The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-04-20

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Lyman Spence for $425.
A rifle range has been laid out
upon the Fulford farm east of Bel
Air, for the use of Company d,
Maryland National Guard.
The fishing outfit of John Lamm,
of Port Deposit, consisting of
rowboat and nets, was stolen one
night last week by some unknown
party.
James Doyle, of Newark Del,
has been made track supervisor at
Elkton on the P, B. & W. rail
road, to succeed John B. Heath,
deceased.
The new police census of Will.
mington shows a total population
of 5,493, gain of S,935, since
1900. There are 9,675 colored
residents and "a Chinese.
1t cost Baltimore county $612 to
execute the negro murderer, Win
der. The scaffold cost $500, and
The hanging $312. The cost Of the
trial was additional to this.
The Board of Election Supervisors
for the city OF Havre de Grace have
received the nomination papers OF
the seven candidates for City Coun-
cilmen, who are to be voted for on
May z.
| While feeding fodder cutting
machine last week Hall Grafton.
aged IL years, Of Hickory. Hartford
county, got his hand caught in the
knives, and had two fingers
severed.
The work of grading and paving
certain streets in Havre de Grace.
rs agreed upon by the company for
concessions granted by the town, is
being pushed with vigor by the
Pennsylvania railroad company.
| Washington parties have leased
52 acres of land from Mrs. Hen
rietra w. Pue, near Peach Bottom,
Pa, for a period of 25 years.
There is a valuable deposit of the
famous Peach Bottom slate on the
land.
Congressman Thomas A. Smith,
of the First District of Maryland,
made his maiden speech before
that body on Thursday of last
week, when he spoke upon the
bill to charter the National Educa,
tional Association.
An Italian laborer who had been
in the employ of the B. & o. rail
road for more than twenty years,
received fatal injuries last week by
a large iron pump falling upon him
At Aberdeen. He was taken to a
Wilmington hospital where he died
in a few hours.
Wilson, Pugh & Wilson of Ok
ford have completed the running.
gear for a five ton charcoal wagon
for the Whitaker Iron Company of
Principle Furnace. Twenty two
years ago, j. G. Watson & Bros.
huilt a similar set for the company,
part of which is still sound.
@. NJ. Childs, who is we'll known
in this neighborhood, had a mar
row escape from being killed, in
Wilmington, on Friday morning
last, while crossing the p, B. & w.
railroad tracks. He was thrown
against the wall of a building by a
coal car which was being shifted
onto siding, but luckily escaped
with no worse injury than q badly
bruised shoulder and the nervous
shock.
The annual election of Vestry
men of Trinity parish was held in
the Episcopal Church, Elkton,
Monday morning and resulted in
the election of Messrs. Alfred
| Wetherell, George McQuilkin, w.
H. Mackall, Richard Reese, Victor
r. Bennett, Ricketts, Nelson, Geo.
B. Kerfoot and Rev. VIM. Schou,
Ter. Alfred Wetherill was elected
lay delegate to the diocesan con
vention which meets in Easton in
June.
Two of the largest locomotives
used on the P, B. & w. railroad
sank in quicksand near the com
pany's shops at TOdd's Cut, Will
mington, Friday afternoon, one OF
them being almost buried by the
sand. 1t was necessary to drive
piling and build new track to get
! them out.