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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-12-16
Property Transfers.

Mrs. Margaret A. Brickley, John
#. Dale and Carrie L. Dale, of Will
mington, to William f. Stanley,
farm of 50 acres in Elk Neck, in the
Fifth district, $3.50.
American Ice Company, of New
Jersey, to Peter Lesley Hopper, of
Hartford County, one acre on Wat
sons Island, $500.
Isaac D. Davis and W. t. War
burton and wife to Winfield s. Del
bert and Jacob Wilson, lot adioin-
ing Elkton Fair Grounds, S400.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-12-16
Mrs. Ellen Conrad.

Mrs. Ellen Conrad, widow of
the late Samuel Conrad, of Kin
Pa, died at the home OF
her daughter, Mrs. John Wasson,
near town, where she had gone for
a short visit, on Saturday morning,
of heart failure. The deceased was
in the S3rd year of her age and
is survived by four sons and one
daughter. Her funeral was held on
Wednesday morning, with inter
ment at Union NJ. +. cemetery.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-12-16
Fell From a Bridge.

The dead body of Fl. F. Keiser,
a telegraph operator, was found
lying under the bridge of the
Pennsylvania railroad which crosses
the Pequa creek, and also the road
way, just west of Leman Place
station, Lancaster county. Keiser
was an operator in one of the signal
towers and the supposition is that
he fell through the bridge to the
roadway beneath, a distance OF
forty feet, while walking along the
track to the tower. He was 80
years of age.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-12-16
Suit For $4,000 Damages.

Rev. J. w. Brown, pastor of the
Second Baptist church of Kennett
Square, has instituted suit against
the Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
for $50, 900 damages. The plaintiff
was victim of the accident at
Chadd's Ford on November Ia,
and has since been confined to his
bed from injuries sustained.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-12-16
Will of Mrs. Savilla A. Watson.

The will of Mrs. Savilla A. Wat
son, late of Perryville, was admitted
to probate in the Orphans Court
Tuesday. She devises all her prop
erty to her daughter, Mrs. Mary Z.
Sentman, and names her sole execu-
trix. The will bears date March 21,
1904, and is witnessed by Chas. w.
Ward and Miriam McWatson.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-12-16
The Little Britain Detective Asso-
ciation.

The Little Britain Detective AS.
sociation elected the following off
GERS at its recent annual meeting,
held, at Oak Hill:
Harry Fairlamb, president; Jas.
Wood, secretary; James Paxson,
treasurer; Frank M. Greenleaf,
William @. Whiteside, James Long
and Jacob Kirk, directors. Forest
Preston, Harry Morrison and Frank
NJ. Greenleaf, auditors.
The treasnrer's report showed a
balance Of $141 in the treasury.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-12-16

A number of the regular panel
of jurors were excused and James
A. Pearce, E Kurtz Taylor, Amos
Martindale, James j. Hall, Peter
Hartenstine and Cecil +. Ewing
drawn in their places.
John Shippers, aged 20 years,
who was arrested in Philadelphia,
charged with horse stealing, plead
ed guilty and was sentenced on
Tuesday, to eight years in the
penitentiary.
The case of VIM. d. Summers vs..
the Standard Oil Co., for damages
to his team in collision on the
public road, was then taken up.
The suit grew out of an accident
of the evening of Dec. 21, 1908,
when a collision occurred between
the plaintiffs team, driven by his
daughter, and the defendant COM
pany's three horse delivery wagon,
driven by Elmer Dorsey, near the
entrance to Holly Hall. Miss Sum-
mCIS was tuIOWu ONcI Tue UdSu>
board to the ground, her buggy
badly damaged, tn harness brok-
en- and the horse running away.
Mr.. Summers brought suit to re-
cover the amount of damage done
to his team. Both side charged
negligence, but the evidence in the
case seemed to show that the
driver of the oil wagon was so tar
over on the road that it was impos-
sible for a team to meet and pass
him on the proper side.
The case was given to the jury
at three o'clock on Wednesday
afternoon and verdict returned in
a few minutes for the plaintiff, the
damage being assessed at $65.
The Grand Jury on Thursday in
dicted Holland and Hopps, the two
negroes, for the murder Of Albert
Constable.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-12-16
MARRIED.
Seth-6reqson.

Lewis Seth, Jr., of Havre de
Grace, and Miss Sallie E. Gregson,
of Baldwin, this county, were unit
ed in marriage at the home of the
BRIDES parents on Wednesday,
December z.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-12-16
Davis--Hyland.

Mr.. Harry S. Davis, of Charles
town, and Miss Reba M. Hyland,
of North East, were married at the
M. Z. Parsonage, in the latter
town, on Wednesday evening, 14th
inst, by Rev. 81. A. G. Wester-
field.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-12-16

A visit to McCoy's Millinery
will prove helpful to those 'looking
around" for Christmas purchases.
Call and inspect our stock of
things appropriate for Xmas gifts.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-12-16


Richardsmere, have removed to
Baltimore for the winter.
Mrs. H. A. G.. Westerfield and
daughters, of North East, are the
guests of Mrs. William M. Pogne.
Masters Clifford, Percy and
Roger Kirk entertained the Junior
Carrom Club on Friday evening
last.
Miss Alice Clifford, of Farming
ton, is home from Washington Col
lege of Music for the Christmas
vacation.
Mrs. Elizabeth Kay, of New
York, a former resident of Harris
vile, is visiting friends in the
neighborhood.
Mr.. Rowland Clapp, of Port De-
posit, and Miss Elizabeth johnson,
of Plattsburg, N. Y, were married
at the BRIDES home on Tuesday,
9th inst.
Miss Rachel Rittenhouse, of Zion,
has been appointed assistant teach
er of Jefferson school near Gathers
Corner.
The semi-annual dividend, of 3
per cent, payable Jan 2, 1905, has
been declared by the Delaware
railroad.
John Haley, of North East, has
been committed to Elkton Jail for
the theft of an overcoat from G.
Is. Cheadle of that town.
George W.. Williams, teller OF
Newark National Bank. slipped and
fell in the bank one day last week
and sustained a dislocated shoulder.
Joshua Clayton, Esq, of Elkton,
has been elected one of the vice
presidents of the Delaware Society,
Sons of the American Revolution.
o. r. Scott, Of Wilmington, has
purchased the interest of his sister,
Mrs. Annie +. B. Taylor, in the
estate of their mother at Lombard,
Cecil county.
Samuel Moore, colored, driver OF
Keys & Miller lumber wagon, at
Elkton, sustained a broken arm
last week by a heavy stick of ium-
ber falling upon him.
John Banks has purchased the
property on "The Island" at
Chesapeake City. belonging to the
late Toward Lorraine, for &l41, with
ground rent of $40 per year.
The body of Elwood Jones, who
was drowned in the freshet follow
ing the breakup of the ice in the
Brandywine last winter, was
brought up by dredge at work at
Wilmington last week.
| Workmen engaged in fitting up
the Belle Hill farm, near Elkton,
with houses, etc., for poultry rails
ing on an extensive scale, struck
last week on account of a reduction
in wages from $l.50 day to 81 25.
H. A. Argraye, Of Danville, Pa,
has leased the Oxford steam -four
mill, which is one of the plants for
meriy belonging to the now defunct
Eastern Milling and Export Co.
The mill has been idle for over
year.
Russell Woodruff, of Oxford,
held the winning ticket in the draw
ing for fat steer held by Horace
Whitman, of Oak Hill, on Saturday.
The winner of the steer, who paid
81 for his ticket, sold the animal
for $50.
Miss Hannah Hindman, of Port
Deposit, met with a painful mis-
hap one day last week. While
running sewing machine her
finger slipped beneath the needle
bar and was pierced through by
the sharp instrument.
Some candidate for the peniten-
tiary made a raid on the hen roost
of Rev. f. Y. Moore, near Wood
lawn, one night last week, while
the Reverend gentleman was con-
ducting revival services at Hope
well NJ. L. church, and carried off
twenty five fowls.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-12-16
Budd-Anderson.

Miss Cora D. Anderson, oldest
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Anderson, of Cecilton. was married
Wednesday, Dec. Z, at her home in
that town to Mr.. James NJ. Budd,
of Philadelphia, by Rev. William
A. COale.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-12-16
Wilson-Davidson.

Miss Marie P. Davidson, daugh-
ter of the late Capt. John David
son, and Mr.. Benjamin P. Wilson
were quietly married Monday eve
ming, at their future home on
East High street, Elkton, the
ceremony being performed at eight
thirty o'clock, 10y Rev. DR.. T. E.
Martindale.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-12-16
Hullhorst Brown.

Miss Ada Porter Brown, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Davis A.
Brown, of Pleasant Grove, Lancas-
ter county, was married on Satur-
day, Dec. Is, at high noon, to Rev
Frederick Hullhorst, of Palmyra,
Neb. The ceremony was perform
ed at the BRIDES home by Rev.
Thomas Koontz, of Little Britain
Presbyterian church.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-07-15
The Wrenn Case.

