The midland journal., 1913-12-05
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

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Miss GertrudeS. Dare is visiting her
brother c. E. Dare, and family, Of Rose
mont. Va.
Ralph Reynolds spent the Thanks
giving holiday in Philadelphia with
Austin Dixon
Mrs. Barclay Heacock and sons. Of
Philadelphia. were guests last week of ].
M. Sterrest and family
Barclay Reynolds, Of Wayne, Pa, was
the guest Of Dr.. G. S. Dare and family on
Thursday and Friday. !.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton Walton. of
Swarthmore, were guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert I. Burlington last week.
Mrs. Lula LoveIand Shepard. of Salt
Lake. Utah. was guest this week at the
home of William Clifford and. family.
A very enjoyable dance was held on
Thanksgiving evening in the public hail..
About forty were in attendance to trip the
s6 6ue AautaSttCs
Miss May McCamy. of Philadelphia,
and David G. Mccoy. Of Oxford. were
over Sunday guests Of Mrs. Jennie White
ford and the Misses Mccoy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Fisher and
Master Russell Woodward Fischer have
returned from visit Of several days to
Mi. and Mrs. w. A. Fischer.
Miss Marian E. Pyle and Miss Eliza
beth Leonard, of Darlington Seminary,
spent the Thanksgiving holiday: with the
formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. S..
Pyle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. E. Burlington en-
tertained the 500 club on Wednesday
evening, at their home on East Main
street. Six tables were played. High
score honors were won BY Mrs Albert L.
Burlington and VIM. G. West. The club
will be1entertained on Wednesday eve
ming. Dec. II. BY Miss Lorraine Fassitt
and ]. B. Fassitt at their home near
Sylmar.
William Poole. of New Castle. DEL,
who cleared $500 from an acre planted
with asparagus, is swamped with requests
for roots from bis beds.
A Tri.County Farmers Exchange. en-
bracing Queen Anne's. Caroline and Tai
bot counties, has been organized at Easton,-
Maryland.
At the annual election Of officers Of
Hartford Medical Society. DR.. Lee Hop.
kins was chosen president and Dr.. chas.
Bagley. secretary and treasurer for the
ensuing year.
movement to start cooperative
creamery at Perryman. Hartford county.
is being made by ]. Lester Williams, Of
Chicago. The plant will be owned by
company of so or 60 local stockholders,
at first
Carrying lighted lamp iato room 10
investigate leak Of acetylene gas, at the
home of A. B. Francis 10 Delmar result
ed in an explosion The windows were
blown out and Mrs. Francis was severely
burned.
Thos. ]. Sullivan, of Hartford county
and the first agent Of the B. & O rail-
road at Van Bibber. dropped dead, last
week while paying biIlin the Continen-
tai Building, Baltimore We will gladly
donate floor space in this Office to anyone
who desires to try suicide by this method.
Rev. w. G. Koons. pastor of Lewes.
Del. NJ. E. churh. and Rev. 2. H. Web-
ster. pastor of Milton. Del. M. E. church.
have been invited by their congregations
to return to their respective charges the
comings conference year. Both are
former pastors of Rising Sun NJ. E.
church.
Jackson W. Maslin. Francis H. Nor
gan, Millard F. Tydines. Harry C. Law
der. sr.. Walter T. Jackson. Joseph H.
Moore. and ]. Swan Everist have entered
the race for the appointment as post
master at Havre de Grace, to succeed
Postmaster Carroll, whose term expires.
January 3Ist. next
Wild ducks are reported getting scarcer
each succeeding year on the Susquehanna
fats. but the slaughter still continues. A
new feeding ground in the recently con-
structed dam at Nc Calls Ferry is attract
ing considerable number of ducks this
year bur it is safely predicted that this
too will prove '.happy hunting ground"
all water fowl which lnger there for long
after sunup.
In October. total of ITO deaths from
Infections diseases occurred in the coun-
ties of Maryland