The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-11-02
Election Day on Tuesday.


The frame of 81. L. Worthing-
toms new dwelling, on East Main
street, was raised this week.
A meeting in the interest Of the
present Local Option law will be
held at Charlestown this evening,
Nov. 2.
The MIDLAND acknowledges the
receipt of fine bouquet of "mums"
and roses from Mrs. George FL.
Thompson.
The Riverside Cornet Band of
Port Deposit has purchased an en-
tire new set of instruments at a
cost of 81, 800.
Snow fell in this section on
Wednesday afternoon, but it is
hardly necessary to state that no
cutters were out.
There will be revival service at
Sylmar M. E. church next Sunday
night, and at that time further
announcement will be made.
The total number of white reg
istereds voters in Cecil county this
year is 5,42O, colored S94, making
a total of 6,314 voters in the county.
Rev. l.. E. Poole has been in
vited by the official board of Elk
ton M. E. church to return to that
charge the forthcoming conference
year.
The Junior, Middle and Girls
High School of Jacob Tome Insti-
tute, Port Deposit, were closed last
week on account of several cases of
diphtheria in the town.
The exchequer of the Americus
Band, OF Perryville, has received
an addition of $56.25 as result of
the recent festival held by the
members of the organization.
Miss Mabel Preston, daughter of
Isaac Preston of the Seventh dis
trict, who was bitten by a mad
dog in Wilmington, is receiving
treatment at the Pasteur Institute.
The ladies of Rock church will
hold poultry supper on Friday
evening, November 2. Supper
served from 5 to 9 O'Clock. If
stormy, will be held Saturday
evening.
Mrs. Helen L. Bullock, National
Organizer of the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union, will speak
in Calvert M. E. church on the
evening of Nov. 9th. Everybody
invited.
Rev. F. E. Williams, editor of
the Cecil Whig, will address a
local option meeting in Hopewell
church this evening. The River
side Cornet Band, of Port Deposit,
will be in attendance.
VIM. Peoples, who brought suit
for damage in the sum of $4,000
against the McClenahan Granite
Co. of Port Deposit, for injury to
one of his eyes, compromised by
agreeing to take 81, 900.
The Odd Fellows of Oxford
Lodge, No. 5O13, will he present at
Mt. Hope A. U. M. P. church
Sunday, Nov. 4, at 2 p. M. Ser
mon by Rev. Marion G. Jones.
Subject-Perfect Conformity; text,
I Cor. 1.10.
Drawings of the sloop "Golden
Light" owned by Capt. Joseph
Hilton, who was murdered on board
his boat in Elk river on Oct. s,
have been made for use at the trial
of Thos. R. Witcraft, who is held
for the murder.
A republican mass meeting was
held in Elkton on Monday evening
which was addressed by Hon. Chas.
j. Bonaparte, Secretary of the
Navy, and VIM. T. Warburton,
ESQ, of Elkton. Hon. William Fl.
jackson, nominee for Congress from
the First district, was present at
the meeting.
A cable hoist has been erected at
the wharf of the Mccall Ferry
Power Co., at Port Deposit, for the
purpose of facilitating the unload
ing of sand from the barges. The
company will be able to load and
ship by rail to Mccall Ferry, two
hundred cars of sand daily after
the completion of the hoisting plant
af Port Danoait.