The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-10-28

1The official ballot for this Falls
election contains four tickets-Dem-
0cratic, Republican, Prohibition
and Socialist.
A camp Of Modern Woodmen of
America has been organized at
Havre de Grace with a membership
Of thirty five.
Hooper & Hanna Co. have open
ed clay pits at Bacon Hill and
have moved their machinery and
force of men from Broad Creek to
their new workings.
A petition is being circulated in
Port Deposit which will be present
ed to the railroad company, asking
that the name of Bank Station be
changed to Tome Institute.
Philip G.. Spencer, of Jarretts-
vile, Hartford county, has been
by the prohibitionists as
their candidate for congressional
honors in the Second district.
The Archdeaconry of Towson,
Diocese of Maryland, held its Fall
Session of 1904 in st. Johns
church Havre de Grace, on Wednes-
day and Thursday of this week.
William Fl. Snyder has been
elected stated clerk of the Oxford
Presbyterian Church, succeeding
Dewitt 6. Carhart, who filled the
office for 81 years.
Accused of having stolen two
horses from James Allen in Upper
Oxford township on September IL,
1901, Fred Hoch was on Monday
held in $500 bail for the Court of
Chester county.
The breaking of rope caused
Arthur Scott to fall from swing
ing scaffold, on Monday, while en-
gagged in painting the residence of
Geo. B. Kerfoot, in Elkton, and re-
ceive painful injuries.
The Calvert Loyal Temperance
Legion has been reorganized with
a membership of thirty, the follow
ing being the officers: Prest., Mayme
Fell; vice. president, Willie Nc
Clintock; sec., Edna E. Reisler.
1The Baltimore and Bel Air Elec-
tric Railroad Company opened to
travel the first section of its road,
from Baltimore to Corney, on the
Hartford pike, last week. This Sec
tion of the road, extending a dis
tance of three miles, has just been
completed.
The Rev. K. G. Murray, of Aber-
deem, has accepted an invitation
from the Y. M. G. A. of Dickinson
College, Carlisle, Pa, to deliver a
series of five addresses to the stu
dents on the subject of Prayer.
The first address will be delivered
November Z.
At special election in Aberdeen
recently, As ballots were cast in
favor of the town issuing bonds to
the amount of $4,000 for the pur-
pose of raising money to purchase
or install an electric light plant.
Two ballots were cast against the
proposition to issue bonds.
Mrs. John Hall, of Oxford, lost
a COW valued at $50, few days
since, from the effects of eating rot
ten potatoes. The cow feasted on a
pile of the potatoes along the rail
road siding where a car had been
loaded, the Over-feed OF spoiled
tubers causing death.
During the past six weeks there
have been more vessels at the Elkton
wharves loaded with poplar wood
for the pulp mill, than for the ten
months previous. There is now
quite a good supply of wood on
hand at the mill, and the superin
tendent thinks there will be no
cause for the plant shutting down
at any time during the coming
winter for lack of MATERIAL
Democrat.
A horse belonging to the livery
of Chas. J. Bayard became fright
ened one evening last week, just
north of the p, B. & W. railroad
at North East, and ran across the
tracks just ahead ofan approaching
train, completely demolishing the
crossing gates which were down at
the time. The animal cleared the
track before the train reached it
but was badly cut by one of the
gate irons.
The News reports that all records
were broken in campaign speaking
in this county at the republican
meeting in Elkton last Wednesday