The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-03-12

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Cemetery.
Wilmington M. E. Conference
meets at Milford, Del, on Wednes-
day, March IL.
Miss Helen Wells, of Elkton, has
been appointed principal Of public
school No. 3, Elk Neck.
1t is asserted something like
$30, 900 is invested in automobiles
in the town of Aberdeen.
The Forrest Hill Building Asso.
citation, of Hartford county, has de-
clared an annual dividend of Z per
cent.
/ Falling down stairs while coming
from a dentists Office in Elkton,
Mrs. Harry Larzalere was badly
hurt.
The old Aberdeen public school
building has been purchased for
1927 by Harry M. Courtney and
will be torn down.
The Maryland Conference of the
Methodist Protestant Church will
meet on Wednesday, April Z, in
st. Johns Church, Baltimore.
Mrs. Nora Strawbridge has sold
a mill site and half interest in 16O
acres of land on Deer Greek, Har
ford county, to J. F. Mock, for
800.
Harry L. Harvey purchased at
public sale two lots at Perkinsville,
North East, belonging to the estate
of John w. Shippers. The price
paid was 81, 300.
The Lancaster County Fish Asso
citation received eighteen cans of
trout fry from the State Hatchery,
which were placed in some of the
streams of the county.
A reception was recently rendered
Mrs. Virginia Perkins, President
of the Ladies' Aid Society of Elk
ton M. e. Church, in recognition of
her fifty years. membership.
Franklin MacVeagh, of Chicago,
President Taft's Secretary of the
Treasury, is a native of Chester
county, Pa, and is a first cousin of
Mrs. Isaac S.SKirk, of Fremont.
/ The recent heavy rains caused a
Landslide on one of the high p,
B. & w. railroad embankments in
Havre de Grace. Hundreds of
carloads Of earth were precipitated
onto the side walk, and it required
a big force of men to repair the
damage.
Newton Sentman, of Jackson,
Cecil county, was found uncon.
scious and in a critical condition in
his bedroom one morning last week.
He had suffered a stroke of paraly-
sis during the night and his con
dition was not discovered until he
failed to answer call for breakfast.
Hopewell M. 4. church, Wood
lawn, Md. Rev. j. Howard Gray
pastor. Sabbath service March Ia !:
Sunday school at 10; preaching at
IL a. m. and s p. m. Morning
subject, ''The Gospel for All;''
evening subject, "If we Neglect
Epworth League at 7:3O. Preach.
ing at Asbury at 3 p. m.
| George G. Whiteman, a brother
of Amos Whiteman, of Sylmar, was
instantly killed Monday, by an ex-
plosion at the =. I. Dn Pont Pow.
der Mills just north of Wilmington,
where he was employed. The ex.
plOsion was terrific one and much
damage was done to residences in
the neighborhood. Whiteman was
the only one killed, although sew.
eral others were injured.
James Maloney, a farmer residing
near Elkton, discovered last week
that some one had visited his corn
crib and stolen a quantity of corn.
He tracked the thieves to gypsy
camp and found five bags of the
stolen grain. Mr.. Maloney went
to Elkton to have a warrant issued
for the arrest of the leader of the
band, but the gypsy skipped before
a warrant could be served.
The case of William J. Fisher
VS.. the Mayor and City COUNCIL
and the Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
for $50, 900 for personal injuries re-
ceived by falling on the Stokes
street bridge in Havre de Grace,
occupied the attention of the Cir.
cult Court for Hartford County
more than week. The jury after
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