The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-07-31

OUR NEIEHRORS.
DELAWARE.

DELAWARE.
VIM. b. Virgins, ESD. of Wilmington,
has been appointed by Governor Gcary 4
Commissioner of Deeds for the State OF
Pennsylvania, in this State.
A married woman by the name of Gin
der who resides in Wilmington, attempted
to drown herself few evenings since, by
jumping off Third street bridge. She was
seen by n man in Il boat, who went to the
rescue and saved her from her suicidal in
tentions.
Jerry Storms the horse thief recently
county, n. j., for trial. is rapidly becoming
famous. His name has now appeared in
all the papers, in one of them in connec-
ton with a remarkable attempt to .tord the
Delaware at place where it is four miles
wide and many fathoms deep. 1t remained
for the New Rork Sun, however, to tell a
yarn about the fellow, which, if true, will
make his name immortal. The Sun says
that Jerry has stolen fifteen horses, and
that as Jersey law sentences {: man ten
years for each horse stolen, Jerry is to be
sent to Jail for $50 years. This is Il most
fitting end to his stormy career.
A colored man named Hamilton stole a
horse from William Todd, of Brandywine
Hundred, on Sunday night week, which
he took to New Castle, where the animal
finally got into the hands of Sheriff Rich
ardson and was returned to his owner
The thief escaped.
Benjamin f. Herdman has removed from
Newark to Harrington, Kent county, and
has taken charge of the old Clark Hotel.
Lewes is excited over the prospect of
the completion of the J. & B. r. r., by the
last of August.
A few weeks since, Wyoming Mills,
We're broken into and ropped of 1900
pounds of flour.
DR.. Henry Ridgley, of Dover, is building
one of the finest residences in the State
The proprietor of "Trix" is also building
Il large drug store there.
Collins Beach was never more attractive
than it is this season.
Thos. Wallace, of Milford, shipped
about 1900 quarts of Lawton blackberries
last week The shipment of peaches is
already becoming brisk. The Milford
Friend says there has been heavy specula-
ton i'll peaches this season, and predicts
for the spectators fortune or ruin.
VIM. Edwards, youth about IA years
of age. was drowned, while bathing in
White Clay Creek, in Mill Creek Hundred,
some days since.
The corn in almost all parts of this
county is suffering greatly for the want
of rain, and even should the season
be favorable from this time, the crop will
be short in many places.
The M. E. Camp Meeting, in Bakers
woods, commenced yesterday.
The Mayor and City Council of Balti-
more were grandly entertained by the citi-
zens of Kent on their recent visit to the
county. Hon. Geo. Eickers, PRECEDENT of
the Kent Co., Railroad, presided at the
table, and made an appropriate address on
the occasion.
A Lodge of the Knights of Pythias has
been instituted in Charlestown.
QUEEN ANNE's.
Crumpton was somewhat disturbed, last
week, by 4 set of drunken rowtlies. The
CrWmptoniaW says such occurrences are
rare in that place. AS much cannot be
said of at least one other town on the Pen
insula.
Several shipments of peaches were made
from this county last week.
Speculation is rife as to the probable
course of the Queenstown & Harrington
H. IL. through UlllS county.
VIM. D. Lucas has been re-appointed
of the county aims house.
CAROLINE.
Denton Bridge is to have lumber yard.
Public schools throughout the county
closed on the Goth instant.
A colored camp meeting commences at
Mason's woods, near Purnell' shops on the
9Th of August.
Hale's early peaches arc rotting and fall
ing off the trees.
Denton boasts of ripe water-melons.
A great number of new barns are going
up all over the county.
William Lowe, Esq, Justice of the
Peace, was recently overcome with heat,
but is now recovering.
The schooner upon which the lumber of
Messrs Green & Redden was shipped at
Port Deposit sunk; but the lumber was
raised, and sent to its destination.
This section was visited by an unusually
severe thunder storm on Sunday night of
last week. The barn of J. w. Atkinson
was struck by lightning, and damaged to
.he amount of 500.
The camp in McNeal's woods began on
Thursday last.
The public schools throughout the county
closed yesterday, Both inst.
The Bay hundred Post Office has been
to its former site in Lower Bay
Hundred, and Mr.. Rawlinson re-appointed
Postmaster. A new office has been estab-
ished in Upper Bay Hundred to be known
Is Whitman's, and Mrs. Whitman appoint
ed Postmistress.
The county and State tax for Talbot is
80 cts.
The county commissioners have by a
vote subscribed $50, 900 to the
Maryland & Delaware Railroad,
Corn is suffering severely from drought.
DR.. n. Pinkney has been appointed by
,he American Medical Association, as their
British Medical Association which meets
1t Leeds, England, 7th of August, and the
Navy Department has also conferred upon
lin the honor of representing it in the
same body. The Doctor sailed from New
ork last week.
DORCHESTER.
The Wheat crop turns out we'll
Peaches green corn and berries are being
shipped in quantities from Cambridge to
Baltimore.
William keene, (of b. residing on Tay-
or's Island, was so badly injured by
machine accident recently that
lis life is despaired of.
Cambridge Creek is being dredged.-
The work when completed, will greatly
improve the Shipping facilities of the
own.
WICOMICO.
The storc-house of Geo. w. Walker, of
Salisbury, was broken into, recently, and
'obbed of bacon, salt fish, &c. John Jen-
lins was arrested and committed for the
Iced, but gave "big bail, and left.
The Adcertiser says: Salisbury has been
much excited over the disappearance of Mr.
James \. Parsons, one of its merchants
Mr.. Parsons left home ON the LIST inst. for
Baltimore, arriving there he stopped 1T
Buck :, and going out that evening has not
been heard of since.
SOMERSET.
There being no market for potatoes. the