The midland journal., 1916-01-28
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs Of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

Miss Verna Grason is enjoying visit
to friends in Philadelphia
Miss Minnie Carhart, Zion, has been
the recent guest of her cousin. Miss
Carrie Hambleton.
James A. Hitchcock and Miss Ella
Craig, both of Port Deposit. were married
in Philadelphia, Jan II.
Miss Mary Macher, who spent the past
year in China, has returned to Elkton and
is making her home at the Maryland
Lodge.
DR.. Thomas S. Baker, Director of Tome
Institute, has issued invitations for
musicale at his home on the evening of
February 4.
Henry Gayley. of New York, and J. T..
C Hopkins, of Port Deposit, have been
elected trustees of Jacob Tome Institute
to fill vancancies caused by the deaths of
Oliver Gayley and w. W. Hopkins.
/ Charles Trowbridge and Miss Armita
Smith. both of Port Deposit, were married
Jan 2I at the M. E. parsonage in that
town. by Rev. F. x. Moore. They will
make their home in Penn's Grove. N. I.
The marriage of Miss Margery E.
Marshbank, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. ].
Harry Marshbank, of Elkton. and Mr..
Ralph G. Davis took place at Trinity P
E. Church of that town. Wednesday
morning, January 26s at eleven o'clock.
Henry Gayley, of New York; has been
appointed trustee of the West Nottingham
Academy and West Nottingham Presby-
teEian church, succeeding his brother, the
late Oliver Gayiey. Mr. Gayley was
former resident of the Nottingham section.
his father being pastor of the above named
church for 81 years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Josiah Bailey of Church
vile, Hartford county. announce the en-
gagement of their daughter, Carotta
Barnes, to Clifford Clinton Hartman,
M. S, M. D. Dr. Hartman is graduate
of Gettysburg College, 1907 and OF the
Johns Hopkins Medical School. 1917, and
lis member of the medical staff of the
Allegheny General Hospital. Pittsburgh,
Pa
Friday evening, February 4th, is the
date chosen by Mr.. and Mrs. T. K. Nc
Dowell to give Birthday Social" at
their home. near town. The bags to hold
the birthdry contributions will be distrib-
uted at the social. The entire collection
for benefit of the Parsonage Fund. of the
Rising Sun M. E. Church. Refreshments
will be served and literary program is
being planned. Cake for sale, so the
home folks may be remembered. Every
body invited.
DR.. ]. ]. Taubenhaus of the Depart
ment of Plant Pathology at Delaware
College, Newark, has accepted an offer as
head of the Department of Plant Pathology
and Physiology of State College of Texas,
at an increase of $1,000 salary over his
present position of $1,000.
/ The Texas institution has over 1000
students with faculty of over 100 mem
bers To show some scope of the work,
the station there has 40 county agents
with 2I sub stations.
The records of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road for 1915 show that not single pas
senger was killed on any of the lines of
the system. This makes two years in
succession that the Pennsy lines have
carried an average of over 100, 900. 600
passengers without a single one being
killed.
Joseph Jones. of Townsend. Del, has
decided to try raising the silver fox in
that section, having brought to the
Beardsley farm six of the animals valued
at $500. A New Jersey corporation is
backing the experiment, which is to be
tried out there for the first time during
the present year.
The will of Abram Prizer McCombs,
late of Havre de Grace, was filed for
probate in the Orphans Court at Bel
Air last week. II leaves all of his estate
to his widow. He named his widow and
son, Mr.. William S McCombs. executors.
The will was dated June IS, 1915. Mr..
Mccombs was one of the largest property
owners in Havre de Grace, among other
valuable properties owned by him being
the handsome three-story postofice build
ing.
The Ninth District Farmers Club will
meet with Villa m Gibson on February 2.
I A special program is being arranged for
this meeting. County Agent G. F. Marsh
will be present.