The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-08-24

spending the week at Rehoboth Beach
William Cherry enjoyed a trip tt
Buffalo, Niagara Falls and Toronto the
past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Robertson en-
joyed a molor trib to Williamsport, Pa,
last week.
Miss Angelina Egan, of Philadelphia,
is visiting at the home of S. j. Terry
and family.
Augustus Brumfield, of Willow
Grove, Pa, is visiting Rising Sun
relatives.
Mrs. Charles Winchester and chill
dren, oi Baltimore, are visiting Mrs.
Wilbert Maxwell.
Mrs. Ira w. Burdsall, of Wenonah,
N. j., has been spending the week
with Miss Gertrude S. Dare.
Mrs. Kenneth Owens, of Perryville,
and Edward X. Wilson, OF East Noting
ham, Pa, were married in Elkton Aug
ust II.
Miss Florence Worthington, of Phila-
delphia. is visiting her sisters, Mrs.
Mary Cherry and Miss Louise Worth
ington.
DR.. H. M. Brown and daughter Miss
Hope Brown, of Philadelphia, were
visitors the past week at the home OF
the formers mother, Mrs. B. H.
Brown.
Mrs. Anna Broadbelt, IA of Media,
and Franklin Broadbelt, 81, of Philadel-
phia, were quietly married in the for
mer place Aug is. The bridegroom s
first wife died last September.
At party given recently by Mrs.
Fletcher P. Williams the engagement
of Miss Henrietta G. Minister, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. j. j. Minister of Elkton,
to Mr.. William H. Gardner, was
announced.
Miss Ruth E. Brown, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. William Edwin Brown, OF
Hockessin, DEL, and Thomas Alexan-
der Baker, Jr., of Newark, were mar
ried Saturday afternoon Aug. II, at the
home of the brides parents. The Rev.
T. c. Smoot, of Onancock, Va, the
BRIDES uncle, officiated.
The Loyal Temperance Legion will
hold picnic on the lawn of Mrs. w. B.
Cooney, Rising Sun, Friday afternoon,
August "a.
Inspector in charge Atherton, reports
hog cholera on the premises of the
Oblate Fathers of st. Francis de Sales,
near Childs.
The dwelling of Mrs. John D. Worth
ington, widow of the former editor CT
the Bel Air Aegis, was totally destroyed
by fire early Tuesday morning of last
week, together with contents. causing
a loss of $4,000.
The Rock Hall purse-net fishermen
and the hand line fishermen are at
odds over the fishing grounds in Ches-
ter river and off Colchester. 1t is al
legged that the anglers tried to put the
purse-netters out of business by plac-
ing large boxes filled with sand on the
pottoms, put the purse-netters discov-
cred them in time to remove before
any damage was done.
An unknown man was found dead
Tuesday afternoon of last week near
Forest Hill, Hartford county. The body
was lying in a small stream. The man
had evidently attempt to cross the
stream on fallen tree trunk, slipped
and being stunned by the fall, had
drowned. In his pockets were SIC in
cash, some keys and postal card with
the address No. 1909 Frederick Ave-,
Baltimore, Md. He was buried at the
almshouse.
The attention of owners of dogs is di.
rected to the adv. of the County Com
missioners, on the last page of the Mid
land Journal. notifying them of the
dog tax.
There are dogs without number in
this town that no license has ever been
paid on, and said dogs should be kill
ed or owners put in Jail. The Kidding
of our town of lot of these stray
dogs would be blessing.
William Snodgrass, of Slate Hill,
York county, has herd of Is Angora
goats on his farm and is planning to en-
large the herd considerably.
The flock of Buff Rock hens of Post
master Bowers. of Charlestown, have
layed Sr7S5 eggs during the seven
months of the year.