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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-02-10
Property Transfers.

Alexander Craig and wife to
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Wash
ington Railroad Company, property
in Perryville, "a, $50.
William j. Smith to Mary
A. Smith, his wife, property on
East Main street, Elkton, So and
other considerations.
Walter S. Fox and wife to Lille
B. johnson, II acre property in
Eighth district, $775.
William G. Wood and Edward
W. Wood, of Philadelphia, to
b. Frank Stevens, leasehold prop
erty in Chesapeake City, S175.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-02-10
PERSONALS.

Melvin Sill, of Baltimore, was the
guest this week of Malvin Grason.
Miss Gertrude S. Dare is visiting
Philadelphia and Camden relatives
and friends.
DR.. S. w. Moore, of Baltimore,
spent Sunday with his brother,
DR.. T. B. Moore.
Miss Daisy Mahaffey. of Clear
field, Pa, is the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. II. NJ. Duyckinck.
Miss Helen Evans, of this town,
is pursuing commercial course at
Temple College, Philada.
Miss Della Keilholtz, of West
Chester, spent Saturday at the
home of her parents, near town.
Miss Charlotte Otis and Miss
Edna Wilson were the guests of
Mrs. A. M. McNamee, at Principle,
last week.
Miss Marietta Mearns, of Zion.
was the gneSt of her cousin, Miss
Grace Wilson, at Maple Lawn, the
past week.
Miss Agnes Jamison, formerly
of Earleville, and Mr.. Delaney
Wilhelm, of Wilmington, were
married in that city on Wednesday
evening, Feb. 1st.
Jos. T. Caldwell, of Liberty
Grove, attended the second annual
banquet of the Chesapeake Delta
Upsilon Club, held at the Hotel
Belvedere, Baltimore, on Saturday
night. Mr.. Caldwell is a member
of the Club, which iss composed of
members of the Delta Upsilon, one
of the oldest of the college Greek
letter fraternities.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-02-10
Robbed Hospital Patient.

Charles j. Pointer, of Havre de
Grace, who has been employed for
some time past in the City Hos
pital, BALTIC, was arrested in Havre
de Grace last week on the charge
of stealing two dress suit cases and
contents from a patient of the hos
pital and set of surgical instru.
ments valued at $72, the property
of Sister Mary Joseph, Superior of
the Hospital,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-02-10
Filled Gasoline Lamp While
Burning.

An attempt to fill gasoline
lamp, while burning, on Mon
day evening, caused a blaze which
threatened serious consequences at
the restaurant of G. G. Reynolds.
The fluid ignited and an Intellectual
attempt to smother the flames by
throwing an ,overcoat over the
blazing lamp was made, Howard
Reynolds receiving a badly burned
hand in his efforts in this direction.
The blaze was assuming a serious
aspect when a hand extinguisher
was brought in play and soon ex-
tinguished it, the damage being
trifing.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-02-10
Many Varieties On One Tree.

Mr.. S. j. Reynolds, who con-
duets truck and fruit farm near
Denton, Caroline county, says he
has sixteen apple trees, eight
years old, and from these he raises
a great many varieties of good
apples. He ingrafted the limbs of
the young trees, each limb with a
different variety of the fruit.
Twenty kinds or more of CRAFTS
were used. On some trees there
were as many as twenty five or
thirty put in. Most of the gratis
lived and bear well.-Denton Jour.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-02-10
SHIPPERS CONFESSES.
Constable Murder No Longer A Mystery
John M. Shippers Acknowledges Deed.
SAYS ROBBERY WAS THE REASON.

