The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1868-11-21
OUR NEIGHBOURS.
KENT COUNTY.

The bridge across the Sassafras river at
Georgetown will be completed in two or
three weeks, and will be noble structure
The estimated cost is fourteen thousand
dollars
.l'cv. S. b. Switzerland, President of the
Nd. Annual Conference. is now making
his official visit to the Methodist Protest
ant Churches in Kent county.
The Railroad wharf at Chestcrtown is
now completed, and seems to be a most
substantial structure in every particular
except, perhaps, the pine piles-which
some say are not durable. The wharf is
constructed part crib filled in with earth,
and part pile and cap. The crib portion is
lag feet long by 81 feet and about eight
feet high, the pile wharf 204 feet long and
- feet wide, with a wing at the far end %
feet on front and "a feet wide, giving a
face of 60 feet, with about Is feet water
Jas. hurry, residing near Hanesvillc.
had his leg broknn by loaded cart. and
q negro child, living near Bel Air, was
kicked i'll the forehead by a horse, injring
him very severely.
QUEEN ANNE's COUNTY.
The case of State VS.. Martha Starkey,
for the murder of Remi Guilemart. and
Tor assault and battery on Mrs. Guillemart
with intent to kill, was taken up on We'd
nes'ay of last week. To avoid the difficult
ty IN Obtaining jury, the case was tried
before the Court. The evidence was wholly
clrcumstantial and related to the condi-
ton of the premises on the morning after
the murder the position of the murdered
man ; the character of the wounds. ETC.,
etc. The testimony closed on Friday even
ing, 18th inst, but the Judges reserved
their decision until the following morning.
1t was thought she would be acquitted.
a slight accident having occurred to the
steamer Chester, George La1o has been put
on in her place, while the former is being
repaired
An order Of Good Tcmplars has been es-
tablishcd at Church Hill. Twenty-four
initiated upon the opening of the lodge
Capt. Pickup is about erecting fifty
horse power steam saw mill, upon his farm.
on the river, above Crumpton. The Cap
tain has ship timber on his place, and in
tends using it i'll the construction of YES
sells, himself, thus realizing greater profits.
TALBOT COUNTY.
The Methodist E. Church at ROYAL Oak
having undergone thorough repairs will
be reopencd tomorrow, 22d inst. Rev. A..
Goodman, of Wilmington, will be present
and otficiate on the occasion.
Mr.. Lancing, the agent employed by the
Government to look into the affairs of the
National Banks, was in Easton last week,
and reports tie bank there in a tirst-rate
condition.
Last week party of gentlemen from
pililadelphia-and Baltimore, interested in
scientific pursuits, was III the county
making explorations in search of other
portions of the gigantic fossil skeleton re-
Gently discovered in Oxford Neck and also
TO examine the various fossil deposits within
the limits of the county. They were par
TALLY rewarded by rich and unexpected dis
coveries. 1t is probable that other explor-
ations for the recovery of the bones of the
Mastodon will be made, more extended and
thorough, hereafter.
On the night of the 9th instant, Samuel
Dickinson, of Trappe District, had his
barn, stable, courthouse and stack-yard.
together with about 300 bushels of oats, so
barrels of corn and 12 tons of timothy hay,
entirely consumed by fire. The fire was
discovered about 1 o'clock on Tuesday
morning, and is supposed to have been the
work OF an incendiary. Loss estimated at
$4,000, on which there is small insurance
MI. ID. has been very unfortunate this yeer,
having lost several fine horses by the fatal
disease which prevailed last summer.
The Division of the Sons or Temperance
OF Easton is i'll a flourishing condition, and
is doing much to stay the tide of intem-
perance i'll that locality.
wICoMICo COUNTY.
John Brooks, negro, was arrested and
imprisoned last week for stealing hog,
lie killed and skinned the hog, and then
carried it home and buried it, but not COW
cring his tracks sufficiently well, was found
out.
The negroes got up a fight among them
selves in Salisbury, recently, which re-
suited in one of them being cut and another
badly injured.