The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-09-02

this fall.
The Aberdeen basket factory
made a shipment of nine carloads
of peach baskets last week..
The Daughters Of Liberty OF
I North East realized 500 by their
festival on Saturday evening last.
The citizens of West Grove have
decided to form a fire company and
purchase a hook and ladder outfit
for the town.
Prof. Carroll Edgar, has been
reappointed instructor of the man.
ual training department at the Elk
ton High School.
A negro tramp put in at Elkton
for repairs on Monday as the result
of fracas at Cramps Roost, "
near Perryville.
Sneak thieves ransacked the
home of Ernest E. Dorsey, in Elk
ton, Friday night, but carried off
nothing of value.
Protracted meetings will begin
at Bethel M. P. church, Bay View,
on Sunday evening next, in charge
of Rev. J. F. Bryan.
| Henry Gillespie, farmer of the
Second district met with painful
accident on Monday by fall, which
resulted in broken leg.
Prof. Chas. B. Finley has been
reappointed principal of Elkton
High School. John Makall has
rendered his resignation as assist
ant principal.
The Kent County School Board
has decided to keep the negro
schooi open only three terms dur
ing the coming year, from Septem
ber IL to April Is.
During an electrical storm last
week, lightning struck the flagstaff
on the High School building at
Hayre de Grace and broke the staff
off close to the top of the belfry.
| William Z. Penning, who is en-
ployed at Phenixville, visited his
home in Havre de Grace last week,
making the trip by wheel, and
covering the distance of 106 miles
in s hours and 10 minutes.
| Bethel Sunday School will hold
their annual all-day picnic and
celebration on Saturday, September
I1O, in the grove adjoining the
church at Bay View. A festival
| will be held in the evening.
Norman Kisling, of Bel Air, was
bitten by mad dog on Wednes
Iday. The rabid animal attacked a
team of horses being driven by
Kisling and in attempting to drive
it off the young man was bitten on
the hand.
| While placing cloth saturated
with oil in stove at her home in
Elkton, one morning last week
flames set fire to the clothing Of
Mrs. William F. Lort, and she was
painfully burned before assistance
reached her.
4 Officer Ringler, of Oxford, had
a lively chase in Lancaster last
week, after John Snodgrass, want
ed for forging the name of Ephriam
Blackburn, of Glenroy, to note OF
$50. The officer fired two shots at
lSnodgrass, who proved a fast
sprinter and made good his escape.
/ The Press is responsible for the
following item, which is just out
of cold storage:
San Oxford meat merchant last
week dry picked a bunch of chick
ems and put them in the refrigerat-
or. One of them scame to- in the
cold atmosphere and the next time
the refrigerator door was opened
a shivering featherless bird was
seen.'
A valuable setter dog belonging
to the late Albert Constable was
struck by train at the Elkton
passenger station and instantly
killed on Monday.
j The animal attracted consider
able attention at Mr.. Constable's
funeral on Friday last, when he
followed the remains of his dead
master from the house to the
grave. AS the casket was lower
ed into the grave the animal
stood by the recess with the family
of the deceased.
i Several families have sent as
many as three or four students to
GOldey College.