The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-02-05

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Governor Crothers has issued a
proclamation making Lincoln's
birthday, Feb. IL, a legal holiday
in the State.
Thrown from a horse she was
riding Miss Lille Mackey, of Fair
! Hill, is suffering with fractured
shoulder and two ribs.
| The box social held by the teach.
ers and pupils of Pleasant Hill
school netted over $27, which will
be devoted TO library purposes.
r. A. Duhamell. for 80 years
postmaster at Earleville, Cecil
county, has resigned, and Isaac
Taylor has been appointed to sue
lceed him.
A pardon has been refused
George Wright, serving ten years
in the Maryland Penitentiary for
lobbing Miss Mary j. Ricketts,,
near Elkton.
February 10, 1909, being legal
holiday, the Tooth anniversary of
Lincoln's birth, the National Bank
of Rising Sun will not be open for
business on that date.
Throughout Maryland on Sunday
the anti Saloon League opened its
fight for local option by having the
provisions of the purposed law
explained from many pulpits.
Charged with running an auto
mobile recklessly and at a high rate
of speed through Perryville, Wal.
ter st. Clair, of Baltimore, was
larrested in Elkton and fined SIS
and costs.
Rights of way are being secured
for the pnrposed trolley line be
tween Wilmington and West
Chester, Pa, and the active work
of building the line will be started
in the spring.
Littleton Moore, of Betterton,
well known as a base ball twirler
in Cecil county, has signed to pitch
for the Fall River base ball team,
in the New England League, the
coming season.
Murray Vandiver, of Havre de
Grace, chairman of the Democratic
State Central Committee, is ar
ranging for a banquet and reunion
OF the Democratic editors of Mary.
land during February.
John Donahue left Havre de
Grace last week for New York
State, taking with him about one
hundred and twenty-five men to
gather ice in that State for the
American Ice Company.
The citizens of Delta, Pa, are
Iagitating the project of building
connecting link from that town to
the New Park and Farm Gro,
railroad, in order that Delta may
have better railroad facilities.
Home Council, o. u. A. NJ, of
Principle, will hold an oyster and
poultry supper on Friday evening,
Feb. ~26. A special feature will be
the awarding of prizes consisting of
a morris chair, rocking chair and
a lamp.
A York county jury has awards|
ed Wilson Fl. Jones, formerly Of
Bel Air, minor, 81 800 and his
father, James r. Jones, $500 for
the loss of the formers left hand
while in the employ of the Ameri.
can Caramel Company at York.
Following the visit to Washinton
of a committee from Lewes, DEL,
urging that fitting monument be
erected there to commemorate the
Dutch landing in 1881, Congress
man Burton has introduced a bill
asking Congress to appropriate
so, 900 for such a monument.
Hopewell M. e. Church, Wood.
lawn, Rev. J. Howard Gray pastor.
Sabbath services Feb. q: Sunday
school at 10; preaching at IL a. M.
and p. m. Morning subject, "The
Path of the Just;" evening subject,
"Influence." Epworth League at
1880. Preaching at Asbury p. m.
All welcome.
Hudson Caldwin, Lee Hawkins
and James Hawkins, of Havre de
Grace. arrested in Baltimore by
Pennsylvania railroad detectives,
two weeks ago, as suspects in con-
nection with the Aberdeen post
Office robbery, win enter suit against