The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-04-21

| SnOro nave arrested SeV0Fal parties
for offering for sale fish of undersize.
Unpaid tax bills to the amount
of 90, 500 have been placed in the
hands of the Sheriff of Kent county
for collection.
The Ladies' Aid Society of
Perryville M. E. church realized
800 by the supper held on Thurs,
day and Friday Of last week.
While playing with an axe one
day last week Hooper Giles, aged
6 years, of Elkton, accidentally cut
the end of finger of his little 2
year old brother off.
The wreck at the mouth of Elk
river having been removed, the
light marking the same has been
discontinued, by order of the Light
house Department.
Harry 81. Blansfeld, signal man
at Bacon Hill, on the p, B. & w.
railroad, was badly injured last
week by fall while placing a Ian.
tern on top of 25-foot semaphore.
W. G. West, Of Sylmar, has a
string Of trotters training on the
track of the Coatesville Driving
Park for the coming circuit. The
string includes Hokes Lee and
Strychnine. :.
McMullen & McDermott last
week sank caisson on the Perry
vile and also one on the Havre de
Grace side of the river preparatory
to resuming work on the piers of
the new p, B. & w. railroad
bridge.
Morris Dunbar, farmer of near
Elkton, met with a very painful
accident last week. While trim.
ming bushes he was struck in the
eye by a briar, the injury being SO
severe as to threaten the loss of
sight of the optic.
Rosebank school will hold an en-.
tertainment consisting of recita
tions, dialogues, tableaux, etc.,
assisted by Anderson's orchestra,
in the Friends school house, Cal
vert, Wednesday evening, April
26, at s O'Clock. Admission, zoe.
| A freight wreck on the Balti
more & Ohio railroad Sunday
morning at the Little North East
bridge near Leslie station, resulted
in the demolition of three cars, the
tearing up of stretch of track and
the delaying of traffic for several
hours.
The graduating class of the Cecil
County High School, Elkton, this
year is the largest in the history of
the school, numbering "a. There
are but two boys in the class. The
date for the commencement has not
been set but will probably be the
latter part of May.
The date for the ssHuskin' Bee,"
advertised to be held at Calvert on
the 22nd inst, has been changed to
the evening of Saturday, 29th,
when the entertainment will be
lgiven in Friends school building.
Admission, 25c; proceeds for the
benefit of the Calvert w. @. T. U.
Jerome Byard, colored, wanted
at Elkton on the charge of robbing
an italian Of a sum OF money was
arrested in Wilmington, Sunday
evening as he stepped from a train
which he had boarded at Elkton a
few minutes before, the Whining
ton officers having been notified by
wire. When searched $21 was
found upon the negro.
The almanac makers got the
months mixed and gave rs several
days that belonged to March this
week. Snow squalls were frequent,
and some Of them quite heavy, on
Sunday, while Monday and Tues.
day were equally cold and disagree
able. The swelling fruitIbuds were
greatly retarded, if not injured by
the low temperature which pre-
vailed.
Octoraro M. e. Sunday school
was reorganized on Sunday with
the following officers: Superintend-
ent, George A. McKinsey; assistant
superintendents, Altman Ferguson,
Miss Lydie McCaslin; secy., Mrs.
Mary Allies; Assistant. Mrs. Rachel
McKinsey; treas, Warden Fer
guson; librarian, Miss Florence
Barrett; assistant orgsnist, Miss
lLYlje McCaslju.