The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-07-28

Rock Presbyterian church will hold a
Harvest Home festival on the evening of
August 8.
The receipts of the recent carnival and
festival held by the Red Mems band of
North East were $500.
R. B. Gaskill, formerly of Tome Insti-
tute. Port Deposit. has invented machine
to render automobiles noiseless.
The Ushers' Union of Calvert M. E.
church will hold festival on the church
lawn on Friday evening, August 4.
Perch fishing in the Elk and other
rivers is reported the finest this season,
large catches being made almost daily.
The electric cars in Baltimore are now
being operated by current from Mccall
Ferry power plant, on the Susquehanna
river
Woodlawn Camp opens on Wednesday
for two weeks. Rev. J. w. Lindale,
pastor Of Hopewell M. E. church. will be
minister in charge.
The directors Of Union Hospital. at
Elkton, have elected Judge William H.
Simcoe, of North East. a director to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of DR..
Charles M. Ellis.
The barn of Mrs. Ma rgaret H. John.
son. near Fairmount. Pa, was struck by
lightning on Monday afternoon and totally
destroyed, together with all this years
crops. The live stock was saved
Winfield Lindsay. aged IS years, was
Instantly killed one morning last week,
while at work in the barn on the McGill
farm, near Parkesburg, Pa. A rafter in
the roof of the barn to which the hay
rope was attached, broke and struck him
on the head. killing him instantly.
Simon Beatic had both legs broken and
was badly crushed by fall of slate
while at work in the Peach Bottom
Nquarries. He was hitching chain
around the block when the stone toppled
and fell on him. The injured man was
taken to the University Hospital, Bal
ltimore. -
Thirty head of Ramboulette sheep were
shipped last week from the Altamont
Farm. near Oakland. Md. to South
Africa, where they will be placed on
ranches. Col. Truesdale. owner of the
farm, few years ago exhibited this breed
of sheep in South Africa and other foreign
codntries. The stock shipped last week
was born and reared in Garrett county.
During an electric storm last week the
dwelling occupied by A. E. Todd and
family at Woods MILL Pleasant Grove,
was struck by lightning and corner of
the roof shattered. The bolt ran down a
rain spout and into the ground without
doing any serious damage. Mrs. Todd
and Mrs. Reynolds, who were in the
dwelling at the time the bolt struck, were
somewhat stunned, but fortunately
Iescaped injury.
The large skating rink at Brandywine
Springs, near Wilmington, was destroyed
by fire Monday afternoon
/ A bolt of lightning entered the building
by an electric wire and ignited the struc-
ture. The power house of the Peoples
Railway near by was damaged. The loss
| is $4,000. partly covered by insurance.
Lionel w. Miller, an attache OF the resort,
fell from the roof of the power house and
was badly bruised.
The little seventeen months-old child OF
Thomas Chenoworth. of Upper Cross
Roads. Hartford county, wandered from
the house one day last week, and climbed
up the Stats of pig pen in the barn yard.
A vicious sow in the pen caught the
childs foot and completely chewed off
the toes and half of one foot and one toe
on the other foot. Nothing was left but
the heel and the stump and the child will
be manned for life
wilfred [. Cooper and son, while
canoeing down the Susquehanna river
from Harrisburg to Pequea on Saturday,
were drowned near Safe Harbor Their
canoe was upset at Sewers Point, one ol
the most treacherous places in the river,
!, land both father and son sank. The body
, Of the latter was recovered on Monday
; evening. short distance from the scene
of accident. Cooper was superintena
dent of the Bedford division of the Penn.
sylvania railroad, and his son was
! supervisor of the Philadelphia division.
II On Tuesday morning the body of the
|. elder Cooper was found near the spot