The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-08-18

he Wilmington Fair will be held at
the Gentlemen's Driving Park August 20,
80 and 81.
The Firemen's Carnival held last week
in Newark, Del, was great success, the,
net proceeds amounting to ST., 500.
The official premium list of the Mary
land State Fair at Timonium, September
5th 9th, 9TH, 9Th and 9th has been issued.
Fourteen persons have been given the
Pasteur treatment at Newark during the
summer The treatment in every in
stance has proven successful.
The five year old child of Mr. and Mrs.
George Garner, of near Quarryville, fell
into tub of boiling water Friday morn
ing, and was frightfuly burned.
The two hundred and twenty-ffth an
niversary of the establishment of Concord
Monthly Meeting of Friends was eel
ebrated on the 10th inst, at the meeting
house in Delaware county, Pa.
AT a meeting of the Board of Health of
Newark Monday night it was decided to
give the town a thorough cleaning, for
the purpose of trying to check typhoid
fever, which has almost reached the point
| of an epidemic.
The many storms in Lancaster county
during the summer have been very de-
structive of farm property. Twenty
barns have been destroyed by lightning
so far, the loss being estimated at
about $Ioo, 600.
An appeal may be made to the game
authorities of Delaware. to exterminate
crows in order to protect game in that
State. Complaint is heard from the farm
ers that crows are destroying the young
partridges, woodcock and rabbits.
Lightning on Friday evening last struck
and burned the barns of Joseph Croft and
John Herr. near Bartville. Four horses
perished in the flames. The loss on the
former was $4,000, and on the latter
5,OOO.NsA sinai Insurance was carried.
The house near Tayloria. owned by
Thompson Hanna and occupied by
Granville Crothers and Lewis Ritter, was
destroyed by fire together with contents,
on Thursday last, during the absence of
the tenants. The property was partially
insured.
An exploding lamp in the home of
George B. Davis, near West Amwel,
threatened the destruction of the dwelling
one evening last week. The flames were
smothered before they had gained head
way, bureau, carpet and some clothing
being badly damaged.
The last census shows the total land
area of the State of Delaware is 1905
square miles. The average number of
persons to the square mile is 1903; in 1900
and 1890 it was "a and S5.7, respectively.
In density of population Delaware ranks
ninth among the other States.
l - 49, ~ NSFNDAiNAH P@PNt VIII ~ othAtSS
in Westminster in the near future by the
Mather Printing Company. The Com
pany has purchased the plant of the West
minister Printing Company, and the pro-
prietors of that Company, John H. Nit
ten and C. Levine Price, will be in the
EN- ploy of the new paper.
Nelson Richardson, colored, was caught
one night last week while robbing the
home of Mrs. Hannah Hamburger, in
desperate fight biting Joseph Hamburger
on the arm, but he was overpowered and
placed in the lookup. He has been COM
mitted to Bel Air Jail. This is the second
time he has been arrested for robbery.
Jr. y. U. A. M. of Colora will run an
excursion to Betterton on Thursday. Aug.
"a, via the steamer Susquehanna.
Special excursion rates will be granted by
the railroad from points between Rising
Sun and Port Deposit on Gilligan's train,
which will wait for boat at Port Deposit
on return trip. Boat leaves Port Deposit
at 100 a. m. Boat tickets round trip, 80
cents; children under six years of age,
IS cents. Everybody welcome.
The republican ticket being one-man
production, from top to bottom, will not
tbe in evidence at the forthcoming
primary and the local G. o. P. voters will
be deprived of the privilege of selecting,
if not electing, their candidates. Where
only one candidate for an office qualities.
the supervisors of election declare that
equivalent to nomination, without a
primary vote, hence the stay-at-home re-
publican vote will be unanimous Aug. 2o.