The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-12-21

VlSlC LnlS week lO DdltluOEc duu
Washington.
Mrs. Cyrella Powell and Mrs. j.
M. Sterrett and son are visiting in
Philadelphia.
Dare Hopkins, of Princeton Uni
versity, is spending the Christmas
holidays at his home near town.
Mrs. John Kennedy and daugh-
ter, Margaret, of West Grove, were
entertained last week by Mrs.
Chas. s. Pyle.
Miss Ramsey, of West Chester,
and Mr.. George Nipple, of Malvern,
were the guests, Sunday, of Mr..
and Mrs. Jos. s. Pogue.
Mrs. C. Reeve Vanneman, of
Elmira, N. Y, and Miss Jennie
Maxwell, of Philadelphia, were the
guests this week of Miss Gertrude
s. Dare.
The marriage of Miss Maud
Hague, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas M. Hague of Elkton, and
Mr.. Samuel Holt, of Philadel-
phia, will take place Saturday
evening, at 5 o'clock, in Elkton M.
e. Church.
The Euchre was entertained on
Wednesday evening by Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles E. Burlington. The
occasion proved a delightful one, a
number oil visitors being present in
addition to the regular members.
High score for the ladies was made
by Mrs. C. Reeve Vanneman, and
for the gentlemen by Cecil n.
Ewing.
The Elkton Gun Club will hold
"a shoot on its grounds Christmas
day, beginning at 10 O'Clock a. m.
The large fodder rick on the farm
of II. L. Neff, near Warwick, was
destroyed last week by fire of un-
known origin.
The Commercial Light, Heat and
Power Co. of Wilmington, has been
granted a franchise to do business
in Havre de Grace.
The "City Belle" which plies
between Port Deposit and Lap
idum has gone into winter quarters
at Havre de Grace.
The members of National Lodge,
No. 81, 1. o. o. F., of Elkton, are
preparing to give a play during
the present winter.
On Tuesday. Dec. %, the open
season for shooting partridges,
pheasants, woodcock and rabbits in
Cecil county expires.
The Good Templars of Minnehaha
Lodge, Chrome, will celebrate the
forty first anniversary of it's insti-
tuition on Saturday evening, Jan. 5,
Mrs. Mary A. Gleason, of Havre
de Grace, has executed a deed of
trust for the benefit of her credit.
ors, Mr.. s. E. Penning being
named as trustee.
Rev. Wilson Beale, of Zion and
Rock Presbyterian churches, has
accepted the recently announced
call to the pastorate of Salisbury
Presbyterian church.
George Briggs, colored, was ar
rested at Sparrow's Point and
lodged in Bel Air Jail, charged
with committing robbery at Aber-
deem on the night of Sept. 8.
While walking across the trestle
bridge at Singerly, Saturday
night, George Gale, colored, was
struck by B. & o. train and hurl-
ed from the structure. He suffer
ed broken arm and other injuries
and was taken to Wilmington
hospital for treatment.
James McEwing, lineman in
the employ of the Western Union
Co., while assisting in trimming along
the line near Cowentown, Cecil
county, became entangled in rope
and received a fall which caused
serious injuries. He was removed
to his home in Havre de Grace.
Samuel Smith, Jr., of Oxford,
while attending services at the
Baptist Church in that town Sun
day evening discovered his cloth.
ing was on fire, and slipping
quietly from the building extin-
guished the smouldering sparks,
which had burned large holes in
his apparel. Matches had become
ignited in his pocket.