The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-09-13


lead the meeting at Octoraro IA. E. church
on Sunday, rsth inst, at 70 4. N.
Rock Castle No. S. K. Of G. E., will
hold a fair and festival September II. I3i
and ii, on Shippers lot. in North East.
In attempting TO jump fence 70 catch
horse, William B. Davis, Of near Cecil
ton, fractured leg and sustained other
injuries.
Miss Mollie Keen has accepted posi-
tion in the office Of Biles & Cameron, who
conduct ! general warehouse business IN
this town.
A wharf is in course ebf erection at
Chesapeake Haven, the proposed new
resort at Grove Point, the extreme SOUTH
western pointof Cecil county.
Although six months have passed since
The death Of State Auditor George r ASH
Of Ellxton. the Board Of Public Works has
failed to agree upon his successor.
While At work in pipe mill at Thur
Alow. Pa Thursday. John Burns. 20 years
old. Of near Elkton. was caught in the
machinery and had one arm crushed.
State Superintendent Of Schools Ste
phens has recommended that manual
training and domestic science be gradual-
" Introduced into all elementary schools.
An al day Friends meeting will be
held at West Nottingham, on Sunday.
September IS. Speakers from distance
are expected. A cordial invitation is ex-
tended 10 everybody.
The suit Of JEFFERSON D. Beltz. Of Cecil
ton. ia the Circuit Court OF Cecil County,
for divorce. has been marked Of the
docket on account Of the death of the de-
fendant q few days ago.
The Executors Of the late Ex-Governor
Austin L. Crothers, Of Elkton. have filed
Inventories in the Cecil County Orphans
Court showing that he left an estate
valued at about $23. 900.
A festival win be held at Sylmar on
Wednesday evening, September rs, by
the ladies Of the M. E. church. Lunch
will be served from 10 O'clock. If
stormy above date, festival will be held
following evening.
Some Of the most oppressive heat of the
entire summer has been experienced the
past week The mercury has been up
In the nineties almost daily. The latter
part Of last week was especially oppres-
sive, when thermometers registered as
high as 94 degrees.
Mary, the two year old daughter Of Nj.
and Mrs. Carl Hines. Of the Earleville
section. fell into trough Of water one
day recently and would have drowned
had not her little four year old brother
William gone to her rescue and dragged
her from the water.
The 27th annual convention Of Cecil
County w. C. T. U. will be held 10 James
M. E. church. Rising Sun. on Tuesday.
September "a. Miss Londes. President Of
Lancaster County w. G. +. u, will be
the entertainer in the evening Miss
Londes breaches temperance in her recit-
ais in manner not often heard on the
public platform.
A horse owned by the McClenahan
Quarry Co.. backed of an embankment
pon to the Port Deposit and Columbia
Railroad tracks. rs feet below. A sling
was placed around the animal and attach
ed 10 derrick. and the horse hoisted
thereby. When near the top the rope
broke. dropping the animal into coal
car from which II was finally rescued,
moi much the worse from It's rough ex-
perience.
Miss Ruby Morris. IT Havre de Grace.
went to Elkton one morning last week
and applied to the clerk Of the court for
marriage license to wed Ernest Reasin,
also OF Havre de Grace Miss Morris,
who was accompanied by girl friend,
stated 10 the clerk when the document
was handed to her that she had nerve
As il was secured on a dare AMI she hoped
20 meet her bashinl would-be-husband at
PerryyiIle. where the nnptial knot would
be tied.
Charged with exceeding the speed
aimi., Dr.. Young OF Oxford, was fined $40
Hpy Justice Of the Peace B. P Nichols.
Four different complaints were lodged
against Or. Young. who was racing with
another automobile returning from the
Havfe de Grace races. The two antomo-
biles paid no regard to speed regulations
nor blowing Of horns. but went through
town like whirlwind, and the only rea-
son the other driver escaped q similar
fne was because Of the withholding Of his
name from the Magistrate BY those who