The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-03-10
Lent began on Wednesday.

Lent Degan on wednesday,.
During the month Of February 23s mar
riage licenses were issued at Clerks Office
in Elkton.
Austin Mcfarland of East Nottingham,
cut a cash in his wrist last week while
trimming trees.
A nnovemept is on foot for the purchase
OF chemical FIRE engine for the Oxford,
Pa. FIRE company.
The Red Mems Band OF North East has
decided to hold afestivai and celebration
on the 4th of July.
Workmen tearing down one OF the old
houses at McHenry's paper mill, near
Oxford, found skeleton.
Webster Brown, of near Calvert. lost
his faithful old family horse last week.
The animal was 81 years old.
A bake will be held in the Chapel at
West Nottingham on the afternoon and
evening of Friday, March n.
Drew Niekle, of Colora, has been ap-
pointed RID. carrier from Colora until
March IS, vice Andrew T. Wiley, resigned.
March is but little more than week
old and has developed more real winter
weather than most Of the so-called winter
months did.
Justice Joshua M. Ash, Of Elkton, has
committed Harry O.. K. Foster. of North
East to the State Asylum for the Insane,
at Cambridge.
The barn on the farm known as the
Albert Woodward place near Mendenhall,
Pa, was burned to the ground Wednes-
day night OF last week.
Rev. /. C. Mccoy has been invited by
the congregations of Zion and Rosebank
M. E. churches to return as pastor the
coming conference year.
A decree has been passed by the Cir
cult Court for this county absolutely
divorcing William McMullin. Jr., from
his wife, Alice L. McMullin.
The residence property of W. B, Cooney.
on Cherry street. in this town. was offered
at public sale on Saturday afternoon. but
Withdrawn after being bid to $3.50.
After twenty-eieht years of service as
bridge inspector for the Baltimore and
ohio Railroad Company. John F. Barnes
Of Havre de Grace, has been placed on
the retired list.
Dr.. Arthur Hamerschlog, director OF
Carnegie School on Technology, pittsburg.
has accepted an invitation 10 deliver the
principal address at Founders Day exer-
cises at Tome Institute, May IL.
The suit against Terry & Crawford. Of
this town, charged with doing real
estate business without license. which
has been hanging fire for three terms OF
court. was dismissed on Monday without
trial.
Additional members of the Delaware
College and Women's College faculties,
made necessary by the rapid growth O.
the Institutions, were elected Tuesday at
a meeting of the board of trustees in
Newark.
B. F. Willard the contractor who rec
emily suddenly disappeared from his
home in West Grove, had the contract foI
building the new Methodist parsonage at
New London, and his going has left
thingsin tangled shape.
Warren Elville.. of near Colora. was
given hearing before Magistrate B. P.
Nichols, Friday. on the charge of disturb
ing the services at Mt. Pleasant M. E.
church Sunday evening. Young Elville
admitted his guilt and was fined three
: dollars and costs.
Clinton L. Reckords has rendered his
resignation as cashier of the Farmers and
Merchants National Bank. of Bel Air.
Mr.. Reckord has been connected withthe
Bank since its organization. few years
ago. he VIII engage III tuS Sa"n'"s oas
iness with his brothers.
Hog cholera has appeared in the herd
Of thoroughbreds at Delaware College
experiment farm. Newark. Seven hogs
already have died and six or seven are
sick. The entire herd of from so to 90
is valued at about So 500. while the loss
sustained by the death of the seven is
probably $500
Y Henry WarfeI, of Havre de Grace
railway mail clerk. was painfully IN
iured last week, while at work in mai
car ia Washington. D. c. A train o.
steel sleeping cars was backed with great
force into the mail car, and the latter was
badly wrecked. Mr.. Warfel receives
several cuts and bruises. but his injurie: