The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-02-26
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED.

William J. Marrett, of Leeds,
has been graEted patent on a
folding table.
Kent county's champion trapper,
George Gardener, caught 100
muskrats during the month of
January.
The schooner Sarah Vickers, has
been ice locked at Turkey Point
since December 26. The boat is
LOADED with 200 tons of coal and is
bound for Salisbury.
Fire one day last week in a
dwelling occupied by a colored
family at North East, caused con
siderable excitement and damaged
the building to the extent of about
$1OO before being put out by a
bucket brigade.
| While at work chopping wood a
few days since Samuel Huston, of
the Fourth district, was badly in
Ijured by the axe of a fellow work
man flying from its handle and
striking him on the foot, making a
cash that required several stitches
to close.
Railroad detective W. T. Jones, of
Wilmington, has a white partridge
in his possession. The bird was
shot down the Peninsula and sent
to Mr.. Jones, who had it stuffed.
1t is almost pure white instead of
brown, which is the predominating
color of the partridge.
i William Sweigart has awarded
1.-The contract for a new three story
hotel to be built on the site of the
one recently burned at Fite's Eddy,
on the Susquehanna. This has
long been a popular resort, the
hotel always being crowded during
the fishing season.
I, A delegation of manufacturers
and interested parties, accompanied
by L.. Marshall Haines, Esq, ap
peared before a legislative commit
tee at Annapolis this week to pro-
test against the passage of the bill
to incorporate the Octoraro Water
& Power Co.
NJ. Bair, Chief Burgess Of At.
glen, was shot through the arm on
| Wednesday night of last week, and
severely injured, while endeavor-
ing to quell a disturbance, which
had originated between several in
toxicated men on one side and an
Italian laborer on the other.
At the annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Green Hill Fire
Brick Co., held on Saturday at
; North East, John R. Boyer, Geo.
W. Craig, Wilmer J. Falls, N. G..
Craig and Charles w. Shippers were
elected directors. J. r. Boyer was
elected president, and w. J. Falls
secretary, treasurer and general
/ manager.
Sylvester Messick, of Oxford, a
Baltimore Central passenger brake
man, was seriously injured in
: Baltimore on Friday afternoon last
. He was standing on the handrail OF
, a car adjusting the markers, when
, he slipped and fell to the tracks.
, He was rendered unconscious by
} the fall and besides sustaining
r severe bruises suffered dislocatiOn
, of the point of the spine.
Miss Carrie Ricketts,, who re-
sides near Elkton, has enjoyed
the unusual pleasure of lilac
blossoms during the zero weather.
Some time ago Miss Ricketts, cut
the branches from a lilac bush in
the yard and taking them in the
house placed them in water in
which there was a preparation of
] charcoal :; by this means and heat,
the branches bore their fragrant
: blossoms, number of which were
cut by their owner and sent to her
, friends as valentines.-Democrat
A bill has been introduced in
the Maryland Legislature to incor-
porate the Middletown & Cecilton
Railroad Company. The bill states
that it is the idea to improve COM
, munication for that part of Cecil
county bordering on the Chesa-
} peake) bay and Sassafras river,
r to transfer freight and operate rail.
road and railways. The capital
stock is placed at $50, 900, divided
in shares at $25 each.
Cecil county will be well equip
/ ped with trolley lines-on paper
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