The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1871-05-06
Peninsular and State Items.
DELAWARE.

DELAWARE.
The church property of the Methodist
Episcopal Church in the city of Whining
ton is estimated at 5000, 900.
II. F. Kenney, Superintendent of the
P, w. & b. II. r., has issued u notice
that on Monday, May LIST, the names of
New Castle Junction will be changed to
Delaware junction, Delaware Junction
changed to Rodney, St. Georges Station
changed to Kirkwood, Willow Grove chang
cd to Woodside.
There are 90 cases on the true list at the
present term of the Kent county court.
The new Bank at Middletown will be
finished and occupied in about week. 1t
is most substantial building, and an orna-
ment to the town.
The Town Commissioners Of Smyrna,
have fixed the rate of assessment at 20
cents on the hundred dollars.
Mr.. Montague, living near Smyrna, has
calf born without eyes There are small
orifices where the eyes should be.
Judge Wootten has donated land for the
site Of the new Presbyterian Church, at
Georgetown. The Judge is an Episcopalian.
KENT.
The dwelling of George o. Roeder, at
Still Pond, was destroyed by fire on the
night of the 18th ult., the furniture and
the family's clothing perishing in the flames
and the inmates barely escaping with their
lives. Loss 1000, on which there was an
insurance of $1,000 in the Kent county
| Company.
Richard Snowden Thomas, who resided
| for many years near Chestertown, died, on
the 22d ult., in the 85th year of his age.
He studied law in his younger days, but
was mostly engaged through life in agri-
| culture. Whom young man he was
elected to the House of Delegates, and,
though fond Of politics. he always after
wards declined Office. He was one Of the
heroes Of tbs battle Of Caulk's Field, in
1914, and commanded field piece in that
| engagement. His will bequeaths $3.50 to
John R. Gray, 81, 600 to his neice, Mrs. A.
W. Sparks, and $1,000 to his nephew, H.
M. Thomas. The remainder of the estate
| is to be divided equally between his remain
ing nephews and neices.
Trains now run as far as Wort on on the
Kent Railroad. The grading Of the road
between Worton Station and Chestertown
| is nearly finished and track laying will be
soon commenced.
On the night of the Oath ult, several
prisoners attempted to break Jail, in Ches-
tertown, by picking through the wall. The
outside layer of bricks had alone to be
removed, when their plan was discovered.
1t is thought the frost of last Monday
night has injured the peach crop, especially
Hale's Early.
The County Commissioners have made
the following appointments of tax collec-
tors; First district, J. w. Jarman; second
district, G. w. Warren; third district, w.
V. Lucas, re-appointed; fourth district, w.
A. Thomas, Ie-appointed; fifth district,
Morgan Brown. Robert Kemble was ap-
pointed Standard Keeper.
QUEEN ANNE's.
Court is nowin session. Fifteen prison
ners in jail, are awaiting trial for larcency.
Hiram Goodhand, John w. Porter, John
NJ. Collins, Thomas Tanner, Louis Hergan-
rather, have been appointed tax collectors.
w. F. Parrott has been reelected Vice
President, from Queen Anne's, of the
Maryland Bible Society.
CAROLINE.
The following gentlemen has been elected
Commissioners of Greensborough: J. P.
Manlove, Capt. T. D. Case, VIM. C. Satter-
field, Robert D. Russom and Andrew B.
Roc.
The estimated value of the NJ. E. Church
property in this county, including churches
and parsonages, is $40, G25.
There are in this county "a NJ. E. Sab
bath Schools, with 273 teachers and ISL
scholars. The computed cost of the oper-
alton of these schools is $72.60. Their
several libraries aggregate 2779 volumes.
TALBOT.
About so ministers were present at the
session Of the Colored Conference, held at
Easton, and which adjourned the middle
of the present week.
The wife of Nicholas Willis, died very
suddenly on Wednesday morning of last
week, while on visit to her sister in Oxford.
She was stricken with paralysis on Tues
day night, about 12 o'clock, and by ten the
next morning she was corpse.
An attempt was made, recently, to throw
the working train off the tract, by remov-
ing some of the sleepers and rails of the
railroad bridge over a branch of Peach
Blossom Greek, to one side. Fortunately
the affair was discovered in time to prevent
accident.
VIM. B. Weller, while laboring, it is
supposed, under temporary ALTERATION of
mind, shot himself in the ear, causing a
painful wound. This is the second attempt
of Mr.. w. to take his own life within
few months.
Some of the wheat in Talbot county is
three feet in height.
Nicholas Willis, has been appointed
Collector of State and County taxes for
1871.
Some of our farmers are planting largo
crops Of tomatoes this season, believing
that they will prove more remunerate than
grain crops.
There are now % prisoners in the Easton
Jail.
A little daughter of John Murphy, resd-
ing at Trappe, was 50 badly burned, by his
clothes taking fire recently, that she died
next evening.
The Eastern Shorendn says a gentleman
of Salisbury was arrested, lately, for vio-
lation of the U. S. Revenue Laws. He
had to appear in Baltimore, and when he
reached Wilmington, he showed the officer
papers which cleared him of the charge
When asked why he did not show his
wanted to 60 to Philadelphia and didn't
mind having his passage paid as far as
Wilmington.
DORCHESTER.
A fold of wheat, near Cambridge, was
headed out full, on the Goth utimo.
The Fifty Second Anniversary of Ameri-
can Odd Fellowship was celebrated by the
members of Dorchester Lodge, No 10, 1. o.
o. F., of Cambridge, on the Goth ult, by
meeting in their Hall, and listening to
appropriate addresses upon the principles
of the Order, which were delivered by Dep
uty Grand Master, Thos. N. Williams, and
Post Grand, Thomas II. Medford.
The public schools have been very we'll
attended the past season.
How land sells in Worcester. John II.
Handy, Trustee, sold the estate of Zadok
o. Selby, in three parcels, last week; the
first, or " Old Selby Farm" 1872 acros, sold
at $3.50; the second, Beauchamp Lot" 10
acres, $50; third, the "Duke's Land" 80
acres, 1915. Rufus G. Dennis, purchaser
OF the fruit prospect, the Messenger says:
The frost has not done much damage to the
fruit here. The trees were much too full
OF blossoms. and nuite enough remaiu for q