The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-07-14

being installed at the Harlan paste
board mill, at Leeds.
The collections taken at the re
opening services of ROwlandville
! M. P. church on Sunday amounted
to 1915.
At shoot in Aberdeen on July
4th Lester s. German of that town
was high gun, breaking 130 ont of
136 clay targets shot at.
The National Guards of Delaware
will 90 into annual encampment on
the Morrow farm, near Newark, to-
morrow, at Camp John Haslet.
The Cecil County Medical Society
will meet at Elkton Thursday, July
20, at eleven o'clock. Several new
applications for membership have
been received.
The State Teachers Association
met in annual session at Blue
Mountain House, Washington
county, on Tuesday and will ad'
journ Friday.
At the fair and bazar held dur
ing the first week of July in Havre
de Grace, for the benefit of the
Catholic church of that place, the
sum of $3.50 was realized.
The West Grove borough council
has passed an ordinance granting
the use of certain streets in that
town to the Oxford, West Grove &
Avondale electric railway.
A party of campers from Lancas-
ter, styling themselves the Dead
Gamers Camping Club, pitched
their tents near Perryville on We'd
nesday for ten days. outing.
The Supervisors of Election,
Messrs. J. M. Tucker. W. A. Cam
eron and DIR. Delmar Smithers met
in Elkton on Monday and examined
the recently-appointed election
officials.
The Ladies' Aid Society Of Mt.
Pleasant, Cecil county, will hold a
festival on the lawn adjoining the
church on Saturday evening, 18th.
A balloon ascension will be one OF
the attractions.
While cutting wheat with a bind
der Ezekiel Marker, of near War
wick, was struck in the eye by a
piece of the machine breaking and
lAying out. He may lose the sight
of his eye as a result of the injury.
| A tunnel is being excavated
under the tracks leading to the new
p, B. & w. passenger station at
Havre de Grace. The new station
will be north of the new line ol
tracks, and directly opposite the
old station.
1 The Hartford County School Board
has increased the salary of the
Principal of the Bel Air Academy
to 81, 1000, and of the vice-principal
to $500; the salary of the Principal
of the Aberdeen School has been
raised to 5000.
Privates John Kitchen, John A.
Morgan, Jr.. and Harry Racine oi
Co. E, of Elkton, made the best
scores in the rifle practice at Saun.
ders' Range, Glen Burnie, on Mon.
day, at 25O and 800 yards and
qualified for entry at 800 yards.
The Chesapeake City CORES,
pondent of the Elkton Appeal
stands sponsor for the following
fish story: "During the heavy
storm on Thursday a large number
of fish came down with the rain in
front of the residence of the Misses
Porter. A number were scoOped
up by passersby."
A couple of negroes attempted
to drive off with Rev. W. F. Daw.
sons team at Cecilton, on the night
of !. July 4th, but the reverend
gentleman succeeded in catching
the bridle.rein and stopping the
animal, whereupon the negroes
decamped, after firing shot with
a revolver at Mr.. Dawson, which
fortunately went wide of the mark.
The little daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert Spear, of Chesapeake
City, was bitten through the cheek
by pet shepherd dog with which
she was playing a few days ago.
The dog was killed and its head
sent away for examination, when il
was ascertained the animal had
been suffering from hydrophobia.
The child was at once sent to the
lPasteur Institute for treatment.