The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-17
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs Of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

William Foster, of Leeds. suffered a
stroke Of paralysis last week and is in a
serious condition.
| Deer Park Hotel. in Newark, Del, has
been purchased by James McKelvey,
proprietor Of the hotel at Hockessins for
$4,000.
| Judge o. c. Norris, former resident
of Bel Air, has donated his fine dwelling
| in that town to St. Margarets Catholic
church for q school.
The schools in West Grove were closed
this week by order Of the Board Of Health
on account of an epidemic Of measles and
whoopine cough in the town.
Yeggmen broke into Kennett station
some time Tuesday night, blew the safe
and wrecked the Office. Only small
amount Of cash was secured.
| John SkalnecE, of Abingdon. Hartford
county, has executed deed of trust for
the benefit of creditors to Walter w.
Preston and Harry S. Carver, who have
given bond for 5000.
While intoxicated Carlos, Doman, col
lored, laid down on the trolley tracks, near
Toughkenamon on Monday night, with
the result that he was run over by car
and had both legs cut off.
The State tax on automobiles yielded
$4,000 during January, and since taking
Office in July Commissioner John E.
George has turned over to the treasury
$32. 900 in net revenue from the tax. to be
applied to maintenance of State roads.
For the fifth time in as many years
landlord Kennady has applied for license
TO sell liquor at the West Grove Horel.
The citizens Of that town. where liquor is
not sold, are circulating remonstrances
! and subscribing to a fund to fight the
granting Of the license.
Arrangements are being made by the.
Chester County Historical Society for a
celebration to be held this summer at
New London, in commemoration of some
| of the old academies in the lower end of
Chester county The first Academy at
New London was founded in I743.
The members Of Bohemia Lodge, IN
dependent Order of Odd Fellows. Of
Chesapeake City, celebrated the sixty
| first anniversary of their organization
Monday night, Visiting Odd Fellows
were present from Elkton. St. Georges
and elsewhere. A banquet followed the
meeting.
Mrs. Lille May Carroll. of Bel Air. has
through hercounseI, VIM. H. Doxen. filed
a bill in the Circuit Court Of Hartford
County asking for divorce vinculo
lmatrimonii from her husband. Daniel H.
Carroll, alleging abandonment. They
were married in April, 1909, by Rev.
Geo. w. Evans.
The unknown white man found Thurs
day last lying on the B. & o. R. r. tracks
near Elk Mills, where he was to report for
work the next day, as weaver, died in
Delaware Hospital without regaining
consciousness, He had evidently been
struck by train. The unfortunate man
is thought to have been from Boston.
Advocates of woman suffrage have
organized club in Havre de Grace, and
elected the following officers: President.
Miss BERTHE White; vice-president, Miss
Beulah McVey; treasurer, Miss Helen
Moore; secretary. Miss Marian Hendricks;
executive committee. Misses May Bauer,
Laura Morrison and Lillian M. Barnes.
| Petitions signed by citizens of White
Ciay~efeek and Pencader Hundred are
being circulated asking tn 1t the Delaware
Genetal Assembly make some provision
for the improvement of Elkton road, lead
ling from Newark to the Maryland line.
The Maryland authorities have decided to
improve the same road from the State
line through Elkton.
The timely discovery of blaze in the
dining room on Tuesday night prevented
the destruction Of the dwelling of John
Crothers, Zion. Mr. Crothers was aroused
from sleep by noise on the lower floor
and on getting up toinvestigate discovered
the room full Of smoke. Sparks from the
fireplace had set FIRE to the hreboard.
which had burned through. It required
several buckets of water to extinguish the
Threatening blaze. The dwelling occu-
pied by George Smith. on the Clifford
Cook farm narrowly escaped destruction
from FIRE originating in the same manner,
one night last week, but the blaze was
discovered and extinguished before il
he'd made much headway.