to the penitentiary or to the Elk
ton Jail, where he will remain un-
til his trial. In the event of his
conviction and sentence to be hang
ed, it is said that it will be neces-
sary for Governor Warfield to par
don him from the penitentiary be-
fore the sentence can be carried
out.
There is a reward of 81, 800 for
the arrest and conviction of Mr..
Constable's murderer, of which
81 900 was offered by the State and
$500 by the Cecil county authori-
ties. The question of whether or
not Detectives Dougherty and
Weaver will get any of the reward
is now interesting the members of
the Police Department. The pres
ent Board of Police Commissioners
is opposed to the members of the
department accepting rewards, and
in numerous cases the board has
refused to permit it. The money
thus "held up" by the board has
been turned into the police pension
fund.
The murder of Mr.. Constable
aroused universal indignation, the
entire State being Mortified at the
atrocious deed. He was shot
down while taking walk near his
home at Elkton on August IS.
The murderer was masked, and
after fatally wounding him robbed
him of his watch and 25 cents, all
the valuables Mr.. Constable had
about him.
The wounded man was found by
John Holland, colored, who said
that man passed his house, near
the scene OF shooting, and called to
him that man was Sin need of
help up the road" Mr.. Constable
was taken to the Union Protestant
Intirmary, where he died on the
afternoon of August %.
The suspicion of the authorities
at once alighted upon Holland,
who, it was thought, gave too
minute description of the man
notifying him of Mr.. Constable's
condition, and VIM. Hops, another
negro, who was at Hollands house
at the time, but did not accompany
Holland when he went to Mr.. Con-
stables assistance. This fact in
itself was regarded as suspicious,
and both Holland and Hopps were
placed under arrest by the Cecil
county authorities, but the jury re-
turned the verdict that Mr.. Con-
stable came to his death from a
pistol shot fired by ga party or
parties unknown to the jury" and
both negroes were released from
custody. Later they were rear
rested, indicted and placed on trial
at Elkton on the charge of murder
ing Mr.. Constable. The trial was
watched with great interest and
on January 10 Holland was ac-
Quilted. This resulted in
nolle pros. being entered in the
case of Hopps.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-02-10
Officers of Water Company.

The Port Deposit Water Com
pany has organized with the follow
ing officers:-President, William
McClenahani secretary. F. t. Ben
son; treasurer, John G. Vannort;
superintendent, Reuben Bond
The Directors are William Nc.
Clenahan, Millard f. Mcdowell, j.
&. Vannort, w. H. Holm, Adam
Peoples, Frank 7. Benson and
Chas. A. Morrison.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-02-10

John Shippers, now serving a
term of eight years in the Mary
land penitentiary, for horse steal
ing, has made a full confession of
the murder of Mr.. Albert Con :
stable, near the latter's home, Elk
ton, on August Is, 1904. The con-
fession was made to Warden John
Weyler at the penitentiary Mon,
day night.
In the confession John Shippers
states that he alone is responsible
for Mr.. Constable's death, although
his sole motive was robbery and he
had no intention of even injuring
his victim. Shippers maintains
positively that he merely fired his
pistol to intimidate Mr.. Constable
and thought all the shots went up
into the air. Shippers confession
came unsolicited from the officials,
but since the time Detectives
Weaver and Dougherty began to
work on the case and recovered the
watch stolen from Mr.. Constable at
the time of the murder he has act
ed most uneasily.
The confession was sworn to by
Shippers before Justice of the Peace
George M. Johnson, and is in full
as follows:
The following confession was made under no
threats neither was any promise made to me
whatever as to immunity from punishment or
Tightening of sentence.
was in Ekton after horse when the murder
of Mr.. Constable took place. Mr.. Constable was
very close to me coming back over the hill when
the thought came into my mind to hold him up
and rob him. 1 was in need of money, having
lost all I had by gambling. I did not intend to
shoot Mr.. Constable or kill him. The first time
shot l aimed in an entirely different dree-
ton; the second time in the air, and the third
shot fired close to him to scare him not intend
ing to kill him.
He asked ii wanted money, and said "Yes."
He told me he only had quarter, and threw it
to me. told him to throw his watch along with
it, and he did. Then he commenced to groan,
and asked him where he was shot, and he said
he thought he was shot in the head. He asked
me to tell the colored people up the road that he
was wounded. and stopped and halloed to some
one in yard that there was a sick man down
the road and he wanted them to come down.
Then 1 went up the road. crossed Ford's corn
fields and went across our own place. where Rich
ard Owens lives then over to Iron Hill and took
theS 2S train to Wilmington. 1 went from Viii.
mington to Philadelphia in the trolley. pawn
ed the watch at Riders pawnshop under the
name of Clark. / lost the chain. / do not re-
member what became of the pawn ticket
JOHN NJ. SHIPPERS.
Shippers confession was great
surprise to the officials they being
confident they would haye to pro.
duce evidence to convict him, and
the detectives were devOting them
selves to this task.
Shippers has several times been
"sweated" but the efforts of the
officers to make the prisoner confess
were fruitless.
The probabilities are that Sim.
pers will be taken to ElktOn jaiI
under strong guard of deputies of
the penitentiary and there arraign-
ed before the grand jury and in
dicted. He will then be returned !
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-02-10
presid entail Contest Award.

