The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-04-12

A semi-annual dividend OF
three per cent has been declared by
the Permanent Building Associa-
tion of Bel Air.
The 74th stated meeting of the
Presbytery of New Castle will con-
yene on April 16, in Pitts Creek
! Church, Pocomoke City, Maryland.
The Episcopal Rectory at Belair
was partly destroyed by fire
Friday last, caused by an over,
heated stove in the dining room.
The colored people of Hsvre de
Grace are raising funds for the
erection of school building in
that town, for the use of colored
children.
The receipts at the Bel Air
Hartford county, postoffice for the
year ending March 81, 1907, were
1920 in excess of. those OF the
previous year.
Herman Osmond, proprietor OF
the Osmond boatyards at Havre de
Grace, fell from a scaffold at the
yards on Friday, receiving a
broken leg and other serious
injuries.
The body of an unknown white
man was found Tuesday lying
along the railroad tracks, near
Aberdeen. The supposition is
that he fell off a freight train and
was killed.
At a recent Sunday morning
service of the First Presbyterian
church of Bel Air the sum OF
So, 900 was raised in few minutes,
and the amount applied to reduc,
| ing the debt on the manse.
During the absence Of James NJ.
Conner, of near Elkton, robbers
entered the house and ransacked
it from cellar to garret, securing a
quantity of silverware and other
valuable household goods.
The two year old child of Mrs.
Miller Grey, of Oxford, upset a
tub of boiling water over itself on
Monday morning, during the alb
sence of Mrs. Grey from the room,
and was terribly sealded.
| Newark held special election
Saturday, at which it was deter
mined to bond the town for the
erection of new schaalh9use. OF
l1,261 votes cast, LOTT were favor
able to the project and 184 op,
posed to it.
Miss Mary Gallon, of Havre de
Grace, who had her scalp torn off
at a cannery last year, and under
went the process of skin grating
in Baltimore hospital, has been
compelled to return to the hospital
for treatment.
The breaking of the tongue of the
Elkton Blake stage, one day last
week, caused the upsetting of the
vehicle in a ditch, with seven pas
sengers. Fortunately all escaped
Injury, with the exception of few
bruises and scratches.
George Jones of Wrightsdale,
was bitten on the wrist by mad
dog on Friday morning last. The
animal attempted to bite several
other people bHt was finally killed.
Mr.. Jones has gone to Baltimore
for treatment for the wound.
Howard Yerkes, of Noting
ham, lost valuable yOungldriving
horse on Friday last. The animal
got one of its hind feet caught be-
tween the spokes of a wagon wheel,
and had its leg broken. Mr..
Yerkes was compelled to kill his
horse.
The recent floods have assisted
in the formation of bars in the
channel of the Big Elk at Cedar
Point, below Elkton, rendering
navigation perilous, and efforts are
being made to have the work OF
dredging the river begin at an
early date.
1 Miss Anna Bowman, a former
Oxford yoHng lady, was married
on Monday in Philadelphia to Mr..
Wang Ho, Chinaman, whom she
met and taught in a Chinese
mission. Mr.. HO owns a farm
in Eey Jersey and is successfully
engaged in raising fancy poultry
for the Atlantic City hotels,
Surveyors are locating lines from
the Mccall Ferry electric plant tC
Baltimore, a distance of As miles,
and also to Harrisburg and