The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-07-21

Elkton.
Alleging desertion. Mrs. Albert T..
Stephens, of Cecil county has entered
suit for divorce.
TO check gangrene, Miss Belle Brough-
ten, Rowlandville. submitted to an ampu-
tation of leg.
Arthur Rambo, contractor of Elkton.
tell from building last week and. frac-
tured his collar bone.
Twenty-eight tickets were sold at
Rising Sun station for the Colchester ex-
cursion on Wednesday.
I. Wayne Reynolds threshed his oats on
Wednesday and had yield of a little
over IS, bushels per acre.
The tobacco worm is reported to be de-
y stroying many blossoms on the tomato
plants in some sections of the county.
Eleven hounds of the pack belonging to
the Rising Sun Fox Hunt died last week
from being fed an overdose OF spoiled
meat.
FLOYD SINNERS, of Woodlawn, lost a
finger from his right hand last week by
getting it caught in the gearing Of
machine.
The local preachers campmeetng at
Leslie opened this week and will continue
over two Sundays. About so tents are
occupied
Elkton Improvement Association has
appointed committee, headed by DR.. W..
T. Morrison, to arrange Halloween
celebration.
The Principle Band will hold festival
on the Principle Furnace school grounds.
July 81 and %. Benefit of new in
I struments.
Geo. G. Reynolds is having erected on
his lot on South Queen street. stable
and carriage house combined I4x3o feet
Ia dimensions.
John Taylor. near Rowlandville, had
his most valuable horse to die last week.
The week previous he killed three fine
hogs on account of rabies.
The Foster property on Main street,
North East, has been sold at public sale
to William j. Cameron, who owns the adj
joining property. for $II25. by R. G..
Thackery, attorney.
Charged with picking the pockets of
Walker Fell, of Kembleville, Harry Prit-
chard, of near Elkton. has been arrested
aud lodged in Jail to await the action of
the September grand jury.
Miss Alfretta Watson, daughter of J.
@ Watson, of Calvert, who for some
= time past has been employed as pianist
j in Baltimore. has instituted suit for $Io,-
Y 600 damages for injuries received while
riding on one of the novelties at River
view Park.
All skating parties on the dam have
been indefinitely postponed on accounr of
the weather. However, for the past few
weeks the small boy has been decidedly
in the swim and has had several suits of
tan made to order, with old Sol and
mother both officiating as tailors.
Charged with killing thousands of fish
by flowing acid-tainted water from the
Elkton pulp mill into Big Elk Creek, war
rants have been issued by States Attor-
ney Constable on D. ]. Ayers. superin-
rendent of the Radnor Pulp Works; VIM.
H Sharp. William H. Frey and W. H.
Clark. all of Philadelphia.
The excavating for the cellar of William
Nj. Poguc's new dwelling to be erected at
the corner of Walnut and Queen streets,
was finished on Saturday. and work be-
gun on the foundation walls this week.
The dwelling will be 32x42 feet in dimen-
siops, and will be constructed with all
modern Improvements and comforts.
Rebecca Polk, the young daughter of
Rev. and Mrs. Saml. Polk. of West Not
tingham. got painfully bitten on the right
wrist while trying to separate her bull
dog and one belonging to Miss Eliza
Ewing which were indulging in scrap
one day last week. In trying to part the
dogs she fell and one of the dogs seized
her by the wrist, inhicting a wound which
required medical attention.
Rev. z. H. Webster, pastor of JaRes M.
\ E. church of this town, met with pain
Apul accident on Friday evening. While
riding bicycle down Gibson's Hill. north
Of town, the wheel struck large stone in
the road and Mr.. Webster was thrown
to the ground on his face, receiving deep
cut on the lip requiring several stitches to
close, and also severe cuts on the nose
and forehead. Fortunately he escaped
any broken bones but was not able TO fill
the pulpit on Sunday