton last week, for Ashland
Wisconsin, where the company is
about to erect another powder
plant.
An exchange is authority for
the statement that all the barns
along the Wilmington-New Castle
road have been burned by fires of
unknown origin within the past
twenty years. The last one burn
ed was that of Mrs. Simons, fired
on the night of April Goth.
James Fl. Smith, of Cecilton, has
been elected representative to the
National Council of the Jr. O. U.
A. NJ, which meets in San Fran
cisco on May 20. 81 and %. Rufus
d. Rowland, Of Elkton, secretary
of the National Orphans Home at
ETiffin, Ohio, will also attend the
Council.
DR.. Joseph Herbert Ford, son of
the late Samuel Ford, of North
East, has been appointed @ mem
Der of the Faculty of the United
States War College at Washington,
D. G. DIR. Ford but recently re-
turned from the Philippines where
he served as Surgeon of the 18th
Regular Infantry.
The Jacob Tome Institute
debaters were defeated on Friday
night last in the discussion with
the York Collegiate Institute, on
the question, Resolved, That it is
for the public good that all in
comes exceeding $4,000 should he
taxed. Tome had the affirmative
side of the agument. The contest
took place at Port Deposit.
The contract for the new organ
to be placed in the Presbyterian
Church at Port Deposit, which is
now nearing completion, has been
awarded to Adam Stein, of Balti-
more. The church has been built
and presented to the congregation
by Mr.. }. II. Rowland. The organ
is the gift of his son, Mr.. S. @.
Rowland, who now resides in
| Baltimore