The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1915-04-30
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

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Mr., and M,s. E A Jenkins and daugh-
ter have been visiting relatives in Avon
dale. Pa.
Miss Jane Maxwell, of Philadelphia.
was the guest last week Of DR.. and Mrs.
G. S: Dare
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. M Poeue spent the
week end with Mr.. and Mrs. Peter
Hamilton. Baltimore
| Mr.. and Mrs, John Dix. Philadelphia.
are visitors at the home Of the lauer's
father, E. H. Reynolds
Mr. and Mrs. J. NJ. Holden returned
this week from two weeks visit to rel
atives in New York city.
Miss Florence Worthington. Of Philada,
| spent several days this week with her
sisters. Mrs. Mary Cherry and Miss
Louise Worthington.
Walter c. Mercy, of Camden, N. j.,
formerly of Elkton, and Miss Ida M.
Malone. of Camden. were married at
Elkton April 10, by the Rev. S M. Perry.
Mrs. Hudders Greenfield. of Lancaster, ),
and Linn B. Gillespie. Of Philadelphia.
were visitors this week at the home of
their parents. Mr.. and Mrs Wm. F. Gil
llespie.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. P. B. Lockwood and
children, who have been spending some
time with Mr.. and Mrs A. L. Duyckinck,
left on Tuesday for their home in Am
herst. Mass.
Miss Sarah Helen Walton. daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. John M. Walton, of West
Grove. and Walter c. Johnson. of Lon
donderry, were married April 81 by Rev.
H. M Evans.
The marriage of Miss Alberta Worth
and Mr. Edwin Brown. son of Mr. and
Mrs, Grant Brown, of Nottingham. Pa,
took place on Wednesday. April 28. at the
home Of John A.. Kimble Nottingham,
Pa.
Victor NJ Torber who has been under
treatment for eleven months at Balti-
more Hospital, for nervous breakdown.
has returned to Elktoa Torbert states
that the work on the History of Cecil
County. delayed by his illness. will be re-
sumed as soon as he regains full strength.
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Mrs. Henry Ittner of Atlanta. Georgia.
formerly of West Chester, Pa. announces
the engagement of her daughter Hazel
Darlington. to Mr.. lanes Cecil Tart of
Atlanta. The marriage to take place in
| July. The bride-elect is granddaugh ghter
of the late Francis J. Darlington. West
Chester. and the only sister of Mrs. I.
Walter Passmore. Nottingham, Pa.
| The pupils of New Bridge School will
hold festival on the school grounds on
Friday evening. May 9TH. Ice cream,
cake. candy for sale. Proceeds to be
used to send the children to School Ex-
hibit in Elkton. II stormy. will be held
on Saturday evening.
William H. Hanson. popular young
man Of Oxford. took bi-chloride tablet
by mistake for headache tablet on Mon
day morning. and is lying at the point of
death in University Hospital. Philada.
The young man is we'll known as base
ball player of ability. having played on
the Oxford team for several years.
The will of former Congressman Will
liam H. Jackson has been probated at
Salisbury. His estate is estimated at
about one and one quarter millions. The
| will provides bequests to a number of
charitable institutions, to dependents, en-
ployes and collateral relatives, The bulk
of the estate. however, goes to Mr.. Jack
sons son. ex-senator William P. Jackson.
and his daughter. Mrs. Mary ]. Marvel,
of Wilmington. Del
A meeting OF the creditors of the Nc
Clenahan Granite Company. of Port De-
posit, was held on April 81. in the Court
House at Elkton. The meeting having
been called under the proceedings in
bankruptcy in the United States District
Court of Maryland. Formal matters
we're transacted and Robert c. Thackery,
Charles B. Finley, Jr., and William p.
Constable were duly elected trustees.
The trustees will, probably. shortly
offer the quarry properties at public sale.
| Morris Liss. Io years old. who came
from Russia to America two years ago
penniless and not knowing word of the
English language, last week won first
prize. $40. in competition with 900 Other
York, Pa. High school students. who
wrote an essay on What York Has Done
For Me-" Liss, who is working his way