The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-12-06
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs Of Events il. the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

Inc annual meeting OF Little Britain
Detective Association will be held Satur-
lday. Dec !.
A Holstein COW was sold at M. M.
Eavenson's sale near Christiana, on Satur
day for $Ior.so.
| Falling from scaffold. Cecil Davis. of
Elkton. painter for the Philadelphia.
Baltimore & Washington Railroad, broke
his left arm.
Eleven members Of the Delaware foot
ball team were awarded the ID" at the
meeting Of the Athletic Association on
November III.
Hog cholera has caused the death of a
large number Of swine 10 the neighbor-
hood Of Elkton. Mrs A. /. Cresweil
has lost thirty hogs from the disease.
The Mooney farm. containing eighty
five acres. owned by w. Arthur Mitchell,
of Elkton. has been purchased BY Row
land G. Evans Of Philads lphia. for $325o.
On the charge of carrying concealed
deadly weapons and with having shot
Charles NJ. Dixie in the leg during 4
quarrel, Edward NaiIor was fined $r3. as
BY Justice Ash at Elktou.
The Amos Lewis farm. fronting on Elk
River. just below Elkton, has been sold.
i is reported. by Julian Vandegrift, execu-
tor of his wife, daughter of the late own
er, to purchaser from Philadelphia.
| Superintendent William H Anderson,
Of the Anti-Saloon League has announced
that the league will be against Congress
man ]. Fred c. Talbot, former State Sem
ator Arthur P. German and Mayor Pres
ton should they be candidates for the,
United States Senate.
Delaware Morgan, 90 years old who
was well known in Newark and vicinity.
was found dead Sunday morning in the
Newark lookup. Morgan was arrested
Saturday night. When an officer went
to release him Sunday morning the man
WAS dead in the CELL
William D. Herr and Joseph FL W'mer
have entered suit in the court of common
pleas against the borough OF Quarryville.
The plaintiffs allege that the borough ap-
propriated strip of land 81 by $50 feet
belonging to them and converted the strip
into borough street They claim $500
damages.
| Rosebank M. E church. Zion circuit, is
celebrating its twenty-frst birthday BY
having the largest revival meeting in its
history. There have been ao converts in
the past two weeks, and the meetings are
still in full progress, without the aid Of
any professional evangelist to assist the
pastor, Rev. W. H. Briggs.
The property Of the Deer Creek Water
and Power Company, In Hartford county,
was purchased at a public sale. conduct-
ed by Sheriff Licking by James A. Kald-
well, Baltimore. attorney. The property
consists Of r4a acres Of land. with inn
provements. Mr.. Kaldwell held mort
gage against the property for $4,000.
On Monday the Commissioners Of
Chester county divided the $1,000 reward
for evidence in the recent Emma Dif-
worth assault case near Rosedale, as
follows: Townsend Jones $500, chas.
Gillen and Mitcheal ]. Monihan Saso
leach, Chief Black of Wilmington $ras,
Miss Helen scudder $50. and Harry
Miller $a5.
The report OF Chief Engineer of the
Army Bixby, giving estimates for the inn
lprovement Of rivers and harbors through
out the country during the next fiscal year
was submitted to Congress. on Monday.
The estimate for improving Susquehanna
river near Havre de Grace. completing
the work above and below that town
was $sr,aso.
The case OF Alexander Boncore, against
the Casparis Stone Co.. for $4,000 dam
ages. engaged the attention of the Circuit
Icourt at Bel Air all last week and YER
dict awarded in favor Of the defendant
company. Boncore. who IS an Italian.
and employed by the Company. was
badly injured by an explosion Of dyna-
mite. losing an arm which had 10 be am
i putated and injured about the head and
rendered deaf.
For having the best railroad exhibit at
1.-The Aner;can N and and Irrioaf;an Exno.