The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-10-18

news, Collected %I32 Tor the DemOCratlc
National Committee.
Struck by flying stones from delayed
blast in quarry near Yorklyn. Del, Cal
vim Davis had both legs broken and suf-
fered other injuries.
The case Of Charles Harley, of Oxford.
for illegal liquor selling has been settled
by Harley paying the costs and Court
suspending sentence
Prof. George A. Steele of the Baltimore
City College has sold his farm in the
Fourth district 10 Captain Jester Of Will
mington. for $1,000.
]. H. Bleacher, of Lancaster county
shipped his last carload OF cabbage last
week from the Jesse Heidelbaugh farm at
Bart. Heraised and shipped 26 tons and
1886 pounds from one acre.
The State Roads Commission have
awarded to Thomas C. Forsythe. the con-
tract for building the Belcamp road. for
$I4,sIo,o5, and the Wesley Chapel road,
for $TI,5S5 both in Hartford county.
Bert D. ToIson. druggist OF Havre
de Grace. will leave New York Saturday
on the steamer Cleveland for four
months trip around the world Upon his
return he will locate on the Pacific Coast.
]. w. Aydon, publicity agent of the
P. B. & w. R. r.. is placing in each of
the county schools large warning sign,
calling the attention OF the children to the
great danger of walking on the railroad
tracks.
The state livestock sanitary board. prior
to October I, examined 1891 cows in the
state for tuberculosis, of which 1877 pass
ed the test The remained were slaugh
tered and paid for by the state at SIS
per head.
The barn on the farm Of Christian
Lamparter. near Bartville, Lancaster
county. was destroyed by fire on Sunday
afternoon. together with tobacco crop
from two acres, several hundred bushels
Of potatoes. farm machinery, etc.
A collision occurred Sunday between
the automobiles of Lester S. German, of
Aberdeen. and Taylor Lyon. of Havre de
Grace, by which the machine of the form
er was badly damaged. Mr.. Lyons auto
mobile escaped any material injury.
A company desiring to develop the land
for the iron ore supposed to be on it is
negotiatingwith T. Roseby McMullen for
his Ioo-acre farm near Newark, which ad-
joins the old iron pits that are again
being worked after being idle for many
years.
| The County Commissioners of Hartford
county have divided the receipts from the
Havre de Grace races into FIVE equal sums
of $r.2SI. for each of the FIVE road dis
tricts. The Sixth district in which Havre
de Grace is located. does not get any Of
the swag.
A verdict of $3.50 was given last week
by jury in the Circuit Court at Towson
to BENZ. Stusbury. of Hartford county, in
his suit against the P. B. & w. railroad,
ia which he claimed $1,000 damages for
alleged assault by one OF the special Off
GERS of the company.
William B Dimon, who for a number
4 NAf L..
Record and the North American, and who
recently has been connected with the
Washington (Pa.) Record. has purchased
the Dorchester Standard and Cambridge
Journal, and has taken charge of the
same.
w. R. Corkrsn. son of Rev. Wilbur F.
Corkran. of Wilmington. and a graduate
of Delaware College, who IS employed by
the dupont Powder Co., recently sailed
for Valparaiso, Chill. from which place
he will go to Tai Tai. in the desert region
of Chilli. where experiments are being
carried on in the hope of finding more
economical way of handling nitrate of
soda in making gunpowder.
John Denham's store and residence at
Boothby Hill, Hartford county. were
burned on Sunday night. between TO and
II o'clock. The dwelling was connected
with the store. Mrs. Denham noticed
smoke after the family had retired and
had only time enough to arouse her hus-
band and children who escaped in their
night clothes. The cash register and a
dining room table were all that could be
gotten out of the lower floor and store.
Mr.. Denham had recently stocked his
store with his winter goods. The loss is
partially covered by insurance.
Chrysanthemum Blooms at Sunny
: HEIGHTS Greenhouses near Ris;no Sun