The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1871-06-17
PcninSular and State Items.
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taken him his dinner. Instead of going
home, as his father supposed, he went on a
raft, fell overheard and drowned. His
body was recovered next day.
William III. Council has resigned his
position, Teller in the First National Bank,
Wilmington, on account of his election as
Secretary of the Wilmington & Western
Railroad Company.
The work of laying the track on the W.
& r. R. R., Company's extension to their
coal warf, on the Christiana, is proceeding
quite rapidly, and the rails are now laid
more than half of the distance from the
railroad to the river.
Work is progressing rapidly on the new
Masonic Temple.
The Philadelphia, Wilmington & Balti-
more Railroad Company, and G. w. Bush,
have just completed an important exchange
of property by which Mr.. Bush transfers
the property on the Eastern side of French
street, Wilmington, occupied by him and
his predecessors since 1874, and in exchange
receives the property of the p, w. & B.
r. r. Co., on the East side of King street,
running one half square toward French
street where it adjoins property already
owned by Mr.. Bush, thus, giving him the
from the Railroad to the Christiana River.
The railroad, by this exchange, obtains a
'front.' on french street lor tnelr properly on
what is said to be the best steamboat wharf
ON the Christiana. 1t gives them, too, a
continuous wharf from French street to
Pussy, Jones & Co.'s iron ship building
yard.
Dr. Stiles Kennedy, of Newark, has been
appointed resident physician to health
seeking summer resort in Michigan.
| Sc. !noas f. Chuicn aI NEWARK,
realized all, ssoo, at the recent ~ festival.
III ne vonsn'e'c.a: says. ne iars9 esIao-
i p'.in ~" o1 ss LUZ Up ~ JACKSON,
| Jio ~ ooH' "' tiiuu,o'o"h' ahu 'he oiG III
process Oh erection Dy company az MIL
i iolu, arc no' w oe canning esIaoiisnhients,
Dut propose preserving lrult Dy the Alden
PROCESS. by inc a s. Al, process inc mois
.uio 10 os"pc. "eou 'io'n 'ne iLui'' 81 tna. ~
Is cialheu II WIN keep wlthout canning
the same as dried irult and yet retain the
ricnness ana navor OF irult. 1t is also
earned that a chemicai chahge Is produced
ey the neat, oy which the starch in the
lul o, 10 eonsea'eu ln.o sugar, 'ii nus asoluins
!hucll EXPENSE ~ s"eetehlng: Inc process
apFIea 10 inc preservation OF Vegeta'
immense advantage to our fruit growers
| Dy aftOrQlnO them q good home market
which never can be overstocked, as the
fruit thus preserved can be shipped all
over the world.
Each of the recent strawberry festivals
held in Middletown, one by the Methodists,
and the other for the Hall, netted about
| 800.
The recent festival of the NJ. E. Sunday
School at Odessa realized $3.50.
| Telegraph wires will at once be extended
into SMYRNA.
The $4,000 required for the repairs on
the M. E, Church of SMYRNA has been sub
scribed, and the contract will be given out
soon
Sixteen sheep, belonging to John C. Far
row, in Reynolds Neck, near Smyrna,
were killed by lightning on Sunday. 4th
inst, whilst standing under a cherry tree
which was struck.
| Large quantities of new potatoes are
being shipped from Southern Sussex to
New York.
The PRESBYTERIAN Church. of Milford
it is said, has increased in membership
more rapidly than any in the State, of any
denomination. Nearly all the Northerns
who settle there attend it.
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"A Louee Oh inc h n, OF fythias mas
oeSh 1nS 81 III ohesterto"n. -,
,, o. " arson, proprietor OF inc Vosnoli
house, mas SOFA MS morse pan, LOT POO
lwehIy-slA ouhuay ocnoois Vi hent
County were represented 1r IN the Convention n'i
ihs' ieool. o. " Was eieceeo Plesi,
Iene, 'tSe-pieSiuGnIs' ". II 1,, oaAeI, Daviu
oUd 1 JanuI S.1 ihos ia anaI u
Im n s,as +r,nsaotad ioo,; go th ue"i u
ousiness vas -, si".seu ioohnS W tle pro-
1 m VI tne oInuay Schooi inteles!.-
~ LhaLlan oileleu .ie i''lo"ine feso'ution'
WIZ Psaa, 80 " TIpt III r., No., ..:
lteSo.oos, ih ,i on Pastors anu suPefil-
tenuehts are nefepy urged TO organize IN
: :e;1o VIII .hen eaooath ochools'
J ot;as ''"pe' ""'' "no ''n'-'ooa0oo Sooi-
e''e'' o,, ,,,,
| o.. QoEES ANNE
G"p.; oaIies shlisan mas peeh appoint
Railroad. Ticket AGENT at the CentreviIle
Denot
| cIpo1,Sr
Tho stor. IF Charlns Ri,oo,d .. Hill.
boromob vas ant.rad bv ,h;atas a,J ~ ,ohha5
~ . nons;daroIio oStout Iost " ',,nai, ooI ~,
%o;no d;soouaraJ 49, f.o i,',. meoN s, W
~ .be rort;n '" H. r,'u ;tIt s1's
~ q; ui'' '''"' 'oos 'n''n' "i'nou' N'''iis
Can't. Samuel Thomas Of this county
recently took his vessel to Camhridoe for
repairs. Arrived there. the boat SINK at
NIGHT. while the Can't. was asleen m deck
| TIE next MORNING he vac fonpd in tha
hold drowned
TA1RoT
Wheat harvest commenced the carly mart
of this week,
There was $500 worth of cherries sent
| to market this season from the town of
Oxford.
&C. Collins ha. rcsioped &C +icket and
| exnress AGENT ut Easton wilton Powell
has been annointed to the nos;t;on and
| place of Powell.
A sea turtle, weighing 1O6 lbs, was
caught by party fishing for drums. off
Cooks Point, near Sharp's Island, on the
9th inst.
DORCHESTER
| Wheat harvest beo,n n, tho 9Th Tho
cron nromisas vol So.n .I.o 1ooi,, Ill
The Mans claims that Dorcbester ;s in
better condition. financiallv than anv other
county on the Shore. This is Ne,osi
On the 5th inst. the barn and entire
farm bni,dinos Of Thomas Honk;ns Of
Town Point. were burned. with Their con-