The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-09-02

Work is now in progress on the Elkton-
SingerIy road.
A divorce has been granted to Charles
w. Fritz Of Quarryville, from his wife
Emma Fritz.
The Bel Air Electric Company has pur-
chased the Bel Air turnpike from the town
Elimits to Benson.
A horse belonging to Will Whitman, of
Unicorn. driven by his brother Horace,
dropped dead Friday evening in the road
near Wakefield.
Peach growers on the Eastern Shore
lost thousands Of baskets of peaches last
week, as a result of the wet weather, the
fruit rotting on the trees.
Rural Delivery carriers are now re-
quired to execute pension vouchers for all
pensioners living on or near the routes
served, being allowed rs cents for each
voucher.
The Indian Band, of Carlisle, Pa,
which is finishing nine weeks engage
ment at Cape May, N. J., will appear at
Oxford on Tuesday and Wednesday eve
nings, September and T.
The contract has been awarded by the
Levy Court of Delaware to the Horrigan
Construction Co., for the macadamized
road from the town of Newark to the
Maryland line, for $I45oS.
Governor Crothers has pardoned George
Bailey, Edward L. Gilpin and Harry
Jackson who were serving three months
| in the House Of Correction for stealing
rides on trains in Hartford county.
While carrying bucket of hot tar at
the Kenneth boundary, Saturday, Harry
Davis. tripped and fell. The hot tar
lsplashed in his face and burned it badly.
Some Of it also got on his hands and in
his shoe.
Humphrey Kendall. of Lincoln Uni
versity, Pa. won the title of champion of
the Allegheny Mountains in the tennis
tournament at Cumberland. Nd, by
defeating ]. Spencer Gordon, Of Washing
ton, last week.
| 1t is reported a company which will
engage in the manufacture of the various
by-products of milk has secured an option
on the old Oxford -four mill. with the
purpose inView of establishing milk re-
ceiving station at that point.
Thomas F. Smith, of Denton, has been
| appointed vice-principal of the Havre de
Grace High School for the ensuing year.
Earl c. Baity. of Mansfield. Pa, has
been appointed principal of the agricul-
tural department Of the Jarrettsville and
Highland High Schools.
/ A charter has been issued to the New
Park and Fawn Grove Railroad company,
Of York county, the line of which will run
from Stewartstown to the property of Ed
ward James near the Maryland line, dis
tance of fourteen miles,. The capital is
100000 and the president is John H.
Anderson, of New Park. .
| The Dover Index says the most dis
gracefulthing that ever happened to the
famous Delaware peach occurred at Ches-
void last week, when it was put to shame
by Delaware tomatoes. Fine luscious
peaches went begging for bidders and
sold at rs and 80 cents per basket. while
tomatoes sold readily at SO cents per
basket.
Adel D. Wilson of Forest Hill, Hartford
county. while going through some old
papers of his father. the late Humphrey
D. Wilson, found copy of the Hartford
Republican dated August 8. 1854.
The issue contained the county levy
list. The taxable basis was $6.67s.o2o.
and the rate was So cents hundred,
which yielded for the entire county ex-
penses $3s. .356;oI.
According to Trenton, New Jersey. dis
patches, Arthur Dennis, formerly of
North East, Cecil county. is one of the
two young men both of whom recently
procured marriage licenses to wed a
Miss conroy, of Trenton. each thinking
he was the ''one only" The first time
the two suitors met at the Conroy house
was when they both presented their mar
riage licenses, upon which Miss Conroy
tainted.
The old Bowers mill. on the Brandy
wine, in East Bradford township, said to
be the first erected in Chester county for
the manufacturing of paper. is being de-
molished by w. P. Sharpless, West Ches-
ter. who purchased it some time ago and
is to build summer home on its site.
The mill has not been operated for twenty
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