The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-07-30

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Leslie camp has attracted number Of
visitors from this section this week.
lanes T. Cole, a farmer near Elkton,
has been granted divorce on the ground
of desertion.
Seventeen-year locusts have made their
appearance in different sections of the
Eastern Shore.
Ebenezer Sunday school held its annual
picnic in Mearns Moore's meadow, near
Greenhurst, Yesterday.
Many Eastern Shore farmers are buying
fig trees to take the place of peach trees
destroyed by the San Jose scale.
The largest barn in Hartford county, 7s
by 90 feet, has just been completed by
Joseph s. Whiteford at Whiteford.
Charged with robbery at Henry, ILL.,, a
young man giving his name as William
Hurt was jailed at Elkton last Saturday.
"A land turtle bearing the initials IL H.
1867 was found by John Bayer on Irwin
Hills farm, near Colora, one day last
week.
Frank w. Clapp is seriously i'll at his
home near Port Deposit, having under
gone an operation for appendicitis last
Friday.
During thunder gust at Marcus Hook,
lightning struck the tanks of the Pure
Oil Company and $4,000 barrels of oil
were burned.
The Bay Side Cornet Band, of Havre
de Grace will run an excursion to Toll
chester on Friday, Aug 8. on the steamer
Susquehanna.
Four young men of Elk Neck, Messrs.
Hart, Futty, Neary and ,McKenney, lef,
last week for Montana. whey they will
engage in ranch work.
The forty-third annual National En-.
campment of the Grand Army of the Re-
public will be held at Salt Lake City
Utah, from August 9 to ID.
The members of the Red Mems Corne,
Band of North East made their first ap-
'pearapce in that town, it attractive new
uniforms on last Thursday evening.
Sheriff Hager started on Monday fol
Santa Rosa, Cal, to bring home Scot,
Johnson, charged with the murder oi
James McAliister, near Rowlandville, on
May 81.
Prof. Walter Flint, who has been for a
number of years the supervising engineer
at the Tome School for Boys. Port De
posit. has resigned and returns to Maine
August I.
Trustees of Delaware College, Newark
have elected Prof. Charles L. Penny, OF
the State College of Penn, professor in
chemistry to succeed the late Professor
Theodore R. Wolf.
1 The management of the Oxford Agri
cultural Association has been notified thai
the exhibits of the experimental farm oi
Pennsylvania State Collega will be sent tc
Oxford for the fall fair.
Barclay B. Heacock, father of Mrs. J.
NJ Sterrett, of this town, died at Pocono
Pa, last Friday, of consumption. Hi:
remains were brought to Philadelphia and
I the funeral held there on Tuesday.
The congregation of the recently or
ganized Peoples church at Dover, Of
which DR.. Lightbourne is pastor, has de-
cided to erect new edifce and have Sc.
cured many subscriptions for that purpose
The coating Of asphaltoilene put on the
road from Newark to the p, B. & w. R.
R. station has solved the dust problem
and improved the surface: The coating
for twelve foot road is said to cost $4s:
per mile.
American history records two exciting
tea parties and here is another of recen
date; While tea party was in progress.
at Emmanuel Church, New Castle, las
Thursday evening, ceiling fell, smash
ing $500 worth of china. Mrs. Cornelis
Fullenweider was struck by some of tn,
fragments and her head was badly gashed
The Postofice Department of Washing
ton has gone into the ice business
"a. 90
Having ffof ffot some time paid sos per tor
tor iis ice, i proposed g eheaPen tbs PFo
Duct ana has Fsesntly established its ewr
plant wheFsIit manufactures ice at g
seats per ton! The profit en ice for some
time past has been yexed one to th
consumer and probably never more $
than this year, when the product O
artificial plants arc universally re
sorted 10.