The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-11-10
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

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Falling from hack, Aston Moore, of
Elkton, fractured an arm.
Slipping on leaves. Mrs. T. ] Vanne-
man fell and fractured her arm at Port
Deposit.
Addie Ford has been appointed prin-
cipal Of Howard street school, Elkton,
vice Miss Budd, resigned.
The annual Institute for colored teach
ers will be held at Elkton the three days
proceeding Thanksgiving.
After SO years service. Benjamin M.
Wells, Adams Express agent at Elkton,
has rendered his resignation.
The foundation walls for the new
pg Of Joseph Smith. on South Queen
ere completed this week.
risers on Monday morning wit
Vi phenomenon in the form Of a
eautiful rainbow, just before sunrise.
Plans will shortly be submitted for the
proposed new annex to Union Hospital,
EIkton, by Architect Walter s. Brown, of
Philadelphia.
Rev. F. F. Carpenter, pastor of Tome
Memorial NJ. E. church. Port Deposit,
X has been invited by his congregation to
return for another Conference year.
The congregation Of the Mount Pleasant
Methodist church, near Colora, has re-
quested the return of Rev. Blanchard Nc
Farland for another conference year.
A. NJ Strickland, of Elkton. has been
elected president of the 9th Reg. Penn
sylvania Volunteers. The twcnty-eighth
annual reunion Of the regiment was held
in West Chester few days ago.
The members of the Methodist Episco-
4 pal church Of Port Deposit celebrated the
freeing of their church from debt by a
mortgage burning at the services on Sum
day morning. The amount of the debt
against the church was $1,000, which has
been paid,
The judges Of the Halloween parade
I in Elkton, awarded prizes to Joe Mccall,
4 I R. Bidwell Elizabeth Reese, Carrie
j Dunbar Hiram Dunbar. Daniel Bratton,
William Fenton, Henry H. Mitchell, Ella
Bartlett calistha Feehly, cornelia Coop-
er, Roy Deibert Edward Hines, Dorsey
and Cornelia Sloan.
Motion for new trial has been made
by Mrs. Sarah Campbell in her suit
against the Brandywine Kaolin Company
for the burning of her dwelling, near
y Sylmar. some months ago. Mrs. Camp
bell asked $I7oo damages against the
KaoIin Company for their negligence and
HAS awarded but$ooo.
THE republican meeting held in the
lic hall on Saturday evening last was
dressed by I. Henry Ford, of North
East, and VIM. T. Warburton, Esq. of
Elkton. B. P. Nichols, president of the
A Sixth District Republican Club presided
and introduced the speakers. Music was
furnished by Rising Sun Cornet Band
Mrs. Ingram. wife of John Ingram. a
farmer Of @he Fourth district, committed
4 suicide Monday night at bes home by
swallowing carbolic acid Mrs. Ingram
had been in i'll health for long time. and
recently had become very melancholy at
times. She was about 90 years OF age
and is survived by her husband and
several children.
The hotel at Middletown, Del, has been
purchased by Wilmington parties for
$4,000.
DIR. Mowry, of Lancaster, has purchased
the fine 2oo-acre Patterson farm. in Little
Britain township, Pa, for $I2,ooo.
The 2r4-acre Airslie farm along the
Susquehanna River near Havre de Grace
has been bought-by John R. Mitchell for
$1,000.
The real estate of W. D. Chandler. in
Oxford. was offered at assignee's sale last
week. for a second time. The warehouse
property was withdrawn at bid of $Io,-
900. The brick dwelling occupied by Mr.
Chandler was purchased by his brother,
George Chandler. Of Hockessin, for
$1,000 The. lot next to the Chandler
house on South Third street. was sold to
F. drews for $3.50. The lot on Penn
Ave 10 S. D. Ramsey for $375. The
hopl On Broad street and on Noting
hal SZvenue were not sold.
the members of the organized
Of Delaware. officers and men
are to be made typhoid immunes
Surgeons of the regiment will make
t6ur OF the State, visiting all the men,
bets of the organization and innoculating
each soldier with the typhoid prophylaxis.
us is not compulsory, but members of
q b militia have requested that il be done,
and even the officers have asked to be
inocniated.