The Judges designated to decide
the >Woolson Spice company's
guessing contest, find that the
total popular vote for President at
November Sth election was 49,
524, ,519, and awarded the grand
first prize of $4,000 to Nelson GAIA
way, Of Chillicothe, Ohio. His
nearest guess was 1924, 1856. A.
l.. Line, of Montsera, Pa, will re-
ceive 500.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-02-10
St. Valentines Supper. j..

The ladies of West Noting
ham, Mt. Pleasant and Hopewell
churches are sparing no pains to
make the supper to be held on st.
Valentines evening, Tuesday, F,b.
IA, in w. t. Fryer's warehouse,
Colora, pleasant affair socially as
well as treat in the cuisine line.
Don't fail to attend and help the
worthy cause, the proceeds being
for the benefit of the Union Hospit
al fund. Supper from 8 to 8 p. m.
Tickets, % cents; with oysters, So
cents.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-02-10
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED.

Alfred Woodruff, of Oxford, had
his arm dislocated in a recent coast
ing accident in that town.
A new administration building
is to be erected at Washington
College, Chestertown, to cost
$25, 900.
William Rutter suffered a frac-
tured knee cap by a fall on the icy
pavements of Elkton on Saturday
evening.
DIR. b.. G. Shippers, Health Off
Ger of Kent county, reports there
were 335 deaths and PIP births in
that county in 1904.
Col. S. B. Foard, of Elkton, was
relieved of diamond stick pin
while attending the theatre in New
Orleans, one evening recently.
Frank Durborow, a rural free de-
livery mail carrier of Oxford, had
both hands badly frozen by the
severe weather on Thursday of last
week.
Prof. G. L. Penny, Chemist at the
Experiment Station, Newark, Del,
was badly burned on his right arm,
one day recently, by the breaking
of a bottle containing very strong
acid.
The plant of the Harlan &
Hollingsworth Co., in Wilmington,
Del, is to be improved at cost
of 100000, which will make it
one of the leading shipyards in the
country.
John Welsh, owner of Welsh
Bro. circus, has combined with
Sig. Sautelle, and the two shows
will travel the coming season as
Sig. Sautelle & Welsh Brothers
Combined Shows.
The Bel Air Base Ball Club has
organized for the coming season,
by re-electing Henry W. Archer,
manager; H. Ross Barton, secy !;
S. A. Hoblitzell, treasurer, and
NJ. Atchinson Reckord, captain.
J. D. c. Pownall, of Christiana,
has sold his residence and two lots
in that town to DIR. Martin, of
Georgetown for $4,000, who will re.
move to the place April L. Mr.
and Mrs. Pownall will make their
future home at Swarthmore.
E. F. Warrington, of Delaware
College, was one of four candidates
for Cecil Rhodes scholarship in
Oxford University, England, who
took the examination held at Della
ware College on January II. The
winner has not yet been announced.
Messrs. Kincaid and Dennis, of
Chapel, Hartford county, who were
recently bitten by supposed mad
dog and went to the Pasteur Insti-
tnte, in Baltimore, for treatment,
have returned to their homes, the
specialists at the Institute, after
an examination of the dogs head,
having pronounced the animal
not rabid.
J. w. O'Neil, of Havre de
Grace, has in his possession a high
silk hat which was worn by his
father at the Inauguration of Presi-
dent Polk, in 1916, sixty years
ago. The hat is very high crown
ed and broad brimmed, and will
hardly pass muster as to style,
according to the present day die
tates OF fashion.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-02-10
Monument To Lord Baltimore.

Arrangements are being made
by the Society of Colonial Wars of
Maryland to erect statue to Ce-
cilius Calvert, (Lord Baltimore)
who gave his name to Cecil county.
SculptOrs have been invited to
submit designs for bronze statue
eight feet high, to stand on a gran
ite pedestal ten feet in height.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-02-10
Gift From Carneqie.

The congregation of Elkton Pres
byterian church has received a
check for 1928 from Andrew Car
negie, as contribution toward the
fund for the new pipe organ, whicn
was recently installed in the church
at a cost of S2.400. The amount of
the check was the balance due on
the organ and unprovided for.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-02-10
Disappeared From Home.

