The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-08-12


at Arcadia.
The Country Fair held recently
in Newark Tor the benefit of the
library netted the sum of $3.50.
| The news stand in North East
heretofore conducted by Harry
ISimpers has been purchased by
Chester Harvey.
James Fitzgerald fell from a
second story window at Marley
paper mill recently and suffered a
broken collar bone.
Jos. A. Rossell, former Elkton
boy, son of John S. Rossell, of Will
mington, has been appointed Sec
ond Lieutenant in the U. s. Marine
Corps.
i st. Mary's P. +. church, at
North East, is undergoing extensive
repairs, which will necessitate an
Expenditure Of upwards Of $4,000 to
complete.
j s. T. Shippers has sold his gener-
al merchandise business in North
East to 81. 81. White and J. Ed.
Davis who will conduct the same
in future.
i The Calendar Club Of, the M. E.
church of North East has decided
| to hold a 'sfeast of the seven tables"
at the G.. A. R. Hall, in that town,
September 81.
Lester German, of Aberdeen,
well-known to the sporting fratern-
ity, won the championship cup, a
gold medal and a purse at the live
bird shoot held at Love Point last
week.
| A. M. Fulford, of Bel Air, has
the champion heavyweight hog OF
this section of the State, which he
proposes to send to the st. Louis
Exposition. 1t is a Berkshire and
weighs 700 pounds.
During game of ball at Better
ton last week between the team OF
that place and Chesapeake City,
the grand stand collapsed and
several spectators seated thereon
were severely injured.
The explosion of the tank of an
oil stove in one of the tents at
Leslie Camp one morning last week
caused excitement among the tent
ers, but fortunately the blaze was
smothered out before it set fire ia
the tent.
i On account of the spread of
anthrax in Delaware the State
Board of Agriculture recommends
that all gatherings of people and
stock be forbidden in the state.
lover 800 cattle have contracted
the disease.
The ladies of Cherry Hill M. u.
church will hold a festival in Red
Mems Hall on Thursday evening.
August 18th. The public is cor
daily invited. If weather is in
clement, will hold festival the
following evening.
The actual work of construction
on the Delaware Suburban electric
railway was begun last week on
the outskirts of Wilmington. This
is the line that is run through to
Elkton-when completed-which
the engineers in charge assert will
be by June next.
The force of workmen employed
by the long distance telephone
company in placing an additional
arm on their poles and stringing
wires, reached town this week and
are working westward, to the Sus-
quehanna river, at a rapid rate.
there being about thirty men in
the gang.
A numerously signed petition
asking for the pardon of Thos, r.
Freeman, of Elkton, now serving
term of three years in the
House of Correction, has been
! presented to Governor Warfield
i The sentence was imposed upon
, Freeman for defrauding insurance
companies for which he was agent.
The following officers of North
East w. @. 7. u. have been elected
J for the ensuing year: President,
f Mrs. w. II. Arringdale; first vice
, president, Mrs. Joseph Harris; sec.
ond vice-president, Mrs. VIM.
Warrington; recording secretary,
: Miss Nellie Warrington; cores
} ponding secretary, Mrs. Robt.
Shippers; treasurer, Mrs. j. l..
Baker.