The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1914-10-02

weeks visit to Pennsylvania relatives
Mrs. Thomas Bordley, of Chestertown
was the guest of Miss Elizabeth Stephens
last week
Miss Clara Robertson was a Y delegate
at the State Convention of the w. c. T..
u, 10 session at Salisbury this week.
Miss Florence Worthington, of Philadel-
phia, is spending the week with her sis
ters. Mrs. Mary Cherry and Miss Louise
Worthington.
Miss Ruth Collier and Miss Margaret
Brumfeld, of Beacon's Business College
Wilmington, spent Sunday at the home
of ]. w. Hambleton and family.
Mr. and Mrs James w. Lumb quietly
celebrated their iftieth wedding anniver-
sary last week at the home of their son.
Charles T. Lumb. near North East.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter J. Van Dyke. of
Wilmington, have announced the mar
riage of their daughter, Clara Alice, to
Mr.. H. Strobel Coslett, on March 2I.
B. P Nichols and family enjoyed an
auto tip last week TO Middletown. Dell,
and Cecilton. Cecil county, where they
visited friends and spent delightful time
renewing old acquaintance.
The engagement Of Miss Bessie Brown.
daughter of the late Judge Edwin Brown,
of Centerville and Mr.. Henry Beck, of
Fort Worth, Texas. has been announced.
The wedding is take place on December II.
| Adam Peoples. formerly of Port De-
posit met with fall at his home in Phila-
delphia last week, that resulted in frac-
ture of the spine. He is paralyzed from
the shoulders down and is receiving treat
ment at University Hospital.
/ A decree in absolute divorce has been
lgranted Mrs. Mary Irwin OF East Noting
ham, upon petition against her husband,
George B..Irwin.
| The boiler in the canneryof Joseph w.
Archer & Son, near Bel Air. exploded, on
Tuesday and despite the fact that forty
people were at work at the time no one
was injured.
The roof of the Citizens Gas and Fuel
plant at Oxford. caught fire on Wednes-
day afternoon last. but the flames we've
L haf1 4
damage was done.
In the recent Pennsylvania Railroad in
spectiou, Supervisor G. H. B English and
his Assistant. c. M. Hurst. were awarded
the prizes of 5000 and 5000 respectively
for the best line and surface on the Nary
land Division. Their section is from
Wilmington to Perryville.
i Mrs. Elizabeth J. Mckinney, who was
found guilty of mansIaughter for killing
her cousin. Delaware Reed, one day last
winter at Glasgow. Del, has been senten.
ced by Chief Justice Pennewil. at viii.
mington. to one years imprisonment in
the workhouse and to pay fine $500.
| At meeting of representative farmer:
from all sections of New Castle county
called by Levi A. Cooch, county agricul
tural agent, the New Castle County Far n
Bureau was organized to develop tn,
agricultural resources and TO foster tn,
best commercial. social and material in
terests of the county.
The Republicans of the Second Con
gressional district selected Otho N. John
/ son. of Hartford county. as the party can
; didate for Congress Mr.. Johnson is /:
son of the late Samuel M. Johnson, o
Leslie, former Sheriff of Cecil County
and has for number of years been en-
gagged in business at Perryman.
. The Philadelphia North American SAYS
Proceedings to break the will of Francis
Way Smith, who left $Ioo. 900 of a 5000,
900 estate to Samuel M. w. Briggs, man
ager of the Colonnade Hotel. Philadel
phia, were begun Tuesday in Philadel
phia Orphans Court by Ross Reynold,
Smith of Zion, Cecil county, Md.
Because of extreme low water in tn,
Susquehanna river. the salty water o
Chesapeake Bay has backed up into th'
river. making brackish the water supply
of the town.
AT the Susquehahna Power plant. Holt
wood, the water is lower than at any tim,
this summer. But three turbines are rus
during the day. and at a. m. the plan
closes down entirely in order to give th'
water chance to rise to the necessar,
height.
William Mullen. of Perryville. was ar
] rested in Oxfood on Friday last, charges
with nOn-support by his wife.