John Manuel, young man aged
10 years, who made his home with
his grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Alexander Perry, at Newark, Del,
disappeared from his home on Mon
day of last week and his where
abouts are unknown. There is no
known cause for his disappearance.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-02-10
License For 6unners In Delaware.

A bill has been introduced to
the Delaware Legislature requiring
gunners in the State to pay a
license of 81, seventy-five cents of
which shall be applied to the pay
of game wardens and 25 cents for
restocking purposes under the
Game Protective Association.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-02-10
Sinner.

Miss Florence Catherine Sinner,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
r. Sinner, and Mr.. William
Whitley Bryan were married on
Wednesday evening, February s,
at six O'Clock, at the home of the
BRIDES parents, 20 Bullman street,
Phillipsburg, New Jersey. Mr..
and Mrs. Bryan will reside at Pat
terson, N. j., where Mr.. Bryan is
in the employ of the East Jersey
Water Company.
The groom is well known in this
town where he formerly resided,
and is son of the late Rev. j. e.
Bryan.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-02-10
Maxwell.

The wedding of Miss Elizabeth
S. Maxwell and Roy Brewer, both
of Philadelphia, was solemnized at
the home of the BRIDES sister, Mrs.
Mary A. Suplee, in that city, at
s O'Clock p. m, February 1, 1905.
The bride is the youngest daughter
of j. w. Maxwell, of Conowipgo.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1905-11-22
WOMAN'S RIGHTS.
First Move In This Direction Made In
Medford Ia 1901.

The first recorded public meeting In
the interest of "womans rights was
held in the town of Mcdford in 1901.
The gallery OF the church was occupied
by the young unmarried people of the
congregation. one side and one-half the
front gallery being given 10 the young
men lie other side and the other half
being given 10 the young women. But
In the seating IN the eventful year the
young men We're given the entire front
Of the gallery as well, and the young
women We're allowed only one side of
the gallery,
Then It WIS that things began to hap
pen. Treatment like this wasn't to be
tolerated, even for 1t moment. The
blood of the future mothers of the
Revolution WIS fully aroused, and the
young women made such an uproar
and commotion that il speedily became
IA town matter, and a town meeting
WIS called to restore to them their
rights in half of the front gallery.
The young men of the day We're bit
tcrly opposed To extending any new
privileges To Noiltu ana Tue light OK
tended beyond Medford, Shortly after
the introduction of pews into the
churches, by which families We're sep
arated from the remainder OF the con
gregatlon, the selcctmen of the town of
Newbury gave permission TO II group
Of young women 10 build pew in the
gallery of the church upon their own
side of The house. This extension of
privilege WAS resented by the young
bachelors to such degree that they
broke n window of the church, forced
an entrance aud hacked the pew in
pieces For this act of sacrilege the
young men Of Newbury We're fined SO
each and sentenced to be whipped or
pllored But they were manly enough
10 confess their folly and ask pardon.
so this parl Of their punishment was
omitted. So You see the 'woman's
rights movement isn't modern one.
Boston Herald
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1905-11-22
There's Something to
Be Thankful For

ENHAR'S sumlhin' to be thankful fur. no
matter how things go
In summer time tur fruit an flowers. in
winter time fur snow
lhar's sumthm' sort o pleasant happen, to US
every day,
IN HES perfect picnic ct Nc look at ii tina,
way.
ihar'' always sum,hin putty fur our weary eve,
The glory o the sunset or the blossoms on
the ucc
IN always sumthin tunctul fu our hed ears
The ,hldren's VOICES chirpm OF the tobin' :,
music clear.
Thars always sumth,n ready fur our wlllin'
hands 10 do
Sum hal6n' steps to help along, sum Job to
carry throug il
No chance to he a-kickn' when our fee, are
busy goin'.
No time fur Idle srowlm when we're planiin
seed an sowin.
Thar's .umthn to he thankful fur. no matter
how things 60
No end to all our blessln, ei We only count
en- So
An even eli youre GU, o sorts. OF SICK. OF sad
OF pore
Jest thank the Loud you're vin e you can
do no,hm more.
Atlanta Constitution.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1905-11-22

