Newark post., 1912-10-02

OF which was refused by the Board,
has been removed to Queen Anne s
County for trial.
The combined Prairie Lilies and
Nebraska Bill Wild West show
ed to good crowds at Elkton on
Thursday. Residents and patrons
enjoyed the music of the Cow Boy
Band. One Of the Lilies fell from
her horse during the performance,
and her shoulder was dislocated,
but she was able to .eave with the
company.
Voters in the Maryland counties
who failed to register yesterday for
the coming election will have an
other chance to get on the books
or obtain transfers on next Tues
day, October Sth.
The 'Equinoctial'' arrived pret-
ty well on time, the sharks Of the
Weather Bureau Notwithstanding.
and served admirably with its del
uge for wheat plowing and plant
ing, and filling failing streams and
springs. The rainfall from s p.
NJ. Monday to the same hour on
Tuesday, at Baltimore, was 5.4S
inches, the heaviest on record at
the local bureau. Ripe tomatoes
and corn were more or less damag-
ed in the county, but farmers gen
orally welcomed the downpour.
The Cecil Circuit Court has
granted divorces to Mrs. Mary f.
OFT of the Providence section, from
her husband, Richard OFT, on the
ground of desertion, and Mrs. Ida
l.. Egner of Cherry Hill, from her
husband, Clement NJ. Egner.
William J. Miller, of Elkton, son
of the late Rev. f. X. Miller Of
port, d., has joined the teaching
staff Of the Friends School, Balti-
more. He is a graduate of Trinity
College, Hartford, Conn, and
formerly taught in schools in the
West.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Chidester,
OF the Union section, on Thursday
celebrated their golden wedding,
large number Of their friends at
tending.
Falling down stairs at the home
Of her daughter, Mrs. w. c.
Brooks, at Glasgow, Mrs. w. H.
johnson suffered a broken hip and
was severely shocked on Monday
morning.
The Presbytery of the New Cas-
tie is holding its fall meeting to-
day in the church at Port Deposit.
North East is steadily regaining
its former industrial Importance
and by the opening of the New
Year will have the plant Of the
Northeast Mining and Milling
Company in operation, which will
handle silica, flint, feldspar, kaolin
and fire and brick ciays, employ
ing quite a number Of hands.
Contractor A. M. Strickland
will shortly begin work on the pro-
posed addition to Union Hospital,
Elkton. The kitchen section of the
building will be raised to height
of three stories.
Rt. Rev. w. F. Adams, Bishop
OF Easton, preached in Trinity
Church, Elkton, on Sunday even
ing, and administered the rite of
Confirmation to a number of male
candidates.
Tony Duke, the Italian 'trusty"
who, on March 30 last, fatally shot
Sheriff J. Myron Miller, in the out
er jail yard at Elkton, was put on
trial in the Circuit Court OH We'd
nesday, before the fall Bench, and
after DR.. Arthur Herring, Secre-
tary to the State Lunacy Commits
sion, had testified that the accused
was an imbecile, probably from
birth, and irresponsible, the Court
found him not guilty because in
sane, but ordered that he be con-
fined in Spring Grove Asylum,
near Baltimore, where he was at
once taken by Sheriff Perkins.
Among the prisoners convicted
in Court last week, was William r.
Greenly, 19 years old, a youth
whom ID. l.. Krause Of the Pleas
ant Hill section procured from the
Boys Home in Reading, Pa. He
was chargd with stealing pork
from Mr.. Krause, of which he sold
$26.5O worth to Henry Henderson,
a storekeeper of the neighborhood.
Greenly plead guilty and was Civ
en- year in the Penitentiary, it
being his first offense.