The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-10-16

Mrs. Arson Dare, of Harrisburg
is the guest of DR.. G. S. Dare anC
family.
Mrs. Walter Pearson, of Phila.
is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. j. M
Sterrett.
Mrs. Anna Haines, of Princess
Anne, is the guest u A. l.. Duyck
inck and family.
Miss M. Adeline Smith is visit
ing her brother, Henry S. Smith
at Redwood, West Virginia.
NJ. E. Founders was storm stay
ed at Vulcan's Hall from Saturday
evening until Monday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen Rey
nolds, of Media, have been visiting
friends in and near town the past
week.
H. L. Richards attended the
dance given by the young men OF
Elkton in that town Saturday eve
ming last.
Mrs. Charles P. Brown, OF
Moundsville, West Va, is visiting
her mother, Mrs. Rebecca Haines,
near town.
The marriage of Mr.. w. Ray
Baldwin, son of Mr.. Daniel Bald
win, of Bank, to Miss Margaret
French, of East Newton, Mass,
will take place on November Z.
Cards have been issued for the
marriage of Miss Mary Fisher, of
Perryville, to Mr.. Craig Jones, of
Havre de Grace, at high noon, in
the M. E. church, Perryville,
Oct. %.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. 3. Mason, of
Lewisville, have issued invitations
for the marriage of their daughter,
Miss Flora Leoli, to Mr.. S. Cloud
England, for Thursday, 22d, at 2
O'Clock. The prospective groom is
son of Mr.. S. G. England of near
Zion.
Mrs. Mary E. Ireland, of Wash
ington, has been appointed one of
the delegates from the District of
Columbia to the Worlds Sunday
School Convention at Jerusalem in
April, 1904. Mrs. Ireland is a sis
ter of Reuben Haines, Esq, of
Elkton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lapsley Armstrong
of Oxford, have issued invitations
for the marriage of their daughter,
Miss Georgiana Armstrong, to Mr..
Eugene Alexander Reynolds, Satur-
day afternoon, October "a, at half
after two o'clock. The prospective
groom is a son of Mrs. Amanda
Reynolds of this town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Haines,
Mrs. N. G. Blown, Mr.. T.. j. Will
son and Rev. H. A. G. Westertield
represented the NJ. E church of
of this town at the Eastern
Missionary convention of the
Methodist Episcopal Church held
at the Academy of Music, Philada.,
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day of this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. r. Sheppard, of
New York, are spending a few
days at the formers's old home in
town. They were passengers on
the first train to run through from
New York to Philada., since the
heavy storm of last week, which
caused the Delaware river and its
tributary streams to overflow their
banks, completely blocking traffic
for day. At Trenton their train
ran through water on the tracks,
up to the car steps.
Bandmaster John Philip Sousa,
after having been stormbound in
Wilmington for two days on his
journey by horseback from New
York to Washington, left Saturday
on the train for Elkton, from which
point he resumed his ride. The
roads were so bad below Whining
ton, because of the storm, that he
could not make the journey from
Wilmington to Elkton on horse
back.
The following officers have been
elected by the Epworth League of
Mt. Pleasant M. E. church: Presi-
dent, Albert Nickle; first vice presi,
dent, Mrs. L. E. Martindale; second
vice president, Miss Ida Bradley;
third vice president, Miss Frances
Thayer; fourth vice president, Miss
Emma Woodrow; treasurer, Mrs.
Mary Frank; secretary, Miss Eta
Smithson; organist, Miss Bessie
Maloney.
One day last week the engineer
and fireman of sonthbound pas
senger train on the Newark &
Pomeroy railroad noticed small
object on high trestle near Avon
dale. Bringing the engine to a sud
den stop the fireman ran ahead and
discovered a little child on the
track. The youngster had wander
ed away from its home, nearby,
and cotton upon the trestle.