The trial of the case of the common
wealth VS.. Henry Wrenn, indicted for
purchasing goods alleged to have been
stolen from afreight car in the yards
of the Washington Southern Railway
was still in progress when the Corpora
ton Court adjourned yesterday evening.
The prosecution was conducted by Com
monwealth's Attorney S. G.. Brent, and
Messrs Machen and Moncure appeared
for the prisoner. The witnesses and the
testimony were substantially the same as
in the trial of Richard G. Burnett, who
was arrested while with Wrenn on a
wagon containing the stolen goods, and
who was acquitted Wednesday afternoon.
The case was argued today.
The case was given to the jury shortly
before 2 O'Clock and at half-past 3 they
returned into court and rendered a YER
dict finding the prisoner guilty of petit
larceny and fixing his punishment at
six months in Jail and fning him 500.
John Williams, colored, indicted fol
feloniously shooting Ed Clinton, OF
April 10 last, pleaded guilty end wa
sentenced to serve one year in the peni
Tertiary.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-07-15
TELEGRAPHIO BREvITIEs

Judge Audenreid today restrained
Mayor Weaver from interfering with the
Fitzsimmons- o Brien boxing contest and
it will take place on the 2Sd instant in
Philadelphia.
A detail of New Jersey State militia
was sent from Seagirt this morning to
Camden to escort the alleged assailauts
of Mrs. Biddle to Mount Holly. Upon
their arrival at the latter place the
prisoners pleaded guilty and were SELL
fenced to forty-Dine years in State Prison.
A loss estimated at from 5000, 900 to
$500, 900 occurred last night from a fire
ia South Chicago, which burned huge
Baltimore end Ohio elevator and many
of the cars which stood on adjacent
tracks. The fire is believed TO have been
caused by an explosion of dust in the
elevator.
Charles w. II. Carter, wealthy man
ufacturer, was found dead in Brooklyn
last night, in circumstances which bear
a resemblance to the recent death OF
Caesar" Young. He was riding at
the time in a cab with an unknown wo-
man near Prospect Park, when the
woman called for help, and shortly after
ward disappeared. Investigation showed
that the man had been dead for some
time.
A general strike Of more than 5000
coal miners, in the Southwestern district,
comprising Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas,
Indian Territory and Texas, is likely to
ensue soon after September 1st, unless
tho conference of miners and operators
now in progress at Pittsburg, Kansas,
results in an agreement upon the wage
scale, which seems improbable. There is
difference between them Of from 20 t
% cents per ton.
Thomas Taggart, temporary chairman
of the democratic national committee, wh'
returned to Indianapolis Thursday, from
French Lick, said that he will not issue
the call for the. coming committee meet
ing at New York to perfect permanen
organization. He will abide by the &C
ton of the convention atSt. Louis, whicl
instructed James X. Jones, chairman Q
the old committee, to call the member
together. Mr.. Taggart is net talking o
his own prospects, but he is very hope
ful that he will be elected to the chair
manship.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-07-15
River Notes.

The three-masted schooner Addie B.
Giles, from Baltimore, with fertilizer TO
the Alexandria Fertilizer and Chemical
Company, has arrived at w. A. Smoot
& Co.'S wharf. There is considerable
activity around this portion Of the river
front, there being at present two three
masted schoouers and barkentine al
Smoot & Co.'S wharves.
The schooner Five Sisters, loaded
with lumber by Smoot & Co., has sailed
for Coles Landing. -,
The schooner MayAower, loaded with
lumber by II. K. Field & Co., sailed
yesterday for Nanjemoy.
The two-masted bay schooner Lauren'
e. Bramble has been purchased BY
CAPT. James Elliott, Of this city, iron
Capt. Thos. Hewett Of Baltimore.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-07-15
WiUIcase Building.

Instead of erecting new building for
A station near the corner OF Twelfth and
ID streets northwest Washington, the
Washington Alexandria, and Mount
Vernon Railway Company will rent one
of the buildings on the corner suited to
station purposes. If no building is
found adequate the company Will tease
and have owners remodel as desired
1t is now thought that the work OF lay
ing the new tracks incident to the re-
moval of the station from the new
Municipal building will start before fall
The company will have charge OF the
work, but the District of Columbia will
have to foot the bill, according to the
act of Congress renuiEisg lac removal OF
tracks from such close proximity to the
District building.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-07-15
Candidates Expenses.

