The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-13

The body of John H. Thalheimer, of
Baltimore, drowned at Betterton, Sunday
was found Wednesday by cruising
party.
Falling down the steps at the residence
of Judith Christie at Sylmar, John F.
Ferguson suffered a broken arm and
sprained wrist.
BY misstroke of an axe Randall Mil
Ter, son of Judge Thomas S. Miller, cut
his arm to the bone Wednesday at his
home, near Elkton.
A marriage license was issued last week
in Chester county for Frank Riley, Of
Hopewell, Pa, and Miss Louella Cooper,
daughter of A. c. Cooper, of Nottingham
! Anthrax has broken out near Hare's
Corner and in Brandywine hundred,
Delaware and the State Board of Argicul-
cultural has taken steps to stamp out the
disease.
A valuable horse belonging to G. w.
Wilkinson, of Nottingham, was kicked by
another horse while in the stable and had
| its leg broken. The animal was later
shot by its owner.
The Bel Air Turnpike Company has in
stalled strifg of electric lights along the
entire length Of the turnpike in Hartford
county, and erected sign showing the
termination of the road.
John D. Worthington has sold his
indian Spring farm of 53S acres, near
Darlington, Hartford county, to DR.. orvil
H. Hoffman, of Thomas, w. Virginia, for
$IS, 500 reserving the harvest crops and
cattle.
| The body of an unknown white man,
aged about IS years, was found along the
tracks of the p, B. & w. railroad, at
Perryville, early Thursday morning Of
last week. 1t is thought the unfortunate
man attempted to board train and fell
beneath the wheels.
Vice-Principal Walter H. Davis of the
Bel Air Graded School has rendered his
resignation, which has been accepted.
Prof. Davis has been elected principal of
the Rock Hall High School,, one of the
largest in Kent county, to succeed Prof.
Thomas Kendall, resigned.
| A force of about rs men resumed work
on the Mccall Power Plant on Wednesday
of last week. Work was suspended nearly
two years ago at the plant, on account of
financial difficulties. The concern has
since been placed in receivers hands, who
it is alleged, will complete the dam and
power house.
The Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone Co. will take over the Church
vile, Hartford county, exchange of the
Maryland Co., about the first of September,
which is the last of the Maryland Tele-
phone Company in Hartford. Most of the
Maryland phones have been supplanted
by the c. & P.
Becker Bro & Son, packing box manu-
facturers, Lexington and Frederick streets,
Baltimore, are distributing among their
patrons, neat little souvenir knives, that
are both pretty and serviceable. Anyone
desiring one of the knives can secure it by
Fsending them ten cents to defray the ex-
pense of postage, etc.
The I6-page "Tell About Edition." of
the Quarryville Sun, telling of the town
and agricultural wealth, ETC., of Southern
Lancaster county, has reached US. 1t is
an edition that reflects credit not only to
the Office from topographic standpoint,
but to the enterprise and hustle of the
publisher as well. We congratulate the
Sun on the splendid edition and wish it
continued success.
i Jesse Waters of near Oxford, fell from
the Colchester excursion train on Wednes-
day night at Oxford, through the Central
Division bridge over the L. o. & S. rail-
road, to the tracks below, and was seri-
ouSly injured. II was some time before
the unfortunate man was discovered,
when he was removed to the Octoraro
House and has since remained in semi
conscious state, his condition being critical.
Wednesday was Temperance Day at
Woodlawn Camp, when the exercises were
in charge of Cecil County w. c. T. u,
and an excellent program carried out.
Mrs. May Pauline Sparks, of Bridgeport,
N. j., who was advertised to make an ad-
dress in the afternoon, failed to put in an
appearance, and Rev. F. F. Carpenter, of
Port Deposit M. E. church, was called
upon to fill the vacancy on the program,
responding in an able manner.
The attendance at the meetings through
out the day was large.