The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-07-10

Miss Edith Wood is enioyin.
the sea breeze at Ocean Grove thi
week.
Miss Nan Simmons, of Whining
ton, is the guest of Mrs. Nelli,
Wagner.
Mrs. j. NJ. Sterrett is spending
this week with her parents at Hart
ford, n. j.
Miss Made McDougal is visiting
friends in PhiIada., Camden and
Wilmington.
Summerill Diver, of Penns Grove
N. j., is visiting friends in Rising
Sun and vicinity.
Mrs. Anna NJ. Brown and daugh
ter Mildred, of Cambridge, are
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Keen.
Miss Louise Worthington has
been spending some time with Ger
mantown and Coatesville friends.
Mrs. Gertrude Snyder and
daughter. of Columbia City, Ind.
are the guests of Mrs. William NJ
Pogue.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Buckley, of
Allentown, visited the formers par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Buck
lev, this week,
Miss Helen Logan, Mrs. McCau-
ley and daughter, Mrs. Sallie Cook,
of Baltimore, are being entertained
by Mrs. Jos. S. Pogue.
Miss Lizzie Briscoe, Mrs. Mary
Sill and Mrs. Mary Bechtel were
the guests of Miss Eliza Ewing,
near Colora, on Wednesday.
Mr.. Emory Calvert and Miss
Lottie d. Jackson, of Woodlawn,
were married at the Hopewell Par
sonage by Rev. r. W. Todd, on
Wednesday evening, July 1.
1t is reported the purchasers of
the Spring Lawn paper mill site,
on the Big Elk creek in Chester
county, contemplate the organiza
ton of a company for the establish
ment of an electric power and light
plant to furni sh power and light to
nearby towns and propel trolley
cars on lines to be constructed in
that section.
A special meeting of the Presby-
terry of New Castle will be held in
New Castle on Thursday, July 16,
for the purpose of considering and
determining what action, if any,
shall be taken by the Presbytery
concerning the matter of Rev. r.
A. Elwood's sermon bearing upon
the murder of Miss Helen S.
Bishop, which was preached in the
open air near Olivet Church, Will
mington, on June 81.
The Hayre de Grace papers re
port surveys being made in that
town for the P, B. and w. bridge
across the Susquehanna river.
The survey takes in ground from
Point Concord to within 400 feet
north of the old structure. 1t is
claimed, regardless of all that has
been said concerning the new
bridge, that no one, not even rail
road officials high in authority,
know at what point the bridge will
cross the river, although indications
point to the new structure being To-
Gated not far either north or south
from the old bridge.
A number of cattle raisers re-
Gently organized at Landenburg,
Chester county, the Eastern Guern-
sey Breeders Association, with the
following officers: President, Sena-
sor Anthony Higgins, Wilmington;
vice presidents, George Wood,
Philadelphia, and E. t. Gill, Had
dontield, N. j.; secretary and treas
urer, Morris! NJ. Hollipsworth, Land
enburg; executive committee, S. |.
Murphy, Woodbine, Pa; j. L. Nc,
Cormick, Bel Air, Md, E. W.
Twaddell, Devon. The member
ship owns about 400 registered
cattle.
The arbitrator in the cases of
Mrs. Silas Spencer against the
County Commissioners of Hartford
County awarded damages to Mrs.
Spencer to the extent of 5000.
Mrs. Spencer was injured on
bridge on Snake Lane road near
Amoss' post Office Hartford county,
last fall. AS she passed over the
bridge the horse and wagon ran
into fence rail that had been
put into a hole in the bridge to
warn travellers. The horse backed
the wagon and occupant over the
embankment, the animal being so
badly injured that it died, and the
vehicle wrecked. The Commits
sioners reimbursed Mrs. Spencer
for the loss but she claimed person
al damages and was awarded the
amount mentioned.
Dividends Declared.
The Cecil National Bank at Port
Deposit has declared q semi animal