The midland journal., 1917-03-09

Prof. Edwin Dorcus dislocated his
shoulder.
The official board of Perryville M.
f. church has unanimously asked
for the return OF Rev. G.. w. Bounds
for the coming conference year.
A touring car sold for the benefit
of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church,
Mount Washington, was last week
awarded to w. P. Cameron, of Port
Deposit.
Rev. f. H. Dashiell has been
named as District Superintendent of
Salisbury District, to fill the place
of the late DR.. T. E. Martindale,
until the coming Conference.
Little Elk Tribe, No. so, Improved
Order of Red Men, of Cherry Hill,
visited Susquehanna Tribe, No. 1877,
{, at Colora, on Monday evening OF
A}ast week, and conferred degrees
upon candidates.
Mrs. Augusta Beiswanger OF
chesapeake City, who injured her
knee several months ago was taken
to Baltimore hospital where it was
found necessary to amputate the
leg above the knee.
William H. Curry, employed by
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company, was seriously injured near
Eavre de Grace, when he was struck
BY an 1900 pound steel rail. His
knee cap was torn off.
The State Road Commission has
awarded the contract for building
the superstructure of the draw spans
of the Sassassfras river bridge, to
the Srobel Steel Construction Com
many, of Chicago, fr $14,765.
2. d. Grant, who has been spend
ing the past several weeks in Phila-
delphia, expects to be at his work
bench in Rising Sun again after
March 10, and will attend to all
shoemaking business left with him.
The public service commission at
Harrisburg has approved the appli-
cation of Milton Hess for the right
to operate ferry on the Susquehan-
ma at McCalls Ferry, the first grant
for the kind for the river in long
time.
It is the general opinion of those
who have occasion to use the public
highways that it has been several
years since the roads were in as bad
condition at this season of the year
as they have been for the past two
weeks.
The residence of Mrs. Ella Logan,
at Charlestown, which had been
closed for the winter, the family
spending some time in Wilmington,
was ransacked last week by burg
lars, who carried off clothing,
jewelry and other effects.
The pillow and runner presented
by Mrs. Samuel H. King to Union
Hospital, were awarded to Miss
Ethel C. Vincent, of Elkton, who in
the contest collected $164.05 for the
hospital. Mrs. George w. Padley, of
Cecilton, was second, her collection
amounting to 1885.
The Public Service Commission
tariff bulletin for March shows
freight charges of clay in bulk from
Bacon Hill to North East reduced to
AZ cents net ton; sand and gravel,
North East to Rsinig Sun reduced to
53 cents net ton; Charlestown to
Rising Sun advanced to So cents net
ton; North East to Rowlandivlle re-
duced to 63 cents net ton.
The County Commissioners, State
Roads Commissioners, and repre-
sentatives of the P. 3. & w. Rail-
road met at Bacon Hill last week to
discuss means for lessening the dan
ger at the approaches to the bridge
over the tracks at that place. the
Railroad Company submitted q
proposition to change the road so as
to make the approaches less danger
ous. which will probably be accepted
Beginning ON Tuesday of last
week we had almost week OF con-
tinous stormy weather, during Which
time it rained, hailed and showed
It showed almost every day until
n Monday OF this week, when, despite
the mild weather and rain, the snow
I fail measured nearly foot. II Is
hard to estimate what the depth OF
the snow would have been WITH
colder weather prevailing, but nc
doubt it would have been easily
foot and half, or more. The pros
poets are bright for long siege oi
bad roads, which were already near
" impossible in places, and with tn'
! melting snow adding its quoto O