The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-12-03
Peninsular and State Items.

About o'clock Saturday morning last,
drying mill in the Hagley Powder Works
of the Messrs. Dupont, exploded. No one
was INJURED.
John Anderson, of Newark, after getting
up about half past four o'clock on Friday
morning, the 25th ult., fell down flight of
stairs, iniuring himself to such an extent
that he died in a few minutes afterwards.
He was about II years Of age, and was
highly esteemed i'll the town where he
had resided for many years.
The semi-annual tlogging began at New
Castle last week. Three victims, all col
ored men, received their designated num-
Der of stripes.
A young man named Thomas Murphy
who has long been in the employ of the
Fennimorc family, near Odessa, went gun
ming on Thanksgiving day. when his gun
was accidentally discharged, and the load
passed through his body, producing instant
death.
The firm Of Jessup & Moore, paper man
ufactureS, was dissolved on the 1st inst
J. Lowery, of Milford, raised this year,
200 bushels of turnps 400 bushels of sugar
beets and s, 900 heads of cabbage from p
acres of ground.
VIM. B. Lowery & Co., the publishers
of the Mutual Friend, published ut Milford,
Del, have sold it to General Levi Harris,
the we'll known citizen and real estate
agent in that town.
In the lower Districts of Kent county,
thieving seems to have been going on
extensively. The Netcs says hogs have
been taken from the pens, and sheep driven
off in several instances.
The dwelling of DR.. s. G. Fisher, near
Edesville, was destroyed by fire on the Goth
MI al, Il
to furniture. No insurance. The store
house Of Mr.. A. l.. Nannort. at lIancsvIlc,
came near being burned on Monday morn
ing 21st ult.
A little son of John Maynard, residing
near Greensborough, was run over by a cart
recently, and killed.
Mr.. Levin POOLS steam saw mill, near
Andersontown, was re Gently destroyed by
fire. Loss estimated at 81, 200, upon which
there is no insurance.
Early sown wheat in Caroline county is
slightly affected by the fly.
A rabbit chase through the streets of
Denton, has broken the me 10. ony of that
quiet town.
The Easton G0zette claims to have on
exhibition pumpkin of the Cuban variety,
which "measures four feet, one and half
inches either way, is Of very rough appear
ance and remarkably heavy-in fact the
outer surface resembles a cluster of gravel
or small stones cemented together"
st. Micllaels is to have street lamps.
The house of Thomas Hubbard, located
in the Neck District, was consumed by fire
two weeks since.
Col. w. j. Leonard is erecting paper
mill near Salisbury.
In Salisbury, on the CIV ening of the 10Th
ult.. constable Teddy Gordy shot Solomon
Bethards in the groin and dangerously
wounded him. The constable attempted
to serve writ of attachment on !; horse
and carriage belonging to Bethards, and
the latter refusing to let the property 90,
was the cause of the difficulty.
Miss Mary G. lIyland, daughter of the
late James Iyland, of Somerset, has been
appointed to fill the vacant scholarship in
Brooks Female College in Baltimore
A school-housc just completed, in Brink
ley's District, was burned on the 10th ult.
The True .MrytaNdGr charges the Repub-
licans with setting it on fire. 1t is their
constant aim to build, not to destroy, these
institutions.
DR.. Morris, of Princess Anne, whilst
on the road in his carriage, one day last
week, was paralyZed.
At the last meeting of the Susquehanna
Building Association, money sold for 90
per cent. premium.
II. w. Archer, Esq, sold a few days
since, the property known us Rock Rum
bordering on the Tide Water Canal, and
consisting of Il merchant mill, large stone
dwelling house, two tenant houses, granite
quarries and so acres of land. Purchased
by Thomas IL. Maddox, of this county,
for $13, 500.
Mr.. L. B. Finley recently sold his farm,
90 Cottage Home containing 100 acres,
situated near Forest Hill, Hartford county,
to W. II. Gibson, of Lancaster county, Pa,
for Sc, 600.
Judge A. w. Bateman, of Hartford CO.,
last week rendered his resignation as one
of the Third Judicial Circuit Baltimore
and Hartford counties) of Maryland. Gov
ernor Bowie has the appointment of sue
ccssor, who will hold office until the gen.
eral election in 1871