The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1871-07-01
PeninSular and State Items.
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Wilmington Garage factories are being

DELAWARE.
Wilmington Garage factories are being
run to their fullest capacities.
All damage to the walls of the round
house at the p, w. and b. Railroad Depot,
Wilmington, by the late fire, has been
repaired. but nothing has apparently been
done as yet toward roofing. 1t is said that a
thoroughly fire proof roof for it is now in
course of construction and that it will be
put on in few weeks. All the locomotives
injured are now in course of reconstruction,
except one, and plans are being drawn to
have that one rebuilt and made better than
ever before.
b. d. Langland, of Red Lion Hundred,
claims the championship for new potatoes
of the season. He planted Early Rose,
April 1st, and June Sd, dug a half bushel-
weight of the largest, 105 ounces.
II. A. Cochran, of Middetown was re-
Gently fined ten dollars and costs by Alder
man Budd, of Smyrna, for disorderly con-
duct and insulting lady.
There were 1881, 900 lbs, of small fruit
shipped over the Delaware, Phila., Will
and Baltimore r. R. during the month of
May, 1871 against . 112, 600 lbs. in May,
1870. Increased 1872 600 Tbs.
Oscar Fisher, ieweler OF Smyrna, has been
granted a patent for combined door-fast-
ener and alarm.
On the afternoon of the 18th ult, James
lloffecker, residing about four miles,
from Smyrna, attempted suicide by shoot
ing himself. The contents of the gun
entered his lungs. Mental arrangement
was the cause.
The suit of Whartanby o. Gilmore, in
the United States Court for the District
of Delaware, has just been tried. and a
verdict rendered for plaintiff, which has
the effect to make the present owners and
builders of the town of Clayton, including
the Delaware railroad, with its depot, tres
passerS, and confirming the title in
stranger, named James Whartanby, from
California. Hons. James A. Bayard, of
Delaware, for the plaintiff, and Reverdy
Johnson, of Maryland, for defendants
AID appeal will he taken to the Supreme
Court of the United States.
Christopher C. Pratt, formerly of Kent,
recently residing on farm, near Wye
Mills, Talbot county, committed suicide by
taking strychnine, on the goth ult. He had
been hard drinker.
Five head of cattle, belonging to Mr.. E.
E. Miller, near Galena were killed on the
Kent County Railroad, on the 10Th ult.
Since the completion of the railroad to
Masseys, several new dwellings have been
erected, a handsome parsonage is being
erected for the use of the rector of St.
Clements, and fine, large hotel built.
+ CAROLINE.
The subject of temperance is engrossing
much attention. county convention will
shortly be held at which it is proposed to
discuss the question as to the best means
of regulating the license system for the sale
of SpirituouS liquors.
r. J. w. Carey has lost thirteen game
chickens from the cholera.
Wm r. Hynson has been appointed col
lector of the LIST District.
TALBOT.
B. Paca, shot himself in the head with a
pistol. He had but recently recovered
from severe sickness, which affected his
head, and experiencing much trouble in
the settlement of his fathers estate, is sup
posed to have been the cause. He died
about o'clock Friday morning.
DORCHESTER
New wheat shipped from Cambridge to
Baltimore, brought $2.20. 1t was not of
the best quality, either.
The tax levy this year will be about
$1.06 against $1.124t last year.
According to the Neos, Cambridge is bad
off for preachers at present. as the minis
ter to the NJ. E. Church, and also the min
lister of the NJ. E. Church, South are both
on bridal tour. 1t won't do to send sin
gle preachers to Cambridge /; there is a
great amount of preaching lost by it.
The berry business is very brisk in Cam
bridge hundreds of buckets of whortle-
berries and blackberries are shipped by
steamer to Baltimore every boat day, as
well as large quantities sent by rail to New
York
SOMERSET.
The State and county tax is IS cents in
the 500.
An apple twig, twelve inches long, and
twice the circumference of an ordinary
lead pencil, was left at the True Murv-
under office. In the space Of nine inches,
it has on it eighteen apples some of which
are seven and 4 half inches in crcumfer-
ence.
A new Methodist Episcopal Church is to
be erected at Crisfield
Edwin NJ. Long, of Kingston, had his
arm broken, recently, by kick from a
horse.
Peaches are fast ripening and the Herald
stated that probably Il few shipments would
be made this week from Somerset
The Herald says that from September,
from Crisfield, alone, 214, 500 bushels of
oysters. From other stations on the road,
great quantities were also freightcd, max
ing it quite safe to estimate the total num-
Der of bushels at not less than $50 900,
which at the moderate price of 70 cents
per bushcl, would be worth 1915, 200.
WORCESTER.
Cherries, blackberries and raspberries
still continue to be shipped from Berlin.
Owing to a deficiency in the school fund,
the public schools Of the county closed on
the 23d ult.
The three men, belonging to Handen-
burgs Circus, recently committed to Jail,
at Snow Hill, escaped therefrom on We'd
nesday of last week, by picking hole in
the wall.
4 The A!gis says: Some time last week.
near Conowingo Bridge on the Cecil side,
a difficulty arose between two negro women,
which ended in one of them, whose name
was Buchanan, having her throat cut by
the other, Harriet Maxwell. Her assaiant,
who fled at once, has not yet been arrested.
Both parties belong to this county. The
woman Maxwell, it is alleged, manifested
too great fondness for the husband of the
other, and hence the difficulty.
The contract for the rebuilding of the
dollhouse at Conowingo Bridge, has been
awarded to John Jones, of Dublin, for
$3.50.
The camp meeting of East Hartford Cir
cult, will be held near Hopewell Cross
Roads, July 9th.
About 800 tons of ice are shipped daily
from 11avre de Grace to Baltimore
A tumor weighing half pound, was
removed from the person of Mrs. Mary A.
Carver of Havre de Grace, lady over 20
years of age, last week The operation was
performed by Drs John Evans Cochran