The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-01-04
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs Of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

Christmas this year was the
coldest for thirty four years.
The public schools re- opened on
Wednesday after the Christmas
holidays.
Harvey Pitt, a farmer of near
Principle Furnace, has recently lost
two horses from lockjaw.
John f. Kelley, Of Kembleville,
has purchased the New London
Hotel properly for $4,000.
A ten year contract for the light
| ing of the town of Newark has been
awarded to the Chester County
Electric Comlany,of Avondale.
i Poultry thieves recently visited
the henneryof a.. M. Herr, near
| Calvert, ard carried off about 200
chickens and a number of ducks.
The large stone mansion on the
( farm of George W. Grant, pear
Belair, was damaged by fire on
Saturday. The fire was caused by
a defective fue.
! j. r. Foraker, who for twenty
five years past has carried the mail
between the post Office and railroad
station at North East, has been
succeeded by E. J. Warner.
VIM. Giles and VIM. Martin,
both colored, of Havre de Grace,
have been lodged in Bel Air Jail,
eharged with stealing freight from
Pennsylvania railroad cars.
The general merchandise store of
| w. E.. Mathews, at Colt, Kent
county, was destroyed by fire last
week. The loss estimated at $4500,
is partly covered by insurance.
A piece of wood flying from a
lathe in the machine shop at Della
ware College struck William
Schaffer, Freshman, in the mouth
knocking out three teeth and cut
ting his face.
/ The Board of Trustees of the
Bel Air Methodist Episcopal church
have decided to install a pipe organ
and have contracted with the Mol
Ter Co., of Hagerstown, for the
instrument.
A new trial has been granted in
the case of Gillespie VS.. the F., b.
& w. railroad company. The
widow of DR.. Gillespie sues for
damages for his death by one of the
trains of the company.
John f. Oldfeld, of Fountain
Green, has invented kiln for dry.
ing lumber, which is so con-
structed that in twenty. four hours
it will perfectly season one inch
lumber for immediate use.
| AS tribute to the deceased pres
ident of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, A. j. Cassatt, the en-.
frances of all stations on the var
ious divisions, Baltimore Central
included, have been draped in
black.
| A special meeting of the execu.
tive committee of the Tidewater
Fishermen's Association was held
in Baltimore on Monday, when it
was decided to issue a call for a
general meeting of all commercial
fishermen, to be held at noon Jan.
8, at the Eutaw House, Baltimore.
The contest over the will of the
late Christopher Wilson, of Oar
Iliugton, Hartford county, has been
settled Mrs. Wilson will receive
her residence and $4,000 in secur-
Iities. Income from the balance,
about $4,000, will go to her
during life and at her death will be
divided among the nieces and
nephews of the deceased.
Fire, which gutted three stores
and damaged several others in
Market street, between Second and
Third streets, early Thursday
morning, of last week, and for a
time threatened the business CEN
ter of Wilmington, did damage to
extent of $4,000 before being
extinguished. On the burned
properties there is an insurance OF
about 100000.