The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-10-20

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James H. Harlow has purchased site
on Otsego street, in Perryville, and will
erect an electric plant thereon.
In attempting to feed his horse an apple
Maniey Drennen, of Elkton, was seriously
bitten on the hand by the animal.
Charged with wife-beating. Frank For
acre. has been lodged in Elkton Jail, while
Mrs. Foracre is in the Union Hospital.
R. c. Thackery, Esq, sold the Esther
E. Coulson property near Port Deposit, at
the Court House door at attorneys sale to
Charles A. Morrison, for $1,000.
The ladies of Charlestown M. E. church
will hold an oyster and poultry supper on
Friday and Saturday evenings. October 20
and 2I. Supper rs cents. All are in
vited.
William H. Harlan, Esq, of Bel Air,
has been appointed by Governor Crothers
as associate judge Of the Third Judicial
circuit. to succeed the late George L.
Wan Bibber
Civil engineers and surveyors in the en-
ploy Of the Pennsylvania State Highway
| Department are surveying the public
road from Quarryville to Pleasant Grove,
it being part of the State road system
adopted by the last Legislature.
Colora and Rowlandvile Camps of
Modern Woodmen will attend special
service at Mt. PleasantM E. church next
ISunday afternoon, Oct. 90, at o'clock.
Rev. B. L. Mcfarland will preach an ap-
propriate sermon and Woodmen choir
will render music. Everybody, especially
all Woodmen. invited.
DR.. Thomas Stockham Baker, director
Of the Tome School for Boys, Port Des
posit. has accepted the invitation of the
trustees and faculty of Boston Uni
Iversity to represent Tome School at the
inauguration of Lemuel Murlin. L. L. D.,
as president of the university, Oct. 20.
at Trinity Church, Boston.
The Democrats of Cecil county have ar
ranged to hold big mass meeting in
Elkton, next Saturday night. October 81
at 1890 o'clock. Among the speakers will
be Governor Crothers, State Senator Blair
Lee and the State candidates, Senator
Arthur P. German, Jr., Emerson C. Har-
rington, Esq, and Edgar Allan Poe, ESQ.
The fall meeting of the Cecil County
Medical Society was held at the Union
Hospital. Elkton, on Thursday, October
1e. at II a. m. DR.. James Tyson. Presi-
dent of the Pennsylvania State Medical
Society, Professor of Medicine in the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania and a leading
consultant in the city of Philadelphia, was
Epresent and made an address upon his
specially of diseases of the kidneys.
Mrs Maud Raymond. formerly Miss
Maud Walliams of Oxford, met with a
serious accident few days ago. A
neighbor was taking a revolver from its
case and Mrs. Raymond was watching
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her. when the pistol was accidentally
discharged. the bullet going through her
arm. The bone was shattered so badly
that the member had to be anputated.
Mrs. Raymond is an adopted daughter of
Samuel J. Williams of Lower Oxford.
Marriage licenses have been issued at
the Office of the Clerk of the Court in Elk
ton, since our last report to the following
white persons: Norman Crew. %, of Will
mington, and Edna Blanche White, rs, of
Philadelphia; DR.. Walter E. Alvord, al,
of Moore, Pa, and Lisbeth A. Pyle, 40, of
Rising Sun; William A. Woodrow. "a.
and Grace M. Donahoo. 23. of Perryville; !;
John NJ Herschelhan, 80, of Baltimore,
and Margaret c. Tatman, 20, of Chesa-
peake City.
Three negro prisoners escaping from
officers, who shot one in the leg on the
main street, of Newark. Del, furnished
considerable excitement for short time
in that town on Tuesday. The three were
among nine negroes and aliens arrested
when house on the Elkton road was
raided earlier in the day. They had been
fined So and costs each by Magistrate
Lovett for disorderly conduct, and
Officers Reed and Morrison were taking
them to the lookup when they escaped.
William Miller. aged about 40 years,
formerly of near Bay View, Cecil county,
was killed by cars near Coatesville. Pa,
Thursday night of last week. For a
number of years past he had been en-
ployed as freight brakeman on the
Pennsylvania railroad. He was attempt
ing to jump aboard his train while it was
running, and fell under the car wheels,
which passed over his body. The de-
ceased is survived by his wife. formerly
Miss Campbell. of this county, and one