The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-09-08
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs Of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

Revival meetings are in progress at Mt
Pleasant M. E. church, near Colora.
| Edward Akers, aged about IS years, of
Joppa. was killed by train near Leslie
Saturday.
lotion & Nicholas, of Cambridge, Md,
have purchased for $4,000 the Carew
dairy farm, near Seaford, Del.
Elias Kreider. of near Buck, Pa, plant
ed the seed of an apple twenty-five years
ago, and this year the tree is laden with
| fruit.
Bailiff Robert Rudolph. of <Elkton, has
resigned and George Potts, who formerly
held the position has been named to fill
the vacancy.
The heavy freshets in Big Elk Geek
the past week have formed long and
dangerous sand bar in the channel near
the Elkton pulp mills.
The New Castle County Fair Associa-
tion has been offered large tract of land
near Newark, Del, If they will hold their
exhibitions there in future
Thirty-two thousand ears of sweet corn
were salted in 2o-gallon crooks similar to
sauer kraut, at the Berks County, Pa,
Almshouse, for use next winter.
Lightning struck and killed the o.year-
old daughter of Saxton Lambefson on the
Evans farm. near Camden. Del, during
severe storm Sunday, at the same time
stunning the hired boy.
While driving near Avondale on Satur-
day night, three young men in buggy
ran off culvert. The buggy was wreck
| ed and one of the young men badly cut
about the face and head. The horse had
| its back broken and had to be killed.
Notwithstanding the lawful season for
shooting rail and reedbirds along the
m Arshes of the Elk and North East Rivers
has been open since Friday last. gunners
report that the sport thus far has been
very poor, due to the low tides that have
prevailed since the season opened.
F. c. Bancroft, fruit grower of near
Dover. Del. has sold thus far this wear
over $4,000 worth of fruit from 100
Elberta peach trees. The trees are FIVE
years old. Mr.. Bancroft's peach and
apple orchards are kept in healthy con-
dition by spraying at the proper time.
George B. Atlee, the Philadelphia
banker and broker who committed suicide
on Sunday. was largely interested in
trolley projects in Lancaster county
What effect his death will have on the
various projects in and around Pequea.
lin which he was the controlling spirit, is
not known.
Triplets were born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Hugh Shoff of the Porter's farm, Row
landville. The mother and children, who
are all girls, are doing we'll. Four years
| ago Mrs. Shoff had twins weighing 10
pounds each. The latest arrivals, accord
ing to Drs. Roman and Ragan, weigh II,
8 and pounds. No. arrived 48 hours
before the other two.
George Sergeant. aged sc years. super
intendent of the Roseville plant of the
Chester County Electric Company, near
| Newark, was killed while at work at the
power house late Saturday night by
| lightning. Just how Sergeant met death
is unknown, as he was the only one in
side the power plant at the time, but it is
thought that lightning struck the wires
on the outside and came into the building.
The game law of Cecil County makes
| it illegal for one person to kill more than
six squirrels in any one day, yet we are
lcreditably informed that some OF our
gunners are known to have killed eight
and ten in one day. This wholesale
slaughter smacks more of pothunting
than sport, and the guilty parties should
be brought to brook. The penalty for
such violation is a fine of not less than SIS
nor more than $25, with imprisonment of
not more than 80 days for failure to pay
Pennsylvania State Pure Food Inspec-
tor jenkins, of Philadelphia. visited the
P. E. Sharpless Co. condensery plant
here this week, and was highly pleased
with the hygienic conditions and the
splendid and uniform high test OF the
milk. OF the III patrons supplying
milk at the condensery 100 average As to
per cent in the tests, which is higher
average than at any of the other plants he
has inspected, and should be very graf
Iifying to our farmers. Mr.. Jenkins re-
ports that the Sharpless plants are the
leaders of those under his inspection in
regard to cleanliness and other hyeienic
Icoudifions and that the one here ;e l., ~