The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-07-21

A semi annual dividend of %
per cent on common stock has been
declared by the B. &. o. railroad.
Chester county Prohibitionists
will hold a picnic at Lenape park
on Friday, July 2lst, at which
Michael Tanning and others will
speak.
Lester German, of Aberdeen, who
is one of Maryland's crack amateur
shots, broke 100 targets straight in
the shoot at Prospect Park, BALTIC,
on Monday.
The wind storm of Wednesday of
last week was very severe in Har-
ford county, uprooting trees, pros
trating fences, damaging telephone
and telegraph wires, and doing a
large amount of other damage.
Mrs. Antoinette Beall, of Bel Air,
has been granted an absolute di-
vorce, by the Circuit Court for
Hartford county, from her husband,
James F. Beall, and the right to
resume her former name of Antoi
nette Kehoe.
Mrs. Mosteller, an aged resident
of Oxford, sustained an injury to
the spine one day last week, by
being accidentally run into and
knocked down by team driven by
Joe Wesley, as she crossed a street
in that town.
William J. Glover, Jr., of Balti-
more, beat Carlisle d. Graham, of
Niagara Falls in a swim through
the lower rapids of Niagara Gorge
Monday afternoon. He covered
the four miles of raging whirlpool
in twenty. six minutes.
Ex Sheriff Harvey II. Mackey
has resigned his position at the
Radnor Pulp Mill, Elkton, to take
effect next month, and will enter
into partnership with George w.
Biles in the general warehouse
business at Providence on Sep
tember /.
The two hundred and fifty-fourth
anniversary Of the founding of the
first Bohemian settlement In Mary
land, bohemia Manor, Cecil coun
ty) in the year 1861, was celebrated
by the various Bohemian societies
.of Baltimore at Ocean City on
Sunday.
The Maryland Dredging Com
pany, of Baltimore. has been award
ed the contract for dredging Elk
river, for which the Government
appropriated $4,000 at the last ses.
sion of Congress. In place of the
old style dredge what is known as
"blowern will be used.
A valuable COW belongingto Mrs.
Tolbert Her, of Chesapeake City,
wandered into a swamp near that
town one night last week and be
coming entangled ip the rank
growth of grass and vines and sink
ing in the soft mud, was exhausted
by its struggles to extrioate itself
and died.
The Town Commissioners Of
North East have granted for two
years to the Electric Light Com.
pany of Elkton the right to light
the town with electricity. The
electricity for the purpose will be
furnished by the new power plant
to be located at Gilpin's Falls, Bay
View, and it is expected the lights
will be turned on about Nov. /
John Jackson, hailiff of the town
of Bel Air, was arrested last week
on the charges of assault and dis
turbing the peace, and held under
5000 bail for his appearance at the
September term of Hartford county
Court. The bailiff is charged with
eursing and threatening David
Dougherty of that town.
The weight of 125 bushels Of
shelled corn caused the floor of the
granary in Bradley's mill, Fulton
township, Lancaster county, tc
give way Sunday night, precip'
itating the grain into the cellar
below. Most of the corn was saved,
but several bushels fell into the
tail race and were lost.
While walking out West High
street, in the town of Elkton, Tues
day evening about nine O'Clock,
Miss Lucy HomewOOd was attack.
ed by man, who caught hold oi
her and tore her dress. Her
screams frightened her assailant
who disappeared in the darkness,
the lady being unable to distinguish
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