The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-01-31
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

houuOE NtCAdTuSs OA GaFloVtttcs
shot two swan recently near his
home.
The annex to Union Hospital
building, at Elkton, is now under
roof and plasterers are at work.
John Linton, of near Port De-
posit, while milking, was kicked
by a COW and two of his ribs were
broken.
Mrs. Mary E. Kimble, of near
Chrome, has sold her farm of 36
acres to Easburn Brown, of near
Blue Ball.
The Jane Robinson property,
near Sylmar formerly owned by
Rev. Elam Kirk, has been pur
chased by e. X. Slicer for $500.
The Leiper property in Elk Neck
has been sold by George Leiper
Carey Trustee, to the Owners
Realty Company of Baltimore City,
for %, 900.
| At a public sale held at Atglen,
Pa, last week, of the effects of the
late E. p. Good, a grandfather
clock was purchased By sister OF
the deceased for $292.
A new survey of the Maryland
Delaware bonndry, many of the
old stone markers having disap.
peared, is recommended by the
| Maryland Geological Survey.
A reward of 5000 has been offer
ed for the recovery.of the body OF
John Thorpe, who was drowned by
falling from his vessel 10 the Chesa-
peake Bay during the past week
The public schools of Milford,
DEL, have been closed on account
of an outbreak of scarlet fever,
Several houses in the town have
been quarantined as q precau-
tionary measure.
The re .assement in Havre de
Grace has been completed and is
nearly 100000 more than the last
one, making the total assessed
value of property in the town
nearly $2,0OO,O0O.
The congregation of Newark
| Methodist Episcopal church has,
by unanimous vote, asked for the
return the coming conference year
of Rev. Wilburn F. Corkran, pas
tor of the church.
Owing to the destruction by fires
lin Chestertown a public meeting
was held by the citizens to discnss
1.-THE question of bonding the town
for $4,000 to erect water plant
and organize a fire department.
The 57th annual report of the
New Castle County, Del, Insur.
ance Company shows the amount OF
Insurance in force to be $701. $50,
aud SO, 1856 .48 paid in losses, and q
gain Of $ll,O34 u in the years
business.
Residents in the neighborhood oi
Garland, Hartford county, have
agreed to contribute 800 toward
the macadamizing of section OF
road connecting with the Havre de
Grace road, the County Com
missioners to furnish $500 toward
the Improvement.
| An effort will be made to have
the Hartford County Commission
|ers ask for State aid in macadam
lizing the road between Havre dc
Grace and Aberdeen, and as a
Ipreliminary step thereto, have the
IState road engineer make survey
Eof the road, together with the cost
of macadamizing.
i The Susquehanna Pole Line Com
pany of Hartford county has a
corps of engineers at work sur
veying another route for the
transmition line from the electric
plant at McCall's Ferry to Balti.
more. Several surveys have al.
ready been made.
The Pennsylvania railroad com
pany is making a determined effort
to break up the practice of tramps
riding on freight trains, and mum
erous, arrests are being made fol
the offense. Last week five
Weary WilIies were arrested il
Havre de Grace on this charge and
Isentenced to four months each in
the House of Correction.
i Six tramps were sentenced last
week by Magistrate sGilpin, ol
EIkton. to two months in the
House of Correction on the charge