The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-03-26

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held in Havre de Grace on April 13.
r. Burton Smith has been aps
pointed postmaster at Castleton,
vice James B. Smith, resigned.
The handsome new $1,000 Grace
Methodist Protestant Church at
Bel Air was dedicated Sunday.
Thrown from carriage while
driving on Tuesday, Mrs. Jas. Cal
hoon, of Sassafras, sustained a
broken arm.
Owing to an epidemic of measles
the public schools in the neighbor-
hood of New London and Russell
vile, Pa, are closed.
Henry Broadwater, of Havre de
Grace, has been fined $50 and costs
for fishing with net across the
mouth of Back River.
Two young men, VIM. McLaugh-
lin aud VIM. Lawler, of Whining,
ton, have entered the Salesian
Novitiate, near Childs.
1t is reported that the Md. &
Penna. r. r, is making surveys for
an extension though Fawn Grove,
Pa, and from Bynum to Como,
wiDgo.
The L. O. & S. narrow guage
railroad is to be converted into a
trolley road as soon as power can
be furnished from the Mccall Ferry
plant.
The suit of A. Nelson Lewis and
Mary &. Richards against Charles
A. Sims & Co. has been removed
from the Hartford County to the
Cecil County Court.
On recommendation of Congress
man Butler, President Taft on Fri
day appointed John CuncannoD
postmaster at Kennett Square. The
office pays $2,100 per year.
Work will soon be resumed on the
Mccall Ferry power plant and
pushed to completion. Eighty.
five per cent Of the actual work OF
construction has been finished.
Gresham Hall, located/at Tol-
chester and containing 439 acres,
was sold Tuesday for $1l, l,194 to
William Brown, of Baltimore.
There are 275 acres of arabic land
| Alta meeting of the State Dairy
mems Association, held in Balti-
more last week, Samuel M. Shoe
maker was elected president and
~. A. Shriver, of Bel Air, secre
tary and treasurer.
| James Whitla, father of little
| Willie Whitla, who was kidnapped
at Sharon, Pa, and held for so, 900
ransom, taught at Oxford Academy
years ago. Later he went West
and became wealthy.
| VIM. G. West, of Sylmar, lost a
fine two year.old Hoke colt Sunday
| from some unknown disease. The
animal had been sold the day pre-.
vious to Clifford Cook, but took
sick and died in few hours.
Capt. Peter Galloway has sold
| his One.half interest in the Elk
River fishing plant-on Joseph s.
McKenny's shore-operated last
, year by Galloway & Osmond, to
Capt. Richard T. Brannan, of Cecil
county.
\ The building and equipment Of
the bankrupt Times Publishing Co.,
on South Third Street, Oxford, was
sold at trustees sale on Wednes.
day morning for the benefit ot
creditors. The real estate brought
$1,000, the printing plant $500,
both being bid in by 7. X. Stubbs,
. Esq.
The Cecil County News comes tc
us this week in achanged form OF
make up, adopting a five.column,
eight page form, in place of the
old four page, large blanket sheet
form. The change is made, the
News says, in response to what
seems to be general preference on
the part of its readers.
The plant of the Mason Multiple
Washer Company, at Oxford, was
sold at public sale Saturday after.
noon. Thomas F. Grier was the
purchaser, securing the real estate
at $4,000 and the personal prop
erty at $3.50. The real estate was
sold subject to mortgage of $1O,-
600 and interest amounting to 800,