The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-02-09

VI SdiNcIts HAS 1osL Tue use " au al tni'
| The Spring exhibition Of Oxford Agri-
cultural Association will be held June S.
s and I.
Falling from his uncle's hay loft at
BOHEMIA Manor, Clifford Dean. Of EIkton.
broke an arm.
| A decree of divorce has been granted
by the Circuit Court of Hartford county. to
Evans L. Jones from Hattie M. Jones
| Slipping on an icy pavement in Port
TDeposit on Tuesday. David M. ARM
strong. Mayor Of the town, fell and broke
his arm.
The mill. warehouse, lumber and coal
yard property in Oxford has been sold BY
the assignees Of D. W. Chandler 10 ]. "A.
Watts, for $S, GOO.
4 A movement is on foot in Oxford to
raise funds for the purchase OF an auto
mobile chemical engine to add TO the
towns FIRE fighting equipment.
The Havre de Grace Republican has
supplanted its water motor with three
horse power electric motor, which now
furnishes power for its presses.
VIM. S Turner. drover OF Avondale,
has been held in 5000 for trial at courtin
Philadelphia, on the charge of selling dis
eased meat to dealers in that city.
Prof. Rowland Watts. native of Cecil
county, and well-known educator. has
been appointed assistant superintendent
of the Baltimore City Schools at salary
of $4,000 per annum.
| A two-horse team hitched to a heavily
loaded sled stalled on the B. & o. railroad
tracks at Stepney last week, and before an
approaching train could be tagged, the
team was run down and both horses killed.
4 Mrs. Thompson Richards and, her
daughter are recovering slowly at the
German hospital. Philadelphia. from the
injuries sustained in the terrible explosion
which killed Mr.. Richards and wrecked
their home near Toughkenamon.
Webster White has been elected presi-
dent of Rosebank Cemetery Association.
c. M. Reisler secretary and treasurer. DR..
y. B. Slicer. N. c. Brown, Calvin F.
Brown. Howard Mendenhall, E. L.
Duyckinck and Clifford Cook managers.
! Last month was the coldest January,
except that of 1893. in the records Of the
weather bureau. The mean temperature
was 2o.4. which was only surpassed for
low temperature once in the last forty 1.-two
years--in 1893, when the mean temper
ature was 24.
Reginald Shippers. who collects milk
along one of the routes for England's
creamery. near Zion. was found uncon-
scious 10 his wagon on Saturday morning.
due to exposure in the bitter cold. He
was revived by Drs. Clifford and Collins
but his condition is serious
4 AT its last regular meeting the Farmers
League Of Maryland suggested that seven
well known men be selected to serve on
the Country Life Commission and that
they take up the country life with view
to making the life more attractive, more
profitable and more sought after than at
present.
II Rev. Geo. W.. Thomas. of Frederick
county, has accepted call to become
the rector Of the Holy Trinity and Spesutia
Protestant Episcopal Churches in Hartford
county. The two parishes have recently
been combined. Holy Trinity Church
being located at Churchville and Spesutia
near Perryman.
Samuel Oatman, farmer. living near
Bell schoolhouse. Strausburg township,
Pa. committed suicide by hanging
himself with small rope tied to bed
post When found by his wife he was in
4 kneeling position. He was 6d years of
age, and leaves a wife and three children.
Ill health was the cause of the rash act.
A young colored man of Sylmar neigh
borhood while tussling with companion
on the porch Of c. T. Snyders restaurant
on Friday evening last slipped and fell
through the show window. He was so
badly cut about the head by broken glass
as 70 require the services OF surgeon to
stop the flow Of blood and close the
wound.
George ]. Liddell. of Liberty Grove.
from $40 Msy and June pullets. secured
up TO Feb. !. o76r eggs. This is an aver
age Of over 20 eggs per pullet. and part Of
the flock has just started to lay. This
speaks pretty well for the strain Of white
lleghorns kept by Mr.. Liddell, and as he
Expresses It. shows what the right hen is
Icapable Of doing in zero weather. under
amateur management. He feels assured
had they been under care OF an exper-
fenced manager they would have made .