The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-04-10


W. McColley of Milford, was drowned on
the 18th OF last February, while on her pas
sage from New York to Kingston Jamaica.
III latitude 600, longitude Gg-54. Dur
ing heavy gale he was knocked overheard
On Sunday morning of last week about
one o'clock, the Drug Store of Mr.. I. f.
Iammersly of Milford, came near beinn
destroyed by fire, the origin of which was
the knocking down of about fifty pounds
of Aluriatic acid and Nitric acid. which
i@nited and set the floor on fire. 1t was
discovered and put out by the clerk. who
sleeps in the store.
Court commences in Sussex Co.. on the
12th inst.
With its issue of April Sd. Our .NutsE
FrjcRd closes its first volume, and announ-
ces after the 10th to-day it will do bust
ness on a strictly cash plan. Amen. 1t is
readihle paper, displays great deal of
energy, and We wish it the success its en-
tcrprisc merits.
heat.
Kent Mutual Building Association, is
the name Of the society recently organized
in Chestertown.
Tie NtS1s of the Sd inst. contains eleven
sheriff sales. This tells too plainly of the
failure of the peach crop. last year, and
the general stagnation of business.
y negro man and woman. by the name
OF Wilson, were committed to Jail. at Ches-
tertown recently, on the charge of killing
their boy. The evidence before the Jury
was to the effect that the boy had been
inhumanly treated by his parents, and the
verdict was that he came to his death by Il
series Of blows on the head from the hands
of his parents, and that he had been kept
in state of starvation.
OF the Kent County Railroad Company
The -astcs Says:-
This Company, We learn is about enter
ing into contract with Mr.. J. Mahoney to
grade. and lay the track and ballast the
road, the Company to furnish the iron
cross ties. &c. The grading to be COM
menced by the 10th inst, and finished
between Masseys and Bel Air by the first
OF December next, and on the balance Of
the road and the branch to Chestertown,
by the 1st of July, 1870. The track Law
ing to be commenced az Massey as sool.
as the material shall he furnished bv the
Company. and the track to be laid and
ballastcd to Kcnnedyvile within 90 DAYS
thereafter and this continued to Bel Air
within go days more.
Gen. Crawford who recently purchased
the old dwelling of the late E. f. Cham
bers. has commenced to remodel the build
ing.
Queen AnRt'S,
About two weeks since three NEGRO bows
got intoa quarrel. in Centervillc. when one
by the name of Askins shot another named
Roster, the bali entering the throat lust
above the breast bone, and lodging in his
neck. The wound was serious. but he will
probably recover. Both the others were
committed for trial.
An Independent Order Of Red Men has
been organized in Ccntervillc.
Caroline.
The Steamer Champion has at last resumed
her trips between Denton and Baltimore.
The new mill of Emerson & Roshby has
been completed.
The April Term Of the Circuit Court for
Caroline commenced on Monday last
TalJot
The Easter services in the Episcopal
Church at Easton were quite impressive
The offering amounted to 500.
The dwelling on the Point Peek farm.
belonging to Mrs. Donovan. of Baltimore
county. was destroyed by tire about two
weeks since.
Henry Leonard recently killed an otter
IN this county which measured feet
inches from tip of nose to tip of tail.
The st. Michaels C0mt talks of cniarr-
ing. Good. there is not on the Peninsula
paper which BETTER deserves to succeed
Dorchester.
The work of cleaning out the Cambridge
harbor will shortly be resumed.
he mpasc!S prevail ia some pytpnt in
Dorchester, Us does also the chicken
cholera.
Shad are selling in Cambridge at 80 cents
pair and oysters at 80 cents per bushel.-
but then good butter is not to be had there
at any price.
Cambridge is much behind-hand in its
payments towards the stock Of the Mary
land and Delaware Railroad
IEiconiro
TIE Eastern .Norcma,s says fish and ovs-
tcrs are abundant in Salisbury, and sell at
reasonable prices. shad selling for q dollar
per dozen. Very reasonable, we should
say.
The .idrcrfi$tr claims for Salisbury u pop
ulaton of over $500 of which LOO are
children; ll3 building have gone up within
three years: GO stores: 9 churces: | acat!e-
my; public schools; besides various mills.
etc. etc. The -id.eHi$er cl"tA.s all this for
Salisbury, and more too. We thought
Elkton could compete fayorably with any
other town in the matter of increasing in
population. not counting in newcomers,
but if Salisbury has population of 3. 800.
OF LOO are children. we yield the palm to
il,
Somerset.
Three white MEN got into an ARRAY with
two colered men recently at Princess
Anne. during which one of the colored men
struck one OF the white men over the head
with the tailboard of a cart. breaking lis
skull. The latter is in a critical condition.
The colored man was held to bail in the
sum of 800.
The ice houses at Princess Anne have
been filed with Eastern ice
\ most brutal and unproyoked murder
was committed at Kingston station, six
miles south Of Princess Anne, Nd. on the
PeninSuiar Railroad. on Monday the Goth
ult.. by a man named Richard Bundick. a
tenant ON the farm of DR.. Geo. r. Dennis.
lthout any other provocation than a
casual and playful remark, he drew a dirk
knife from sheath and plunged it into the
lett breast OF young man named George
Conner, penetrating to the region of the
heart and causing death in about ten min
utes. The murderer was Immediately ar
rested and taken to Princess Anne jail.
The Somerset and Worcester Railroad Co..
have given Mr.. James W. Warwick their
bond to replace his farm in the same contli-
tion in which it was previous 10 their grad
ing through it, This looks as if the route
of the road will he changed, and run to
MISSIONER Station, as first contemplated.
BY the arrival of many crates ut Princess
Anne, it looks as though good yield of
Strawberries was expected.
Worcester
Work will soon be resumed on the Rail-
road from Newton to the Pcninsular Rail
road.
Rev. DR.. Sutherland. President of the
Maryland Annual Conference of tho NJ, =.
Church. preached Ill Quinton VI. p. Church
on the 9th inst.
Narf3rd,
Charles Mccormick. the unfortunate
prisoner. who was so hadl; beaten at the
Jail by the llmatic Green. died on Saturday