The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-09-15

posit, lost twenty-five chickens last
week from their being poisoned.
District Deputy Frank Drew is
Organizing Camp of Modern
Woodmen of America at North
East.
| Samuel j. Deckman, of Aberdeen,
has been appointed section foreman
for the P, B. & W. R. r., at Port
Deposit.
The National City Bank, of New
York, has been appointed reserve
agent for the National Bank Of Port
Deposit.
The annual convention of the
Maryland Bankers Association
will meet at Annapolis October 4,
5 and g..
The gasoline launch owned by
William King, of Havre de Grace,
was damaged by fire on Wednes-
day last to the extent of about $50.
A permit was issued on Friday
by Governor Warfield for the ad-
mission of E. Mauldin, of North
East, to the Maryland School for
the Blind.
The September term of the Cir
cult Court for Cecil County con-
venes on Monday at Elkton. The
civil calendar contains 100 cases
and the appeals 16.
G. F. Oliver, of Wilmington,
has purchased the retail interest Of
Charles R. Ford, in the warehouse
business at Elkton station, and will
conduct it after September 15.
Miss May V. Robinson, of Havre
de Grace, was awarded second
prize for a bunch of "Jack" roses,
at the Kent and Queen Anne's
County Fair, held at Colchester.
John Chalmers, of near Newark,
claims to be the champion corn
cutter of New Castle county, Della.
ware. He cut and shocked one
day recently 140 shocks of corn in
eleven hours.
An important meeting of the
pastors of Wilmington District has
been called by Presiding Elder
Rev. A. s. Mobray, at Union M.
E. church, Wilmington, for Mon.
day, September IS.
Two young men named Scarbor-
ough, of Pleasant Hill, were fined
81 each and cost by an Elkton Mag
istrate on the charge of disturbing
religious services in a church in
that neighborhood.
The degree staff of National
Lodge I. o. o. f., Elkton, will COM
pete for the prizes for degree work
before the Sovereign Grand Lodge
of the order which meets in Phila.
delphia on September IS.
DR.. Gilfllan, of Newark, was
awarded premiums at the Delaware
State Grange Fair, held at Brandy
wine Springs, for fine display of
honey, and also three first prizes
for an exhibit of Light Brahama
chickens.
Frederick Stark, of Philadelphia,
who had the contract for the brick
work of the new p, B. & w. Rail-
road Station at Havre de Grace,
has thrown up his contract, and the
work will be done by Chas. A.
Sims & Co.
The dredge which has been at
work in the Elk river below Elk
ton for some time past, completed
its contract on Friday. An eight
foot channel has been dredged from
Cedar Point to the Pulp Mill
wharf, at Elkton.
Work has been suspended on the
Avondale.O Oxford trolley road by
reason of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Co. getting out an injunction
against the trolley road to prevent
a bridge being erected over their
track at Baker station.
William Little, employed by the
railroad contractors at Perryville,
was found dead in one of the shan
ties occupied by the men, one
morning last week. Coroner Mel
son, of Elkton, was notified but
deemed an inquest unnecessary.
The schooner Magnolia, which
was bound to Elkton, loaded with
wood for the pulp mills, and sank
in Annapolis harbor as result of
striking a sunken raft, has been
raised and reloaded and expects to
reach its destination this week.