The midland journal., 1906-08-10
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED.

bia & Port Deposit railroad have
had their wages increased to 81. 1.43
per day.
The friends of General Murray
Vandiver, of Havre de Grace, Dem
ocratic State Chairman, have start
| ed a boom for his candidacy for
Governor.
The crown sheet of the traction
engine of Garrett Lockerman blew
out one day last week, while being
operated near Warwick, badly
damaging the machine.
William G. Armstrong, formerly
of Oxford but lately Of the Eagle
Hotel, West Chester, has purchased
a hotel property in Ardmore, where
he contemplates locating.
Assistant Principal Albert E.
Howard, of the Cecil County High
School, has been chosen principal
of the Galena High School, vice
Principal Jester, resigned.
Havre de Grace has had an in.
crease in population of fifteen
families, who have located in that
town the past week, several mem.
bers of whom will be employed in
the Textile Works.
DR.. Francis Falls, of Port De-
posit, who recently graduated from
the veterinary department of the
University of Pennsylvania, has
located in Philadelphia for the
practice of his profession.
Michael Toblin, a Hartford county
farmer, fell beneath the wheels of
his heavily loaded wagon on Mon
day, while hauling grain, and suf-
fered a broken leg and internal in
ljuries which may prove fatal.
d. Clarence Bunting, who has
conducted the store business at
Union, Colerain township, for sew
eral years, has sold out to Milton
Jenness, of Oxford, who will assume
charge of the business in September.
George Chalmers while assisting
at barn raising near Newark last
week, fell a distance of 30 feet, but
fortunately escaped serious injury,
his fall being somewhat broken by
striking other men under him, who
were also more or less bruised.
The residence of Ross G. Hen
derson, at Black Horse, Hartford
county, was destroyed by fire last
week, caused by an oil stove. The
greater part of the household goods
were burned. The loss was about
l$1, 900, and was covered by in
surance.
While playing with a loaded re-
volver on Saturday James Dough
erty, young son of Mrs. Mary
Dougherty, of Mccall Ferry, was
fatally wounded by its accidental
discharge, the ball entering his
stomach and causing his death in a
few hours.
| John Pennell, of near Oak Hill,
has been held under bail for his
appearance at court on the charge
of assault and battery, preferred
by Silas Brown. The trouble grew
out of the tresspass of number of
colts belonging to Pennell, in the
truck patch of Brown.
Martin Grice, of Aberdeen, jump.
ed from a passenger train at Swan
Creek one day last week, and was
badly cut and bruised but escaped
, serious injury. The train was
running at 40 miles an hour and
not being scheduled to stop at Swan
Creek, Grice jumped, with the
result stated.
: The Newark, DEL, Board of
Education at a recent meeting
elected George s. Messersmith
Principal and Misses Meta Nc,
Sorley, Ethel M. Ferguson, M. Jen-
ME Raub, Emma M. Coate, Edna
II. Cooper, Alice M. Ferguson and
Eta J. Wilson assistant teachers
in the Newark High School. The
Principals salary was raised from
, $3.50 to 5000.
The sun was in the sulks during
the month of July, for on twenty
nine days it hid its face behind
clouds. Seventeen of these days
we're rainy. The temperature
registered from go to 80 at inter-
vals during the month. Not for
thirty-five years have there been so
few entirely clear days as in July
just past. In July, 1875, there
were three clear days, and in July,
1897, there were but three also.