The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-12-24

phia, is visiting her cousin, Mis-.
Lynn B. Gillespie.
Barclay Reynolds, of St. Luke's
school faculty, Wayne, Pa, is home
for the Christmas holidays.
Miss Matilda Duyckinck is LONE
from Bethlehem school for the
Christmas vacation.
Miss Helen Shepherd, of West
Chester, is spending the holidays at
her home in town
Mrs. Herbert Hirzel and children
have returned to their home in Will
mington after an extended visit in
Rising Sun.
Mrs Claude Buck and children,
of Perry Point, are visitors at the
home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
VIM. M. Pogue.
Mrs. w E. Carleton and children,
of Davis, West Virginia, are visitors
at the home of her parents, MI and
Mrs. James M. Tosh, near town
Miss Lidie Stewart and Miss Laura
Price, of Rising Sun public school
teaching force, are spending the
Xmas vacation in Philadelphia and
Queenstown, respectively.
Howard Reath, of White Rock,
and Miss Anna Buckwalter of
Paradise, were married Saturday
afternoon, by DR.. John T. Reeve.
The bride has been teaching the
past year at Fairmount school.
Miss Agnes Durham, formerly of
Rising Sun, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Durham, was married
on Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 8, at
i 2:3O o'clock, in Kennett Square
Catholic church, to julius Doniphy,
of Wilmington.
The final distribution of the re-
naming surplus of the defunct Ian
caster, Oxford & Southern railroad
has been made. Each of the 1853
stockholders received ESQ per cent
on the share, the par value of which
was $50.
Suit has been entered against
W. Norval Crowl of East Noting
ham, by Anthony Landers of West
Chester, who claims his wifc was
seriously injured in September,
when the motorcycle, in which he
and Mrs Landers were riding, ran
into the Crowl automobile.
Bentley Morris, who was ordered
by the Court several weeks ago to
pay his wife $145 a month, is re-
ported to have disappeared. No
trace of him has been seen about
Oxford for over week and he was
not present when the Railroad Com
pany called for him to make his run.
The pool game at the Glover Club
on Thursday evening last between
Tommie Riale, of Rising Sun, and
Frederick Brown, of Port Deposit,
proved a runaway affair, Tommle SO
far outclassing his opponent that
Brown hardly got started before the
Rising Sun boy had run up the
necessary $50 points.
Struck by train at the railroad
crossing near Oxford Grain & Hay
Coz warehouses, horse belonging
to Jordan Reyburn was instantly
killed on Thursday last. Reyburn
had hauled load of milk from
Russellville to Abbott's CccalDsly,
in Oxford, and was returning home
when the accident occurred.
The local talent of Hopeweli will
give a Christmas entertainment in
the Church Hall on Wednesday eve
ming, Dec. 20, at 1880 o'clock. The
entertainment will consist of two
plays, numerous recitations and
Christmas songs. There will be an
Offering of 25c taken at the door,
which is to go to the Near East Re-
lief Everybody invited.
Winter officially began on Tues
day of this week, the 21st, which
was the shortest day in the year,
shortest by a few seconds only, as
there is but little difference in the
length of daylight for several days
at this period of the year. When
figured out in minutes December 81,
%, 23, "a and rs have exactly the
same amount of daylight-9 hours
and 25 minutes-but when figured
down to seconds, December Fl is
the shortest for it is on that day
that the sun reaches the farthest
point south and begins its trip back
northward.
/ James Call, of West Virginia, VINO
some time ago purchased and moved
to the Amos Moore farm at Rock
Springs has sold the property for
$4,000.