The midland journal., 1916-11-10
Cunning season opens today.

Cunning season opens today.
Beautiful moonlight nights, with
moon at full last night.
The Clerk of the Court, at Elkton,
issued 2S5 marriage licenses during
October.
Seaford, Del, has been selected as
the place for meeting for the next
annual session of the Wilmington
M. e. Conference.
Delaware City fishermen are max
ing large catches of sea trout. Some
herring and one small shad were
caught last week.
An unknown colored man, aged
about 21 years, was struck by a
freight train on the B. & 0. Railroad,
hear<Singerly, last week.
Attempting to release a dog from
steel-trap VIM. M. Pogue had his
right hand badly bitten by the an
imal, on Tuesday morning.
The Halloween entertainment
given by pupils of the North East
high school last week was decided
success. the receipts being over $25-
The Ladies Aid Society of Mt.
Pleasant M, E. church, near Colora,
will hold a Poultry Supper in the
Church Hall on Wednesday evening
November 22nd.
Growing out of an auto collision
suit for $500 damages has been hled
in Hartford County Court by Harry
A. Brehm against George w. Hughes,
of Have de Grace.
The explosion of an acid tank IN
the projectile plant near New Castle
Del. last week, wrecked a brick
building. None of the hands were
in or near the building at the time.
Charged with resisting arrest
David Young, colored, of Elkton, has
been sentenced to four months IN
iaiI. John Young, a brother, was
also fined $40 and costs for inter-
fering with the officer.
John Lehnert, the 19-year-old boy
who is wanted by the Bel Air officers,
on the charge of house breaking, has
been sentenced to two years in the
penitentary, by Baltimore City
Judge for violating his parole.
The Third District Calender Club
will hold a bazar in Mechanics Hall,
Elkton, November %, z3 and "a, for
the benefit of the proposed Maternity
Annex of Union Hospital. Supper
will be served on the 22d and 2Sd.
Residents of Elkton and other
sections of Cecil county have con-
tributed total of $3.50 for grand
reception to be rendered in the Elk
ton Armory to Company E, First
Regiment Maryland National Guards.
The Ritter. cannery at Newark,
sNG, used 150,772 baskets of toma-
4kks the past season. The company
manufactured from this great
quantity of fruit 6S,099 cases of cat
sup, and stored for shipment SO,-
S32 fve-gallon cans of pulp.
Mrs. Annie E. Peoples, executrix
OF DR.. James A. Peoples, of near
Wrightsda1e, Pa, has sold at public
sale in Fulton township, near the
Maryland line, a farm of 1876 acres
for $1,000, the purchaser being
Elmer Hilton of near Spruce Grove.
The Democratic rally in Rising sun
hall on Friday evening last, was well
attended. The speakers were
Messrs. McKindless and Bryant, of
Baltimore, and Darr, of Washington.
DR.. G. S. Dare acted as chairman.
Music was furnished by Rising Sun
Corhet Band.
The year old child OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Amos Probst, residing near Andrews
Bridge, Lancaster county reached up
to the table recently on which was
quantity of hot cornstarch. up
setting the vessel. The hot starch
poured over the face, neck and arms,
badly burning the child.
Tar has been noticed in the Sus-
0uehanna river for some time past.
1t is said that this tar comes from
the Bethlehem steel plant at Steelton.
Buckers report that their decoys are
fuli OF tar. If the tar continues to
be thrown into the water. fishing will
soon be thing of the past.
u At the rally held Sunday, Oct, 20,
III NORTH East M. E. church, the sum
of S14S.50 was collected. The
church debt has been reduced to
s271O, which represents the full
amount now owing on the original
outlay of nearly $4,000 for the new
church and parsonage that replaced
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