The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-05-06

The Hartford County Commissioners
have appointed DIR. w. B. Kirk, County
Health Officer.
Lewis K. Stubbs has had seven thous-
and Red Oak trees set out on his farm
near Peach Bottom.
The commencement exercises of Della
ware College, Newark, will be held on
Wednesday, June IS.
The voters of Betterton have authorized
the Town Council to issue $1,000 worth of
bonds to build sidewalks.
The congregation of Havre de Grace
Presbyterian Church has extended call
to Rev. II ]. Stevenson, of Baltimore.
Tag day in Wilmington on Saturday
netted $III.I7 for the Sarah Ann White
Home for Aged colored Men and Woms| (.
The Kent County School Board has
ordered the public school closed for the
summer on June ~, one week later than
usual.
w. H. Weber, Conrad Kalb and H. C.
Lawder. Jr.. have been elected town
councilmen of Havre de Grace for two
years. rs.
A horse was stolen from the stable of
Andrew Olsen, Chadds Ford, Monday
might, and no trace Of it has yet been
l found.
Determined to get better roads in Sus-
sex county, Del, automobilists will hold
public meetings in all 1.-THE towns on the
good roads question.
Thomas Wirtz. the lad who attempted
to wreck Peach Bottom train some time
Iago, has been committed to the reform
school at Glen Mills, Pa.
A horse owned by Leo Sullivan, of Van
Bibber, which was bitten several weeks
ago by a strange dog, became violently
mad and had to be shot.
Joseph Hall. Alfred Hatfield, Roland
Holloway and John Hall, four George
town experts. made 400 strawberry crates
in nine hours and half Saturday.
Thomas S. Robinson, H. L. Munnek-
huyson, Joseph T. Deckman, John G.
Rouse and Harry D. Hanway have been
Ielected town commissioners of Belair.
Timely discovery of blaze in the Ok
ford Opera House, on Thursday evening
of last week, prevented the destruction of
the building The origin of the FIRE is not
known.
Rev. Thomas H. Givens. who recently
bought the Miller farm. near Elkton, was
kicked in the face Wednesday while at
tempting to catch mule and painfully
injured.
Falling from a wagon heavily loaded
with phosphate Thos. Waltman, of near
lQuarryville, was run over and suffered a
fracture of the left leg between the knee
and hip.
At the recent annual meeting of the
Stewards of this district of the Wilmington
M. E. Conference held in Wilmington, the
salary of the District Superintendent was
liked at $1,000 per year..
Sixteen head of Jersey cattle were ship
ped Saturday from the farm of John w.
Eckert president of the Allentown Fair,
to fancier near Tiffin, Ohio. The car
load was worth $r2,oo
Saturday was the hottest day of the
year The Weather Bureau recorded the
highest temperature at p. m. being 81
degrees, an increase of 2s degrees over
Friday at the same hour.
A FIRE occurred at Havre de Grace early
Thursday morning which completely de-
stroyed the old Postofice restaurant
kept by Frank Koningswald, and badly
damaged the adjoining store property and
the Gas Company's Office.
Chester County Prohibitionists held a
convention at West Chester last week and
nominated for the State House of Repre-
sentatives, G. Birdsall Passmore. NAL
vern: Samuel H. Bromall, Oxford
George J. Palmer, West Chester. Mr..
Passmore was former resident of this
town.
Prof. Frederick Simone has resigned as
director of the Oxford Band and Prof.
James Riley Wheelock, director Of the
Carlisle Indian Band will have charge of
the Oxford organization until the opening
of the concert season ia the middle of
June, when he will appear with the
Indian hand AT Cane Nav for an engage
ment of ten weeks.
The damage cases of County Engineer
James Wilson and the executors of the
late DR.. Charles Green against Joseph
Noblit formerly of Chadd's Ford may be
tried in the Federal Court in Philadelphia
some time this spring. The suits are the
Ioutcome of an automobile accident in
which DR.. Green and Mr.. Wilson were in
y 'jured, the former fatally.