The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-01-01
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs Of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY. NOTED

The Hartford National Bank, OF
Bel Air, has declared six months
ldividend of seven per cent. Is
The stables of the hotel at Con
cordville, Pa, were set on fire last
week and burned, causing a loss OF
about $4,000.
Andrew Charles, Sr., has issued
an execution for 90, ,355 against A.
s. Charles of Fulton township,
Lancaster county. =
The firm of Turner & Wescott,
creamerymen of Glen Roy, Pa,
has been incorporated with capi.
talization of $25, 200.
The well known coal and lumber
merchants, W. l.. Aument & Co.,
of Quarryville, will dissolve part
nership January 1st.
A patent has been issued by the
Government to A. j.. Bechtold, Jr.,
of Havre de Grace, for an attach
ment to a drawing board.
The explosion of shotgun
in the hands Of John Sheer, of
Havre de Grace. resulted in two
fingers on his left hand being
blown off.
The members of the Methodist
church Of Kennett Square are
contemplating engaging William
Jennings Bryan to give lecture in
that town at an early day.
The Branch of the Mohawk Con-
densed Milk Company in Kennett
Square, has been sold to Supplee
Bros, milk dealers of Phila., who
will use it as a receiving station
They will take possession April first
next.
By the will of Mrs. Sallie A.
Dennis, the sum of five hundred
dollars. was bequeathed in trust for
the benefit of Havre de Grace Pres
byterian church. The income is
to be applied toward the payment
of the PASTORS salary.
The barn of Thaddeus Croft, at
London Grove, was burned on
Christmas afternoon, together with
q quantity of hay, grain and ma.
chinery. A horse and COW were
so badly burned that they had to
be- killed.
A head.on collision between a
freight train and work train occur
red on the Columbia s. Port Deposit
road near Mccall Ferry on Tuesday
Both locomotives and a number Of
cars were damaged, as we'll as sew.
eral men more or less seriously in
jured.
The Federal quarantine against
Maryland because of a recent out.
break of the foot and mouth disease
has been raised except as to foreign
commerce in specified districts in
Carroll and Baltimore counties by
an order issued by Secretary Of
Agriculture Wilson.
Hiram Peoples of New Provi.
dence, Pa, shipped 600 blue gill
Dreams to Athens, Georgia, last
week, and Notwithstanding the
long trip they reached their desti-
nation in fine condition. These
fish are a species of sunfish and are
very hardy and much sought after
for stocking streams.
Hopewell M. e. church, Wood
lawn. Rev. j. Howard Gray pas.
tor. Sabbath services January 3:
Sunday school at $50; preaching
at 1890 q. m. and s p. m; morning
subject, "a Hiding Place;n eve.
ming subject, "Elijah under Juniper
Tree.'' Epworth League at 7:3O.
Preaching at Asbury at 8 p. m.
There have been % converts at
Mt. Pleasant church during the
present meetings, which will con.
time during each Sunday night of
January.
The Practitioners Glass meets
every Monday night, beginning
January 4th, at the church at 7:3O.
The new Epworth League Cab
met will meet at Mr.. Samuel Ken
nards at 1880 p. M, January 5.
Walter and Howard Brinton, Of
West Nottingham township, Pa,
have been placed under bail for