The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-12-22

holidays.
A camp of Patriotic Sons Of
America has been instituted at
Havre de Grace with a membership
of forty.
The getty Belle" the ferry boat
which plies between Port Deposit
and Lapidum, has gone into winter
quarters.
Valuable copper deposits have
been discovered in Bart township,
Lancaster county, near the old
Wharton nickel mines.
Rev. F. E. Williams contem-
plates giving up his charge at
Lewes, DEL, on account of ill health,
and returning to his farm near
Chesapeake City.
The postoffice at Mechaelsville,
Hartford county, will be discon
sinued after Dec. 31st, and the
mail go to Perryman for distribu-
tion by rural free delivery.
The Johns Hopkins Glee, Banjo
and Mandolin Clubs, consisting of
thirty members, will give an enter
tainment in Elkton during the holi
day week for the benefit Of the
Union Hospital fund.
A number of rights of way in
Cecil county, to the American Tele
phone and Telegraph Company of
Baltimore city have been filed for
record at the Office OF Clerk of the
Court Manly Drennen.
Eight Italians were last week
fined an aggregate of $1O4 for inter
fering with and threatening other
of their countrymen engaged in
laying pipe to the new P. b. & w.
tank reservoir, near Newark.
The Bel Air Acetyline Heat and
Light Company has been incor.
porated with $4,000 capital stock,
by Harry A. Whitaker, John A.
Robinson, Louis Dashiell, Fred r.
Williams and William +. Hays.
AS an adjunct to the Mask and
Wig Club Of Delaware College, the
students have formed an orchestra
with the following instruments:
five first violins, three seconds,
three cornets, clarionet, piano, slide
trombone, and drum.
Brakeman Willaner, of the L., O..
& S. railroad was knocked from a
car Saturday as his train was pass
ing under the Central Division
bridge at Oxford. He sustained
some severe cuts and bruises but
fortunately escaped serious injury.
| A bill has been introduced into
the House by Congressman J. Fred
G. Talbot to pay the heirs of VIM.
G. Burke, $4,000 for the arbitrary
seizure and destruction of the
schooner "Ohio," at Bush River
bridge by Federal troops in 1861
i An engine of the L., o. & s. rail
road jumped the rails at Fairmount
on Friday last, and tipped over on
its side. The engineer and fireman
stepped off unhurt as the train was
running at low rate of speed.
The engine was badly broken and
the road blocked for several hours.
l; The unidentified colored woman
found drowned at Hayre de Grace
some days ago, has since been found
to be Mrs. Sarah Chase, Of near
Betterton. She went to Havre de
Grace on boat and on landing, 1t
being dark and the woman being
blind in one eye, she stumbled into
the dock and was drowned.
The farms belonging to the
estate of the late Mrs. Mary 8.
Arbuckle, in the Fourth district,
were sold at executors sale last
week. The home farm of 142
acres, tenanted by Daniel T. Ar
buckle, was purchased by him for
81 900, while the 76 acre farm was
purchased by it's present occupant,
Samuel J. Arbuckle, for 1900.
OF the three presidential post.
offices in Hartford eounty-Aber-
! deem, Bel Air and Havre de Grace,
Bel Air leads in gross receipts,
The receipts of the Offices up to
June last were: Bel Air. $6, 1894
gross receipts; salary $1,000. clerk
$500; Havre de Grace, s6,17S gross
} receipts; salary S1,700, clerk $500;
. Aberdeen, $4,000; salary s1,50O,
clerk hire &204.