The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-12-08

will give an entertainment in Port
Deposit hall this evening.
The recent entertainment given
at Bay View for the benefit of the
Union hospital fund netted about
$40.
The track for the extension Of
the trolley road from Avondale to
West Grove is being laid in
Avondale.
Dowdall & Pusey have disposed
of their warehouse property. at
Avondale, which will be converted
into gas plant.
While ducking recently, with a
party of gunners on the flats Viii.
liam Crew, of Betterton, was acci-
dentally shot in the foot, and
severely wounded.
Presiding Elder Rev. Adam
Stengle, of Salisbury district, Will
mington conference, formerly sta.
toned at Port Deposit, is' reported
seriously i'll at his home.
Ground has been broken at Quar-.
ryville for a new engine house by
the Lancaster, Oxford and Southern
Railroad Company. The engines of
the company will be housed there.
Harry Jobes, of Haure de Grace,
who sustained a broken arm sew
eral weeks ago while at work at the
textile mill in that town, was COM
PEELED to have his arm reset last
week on account of the fracture not
knitting properly.
Ethel Moore, of Elkton, the II
year old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Rudolph Moore, fell and broke her
ankle while at play in the yard of
her home last week. This is the
second accident of a similar nature
the little girl has suffered within
a few months.
In commenting on the organiza-
tion of a Hunt Club by number of
young men Of Elkton, the Wing
says: "Judging from the peculiar
actions OF a number Of men around
different corners, there has been a
hunt club here ever since Pr0hibi-
tion has been in effect"
Engineers, firemen and trainmen
in general on the p, B. & w. rail-
road, and other branches of the
Pennsylvania system, are to be re-
|quired to master air brake manage
ment and obtain an average of 85
per cent upon examination or test
trials.
State Game Warden Avirett is
preparing to make war on terrapin
dealers in the State. All terrapin
under five inches will be c0nfis-
Gated and turned loose and the par
ties in whose possession they are
found will be compelled to pay a
fine of $5 to $40 for each terrapin
under the legal size.
Elkton has "Jack the Hugger, "
who has been annoying the young
women of that town. He attempt
ed to embrace q young girl Satur-
day night on Cathedral Street, but
was captured and landed In ElktOn
Ijail. The man gave his name as
William Kennard, aged % years,
land a resident of Philadelphia.
It is said the matter of Sunday
traffic through the Chesapeake &
Delaware canal will be taken under
consideration by the Grand Jury
of the December term of Court.
For many years the practice was to
keep the waterway closed from
midnight of Saturday till the same
hour on Sunday but the rule was
made that the locks be shut from 8
a. m. till 8 p. m, on Sundays
which allows much Sunday traffic.
| The government has taken a
hand in breaking up the shanghai
business, which has been carried
on for years during the oyster
season on the Chesapeake bay, and
this week several parties were
rescued from the oyster boats
where they, were being forced to
work until life was nearly extinct.
In some cases brutal murders are
reported. Our ueighboring town
of Oxford had one of its colored
population enticed aboard one OF
| the boats at Baltimore and he was
among the number rescued. He
tells narrowing tales of hardships
and will hereafter keep inland
away from the Waterfront.