The midland journal., 1906-08-17
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

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Z 500 registered voters.
Harry Cooling has sold his
dwelling in Perryyille to A. c.
Jackson.
George L.. Buckwalter has sold
the Pequea roller flour mill to Fred
! H. Sickman.
The Columbian Building Asso-
citation of Havre de Grace, has
declared an annual dividend of
seven per cent.
The chair of Agriculture at Della
ware College, Newark, has been
accepted by Prof. Henry Hayward,
of Massachusetts.
The young son of J. R. Couden,
of Cowentown, fell and dislocated
his arm last week in attempting to
climb a wire fence.
The Octoraro Water Company
has installed an additional air com
pressor, weighing $500 pounds, at
its Pine Grove pumping station.
Francis Farr, employed at the
Bibb stove foundry, Port Deposit,
had one of his feet badly burned
last week by stepping in pile of
hot cinders.
Daniel E. Butter, of Elk Mills,
lost a fine horse last week. The
animal had its leg broken by being
kicked by another horse, and had
to be killed.
The Deland Mining and Milling
Company, of Delaware, has pnr-
chased the leases and buildings of
the Conowingo Mining Company in
Cecil county,
Republican Primaries for Kent
county will be held on Saturday,
and the county convention on the
following Monday, to send delegates
to the congressional convention.
George White, son of ex-Sheriff
G. J. White, of Elkton, while out
yachting on. Chesapeake Bay Sun.
day afternoon, had his right arm
broken by being caught in the
engine of the boat.
Rev. Charles Denroche, has ac-
cepted the call to the Church of
the Good Shepherd, Chesapeake
City. Rev. Mr.. Denroche, was for
years rector of the Old st. Paul's
Parish, in lower Kent county.
The Hartford County School
Board has fixed the salaries of the
principals of Aberdeen and Jarretts.
vile at 81, 1000, and that of the as
sistants at Aberdeen, Darlington,
Bel Air and Jarretsville at $3.50.
The Delaware Board of Pardons
has recommended the pardoning of
John Boozer, colored, convicted of
the murder of George d. Farra,
near Wilmington, several years
ago. Boozer has been respited
three times on the ground of newly
discovered evidence.
AS a result of the opening of the
new low grade freight line an order
has bel en- issued by the Pennsyl-
vania railroad company, which af-
fects thirty-nine freight crews, who
have had their headquarters at
Columbia. The crews have been
shifted to various places on the
new line.
Republican primaries will be held
in the several election districts
throughout Cecil county on Satur-
day, Aug. 25, for the purpose of
electing five delegates from each
district who will assemble in Elk
ton on Aug. 81, to choose delegates
to the Congressional convention to
be held at Ocean City on Aug. 30.
A force of about forty men is
engaged in the work of taking down
the draw span of the old Pennsyl-
vania railroad bridge at Perryville.
The draw and one span on the east
OF it, including the piers upon
which they rest, are to be taken
down at once, but it will probably
be several months before the re-
manning spans and piers will be
removed.
The Quarryville Sun reports as a
result of the visit of Jones Wild
West Show to that town last week,
numerous petty thefts occurred,
which we're traced to those attached
to the show, some of the property
being recovered. Chickens, whips,
blankets, robes, lumber, double
trees, in fact anything movable was
Iapt to be carried off by the gang,
which was tough one.