The midland journal., 1908-10-09
Full moon tonight.

H. G. Waefel, of Perryville, has
been appointed a railway mail
clerk.
Revival services are in progress
at Sylmar M. E. church; having
started on Sunday last.
County Commissioner John F..
Pierce has purchased the farm of
Mrs. Fannie Crothers, near Colora.
A. number from this town and
vicinity have been visitors to the
City of Brotherly Love during the
Founders week festivities.
DIR. T. B. Moore caught a H.
pound rock fish Saturday afternoon
in the Susquehanna river. off the
mouth of the Octoraro creek.
A new concrete sub station has
been built at Elkton for the Gilpins
Falls Electric Company. The
structure is practically tireproof.
Last Tuesdays registration in
the Sixth district resulted in 43
new names being added to the list
and eight transfers to other dis
tricts being granted.
7y 1t is proposed to install a hot air
or steam heating plantrin West
Nottingham church and the trus-
tees will discuss the matter in de-
tail at special meeting on Oct. 15.
Rev. A. S. Mowbray will lecture
in Calvert M. E. church on Satnr
day evening, 10th inst, his subject
being sSnap Shots Through
Europe" !" An offering will be
taken.
j. E. Brumfield and John Don.
ache represented Rising Sun at the
republican mass meeting in Elkton
on Wednesday night. The meet.
ing was addressed by Senator j.. c.
Burrows, of Michigan, and Thos
Parran, of Baltimore.
Arrangements have been made
for a course of entertainments in
Rising Sun hall this winter, the
first Of the series of five to be held
on Wednesday evening, November
A. Full dates and particulars will
be given in next weeks issue.
The two 40. gallon chemical fire
extinguishers, purchased some time
ago by the Town Commissioners
have been received and will be
housed in the rear of "Council
Hail." where they will be Of easy.
access if needed in case of fire.
J. P. Wilson has left at this Office
a stalk of corn on which are two
fine ears, fully developed and with
straight rows of grains completely
covering the tips. Nelson James
has also left a sample ear which
measures 133 inches we'll filed from
butt to tip. He reports so bushels
to the acre.
A leak in the tank of a gasoline
stove caused. a threatening blaze
Monday, in the home of Mrs. Jennie
Gillespie, on Main street. In en-
deavoring to extinguish the flames
Miss Maggie Harrison painfully
burned one of her haods. She
summoned assistance, Mrs. Scott
Wilson and Eli T. Reynolds re
spending, and the blaze whs ex-
tinguished before any damage was
done. .
Much complaint is heard of fly
in wheat, many who were unaware
of its presence having discovered it
on close examination of the grain
after it had been bagged. The
damaged grain is completely
followed by the worm, which when
fully developed cuts its way out,
leaving tiny hole in a perfect
looking grain. Close examination
reveals this perfect looking grain to
be nothing but>a mere shell, the
worm having eaten nearly all the
kernel.
A broken shaft which was dis
covered Sunday afternoon just as a
party of antomobilists reached the
Maryland House, delayed them
until Wednesday evening, when
repairs were completed. The party
was composed of Mrs. M. R. Evans,
Miss A. E. Evans and Miss L. @.
Evans, of Buffalo, N. Y, in 40
horse touring car driven by Elmer
Miller, and enroute TO Baltimore.
: They had been touring for three
weeks and the breakdown Sunday