The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-05-29

day, 2Sth inst.
Miss Maud Guinavan and Mr..
Harry Todd, of Perryville, were
married on Wednesday, May 20, at
the Elkton NJ. e. Church Parson
age, by the Rev. DR.. Thomas E.
Martindale.
Invitations have been issued for
the marriage of Miss Susie Roberts,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Thos.
II. Roberts of Churchvile, Hartford
county, 10 Mr.. D. Gilpin Wilson
on Wednesday, June 3, at Holy
Trinity Church, Churchville.
At a social gathering at the
home of Roman Tammany, in New
ark last week, six generations were
represented, among the number be-
ing Mrs. Robert Montgomery, of
Liberty Grove. Mr.. Tammany for,
merly taught in the public schools
of Cecil county.
The Progressive Euchre club was
very pleasantly entertained by Mr..
and Mrs. Frank r. Cherry, at
their home near Principle, on Fri
day evening last. Four tables
were played, the honors for the
ladies being won by Mrs. II. L..
Worthington, and those for the
gentlemen by Evans E. Ewing.
Joseph d. G. and Mary Fl. Pow
nell have issued invitations for the
marriage of their daughter, Sus-
anna Edna, to Albert Lewis Buff
ington, on Fourth day, Sixth
month the tenth, 1903, at II o'clk. :,
Christiana, Pennsylvania. The
prospective groom is a son of i. r.
Burlington of this town, where he
is engaged in business in partner
ship with his father and brothers.
J. M. Sterrett and bride arrived
in Rising Sun on Monday evening
and were met at the train with a
shower of rice. They were driven
to the home of Mr.. and Mrs. A. l..
Duyckinok by a circuitous route,
to the accompaniment of jingling
sleighbells and were afterward es-
corted to their home on East Main
street. About nineo'clock the sere-
naders appeared in force and made
music CD in such volume as to
reach to the state line. After the
appearance of the bride and groem
they retired laden with cookies
and their ear splitting paraphan:'
ALA and quiet reigned supreme.
All towns and stations along the
Philadelphia and Baltimore Cen
trail Railroad between Philadelphia
and Octoraro Junction, are out of
commercial telegraph service, IN
consequence of the legal war be-
tween the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company and the Western Union
Telegraph Company.
William Dean, of North East, the
young man who shot john Black
burn in quarrel at Havre de
Grace three weeks ago, and who
has been held at Belair to await
the result of his victims injuries,
has been released on bail. Black
burn is improving, and will be able
to leave his bed within a few DAYS,
The work of dredging the chan
mel of Big Elk creek from Cedar
Point to the iron bridge has been
completed. The channel has been
made much deeper than ever before,
but it is claimed that it will be
impossible to keep it clear as long
as no dredging is done above the
bridge, the mud being gradually
washed down and filling up the
channel again.
One of the searchers for the body
of engineer Askew met with a pc
culiar accident last week at Elkton.
A large tree in the Elk creek was
being dragged from the water,
when in some manner George
Woodsides fractured his collar
bone but did not discover the ma
ture of his injury until the day fol-
lowing, when he sought medical
aid.
The North East High School
commencement will take place in
the North East town hall on Fri
day, 10Th inst. Prof. George A.
Haster, of Delaware College, will
deliver the address to the gradual
ing class. The graduates are:
Minnie Coslett, Eva Biddle, Eva
Bacon, Emma Thompson, Ray
mond Carey, Jessie Mccarthy and
Eta Heisler.
Perrryville is said to be threat
ened with water company war.
The disturbing element is compos-
ed of stockholders who were ousted
from Office year or two ago.
These minority stockholders claim
to hold the contract, in their own
names, for furnishing the Pennsyl-
vania railroad company with water,
and threaten to organize a new
company if the other stockholders
do not do their bidding.
One of Elkton's old landmarks
I is being torn down to make room