The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-08-14

| 1u6 UOuy VI JUL III CuCClS, ttu cluCI-
ly fisherman of Bush River Neck
was found floating in Bush River
on Sunday afternoon.
The American Clay Company is
enlarging its plant near North
East, by the erection of large
warehouse and drying shed.
Suit was brought before Squire
J. L. Lynch, on Saturday, by Mary
Rineer, of Oxford, against her hus-
band, Galen Rineer, for desertion.
West Chester's Board of Health
has finished the inspection of 1888
houses in the borought and finds
that 345 of them need sanitary
attention.
The Elkion town council has is.
sued a permit to the Powers
Foundry Company for the con-
struction of a pattern shop at their
plant, in that town, made necessary
by the increasing business of the
company.
Arrangements are being made
for the celebration at Cooch' S
Bridge, on Thursday, September 3,
| of the one hundred and twenty
sixth anniversary of the battle be-
tween the American and British
forces at that place.
The judicial convention, to be
held in Belair on August Is, will
name George L. Van Bibber, of
Hartford county, for Judge on the
Democratic ticket. He will have
no opposition either in his own or
the Republican party.
The pension fraud who has been
swindling old soldiers in this
county and elsewhere, has been
caught, and turns out to be one
Jervis M. Jewell, of Still Pond,
where he was arrested last week
by secret service detectives.
The building in Elkton formerly
used as a shirt factory has been
rented by Thos. J. Little, of
Philada., who will move p his
plant to the old county town and
engage in the manufacturer of
ladies' underwear and shirt waists.
William Barnett, of Blake, is
laid up with broken leg as the
result of runaway accident near
Blue Ball. The harness broke and
the horse becoming frightened ran
away, throwing the occupant of
the buggy out with the above
result.
The congregation of Trinity
Church, Elkton, has decided to
erect a Parish House on the church
grounds in that town, and has had
plans and specifications prepared
for the same. The structure will
be of Brandywine granite with
brick trimmings, to correspond
with the church.
In coupling the West Chester
division of the Atlantic City excur-
sion train to the Central division
coaches at Wawa on Tuesday, the
two sections were crashed together,
breaking the platform and steps Of
one Of the cars and jolting the ex
cursionists up. One passenger had
his hand badly mashed.
Two small children of Isaac Hus-
felt, of Earleville, while at play
one day last week found a box con-
tanning paris green and ate a guam
titiy of the poison. Fortunately
they were interrupted in their feast
before much had been eaten and a
physician summoned, who succeed
ed in saving the lives of the little
ones.
Messrs. Ell. M. Mccullough and
Fl. FL. Haines, Republicans, with
Messrs. Austin L. Crothers and
John S. Writ, Democrats, have
been named as members from Cecil
County Of the Auxiliary Committee
to cooperate with the Citizens
Committee of Baltimore, in the
effort to have that city chosen as
the place of assembling of one or
both of the National Conventions
next year.
Work on the new iron bridge at
North East is being pushed with
all speed as the contract calls for
its completion by September 80.
The fOrding below the dam on
the creek is used by those who
have to cross the stream. The
structure will cost, when completed,
$4,000. 1t will have a span of 120
feet, with 10 foot driveway, on
each side of which will be a foot
way six feet wide.
The West Chester, Kennett
Square and Wilmington electric
railway was opened for business
Saturday morning.
At present the road extends from
Rrandywine Springs to ToughkeGa-
mon, Pa, and runs via Hockessin,
Yorklyn and Kennett Square. 1t
is the intention to run on to West
Chester as soon as the upper end OF
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