The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-07-01

suiS VEGA.
The Howard farm, near Betterton,
Kent county, has been purchased by Mrs.
Mary 6. Wescott for $Io,5oo.
AL. F. Wheeler, whose show has winter
ed on Oxford fair grounds for two years,
has leased the grounds for a term Of FIVE
years.
The annual meeting of the Maryland
State Teachers Association is being held
this week at Ocean City, and will adjourn
today.
Henry Amos Osborn. -Jr., of Hartford
county, has been elected president of the
Alumui Association of Tome Institute,
Port Deposit.
Booker 7. Washington will visit New
ark, Del, in the morning of July 3rd, and
make an address to the colored men in
the Opera House.
The Hartford County School Board has
decided to establish a domestic science
course in connection with the Havre de
Grace High School.
At cost of $3.50 per mile, the State
Good Roads Commission has decided to
cover the State road between Chestertown
and Easton with Texas oil.
The Mayor and City Council of Havre
de Grace have decided the rate of tax levy
for the year 1910, shall be 60 cents on
each $Ioo of the assessable basis.
j. Smith, of Puseyville, Lancaster county,
Pa, were killed by lightning during the
heavy thunderstorm of Monday evening.
The new State automobile law will be-
come effective to-day. On account of the
non-arrival of the license tags, no arrests
for violations will be made for few days.
The time for the visit Of the battleship
Delaware to Wilmington has been changed
from July "a to October 1, SO it will be on
hand during the firemen's big celebration.
The official board and congregation of
Snow Hill M. E. Church have extended
an invitation to Wilmington M. E. Con-
ference to hold its annual session there
next March.
The Pennington farm, near Galena,
Kentsconnty, containing 3I6 acres, was
Isold on Tuesday to R. N. and S. T.
Bramble, the present tenants, for $4,000,
or $3.50 per acre.
i Thomas Forsythe, of Bel Air, has been
awarded the contract for a section of
State Road at Cumberland. Md. He has
over two miles to build at ST., 1000 mile
with machinery provided
The shipment OF berries over the Dela<
ware Railroad for the week ending June
rs, as reported TO the State Board of
i lAgriculture, amounted to 20, ,IoI, 3os
quarts, or nearly 100000 more than last
year:
/ The Delaware Good Templars will hold
their annual Harvest Home in Pennock's
Grove on August 4th. Among the emf
nent speakers will be Congressman Rich
mond P. Hobson, and singing by the
Berg sisters of New Jersey.
Here is another trolley line ION paper)
for Cecil comfy: 1t is reported that the
Philadelphia Wilmington Traction Com
lpany. which was recently chartered at
Dover. Del, proposes to build trolley
line between Wilmington and Washing
ton. via Elkton and Perryville.
| On Saturday, July 2, the Lukens Iron
and Steel Company and the Chester
County Historical Society will celebrate
with appropriate ceremonies, the one hun
dredth anniversary of the making of boiler
plate in America. which event took place
at the original mill of the Lukens Com
pany, Coatesville, Pa, in 1870.
! ]. Howard and Benjamin Stubbs, Delta,
administrators of Daniel Stubbs. deceased,
sold the real estate in Peach Bottom town.
ship, York county, containing TT acres
and Improvements to Samuel Myers of
McCalls Ferry, for $6,6as. N. B. Coop
er bought ~ acres Of woodland for $40
an acre, and James E. Barnett paid $6r
for boat landing, on the canal.
James p. Bunting, of Hopewell. Pa,
was attacked by bull on his farm Tues
day evening and seriously injured. The
animal tossed him in the air, but he
managed TO roll under fence. where he
was found few minutes later in an un-
conscious condition. Although badly
used up no bones were broken. and his
escape from fatal injury was re-
markable.