The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-06-19
OUR NEIGHBORS.


A. W. Gamble, of Albany, n. Y, on
Saturday, walked twenty-five miles in In
Stitute Hall, Wilmington, in four hours and
thirty live minutes. making the nineteenth
mile in eight minutes \ small audience
witnessed the performance.
| Dir. Sharp, of Camden, Del, was pre-
scented with IN elegant gold headed cane
10y the Delaware Medical Association, ut
its last meeting at Georgetown, Sussex
county.
\ son of Mr.. Wm. Williams, near Mary
| dell, aged 10 or 90 went swimming in
Smiths old millpond on Sunday morning
week, and was taken with the cramp and
drowned.
During the joint excursion of the Milford
and Georgetown NJ. E. Sunday schools to
Glendale, on Thursday of last week, man
named Spicer, living near Milton, fell OF
jumped from the train at Carey's Crossing
and was seriously and probably fatally i'll
juried; his leg being badly cut, his head
badly bruised, and nearly all his teeth
knocked out.
Rev. McIlvaine, formerly of Wilmington,
has entered upon his charge at st. John
Church, Norrstown, Pa.
They say Captain Barr is talked of as
the next Democratic candidate for Mayor
of Wilmington.
On Saturday evening last, ut the Wash
ington House, Wilmington, Evan Jones,
Assistant Superintendent at the Diamond
State Iron Works, was presented by the
employees with beautiful silver watch and
chain, costing sixty dollars.
Samuel NJ. Cooper has resigned the Office
of ticket agent at New Castle, a position he
has acceptably filled for about % years,
and VIM. Simpson has been appointed in
| his stead.
| -Messrs. Pussy, Jones & Co., of Will
mington, recently received an order for a
| light draught iron steamer for the Amazon
River, in Brazil, to be finished in the short
est possible time. They laid her keel ten
weeks ago and expect to launch her next
week. She is $50 feet i'll length by 26 in
width.
Mary McNey, daughter of Leonard Nc
Ney, Of Wilmington, was, some days since,
| thrown from a carriage and had her leg
broken.
The body of boy, named William Col
Inns, was found hanging by the neck, in the
upper part, or now of a stable on the place
of Ezekiel Fols, about mile from New
Castle. For not performing his duties in a
satisfactory manner, the boy had been
switched by his employer, previous to the
committing of the dreadful deed, but it is
hardly thought this was the cause, rs the
castigation is said not to have been severe,
and his treatment good. No cause can be
assigned for the act.
Messrs. Polk & Hyatt, of Odessa. have
about five acres of Raspberries and Black
berries, on which are estimated to be H.
400 quarts.
Henry Hitler, who had his foot and an
kle crushed i'll the cog wheel i'll VanLyke &
Matthews tile yard. Odessa, and the same
amputated, has SO far recovered as to be
able to sit up.
c. Watkins, of Odessa, has sold about
GO, 900 peach baskets, principally to the
| peach growers around the neighborhood of
| Odessa.
| Carncross e Dixie's Minstrels gave an
entertainment at the Hail. i'll Middletown,
on Monday and Tuesday evenings last.
Joseph Payntcr, of Georgetown, is
amongst the applicants for the Office of At
torney General.
Two vessels We're launched at Milford
! last week.
| Ex-senator James \. Bayard is getting
well of the variloid.
| Prof, J. ii. Becltcl, principal of the
Smyrna Seminary, has resigned and accept
ed 4 professorship i'll n school at Salem,
New Jersey
| The Milford Mutual Friend says some
one recently sent by express to J. McNatt,
a colored barber of that town, fourteen cats
i'll 4 box. They had evidently had terri
! bic battle in their close quarters, and four
| were dead, and the others terribly battered
bruised and bloody
| The Annual Meeting of the Medical So
| ciety of Delaware was held at Georgetown
on Tuesday, tie Sth inst. Representatives
from all the counties were present. The
meeting was called to order by the PrcSi-
dent, DR.. Sharp, Of Camden, after which
the regular business of the Society was
proceeded with. Some six OF seven gradrl-
ates appeared before the Board of Medical
Examiners, and were granted licenses to
practice under the laws of the State. \
good dinner was partalen of, after which
the society was addressed by DR.. Sharp
and continued in session until a late hour,
when it adjourned. The Society. next
| year, will hold its meeting the second Tues
day i'll June, at Dover.
Capt. George W. Joseph, of Georgetown.
| has superseded James G.. Dunning of the
same place, as mail agent on the junction
| & Breakwater II. r., between Harrington
and Georgetown.
James w. Lynch was appointed Post
| master at Georgetown, Sussex county in
place of Greensbury Rogers. removed.
On Saturday of last week, j. Walter
| Lassell, a little son of Jas. c. Lassell OF
Smyrna, aged about five years, was kicked
by horse and killed.
| Seven negroes have been arrested on the
charge Of robbing Turkheimer & Catlin' $
clothing store, Chestertown.
The military company of that town have
received their uniforms.
The Good Templars of that place have
rented Burchinals hall us a lodge-room.
QUEEN ASNE's.
1t is doubtful about the railroad being
opened to Sudlersville in time for shipment
of peaches from that point. 1t is proposed
to open the Branch road to NIassey's July
| 10th.
Dudleys Chapel, having been repainted
will be re-opened Sunday tomorrow
The money-drawer of S. G. Swart, at
| Crumpton, was recently relieved of few
dollars, by thief.
Hon. Richard Il. Carmichael has been
appointed one of the Trustees of the An
tietam National Cemetery. in place of
Hon. Chas. Z. Phelps, resigned. We make
no comments.
S. II. Bradley, ESD, of Cantreville, is
to deliver the Grafton ut the annual COM
mcnccment of Washington College, Ches-
tertowI, on the 18th of July next
| Geo. I. Burgess, of Centrcville, recently
convicted of an assault Oh John Woodal
and sentenced to pay $50 and be imprisoned
thirty days, has been pardoncd by the Gov
The new church at Stevens Corner was
dedicated on Sunday, 9th instant, Rev. Dr.
Bond preaching the dcdicatory sermon.
| VIM. III. Tolson and Miss Louie w. Ring
| gold. of this county. are among the late