The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-03-11

appearance.
A dancing school has been open
ed in EIkton under the direction of
Miss Carrie lamar.
Friday, April 15, has been
named as Arbor Day by the State
Board of Education.
March has had one full moon, on
the 1st, and will have another on
the 31st of the month.
Miss Maggie P. Lakeland has
rendered her resignation as teacher
ofSchool No. 9, Fifth district.
W. O. Fowler will have public
sale of 20 head of horses and mules
at North East Friday, March Is.
The Ericsson line pier at Better
ton, which was badly damaged by
the heavy ice jam, is undergoing
thorough repair.
Prof. Albert N. Raub, who died
at his home in Newark, Del,
February 21, carried life insur-
ance aggregating $4,000.
At the missionary anniversary
celebration by the Elkton Method
ist Sunday School Sunday night
over $500 was raised for missions.
The light house at Havre de
Grace has shown no light since
Jan. /, navigation being wholly
closed since then by the ice pack.
Alfred Kirk was seized with a
severe attack of the hiccoughs a
few days since and thirty-six hours
elapsed before the spell could be
checked.
One of the residents of Rising
Sun from 1866, suggests to Mr..
Garvin that he forgot Mr.. Samuel
T. Reynolds in his sketch in last
weeks issue.
The heavy rain of Monday
washed the fields and roads badly
and swelled the streams beyond
their banks, but no very serious
damage has been reported.
Fire Oh Sunday damaged 7. I.
Hanway's store at Aberdeen. A
large hole was burned in the roof
before the flames were extinguished.
His entire stock of goods, valued at
about $4,000, was badly damaged
by smoke and water.
The Cecil County High School
base ball, team has been reorganiz-
ed by electing assistant principal,
John A. Mackall, manager and
Leonard Major, captain. Isaac
StrahOrn has been elected captain
of the track team of the school.
William Reed, respected color
ed man of Elk Neck, while trans
acting some business in Elkt0n on
Saturday morning last, dropped
dead in the rear of Council Hall
from heart trouble. Deceased was
about IS years of age and leaves a
family.
The schooner David P. Davis,
which was sunk off Cape Hatteras
on Feb. 26, by a steamer, was load
ed with consignment of 1890 tons
of phosphate rock, from Punta
Gorda, Fla, for the Scott Fertilizer
Co., of Elkton. The cargo was
insured.
Night watchman Lewis Harvey,
who perished in the flames which
destroyed the Hoover Wagon Co.
plant, at York, on Tuesday night,
entailing a loss of 800, 900, was a
brother of John Harvey, of near
town, who is employed at the ware
house of A. L. Duyckinck & Co.
A cut of the Cecil County High
School building, at Elkton, en-
hellishes the front of the biennial
report of the State Superintendent
of Public Education, which has
lust been issued. There are also
several illustrations of the work
done by the Manual Training De-
partment of the school.
A Port Deposit correspondent
reports that the Standard Oil
Company has removed the large
storage tanks from that town, and
expresses the wish that the oil
furnished its customers by this
gigantic concern might be taken
away also, as it is higher in price
and more inferior in quality than
ever. Those who have used
the illuminant will unhesitatingly
testify as to the truth of this
assertion.