The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-06-26


A number of horsemen of Avon
dale and vicinity have organized a
driving Association and leased the
Barnard track, near that town.
W. I. Ayres has purchased from
the heirs of Enoch Bye, property at
Hickory Hill adjoining his, embrac-
ing eleven acres with improve
ments, for 81, 800.
The funds in the treasury of Ok
ford's Fire Department have been
increased by something over $50 as
result of the festival held recent
ly by the fire laddies.
DR.. G. Leroy Barry has relin-
pushed his practice in Oxford to
accept a position on the staff of
physicians and surgeons of Jeffer-
son Hospital, Philada.
The water power right of Pine
Grove farm, on the Octoraro, in
Penn, has been sold by Miss Caro-
line L. Pennock to Jos. I. Bunting
of Philada., for 81 900.
Ground has been broken for the
new M. E. church to be built at New
London. Every effort will be made
to have the building ready for ded-
ication by the first of October.
Webster White, of Calvert, rails
ed the frame of new barn, with
the assistance of about seventy five
neighbors and friends, ON Friday
last. The building is a double,
decker, 40x62 feet in dimensions.
While at work in Worth's spar
quarries on Monday, John Camp
bell of Fremont, had his hand
badly mashed and lacerated by the
heavy hosting bucket falling upon
it, the chain breaking as it was
being raised out of the pit.
E. Pennock Harvey, of Chester
county, while loading baled hay a
few days ago suffered a broken leg
by one of the bales falling upon it.
The unfortunate man sustained a
fracture of the same leg several
months ago by runaway accident.
Alfred Mackie, Theodore w.
Bye and William Willard have
purchased from the Megargee Paper
Co. the Spring Lawn paper mill
site, five houses, two barns and the
fine water power, near Lewisyille,
for $4,000. The new owners con-
template building pasteboard
mill.
On Wednesday of last week,
while driving near Childs station,
Bayard Scott met with peculiar
accident. The king bolt of his car,
riage came out and Mr. Bayard was
thrown to the ground, landing on
his face. His eye glasses were
broken by the fall and cut deep
cash in the side of his nose.
Solomon Brown, of BENNETT, who
is well known in this neighborhood
where he formerly resided, met
with an accident some days ago
which compelled the amputation of
q foot. The wound did not heal
properly and he has since had to
submit to the amputation of the
leg, just below the knee joint. He
is reported to be doing nicely.
| Last week Sheriff Reasin, of Har-
ford county, presented his bill to
the Baltimore county commission
ers for the care of and attendance
on the jury in the trial of E. C..
Watts for murder. The bill was at
the rate of 500 a day for the sheriff
and IS a day for the deputy. The
Baltimore county officials refused
payment and the sheriff has engag-
ed counsel to press his claim.
/ Two small barns, belonging to
VIM. FL. Jarrett and DR.. w. l..
Smith, were destroyed by fire on
Thursday night of last week, at
at Jarrettsville, Hartford county.
The buildings were about twenty
| five feet apart. All the machinery,
harness, grain, ETC., in the build
ings were destroyed, the livestock
alone having been gotten out safely.
The fires are thought to have been
of incendiary origin.
One of the pranks played during
Commencement week by some stu
dents of Delaware College, whose
names the faculty were unable to
learn, was to suspend the bicycle of
Prof. A. f. Wood on top of the
college cupola. 1t was necessary
to secure a professional rigger to
get the machine down. The anna
, teur climber scored a point on the
professional, as his work was done
at night and without the aid of any
rigging.