Under the law governing money spent
in elections, the candidates in the recent
municipal election have filed with the
Clerk of the Corporation Court their
statements under oath of their expenses
in such election. All of the Councilman
stated that they spent but one dollar
each, this amount having been contrl-
buted by them to help deiray the ex-
penses of the democratic primary. Mr..
+. J. Paff, who was elected Mayor,
stated that his election expenses amount
ed to Sol. 5O-$32. 80 being the amount
assessed against him by the democratic
committee for the expenses of holding a
primary, and the remaining S29 for
printing, carriage hire and other incl
dentals.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-07-15
Proposition Abandoned.

Mr.. Wm. F. Carne, secretary of the
Business Mems League of this city, has
received letter from Mr.. r. A. Dunlop,
secretary of the Virginia Board of Trade,
enclosing letter from w. II. Fitzger-
aid, commissioner of the Associated Rail-
ways of Virginia and North Carolina,
in reference to the adjustment of differ
entail rates between carload and less
than carload rates on classes B, G, ID
and F. The Commissioner states that
the matter has been further considered
and indefinitely postponed. This action
apparently means that the proposition to
readiust the rates of the classes named
has been abandoned, which must be
gratifying to the shippers interested.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-07-15
IMPORTANT DECISION

Court of Appeals Decides Against
Local Assessments for Street Inn
provements-PeopIe who Paid As
sessments for New Paving on King
Street will Sue to Recover Same.
A few months ago Messrs. Douglass
Stuart and G. G. Carlin were retained
by a number of the property holders on
King street to contest the legality of the
assessment for the recent improvement
of that street. No steps, however, have
been taken up to the present time, ex-
cept that the property holders were adj
yised to refrain from the payment OF
their notes when they fell due on the
first day of July. The question IN
volved construction of the new con-
stitution, and ease which was already
pending in the Supreme Court, known
as Hicks vs.. city of Bristol, involving
the same proposition OF Law, has recently
been decided. 10 this case, the Court
Of Appeals has just handed down Its
decision. holding that the effect OF the
provisions contained in sections l7O and
~ of the constitution was to repeal the
charter of the city of Bristol, so far as
if authorized local assessment for street
improvements, and held, further, that at
that time ''they had not been assessed
and could not be, without further exer-
else of power which the city no longer
had, since the provision in its charter
which conferred the power had been re-
pealed by the constitution" Today
Messrs. Stuart and Carlin conferred,
and decided to at once to bring suit
to recover all funds which were paid un-
der protest to the city by their clients
for this improvement.
The cost of paving King street from
Royal to Fayette, eight squares, was
about $22, 900, exclusive of the amount
paid by the electric railway company.
Of the S22, 900 the city paid about one
half and the property-owners were to
paw the remainder. OF this remainder
all but $4,000 has been paid by the
property-owners into the city treasury.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-07-15
Personal.

Professor L. NJ. Blackford of the Epis-
copal High School, near this city, will
leave here this evening Tor New York
whence he will sail tomorrow for Europe
to spend his vacation.
7. B. Jones, formerly of King George,
has returned to this city, after spending
one month vacation in Alexandra,
Washington and Baltimore. - Freder-
icksburg Star.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Wilson, of
Baltimore, are visiting at the home OF
Mr.. G. A. Padgett, on upper King
street.
Mrs. w. F. Carne, jr., continues Seri-
ously i'll.
Miss Eva Dent has gone to Delaplane
10 spend several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Strauss left TO-
day Tor Atlantic City, where they will
spend few weeks.
Mr.. Fl. G. Griffith and family will
leave tomorrow for the Eastern Shore OF
Maryland where they will spend a few
weeks.
Dora Violet, daughter of Justice
T. NJ. Bowie, OF Fairfax county, is i'll at
her grandmother residence in st. Elmo.
Mr.. John w. Summers, who has
recently been indisposed, has e:doted
the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Balti-
more where he will undergo treatment.
Mrs. Marshall King is visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Louis I.
Hanckel, in Charlottesville.
Miss Fannie Smith, of Alexandria, is
spending part Of the summer with Miss
Mildred Shackelford at Brandy. L Gull
peper Exponent.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-07-15
G. & o. .. II. II.

