The midland journal., 1903-05-22

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business will bring to Havre de
Grace this season as much as
$150,000.
Ira Wells, who conducted Hotel
Cecil, at North East, during license,
has leased the Spencer House at
Havre de Grace.
Drew H. Beatty, son of Chas.
E. Beatty of North East, is a mem
Der of the graduating class at st.
Johns College, Annapolis, this
year.
t. Howard Hanway, butcher and
provision dealer in Bel Air, last
week, executed a deed of trust to
Charles III. McComas, for the bene-
fit of his creditors.
Mrs. Thomas Stewart and child
were badly shaken up and bruised
in runaway Sunday afternoon,
near Elllton, in which their car.
riage was completely wrecked.
Kent county's tax rate this year
will be $1.30 in addition to the State
tax of II cents on the 800. The
high rate is made for the liquida-
tion of the present county debt.
The P, B. & W. railroad COM
parry severed all connection with
| the Western Union telegraph COM
pany last week, the Postal tele-
graph company being installed in
place of the W. U.
The forty fifth semi annual meet
ing of the Local Preachers
and Exhorters' Association of the
Wilmington M. e. Conference,
commences a three day session at
Smyrna, Del, today.
The Traverse Manufacturing
Company, of Philadelphia has Sc
cured an opinion on the Woodside
Manufacturing Plant of Oxford,
and if purchased will be used for
manufacturing typewriters.
The passage of freight trains
through Wilmington over the p,
B. & w. r. r. was discontinued
on Friday last. Under the new
order of service all freights will
hereafter use what is known as the
Edge Moore Newport cut off.
The P, B. & w. railroad COM
pany has given notice that on anl
after Saturday, May %, it will per-
nit DO more shipments of milk on
passenger trains to Philadelphia.
An effort is being made to have the
company reconsider the ruling.
William Patrick Grant, of Bel
Air, committed suicide Tuesday
night by blowing the top of his
head off with shotgun. The af-
fair occurred in woodshed in the
rear Of his home. He was 4S years
of age and leaves a widow and three
children.
Bay View Sunday school has re-
organized for the summer by the
election of R. W. Rose, super
intendent; S: Smith, assistant;
Mrs. G. Janney, treasurer;
Miss Rhoda Burns, secretary; Miss
Anna simcoe, organist; Miss
Myrtle Abrams, assistant.
The Southern Telephone Co., of
Lancaster county, has declared a
dividend of 4 per cent. At the an
nual meeting OF the company, held
at Kirkwood last week, it was de-
cided to increase the capital stock
from $4,000 to $35, 700 and five
per cent bonds will pe issued.
Detective Hammersla, who was
one of the witnesses from Baltimore
to impeach the character of Vein,
the Anti, Saloon League detective,
engaged in getting evidence against
the Hartford county violators of the
local option law, Was dismissed
from the Baltimore Police force last
week, for conduct unbecoming an
officer.
A meeting of the subscribers to
the stock of the proposed electric
railway between Baltimore and
Belair was held at Bel Air, on
| Tuesday, and 326 shares of stock
were voted. The directors elected
were George l.. Van Bibber and S.
A. Williams, of Belair; Albert M.
| Graham, Charles j. Bonaparte,
John NJ. Griffith and Ogden A.
Kirkland, of Baltimore.
The Cherry Hill correspondent
of the Cecil Democrat contributes
the following item to that paper:
eff there is to be any experiment
ing for permanent roads let it be
done on the Cherry Hill and Elk
ton road which is absolutely the
worst in the State if not in the
, United States.n
If the writer of the above will
drive from Rising Sun to the Cecil
Paper Mill, along the road used by
, the big mill teams, he will be COM
PEELED to admit that the Cherry
Hill-Elkton road is smooth in COM
pariSon, and will exert all his in
| fluence toward having the perman-
ent roadway built in this section