The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-10-23

IhU lh L lCoSdut uAs II. CuuAOh
"The Blind Spot;" the evening
subject "Job, and the Problem of
ISufering.''
| Chas. G. Wells, for several years
District Manager of the Diamond
State Telephone Co, at Elkton, has
been superseded by Walter G.
Cough, of Dover.
Rev. L. e. Barrett, pastor of
Elkton M. E. church, has accepted
a call to Chestertown M. E. church,
subject to the decision of Con
ference, at a salary of 81, 200.
| Thomas Cain, of Lombard, Cecil
county, has been granted patent
on a window spring and burglar
alarm. 1t required two years of
experimenting before Mr.. Cain sue
ceeded in perfecting his ingenious
device.
The change in weather condi-
tions, from midsummer heat, which
prevailed on Saturday and Sunday,
when the mercury was as high as
$50, to that of Monday evening was
most decided, the mercury running
down to 49,.
| A silk quilt containing 1900
pieces has been presented to Miss
Dora Davis, of Elkton, by her aunt,
Mrs. Sara Hagerty, of Passaic, n.
j., who is 76 years old. During
the past five years Mrs. Hagerty
has made 80 of these quilts, all by
hand.
Some miscreant broke into Mon
roe school house, last Saturday
night and maliciously scattered
things around. Mr.. j. Hanna
ANNOUNCES he will pay a reward OF
$40 for information leading to the
arrest and conviction of the guilty
party or parties.
The annual meeting of New
London Detective Association was
held Saturday, when 196 members
sat down TO the dinner served at
New London Hotel. The Associa.
tion has membership of 221. A
balance.o 1894 80 was shown to be
in the treasury by the treasurer's
report.
The State Board of Education has
increased the period of instruction
in elementary and high schools
from ten to eleven years, adding
the extra year to the six elementary
years. Thirty seven high schools
have applied for the commercial
course appropriation, which ex-
hausts the fund.
| Hopewell M. e. church, Wood.
lawn, Rev. j. Howard Gray pastor.
Sabbath services Oct. 25: Sunday
school at $50; preaching 1890 a.
m., and s p. M; in morning special
sermon to "Old Folks" roll call,
etc. Evening, Epworth League
Rally. Preaching at Asbury 3 p.
M. Special sermon to Senior Me.
chanics. All welcome.
i A small barn on the Marley farm,
near Cherry Hill, was destroyed by
fire on Friday last. The alarm was
sounded by blowing the mill
whistle. Mrs. Sarah McGraw hear.
ing the alarm and thinking the
Aims House was on fire, became
lgreatly excited and suffered an
attack of heart failure, death re
sulting. The deceased was 70
years of age.
4 81. p. Little, a young business
man of West Grove, has disap.
peared from his home, the report
being he has eloped with a young
woman who has been employed in.
Gimbel Bros. store, Philada. Little
recently transferred his property
in West Grove to his wife and after
raising about $1,000 in cash, left
wife, home and friends for the
shop girl with whom he became
enamored about six months ago.
This section was completely en-.
veloped in a thick pail of smoke on
Monday. In the early morning
there was a light haze but as the
day wore on and cold westerly
wind sprang up, this haze gradual
ly thickened and by noon the
smoke was dense and the odor of
burning leaves or timber very
noticeable. This pail of smoke was
general throughout the Middle
I ,|.Atlantic States, and was attributed
! to'thegreat forest fires in the Lake
! region and at nearer points else