Acting Secretary Of War Oliver yestetr-
day granted a revocable license to the
Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad
COMPANY to lay its tracks across the
military reservation of the United states
in Alexandria county, south Oh the
Aoueduct bridge, to connect its tracks
over its right of way in Alexandria
county with the single electric track
across the Aqueduct bridge authorized
by section Of act Of Congress approved
January 20, 1908. The license is granted
on condition that the company makes
ample provision for drainage on the west
side of the roadway and that the work
done by the company on the reservation
be subject to the supervision and aP-
proval of the depot quartermaster a.
Washington. 1t is also provided una,
the OCCUPATION of the reservation shall
he snbiect to such rules and regulations,
in the interest of good order, as the de-
not ouartermaster may from time to
time prescribe. In its application the
company says it is ready to begin the
work Of grading and filling for the
double track roadbed on the reservation
preparatory to laying tracks to connect
with the track on the bridge.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-07-15
Silent Passengers.

The steamer Harry Randall arrived
here between two and three o'clock this
morning. She had on board the bodies
of three young women-sisters-who
were drowned while bathing at Edge
water, near Meter, WestmOreland county;
The unfortunates were Helen, Ada and
Harriet Kemmon, daughters of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Kemmon, of Washington.
They had left their home few days ago
for the purpose o; spending part Of the
summer amid rural scenes. The drown
ing occurred yesterday and the family
had but shortly received information
of it when the lifeless bodies of the trio
of sisters were brought to the home be-
fore the stars we're out of the sky. Mrs:
Hubbard and her child, of Meter, SUI
fered the same fate as that which beiel
the Misses KemmOn.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-07-15
Roris and Kuropatkin.

The Berlin Tageblatt repo rts that the
reason Grand Duke Boris, the Cars
cousin, was expelled from the army
camp was that he had refused to do away
with an international harem which he
collected in the camp in Manchuria.
General Kuropatkin insisted that the
grand duke close the harem, and the
latter replied "You forget who stands
before you" Kurooatkin retorted,
"No, but command you. You have
two hours in which to obey the order. "
Boris, enraged, is reported to vestruck
Kmopatkin across the face with the
fat Of his sword. Boris has been sent
under guard from the camp and is now
EN- route for Archangel, European Rus
STA, where he will remain in exile.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-07-15
New Wharf at Fort Washington

The final work on the new wharf struc-
turo at Fort Washington, Md, has been
completed. The addition to the wharf
has about doubled the size of the former
structure, and is one of the strongest
built wharves on the river. 1t is so ar
ranged that large vessels can lie at it to
unload their cargoes without interfering
in any way with the river steamers,
which will use the old part ofthe structure
The new wharf has house for steam
launch at one side and berth for the
tender Gibbon at the south end. The
Gibbon while lying in her berth is pro-
tected from ice by a heavy bulkhead OF
pile work and stone.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-07-15
LOCAL BREYITIES.

Marriage licenses we're issued in
Washington yesterday to Samuel john
son and Elsie Butler, both OF Haymar-
ket Silas X. Armentrout, OF Augusta
county, and Harry f. Flemming, OF
Rockingham county; William Merri-
man, of Riverside Park, and Irene
Stone, Of Alexandria.
II is said that a man who is one Of the
bookkeepers for Lane & Bro, contractors for
mountaineering the shington-Southern
Railway. was shot during fracas short
distance below this city last night. The
wound was superficial.
A grass cutting contest yesterday evening
in the yard Of q gentleman living on south
Fairfax street was lost 10y the owner OF the
lot by several laps. When the grass had all
been cut II was seen that the neighbor had
done most Of the work.
Margaret ", the two-year-old daughter OF
Mr.. Joseph b. and Mrs. Goldie j. Ewald,
died at her parents home, 40 north ALFRED
street. yesterday. The funeral took place
this evening, Rev. Father Cutler conducting
the services.
Capt. r. F. Knox, auctioneer, will sell at
public auction at noon tomorrow In front OIL
the Royal street entrance 10 the City Hall
houses and lots on Columbus street, between
Duke and Wolfe.
A company has been organized by several
Alexandrians for the manufacture Of paste.
The mandatory will be the building at the
southeast corner OF Prince and Fairfax streets.
Mr.. Henry Wildt, jeweler, today. received
an order from Germany for three Of the medals
recently coined by the George Washington
Monument Association Of this city.
Mr.. L. Lash has just had repaired, re-
painted and repapered his saloon, 4O4 north
Fairfax street, and will have an opening to-
night, which all his friends and the puoiic
generally are invited to attend.
Two barrels prime Chesapeake Bay Crabs
will be served at the Tontine feast tonight.
Fried CLANS, SOC dozen; clam soup, lOc'
soft she'll and deviled crabs, i0c each, every
Monday, Wednesday and Friday at c. IL
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