The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-07-12
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs Of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

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the raspberry and the blackberry.
John R. Brown, of Pleasant Grove, has
a grape-fruit plant in bloom in his yard.
A horse being driven by William Wit
man, of Kinks Mills dropped dead on
Sunday.
While unloading sawdust George Wag-
ner, of Port Deposit. fell and broke his
left wrist.
The popular moonlight excursions from
Port Deposit, via the Susquehanna began
on Monday evening.
Centreville, Md, claims the honor of
organizing the first Wilson and Marshall
club on the Eastern Shore.
About rs, 900. 900 quarts of berries have
been shipped from Delaware this season,
against 1900. 900 last year and 22,ooo,-
900 in 1910.
The carnival which closed in Newark
Saturday night was the most successful
that the firemen of that town ever gave
and about $1,000 will be cleared.
Mrs. Mary A. M. Piatfenback, of Havre
de Grace, has made deed of trust for the
benefit of creditors, TO Lee I. Hecht. and
Harry S. Carver, who have filed bond
for $4,000.
Friends meeting under auspices Of
Rising Sun and Penn Hill associations
will be held at Octoraro Peoples Church
Sabbath afternoon, Seventh mo. 2Sth, at
2:3o o'clock.
A horse was stolen from the stable of
Pusey Coates, at Russellville on the 4th
of July. The animal was recovered at
Downingtown on Sunday, but the thief
was not apprehended.
The commission authorized by the last
legislature to consider and adjust the
claims arising from the last floods at Port
Deposit met in Governor Goldsborough's
Offices in Baltimore on Thursday.
Oliver Miller, who operates the Miller
farm in Kent county. along the bay shore.
expects to gather 1000 baskets of peaches
from his Io-acre orchard. The trees are
nine years old and are sprayed and culti-
vated each year.
Prof. Thomas M. Roberts, connected
with the General Electric Company, Of
New York. has been elected professor of
Electrical Engineering at Delaware Col
lege, to ill the vacancy caused by the
recent resignation of Prof Sturgis.
DR.. Charles Dawson. formerly bacterio-
logist at the Delaware College expert
mental station, Newark, has been awarded
a gold medal by the Baltimore Medical
College Alumni Association for the best
research work on anthrax during the year.
The company operating the Havre de
Grace Box Factory has gone into the
hands of receiver. AS result of the
suspension of operations large number
of Hartford county corn and tomato pack
ers, who depended upon the plant for
their cases will be greatly inconvenienced.
George w. Channell. of Fawn Grove,
| is running novel freight train from
Fawn Grove to Cardiff. A large traction
engine draws two large farm wagons
loaded with 400 bushels of wheat to
Cardiff and on the return road he carries
slate from the Proctor quarry.
Edward Gibson. of near town. has been
hauling logs with his traction engine.
The logs are loaded on two wagons. and
drawn TO the saw mill by the engine.
The case of the Maryland State Board
of Health vs.. Henry M. Pierson an UNDER
taker of North East, was held before
Magistrate L. o. Cameron. The charge
was the burying of Victor Camille on or
about December 8. 1911, without burial
permit. Camille was killed on the rail-
road and was buried by an Italian under
taker from Philadelphia. Mr.. Pierson no
officiating at all. The prosecution. on
examination of the facts, acknowledged
that it had no case against Mr.. Pierson
and the Magistrate dismissed the case.
C. Reeve Vanneman. formerly of
Havre de Grace. Associate Mechanical
Society Civil Engineer, for the past two
years Steam Railroad Inspector for the
Public Service Commission of the State
of New York. Second District. has been
promoted to be Chief of the recently
created Division of Transportation. This
department will have charge of the in
spection of the maintenance-of-way and
operation of steam railways. the investi
cation and classification of all accidents,
and Of such special Investigations or in-
spection as may be assigned TO II. Il is
expected that this division will also, have
charge Of the inspection Of inter4rban
electric lines. IN. Y. Engineering Ionfnal.