The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-03-20

Of Baltimore friends during the
week.
Mrs. Geo. H. Buck, MI. and M 8.
Harvey Buck and son, of Polt De-
posit, were visitors last week of Nil.
and Mrs. ClaIdo q. buck at their
new home on walnut street.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. &. Passmore, WING,
have been spending the winter in
st. Petersburg, Florida, will return
to their home in Ncttinghs m, Pa
this week. A card from Mr.. ass
more reports the. temperature "a
in the shade in ST. Petersburg
Charles f. Burkins, son of MIR.
and Mrs. W. A. Burklns. of this
town, and Miss Hazel '. b own
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Custer X.
Bown, of Colora, were united IN
marriage at the M. T.. parsonage IN
Rising Sun, on Wednesday after
noon of this week, Dy Rev. e. q.
Harris, in the presence OF the i'm
mediate famnies OF lie conc. a. e4l--
parties.
They left for a trip to Washing.
ton and on their return Will make
their home with the grnom's
parents. \
Donald Mergler, sixteen, apprentice
Jockey and brother of Charles Mergler,
well-known steeplechaser, both Of
Havre de Grace, accidentlly shot him
self with revolver early Tuesday
night of last week, and while he is con-
fined in the Havre de Grace Hospital,
his condition is not serious.
Stephen Franko, proprietor of the
Franko Bros. Shoe Shining Parlor, in
Havre de Grace, has invented a hat
cleaning and remodeling machine fol
turning old hats into new ones. After
working on the machine for over five
years, Mr.. Franko has finally perfected
it, aud has applied for a patient.
Miss Hetty Pratt, one of the deputies
in the office of the Clerk. of the ourt
in Elkton, is confined to hel' home with
a dislocated knee, sustained by falling
while participating in a basketball
game at Aberdeen. Miss Pratt is a
member of the Girls Auxiliary basket
ball team of Company E, Of Elkton.
The case OF the Mayor and City
Council VS.. the Havre de Grace and
Perryville Bridge Company was tried
in the Circuit Court for Hartford c6un-
ty last week, and a verdict was rem
dered for the city for $475. This was
the final suit growing out Of the taxes
due on the capital stock of the COM
pany, and brings the amount recovered
by the city of Havre de Grace to 5000.
Philip H. Williams, colored, aged 4S
years, a resident of Kirkwood, was
drowned at Summit Bridge in the
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, one
morning last week. He had been
working on large wooden form,
under construction for concrete base
when the platform on which he was
standing, gave way, and VI Williams fell
about sixteen feet into the canal, and
was drowned before aid could reach
him.
| Hog cholera was reported to exist on
20 Maryland farms during February
against 80 for the same period one year
ago. Thirteen Of the outbreaks were
classed as primary and Z as secondary.
Nine occurred on farms where hogs
were bred and raised, while II were
OF the backyard type. Baltimore Coun-
| ty topped the list with 6 outbreaks.
Calvert, Montgomery and Wicomico
had each, Somerset and Allegany,
Carroll and Queen Anne one each.
A pocketbook containing one hur-
dred dollars was dropped unnoticed, by
Mrs. Beverly as she was getting into
her carriage, near the new bank build
ling in Rising Sun on Monday. A col
ored man passing in an auto was seen
to stop, get out and pick something up
at the spot shortly afterwards. Whe,.
the loss was discovered the auto was
traced to North East a the colored
man arrested, but as no coevicting evil
dence was found he was later released.
With some 22,60l persons killed in
traffic accidents, and damage to prop
erty amounting to $500, GOO, ,0O0 in 1923,
| it is to be expected that States and
Communities will demand rigid regula-
tionsN governing the use of motor
vehicles. Public safety is paramount.
Life and property must be protected
The indiscrimigate issuance of drivers
permits is to be condemned by right.
thinking people. Many persons nov
handling motor cars IA. e wholly unf
to be.trusted with deadly machines or
the streets and highways. \