The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-12-17

4 SA~OOsAAASS
The Cecil Farmers Club met with J.
Harry Maxwell, near Principle, on
Wednesday.
Miss Carrie Brown, of Theodore, and
Mr.. Norman Morrison, of Rising Sun,
were married at Elkton Tuesday.
| The engagement is announced of Mrs.
Elizabeth c. F. Allen to Mr.. B. J..
Williams, both of Darlington, Hartford
county.
Mrs. R. F. M. Evans and daughter, who
have spent several months past in New
York and New Jersey returned to Rising
Sun on Tuesday evening.
Mr.. Enoch Ferguson and Miss Dollie
Kline, both of Elkton, were married at
the brides home in West Elkton, Dec s,
by Rev. H. A. G. Westerfeld.
Mr.. Edward B. Smith and Miss Clara
Belle Benjamin, both of Bay View, were
married December I, by Rev. ]. E. Elder
dice, pastor Of Bay View M. p. Church.
Mr.. John Allen Hall and Miss Grace
Elizabeth Smith, both of this town, were
married Tuesday at the Elkton M. E.,
parsonage, by Rev. H. A. G. Westerfeld.
| The engagement is announced of Miss
Elsie Vandegrift, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. c. H. Vandergrift, of Rosedale, Pa,
formerly of this town, to Mr.. Howard
Pierce, son of Mr.. George Pierce. The
wedding will take place after Christmas
Miss Florence Fox McClurg, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. Kelso McClurg, of
Oxford. was quietly married Saturday
evening, December 4, at the home of her
twin sister. Mrs. Frances E. Stever, at
Troy, N. Y. to Mr.. Chester Beebee, of
Chester, Pa. The ceremony was perform
ed by Rev. F. E. Stever. her brother-in-
law.
Overcome by gas which escaped from a
coal stove, Mrs. Milton Wicks, of Oxford,
was revived by physicians.
Daniel H. Carroll has embarked in the
manufacture of cotton gloves at Bel Air,
having installed the necessary machinery.
A decree has been issued in the Circuit
lcourt of Hartford county. divorcing
Grover H. Hamilton, of Thomas Run,
absolutely, from his wife. Oleita M.
Hamilton.
Louis G. Frankau, railway mail clerk
between Washington and New York, and
a former resident of Havre de Grace, was
arrested in Washington. last week, for
robbing mails.
/ S. n Rouse, of Havre de Grace, who
has been in the employ of the p, B. &
W. Railroad Company for the past forty
four years has been placed on the retired
list, with pension.
A Civil Service Examination is to be
held Jan. 22, at Wakefield, for the position
of postmaster at Peters creek. The Office
paid $4s8 the last fiscal pear. Applicants
must reside in the territory supplied by
the Office.
Hopewell M. E. church, Woodlawn,
REV. J.. Howard Gray pastor. Sabbath
services December 10: Sunday school at
1000; preaching at i 90; Epw3rth League
and preaching at 1890. Preaching at
Asbury at 3, p. m. Revival in evening.
All welcome,
Henry Weidley, of Chestnut Level, Pa,
has purchased from Mrs. Annie NJ Reed,
of Morton, Pa, the Hollis Reynolds
property, near town. containing 20 acres
of land, for $3.50. This makes the third
time this property has changed owner
ship in as many years.
| The masonry work on the piers of the
new B. & o. bridge across the Susque-
hanna at Aiken has been completed. and
the American Bridge Co. is pushing the
iron work rapidly. 1t is expected the
bridge will be opened to train service the
first week in January.
Inc YORK Raven Paper company has
gone into bankruptcy and Henry w.
Stokes, of New York. has been appointed
receiver. The plant has been closed down
as consequence, and 27s men are idle.
Operations, however, will again be re-
sumed by the receiver as soon as the con-
dition of the Susquehanna river permits.
Violently demented. Edward Ford, of
Philadelphia, foreman of gardeners on
the main line of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road, has been lodged in the county
asylum near Cherry Hill.
While the young man was on a visit to
his father, Joseph Ford, at octoraro
Junction. he suddenly became mentally
deranoed and violent.