The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-11-08

The W. G.. T. U. will meet with
Mrs. Joseph Smith on Thursday,
Nov. Ia, at 2:30 o'clock.
The annual meeting of the Not
tingham Detective Association will
be held in Oxford Saturday, Dec. 7.
Thos. S. Miller, Judge of the
Orphans Court, is the consolation
prize for the Cecil county G. O.-P.
The recent bazar and festival of
the Riverside Cornet Band, of Port
Deposit, netted the band about
$1O0.
While picking apples Friday in
the orchard of John Jackson, near
Oxford, Rose Ashby fell and broke
his arm.
The land to be used for the new
Agricultural High School building
at Calvert has been surveyed by
Wilmer J. Falls.
President Roosevelt has issued
his Thanksgiving proclamation,
naming Thursday, November %, as
Thanksgiving Day.
Clerk of the Court Manley Dren-
nen last week issued "a sink box
licenses to Cecil county duckers,
and IS sneak boat license.
John Hunter, of this town, met
with painful accident on Wednes-
day at Conowingo, falling into the
stone quarry at that place and
fracturing his right arm.
The boiler on the dredge Lewis,
engaged in dredging Elk River, at
Elkton, was blown up Friday and
the vessel partly wrecked. No one
was injured.
John Kimble, of Port Deposit,
was elected first secretary at the
annual session of the National
Farmers Congress, held at Okla
homa City, Oct. %. The term of
Office is for two years.
A pension of $l2 per month,
from March 8, 1907, has been
granted by the Government to
John T. Phillips, of Nottingham,
who sarsed as an engineer in the
Pennsylvania Vol. Inf.
A string of eighteen 3.spring
sshapdy" wagons came into town
last Friday afternoon, the vehicles
being for Jos. s. Pogue, Sons and
Co., having been purchased from
an Oxford wagon builder.
Chief Judge James Alfred Pearce
presided at special session of the
Circuit Court for Cecil County on
Friday last, held for the purpose
of hearing a number of appeals
from the registrars of voters.
DR.. Thomas S. Baker, of Tome
Institute, Port Deposit, has ac,
cepted an invitation to address the
Association of Colleges and Prepar
atory schools, at Columbia Uni
versity, New York, November 20
and 80.
In his case against the Pennsyl-
vauia Railroad Company, Elwood
Webster, of Oxford, secured YER
dict of S1777 So. Mr.. Webster
claimed damages to the extent of
S2313, for injuries received by a
carload of horses which were ship
to him in 1905.
Despite the stormy weather
Wednesday evening, when the rain
descended in torrents, the Chry
santhemum Tea held in the lecture
room of the NJ. E. church, by the
ladies of the Epworth League and
Sunday school, was gratifying
success, the gross receipts being
$40. The sum of $50 was cleared.
In the battle of the ballots on
Tuesday one hundred and forty.
eight blank cartridges were banded
out at Rising Sun as preliminary
salute before the carnage proper
commenced. This raised more din
than all the effective shots fired
and the two careless officials on
whom the blame lay were enveloped
in cloud of sulphurous smoke all
day.
Memorial windows are being
placed in st. Theresa R. @. church,
Port Deposit,in memory of the par
ents of j. T. Whalen and Mrs. j..
Orem Smith. Rev. Miles j. Nc,
Mauus, pastor Of the church, has
organized a night school for the
purpose Of iustructing the Italians
of Port Deposit and vicinity in the
Ta-.lsoa- 80 A aIoa.,