The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-07-23

I2 for the county convention at Chester
town.
The recent lawn fete for the benefit of
ST. Johns R. c. Church, of Newark, was
a great success, about $64o being realized
from the undertaking,
Company E, First M. N. Guard left
Elkton Sunday, for Westminster, where
they joined the State encampment and
will remain eight days.
The 225-acre Wilson Point farm, on
Sassafras River, has been purchased by
Alexander T. Laws, of Sassafras, from
Captain James E.. Woodall.
While driving to Wilmington on Mon
day George Pierce, a farmer living near
Kennett Square, was run down by an
automobile and badly injured.
Four boat crews-w arrested this week
near Betterton on the charge of violating
the fishing laws by purse-netting without
licenses, and purse-netting in forbidden
waters.
Frank A. McCauley, a prominent mer-
chant Of Galena, Kent county, has applied
for the benefit of the bankruptcy law,
through VIM. W. Beck, attorney. His
liabilities are $2,os3 and assets $o25.
The shipment of peaches from Murray
Vandiver's Spesutia Island farm began
last week. There is an orchard of Io,ooo
peach trees on the farm, one half of
which are in bearing. 1t is estimated
fully $500 bushels will be pi,ked from the
trees.
The small dwelling in Elk township,
Chester county, occupied by Norman
Cummings and family, was totally de-
stopped by fire, that caught from defec-
tive flue, Tuesday morning. None of the
contents were saved.
Chester Heights forty-second annual
camp meeting opened on Wednesday.
The prospects are bright for one of the
most successful seasons, at the end of
which the associations expects to wipe out
a mortgage of $4,000.
The contractors for the new State road
from St. Ignatius Church to Forest Hill,
in Hartford county, 2.o5 miles, began
work last week They will use stone from
the Grafton farm. which lies along the
road to be macadamized.
Hundreds of fish and eels are reported
lying dead along the east branch of Red
Clay creek below Supplies milk station
and ice plant at Kennett Square, 1t is
supposed that the fish have been killed by
some acid used in the milk plant.
The Oxford Steam Heating Co. has been
granted a charter. The capital stock of
the concern is 5000, divided into shares
of 500 each. D. M. Taylor, Clem McCor-
mick, ]. E. Ramsey, M. E. Snodgrass and
E. H. Rollins are the incorporators.
Hopewell M. E. church, Woodlawn,
Rev. ]. Howard Gray pastor. Sabbath
services July IS Sunday School at 9: 80;
preaching and baptismal service at 1890;
Epworth League and preaching at p. M
preaching at Asbury at 8 p. m. All
welcome.
AS result oftuberculosis tests made at
the instance of the Supplee Dairy num-
Der of cattle in the neighborhood of West
Grove have been condemned Pennock
Spencer & Son, of Franklin township have,
lost 80; William Cook, g; Burn Bros,
Landenberg. 6, and the Ridley Dairy, on
the Francis Worth place, s.
Isaac E. Clayton, formerly of Calvert,
for the past fifteen years employed in the
United States Mail Bag works at Wash
ington, has been transferred to Chicago,
where the government has established a
mail bag factory to supply the western
section of the country. Mr.. Clayton is a
brother of S. E. Clayton of this town.
A bill has been fled in the Circuit
Court of Hartford County, by John Benske,
of Carsins, through his counsel, James I.
Archer, asking for divorce from Mary
Benske, alleging desertion. They were
married ip May. 1897, and she deserted
him in December 1908, sailing for
Germany, taking with her his money and
personal effects.
Martha Parsons, colored girl employ
ed in the home of Josiah c. Gibson. at
Havre de Grace, was badly burned about
the arms by an exploding gasoline stove, a
few days ago. The woodwork of the
kitchen was considerably damaged by the
FIRE which resulted The flames were
soon extinguisned by the Fire Depart
ment. The damage by FIRE and water