The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-08-14

will be held at West Chester, Sep.
tember to IL.
The Columbian Building Associa.
ton of Havre de Grace, has de-
clared an annual dividend to it's
| stockholders Of 81 per cent.
i Seven spar bouys have been
placed in BLK River by the Govern
ment, between Welsh Point and
Locust Point to mark the channel
John Buck, of near Port Deposit,
suffered a slight paralytic stroke on
Sunday afternoon, but is in an i'm
proved condition at the present
time
The annual fair and, race meet
ing of Kent, Queen Anne and
Cecil county, Md, will be held on
August 25-2S, at Colchester
| Beach, Nd. The Association of
fers $4,000 in purses.
Mrs. Margaret Gordon, has
sued the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company for $4,000 for the death
of her husband, Thomas Gordon, OF
Hartford county, who was killed by
a train in August 1907.
Lightning struck and burned the
barn on the farm of Thomas q.
Hunter, near White Hall, Hartford
county, on Wednesday afternoon OF
last week. The loss was about
81 800, with insurance of 1915.
A call has been issued for the
Republican State Convention, in
Delaware, which will be held at
Dover, on Tuesday, August 25.
There will be 100 delegates, who
will be selected at primaries held
Saturday, August 20.
The sub station Of the Elkton
Electric Light and Power Company,
was damaged by fire on Wednes-
day evening of last week, caused
by lightning, and the lights for the
town put out of commission. The
damage amounted to $1,000.
Clinton Dunbar, of Elkton; Bay
ard Black, of Oharlestown, and
Joseph T. Grove, of Zion, have
been appointed Cecil county as
SCISSORS, succeeding Fl. Frank Wit
worth, of Elkton, and j. Nelson
Black, of Principle, resigned.
DIR. ClintoHsA. Kane, of Perry.
willie, took tha- examination at Fort
McHenry, for appointment as first
lieutenant In the Medical Corps of
the United States Army. There
are five physicians applying for the
vacancy who took the examination.
I Knocking down a loaded gun
which was standing against the
wall, John Bowes, oolored, of st.
Georges, Del, was shot in the legs
| by the discharge of the weapon.
More than a hundred grains Of shot
were removed from his flesh by
physicians.
Capt. Warren j. Haines of Elk.
ton, staff officer of the First Infan-
try, made good score at the State
Rife Range, winning fifth place in
the Adjutant Generals match for
the military championships >of
Maryland. Captain Haines' score
was liza out of a possible 800.
Several mild cases of typhoid
fever are reported in Elkton, due
to using water from old infected
wells. One of>the patients, Mrs.
10. G. Giles, is being treated at the
new Union Hospital, being the first
patient to be admitted to Cecil
county's new institution.
Theodore OFT, of Locust Point,
on the Elk river, some time ago
lost pair of spectacles in the river.
A few days ago while in swimming
he struck something with his foot
and reaching under the water
found TO his surprise it was his
missing spectacles, which were
in as good condition as the day he
lost them.
G. Reeve Vanneman, who holds
a responsible position in the New
York Engineering Department OF
Public Works, has received and is
considering a very flattering offer
at large salary to become Pre-.
lessor of Civil Engineering in the
College Of Agricultural and Me.
chanicai Arts Of Hawaii. -Havre de