The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-03-25

began on Sunday.
Grip, measles and scarlatina are
prevalent in Elkton.
| The first herring of the season
were caught in the North East river
on Monday.
The erection of a new public hall,
with a seating capacity of 800, is
being considered by the citizens of
the town of Avondale.
The Havre de Grace Textile
Band will hold a Bazar in that town
on Thursday, Friday and Saturday,
April 9TH, 8th and 9th.
| Warrington s. Guthrie, of Chesa-
peake City, has purchased the
undertaking business of Taylor
Thompson, at Avondale.
The engine and one car of the
L., O.. & s. express were derailed
at White Rock on Wednesday and
the train was several hours late in
reaching Oxford.
Stephen Owens, one of the oldest
pilots on the Susquehanna river,
died Friday, 18th inst, in Lancas
ter, aged 81 years. He is survived
by family of eleven children.
The past winter has been a severe
one on bees which were wintered
on their stands. It is estimated
that 80 per cent of the colonies not
wintered in cellars were frozen to
death.
F. C. Conrey. of Chesapeake City,
has been elected secretary of the
Maryland Club, an organization re-
Gently founded by students from
this State at present in attendance
at the University of Pennsylvania.
By a premature explosion of
dynamite Charles Paxon, of Belair,
who was engaged in blasting
stumps, was severely injured last
week, his face being cut in several
places aud one of his arms badly
lacerated.
The United Telephone & Tele-
graph Company will adopt the
coupon system in Oxford. Calls
in the town will be free, while those
within certain limit outside will
be charged for at the rate of 10
cents each.
The engine of the Singerly Fire
Company, at Elkton, was used
last week to thaw out the fire plug
set in the concrete pavement in
front of the Court House. A jet
of steam was turned upon the
frozen pipe in the plug and it was
finally cleared.
The commencement exercises of
Fulton, Lancaster county, High
School, were held in Little Britain
church on Tuesday evening, March
%. The members of the gradual
ing class were: Misses Emma Brad
ley, Zaidee Ingram, Ada Gallagher
and Sara Holden.
Wild ducks by the thousands
mallard, canvasback, blackheads
and other varieties-have made
their appearance on the lower
Susquehanna flats since the ice has
broken up. Ducks in large num-
bers are also reported as far up the
river as Peach Bottom.
/ Edward J. Dirrickson, Jr., a son
of DIR. E. J. Dirrickson, of Berlin,
Md, President of the National
Bank of North East, died at Johns
Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, on
the 14th inst, after two operations
for appendicitis, of blood poisoning,
aged twenty four years.
The recently elected officers of
Deer Creek Water & Power Com.
pany, of Hartford county, are:
James III. Gable, president, York;
u. Benson Gable, vice. president;
j. N. Wilson, secretary; Chas. +.
Ramsay, treasurer; John K. Green,
superintendent of construction.
Rev. George Edwin Brown, a
student of Westminster Theological
Seminary, who has been filling the
pulpit of Rowlandville NJ. p.
church since November last, has
been invited by the official board
to accept the appointment for the
coming year, subject to the ap-
proval of the annual conference
which meets in Baltimore April
9th. Rumor has it that the young
minister may bring q companion