The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-02-03

Presbyterian church of Aberdeen
netted S1O7.
The Maryland Conference of the
NJ. P. church will convene in Sails
bury on April 5.
| The public school at Galena,
Kent county, has been closed on
a scount of diphtheria.
For carrying concealed deadly
weapons Joseph l.. Lockiear was
fined $50 and cost at Elkton.
Rev. J. E. Gallaher has tender
ed his resignation as pastor of St.
Johns M. E. church, Lewisville.
The lecture in Mt. Pleasant NJ
E. church on "Boxes,n recently de
livered by Rev. w. E. Greenfield
netted SIS for church purposes.
J. L. Wright, meat and provi
sion dealer of Oxford, has made an
assignment for the benefit Of his
creditors. S. Vernon Ringler is
assignee.
At the recent meeting of the
Peninsula Horticultural Society,
held at Seaford, Del, it was decid
ed to hold the next annual session
at Chestertown, Md.
A number of the members of the
Presbyterian church of Chesapeake
City are making preparations to
present "Mrs. Wiggs In the Cab.
bage Patch" in the near future.
Havre de Grace has. received a
check for $21, 200 from Baker,
Watts & Co., Belair bankers, in
payment of the $4,000 issue OF
Havre de Grace sewer bonds.
Fire damaged the store at Uni
corn, Pa, on Monday night to the
extent of several hundred dollars.
The store is conducted by B. F..
Yerkes, formerly of Nottingham.
The six year old son of DR.. I. j.
Woodward, >of Havre de Grace,
was so seriously injured by having
his knee cap pierced by a wire Eail
one day last week as to require his
removal to Baltimore hospital for
treatment.
/ The Jacob Tome Institute has
opened its library to all citizens of
Port Deposit. The library, which
/ is in Memorial Hall, will be open
to the public from 3:25 until 5
lp. m. each day except Saturday.
On Saturday from 9 a. M. until
IL IN.
| 1t is reported that Rev. W. T.
Hammond, pastor of Ebenezer M.
E. Church near Newark, will le
tire from the active work of the
ministry at the coming session OF
the M. E. Conference and en-
gage in the grocery business in
| Wilmington.
Application will be made Feb.
20, to Governor Penuypacker for a
charter for the York Furnace
Bridge Company, whose purpose it
is to build toll bridge over the
Susquehanna river from a point
near York Furnace station, in Ian
caster county, to point near York
Furnace, in York county.
4 A meeting of the stockholders
and bondholders of the Chesapeake
& Delaware Canal Co. will be held
at the Office of the company, in
Philada. on February 20, for the
purpose of electing president as
successor to Joseph Il. Gillinham,
whose contemplated extended alb
sence abroad has necessitated his
resignation.
Messrs. f. F. Carpenter, ii. G.
Turner and Rev, R. X. Stephenson
have been named committee to
obtain rates of hotels and boarding
houses in Wilmington, for the in
formation of preachers who will at
. tend the 37th annual conference to
be held in that city in March.
Ministers this year will have to
provide for their own entertain
ment.
AT the recent annual meeting of
the Colchester Company, held in
Baltimore, it was decided to make
extensive improvements at the
popular resort on the Chesapeake
and comply strictly to the inspec-
tion law by putting all the steam.
ers of the Company in first class
condition before the excursion sea-
lson begins,