one Of the funniest of the funny
games peculiar 10 Thanksgiving time
is called "hunt the turkey"
Go ont H. the Kitchen and take the
turkey out of the oven and bring 1t In
and hide II somewhere in the parlor.
Under the lace curtains In the windows
is Il good place or You might shove II
down inside of the piano. Then let
the guests come in and hunt for it..
Tile person who finds il must hit some
one N II il before the person can get
it back f. the other room, which IL
home base. II Is not fair TO throw the
turkey, ~ 1t must be swung by the
hands If II person accidentally knocks
over n lamp or breaks II picture or
throws the turkey through the win
dow Inc or she must pay forfeit
OF course this game, which is funny
and one IN which both young and old
may Join must not be played longer
tlun half an hour before the time set
for the dinner. for the turkey must be
taken back 10 the oven and allowed to
finish cooking before being carried 10
the table IT Is not fair to take bites
out of the turkey when il is found and
ii is also against the rules of the game
10 kick the turkey around the room. 1t
must he he'd ia the hands, right side
M SO that the stutling viii not fall
out - New York World
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1905-11-22

In Porto Rico at Thanh gazing time
men who - about selling ch cl,cns and
turkeys carry diem in bundles wrap
ped with jagua palm. out Of the end
of the bundle stick the tn cy's long
tail feathers. looking like Il feather
dustcr Moreover. these bundled tur.
keys are still alive aud the woman
who purchases her I'hanksG Wing bird
is compelled to board II un,il she or her
lord and master Is ready to kill it for
cooking
In that climate rcfrigcrators are rare,
and fowls do not keep as long as one
might wish, In the markets of Porto
Rico the housewife can buy any good
things that are possible III America.
The market Is usually found on the
wide plaza, where buying and selling
are attended with much din Black
faced women in white with gay ban
danna handkcrchicfS about their heads.
do the selling, sometimes u couple of
little black children tumbing about a
their feet. They squat upon the ground
among their fruit ana vegetables
Pumpkins may be purcla ,cl there of a
size that would amaze tho American
housewife
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1905-11-22

of boiling Waller. washed cooled on
blocks Of Ice and finally shipped with
ice in barrels covered with bagging.
In HIS Way the Thanksgiving crop
is transported to the market centers.
IF if be reel,oHed that o00 coo of the
birds are sold in towns and cities to
which they are shipped alive usually
in Wicker crates containing half "A
dozen olch d.0Ou.0Oo are left TO be
carried, dead and pluckcd, in cold stor
age ears one such vehicle will hold
l,Op0 turkeys. So that obviously 1000
cars Hrc required To accommodate the
Thanksgiving fowls which the public
appetite demands. II these ears were
placed in line. they would compose "A
train thirty miles in length. conveying
approximately - 600 tons Of birds.
In Kentucky and also in Connecticut
and Rhode Island what may he called
the outdoor method of raising turkeys
Is NOW being extensively practiced.
The birds are provided with neither
shelter nor roosts. even in winter. and
are compelled 10 shift for themselves,
the idea being 10 initiate natural con-
dtions as closely as possible. They
are fed literally and in spring are pro
vided with half barrels for nests. but
there is as little Interference MS posi-
bic with their ways of living. Far
from suffering from such neglect, they
seem to enjoy much better health: they
are vigorous and hardy. and epidemics
such as are liable 10 dccimate ordinary
tlocks are rare among them.
Epidcmics Of disease are the great
est trouble of the turkey breeder. fire.
qucntlY sweeping away whole hocks in
few days, Hence It is that large
numbers Of the birds cannot he raised
together. and nj least five acres of
range ordinarily are required for each
hen and her brood of poults Recent
~ there has come to be II great demand
for young "broilcr" turkeys early in
autumn. and such prices are obtained
for them ~ TO afford an inducement to
farmers to force the crop. as Is done
with chickens
We have In this country immense
quantities. Of surplus corn easily con
vertible into turkeys, and each autumn
the crop Of birds SURPRISES all previous
records. In prosperous times of
course. the demand Is nj maximum
aud This Thanksgiving viii see more
of the fowls eaten than were consumed
on the same festive occasion in any
year hitherto. To absorb II consider
able surplus there has grown up for
eign demand, and many thousands OF
choice gobblers aud hens" will be
shipped this autumn to Europe to
tickle the appreciativc palates of cpl
cures ON the other side Of the rater-
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