The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-03-03

The young men of Elk Mills will
give a dance in Carter's hall on
Friday evening, March 3.
The w. E. Pennock farm of go
acres, in Elk township, has been
purchased for $3.50 by VIM. Bid
well, of Elkton.
Newark Town Council is taking
steps to furnish the town with a
better water supply by the sinking
of an addition we'll.
The taking of testimony in Cecil
county in the Jackson-Smith elec-
tion contest began at Elkton on
Thursday of last week.
81. H. Bowden, of Havre de
Grace, took an automobile trip on
the ice from Havre de Grace to
Chesapeake City few days ago.
Next session of the Maryland
State Teachers Association will be
held at the Blue Mountain House
from the 11th to 14th of July, 1905.
On account of the mad dog scare
in Newark the town council has
ordered all dogs running at large
to be muzzled, otherwise they will
be killed.
Company E, of Elkton, will par
ticipate June 5 and 6, in the rifle
practice to be given the Maryland
National Guards this summer at
the Saunders Range, near Annap.
oils.
Thomas B. Stewart, of North
East, has twenty-five partridges
which he caught during the biz
zard and has been caring for since.
He will liberate the birds in the
spring.
The contractors on the railroad
bridge work at Perryyille were
forced to replace the cofferdam
work for the fourth pier with a
caisson, as it was impossible to
keep out the water.
The Pittsburg Rod and Gun
Club has been granted the use OF
the park at Havre de Grace for a
two weeks encampment in August.
Forty members of the club will
participate in the camp.
John Davis. a plumber of Will
mington, while inspecting some
work at the American Can Co.. Is
plant at Havre de Grace last week,
fell from a scaffold, about Is feet,
to the ground, and suffered a
fracture of the right wrist.
The Commissioners of Hartford
county have decided to take ad.
vantage of the Shoemaker road law
and have made application for the
Improvement of different sections
of road in the county, amounting
in all to twelve and a.half miles.
The Ladies Aid Society of Octo-
raro M. E. church will hold a
poultry supper at the home OF
Ebenezer Riley on the evening of
March Sth. Proceeds for minis.
ter's salary. Everybody is invited
to come out and help a good cause.
Director Harris, of Jacob Tome
Institute, Port Deposit, was a mem
ber of the Union Catechism Com
mission of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, North and South, which
met iI Cincinnati on Friday and
Saturday for the purpose of the
final revision of the catechism.
The March term of the Circuit
Court for Cecil county will be oc-
cupied by two murder trials. John
M. Shippers will be tried for the
murder of Albert Constable, and
James Watson, of Perryville, for
the killing of his brother.in law
Walter Alexander, of Rowlandville.
The graduating class of North
East High School has decided to
appear in cap and gown at the
Commencement exercises. This is
an innovation for our public
schools but is an easy method of
settling the dress question, which
frequently proves a serious one to
some fair graduates.
Cecil Circuit Methodist Protes-
tant Church will vote for lay del
egate to the Maryland Annual Con
ference on next Sunday, March 8.
The vote will be taken at Bay View
church at 1880 a. m, al Mt. Oh
ivet at 3 p. m, and at Bethel at
1890 a. m. All full-members,
male and female, 81 years of age
and over are entitled to vote. The
Maryland Annual Conference meets
at Salisbury, Nd, on Wednesday,
April 8.