The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-05-21

Oxford Agricultural Association is
making preparations for the Spring Fair,
which will be held June g, 10 and II.
Walter Grubb, of Pleasant Grove, Pa,
captured young otter several days ago,
I. in the Susquehanna river, near Haines
station
The body of an unknown white man
was found in the Susquehanna river, near
the Furnace wharf, Havre de Grace, on
Friday afternoon.
Walter Armstrong, of Fair Hill, lost his
valuable trotter "June Bug" for which he
had refused an offer of 5000, by pneu-
monia, few days ago.
Mary A. Hopkins, of Hartford county,
has been awarded $Ioo scholarship prize
at Johns Hopkins Nurses School, after
two years lecture attendance.
Booker T. Washington, the noted col
ored orator and teacher, will deliver aD
address at the commencement exercises
of Lincoln University, the first week in
June.
P. H. Mccormick, of Bel Air, was
elected first vice-president of the Maryland
Poultry and Pigeon Association, at the
annual meeting held in Baltimore last
week.
Rev. George w. Bradley, pastor of the
M. E. church at Trainor, Pa, will be the
manager of Leslie Camp this year. The
camp will open Wednesday, July 81, and
hold over two Sundays.
Samuel Peco, colored, aged about thirty
years, who lived on the York county side
of the Susquehanna river at Mccall Ferry,
while fishing for shad was drowned in
the river Monday morning.
In Chester County Common Pleas
Court last Friday, in the case of Richard
Merricks lr., VS.. Mrs. Lydia E. Merrick,
petition for divorce, the jury returned a,
verdict for the defendant, Mrs. Merrick,
refusing to dissolve the marriage.
The fishing season on the floats and
shores has practically ended, 5,.t gillers
will continue to operate until June Ios
The season as whole has not been profit
able, as the catch has been light 1t is
estimated there will not be over an
average of sixty per cent of herring pack
ed, as compared to previous years.
| Governor Crothers, upon the advice of
Attorney-General Straus, has declared
May 81 legal holiday. Decoration Day,
May 80, falls on Sunday this year and the
custom has been when that occurs to OBJ
serve it on the following day. The Goy-
ernor in making Monday legal holiday
complied with a number of requests from
organizations.
The explosion of gasoline tank in the
basement of the store of Herman Duhring,
at Newark, Del, one evening last week,
badly damaged the building and the one
adjoining. Mr.. Dphring entered the room
where the tank was with lighted lamp
and the supposition is leak in the tank
permitted sufficient vapor to escape to
cause the explosion. 9'9T s.
The following are the players signed by
Manager Snyder of the Rising Sun base
ball club Joseph Devon, Ernest McCar-
dell, Forrest Rink, c. c. Reynolds, Harry
w. Efing, Joseph Caldwell, c. T. Snyder,
William j. Snyder, Edward A. Jenkins,
Ernest Brickley, Chester England, Walter
Reeder, William Bechtel, Job Kirk, Allie
Hall, William Harris, Leslie Brumfield,
Aaron L. Reynolds, Warren Taylor Gerald
H. Efing.
The new executive committee of the
Prohibition party of Maryland is COM
posed of w. M. Keener, chairman; chas.
R." Woods, vice-president; R. B. Vernon
Whitehurst, treasurer; A. ]. Jones, secre-
Etary; Geo. r. Gorsuch, DIR. E. G. Fenby,
J. w. Frizzell Edwin Higgins, William
Gisriel, j. N. Norris, Joshua Levering, ].
B. Mclaughlin and F. C. Henderickson.
The State Central Committee is COM
posed of a. representative from each
county of the State and four .reprerent-
atives from Baltimore city.
The suit of Ellsworth McAllster of
Lower Oxford VS.. Ephriam Blackburn
and J. S. Townsend, of Oxford, to recover
$500 for the death of horse was called in
Chester County Court on Monday. Nc
Allister bought pair of horses from
Blackburn & Townsend on March 6, 1908,
and one of the animals died few days
later. He claimed the horse was sick |
when he bought it, but was guaranteed to
get well, The jury returned verdict for |
plaintiff for $500, with interest from
March 81, 1908, the date of the death of
the horse, the total verdict being for |