The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-12-07

Hog cholera is reported on the
farm Of Charles Fowler, near Earle
vile.
The ladies' Of Liberty Grove Com
nunity Club realized .$57 by the
supper recently served by them.
The Mcmahon Bus Company has
opened new bus line between Ham
ilton and Bel Air, running two bus
es each way each day.
The AL & p. Store Company is reE
ported to have purchased the New
York Store" property of Lewis Ber-
kowitz. in Oxford.
A clinic for diseases of the chest
will be conducted in Health Center,
Elkton, Wednesday, December Il,
1928, at 1880 A. M.
one hundred and forty dollars
Was cleared from the annual church
supper held at Warwick, Thursday
and Friday evenings of last week,
/ The Missionary Society, Of West
Nottingham Church will be enter
tanned by Mrs. Fl. M. Duyckinck on
Thursday afternoon, December l3.
A handsome marble baptismal
font has been presented to Elkton
M. q. Church by the Willing Work
ers. as memorial to their teacher,
The late Henry Vinsinger.s p
some weeks ago about forty
chickens were stolen from the farm
Of r. Mitchell Barr, near Elkton,
and last week the thieves returned
and stole a. fine Thanksgiving tur-
key.
Or. S. r. Jones, who has been in
charge Of the patients at the Veter-
ans Hospital on the Perry Point re
servation for the past two years, has
been transferred to the U 5. Hospital
in Southampton, Mass.
The farm Of Thomas Dixon, near
Earleville, was visited BY some par
ties unknown, one night last week,
who stole two fine hogs. From the
Alood and other signs it is thought
hogs were slaughtered before
Big carried on.
Dredging now in progress to re-
th& Chesapeake and Delaware
aal TO d depth Of twelve feet at
lok tide is expected by Lieut.. .-Col. r.
Ps Howell, u. S. Engineer for the
Wilmington district to be finished by
the first of the new year.
Dennis Sheppard, 20, Of Creswell,
Hartford county, died at the Havre
de Grace Hospital last Sunday the
result Of injuries sustained when he
fell head first down a hay chute in
the barn on the G. E. Litzinger
farm, striking his head on the con-
crete floor below.
The two new roads, one ON the
north side and one on the south side
Of the Chesapeake & Delaware
Canal, betewen Bethel and Chesa-
peake City, which the Government
contracted to give in lieu of the
bridge at the Pivot, have been COM
pleted.
Leroy Hopkins, aged Sc years, a
colored man residing near Behel M.
q. Church, Lancaster county, be-
came crazed thru drinking moon
shine liquor and threatened to
'sclean house." and in self defense
his son-in-law Philip Boldly. shot
and killed him about eight o'clock
Wednesday evening last. Philip
Bod " is a son Of John Boldly, OF
Mt. zoar. He is now. in Lancaster
Jail, pending trial at next term OF
court
numerous Of our citizens have
made glad by the distribution
llr local banks of Christmas saw
fund checks which will come in
at this particular time, and
n : aage to say that everyone re-
ceiving ona of these Savings Funds
checks is congratulating himself
ana registering vow to start anoth-
er fund Immediately for the next
holiday season.
Joseph Pegmetta, World War Vet
cram. became mentally unbalanced
On 9he streets Of Hayre de Grace and
was 1taken in charge. An examina-
ton Was made by DR.. G. ], Foley
who hund that his mind was unbal-
ancedA He had in his possession an
honorable discharge from the United
State army and ARRANGEMENTS were
nad is admission TO the Unit
Veterans Hospital at
rural mail carrier
was assaulted by q color
rly one morning last week
went to his stable at the
House. The Negro knocked
Iii unconscious and robbed
81 what money he had In ms
pockets, about six dollars. MT. Seth
was unable to give an accurate
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