The midland journal., 1905-07-07

The Avondale National Bank has
declared semiannual dividend of
3 per cent.
The Daughters of Liberty of
Havre de Grace netted $1S2.50 by
their recent festival.
The Riverside Cornet Band of
Port Deposit, cleared about $65 by
the festival held last week.
The tax rate of Havre de Grace
has been fixed at go cents on the
the $1O0 for the coming year.
The salary of the principal of
Newark public school has been
raised from $500 to $3.50 per year.
Prof. Chas. 81. McNabb has re.
signed the principalship of Bel
Air, Hartford county, Academy and
will practice law. $
James Reynolds, farmer of near
Newark, has lost four horses with
in a few weeks, the animals dying
from some unknown disease.
DR.. Harry E. Clemson is having
his residence in Port Deposit raised
above the "f1ood line," in order to
escape the annual innndation.
The thirty eighth annual meeting
of the State Teachers Association
will convene at the Blue Mountain
House Tuesday next. The sessions
will conclude on Friday.
There are two vacant scholarships
at Washington College, Chester.
town, Md, from Cecil County to
be appointed by the Orphans
Court. Applicants are required to
pass examination at the College.
Samuel Bailey, an Oxford lad,
found dynamite cap one day last
week and on investigating its gen.
eral make up lost the end of a
finger by the explosion which
occurred.
The newly elected officers of Ma.
tional Lodge, 1. o. o. F., of Elk
ton, who will be installed tonight,
are: Noble grand, Howard Vincent;
vice. grand, Lyman Spence; Record
ing Secretary, Philip M. Groves.
The Commissioners of Hartford
county have agreed to bear two
thirds of the expense of the annex
to the. High School building in
Havre de Grace, providing the City
Council makes provision for the
remaining one.third,
Rev. T. E. Martindale on Thurs.
day of last week celebrated two
marriages at the Elkton M. e. Par
sonage, Mr.. Walter B. Woodall and
Miss Susie Schofield, both of Fred
ericktown, and Mr.. William A.
Shott and Miss Eliza Moore, both
of Philadelphia.
The Peoples Fire Insurance
Company has been incorporated at
Bel Air with the following direct
org: Edward 81. Hall, Charles w.
Michael, 8. A. Williams, John d.
Worthington, DR.. Martin, L. JAR
rett, George E. Silver and Joseph
W. Chamberlaine.
Prof. Geo. s. Messersmith, prin-
cipal of the Newark High School,
has been awarded first teachers
prize for writing the best essay on
Scientific Temperance Education.
The prize is two weeks outing at
Atlantic City, and is given by the
W. G. T. u. of Delaware.
Thomas Cloud, a well known
horse trader of Chester county, is
charged with stealing the horse of
Robert Mendenhall, of Fairville,
a few nights ago. The horse was
sold to ThOs. Kavanaugh, of West
Grove, from whom Mr.. Mendenhall
recovered his stolen property.
John 1. Gerlock, who married
Miss Mabel ]. Barrett, of Perry.
vile, in October, 1904, was sentenc.
ed last week, in Baltimore, by
Judge Harlan, to IS months i'm
prisonment on the charge of having
two wives. He and his first wife
had separated and Gerlock married
again before securing a divorce.
VIM. Cole, an aged farmer of
near Smyrna, DEL, was held up by
two highwaymen on Tuesday morn
ing while driving along the road
near his home, and robbed of $78.
The men were arrested later at
Chester, on board the steamer
Thomas Clyde, and when searched
$75 of the money was found on