The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1871-01-28
PfninSular and State Items.

Major Richard Is. Giipln formerly of that
city, died on Saturday, 18th inst.
Rev. Joshua Humphreys. of Newport NJ.
F. Church, was the recipient of $50 in cash
and numerous good things, at the hands of
Il recent donation party.
\ valuable horse was recently stolen
from VI. \. Willis. of Middletown
MIR. Samuel Brady, of the same town,
had his poultry house robbed 9f30 chickens.
\ man hired a horse and carriage from
Mr.. Lone, of Midlletown, last week. to go
to Camden, and has not since been heard OF.
\ meeting recently held in Middletown
determined to make application to the
Legislature for charters for three companies
to establish Il merchant mill, WOODEN fac
tory. and 4 canning establishment in that
town, each company to have authority to
make its capital 100000, but to start
when $4,000 of stock is taken. Other
meetings are to be held, and an earnest
effort is to be made to start manufacturing
establishments i'll the town.
The barn and other ut-buildingS on the
farm of Moody Rotllwcll, in APPOINTMENTS
Hundred. We're entirely destroyed by fire
on Monday 10Th inst, together with 4
large quantity of grain and Il portion of
his stock.
Prof. Chas. p Williams, Professor of
department of Patents, Arts and Sciences
i'll the IaericaR E.rrhahgs md Recjcr.
The Third Annual Convocation of the
Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Delaware,
began at the Masonic Hall, Dover, on Jan
uary 18th.
The Methodist Peninsular Academy will
probably dc located ut Smyrna, James w.
Spruance, of that place, having offered to
the committee tract of land valued at
from $4,000 to $4,000 Several other very
liberal donations have been made by emil
nent gentlemen in the vicinity of the town.
The Nut'5aI Friend says: Alfred S., aged
eight years, son of Mr.. Joshua Straus,
formerly of Philadelphia, accidentally swal-
lowed pin about four years ago. Shortly
after the occurrence of the accident, the
child's health failed, he became pale and
emaciated, and for the last two years has
been extremely delicate, and at times was
a very great sufferer from micturition and
irritation of the bladder. The parents con-
suited several eminent physicians in the
city with only temporary relief. The fam
lily having recently removed to Milford, the
case came under the professional care of
DR.. Purnell, who succeeded. on the 10Th
inst, by the use of solvents and Utilization,
i'll extracting from the bladder 4 common
sized pin. The operation was, we learn,
painful one, but entirely successful. The
little fellow is now doing well and will soon
recover.
A renewed effort is being made in behalf
of the Georgetown 4 Seaford Railroad.
A dwelling house, belonging to N. W.
Adams in Georgetown, Del, was burned
down on Saturday night last.
\ Teachers Association has been organ
lied in Kent county.
AS noticed In CT School Roo nj
of Kent county have adopted new set of
text books, entirely suited to the tastes and
fancy of Democracy. The present Board
exchange the present standard books with
which the schools are now supplied, for
others, purporting to be published by the
University Of Virginia, full of rebel spleen
and misrepresentation, and of very infe-
rlor kind. In a communication on the sub
ject w. +. Massey, Il member of Il former
Board, speaks of the new series in anything
but complimentary terms, and says the
geography will average three grammatical
errors to the page, while it has not the
State Of -Haryiand mentioned in 1t. And
then he makes the startling declaration,
that the new series is not published by the
University of Virginia, but by g Northern
men, who simply employ a few Southern
men for the benefit of their names and
influence This is the unkindest cut of
all Shall the children of the Kent
Democracy still have books furnished by
Iankeedom
In Queen Anne county, Thos. G. Bailey
has been appointed deputy sheriff, vice J.
s. Sparks, removed.
\ valuable horse was stolen from Francis
Z. Connolly, near Wye Mills, on the I'd
inst, and on the night of the 18th, twenty
pieces of meat were stolen from c. Dorsey
Wright, residing near Centreville.
A colored man of sixty, lately led bride
of twenty one to the altar in Denton.
The Protestant Episcopal Society in Den
ton his rented the building recently occll-
pied by the Denton Union. and will occupy
it as 4 church.
The Methodist Protestant parsonage in
the above town, recently sold at auction for
800.
James p. Reese is appointed postmaster
at the new post Office at Woodland.
Leonidus Dodson has been appointed
book-keeper at the First National Bank of
Easton, vice, +. NJ. Dawson, deceased.
Mrs. Alice Goldsborongh, relict of the
late Charles 7. Goldsborough, was found
dead in her bed last week: likewise, Mr.
Arthur ]. Loveday, both of Easton
On the 18th inst. George Redman, aged
Il, son of james Rcdman, of Miles River
Neck, Talbot comfy, was fatally injured
by the premature explosion of a gun in the
hands of his brother.
\ petition is being circulated for Signers,
asking Congress to appropriate forty thous-
and dollars for deepening the Wicomico
River at Salisbury.
An Infatuated bull created much excite
mcnt among pedestrians in the streets of
Salisbury last week.
The Of hn e,
Somerset, was very short one, and no
business Of public interest was transacted.
Several more oystermen have lately been
bounced down on by the doughty Davidson,
of the oyster fleet, and heavily fined.
The concert given in IIavre dc Grace,
last week, for the benefit of the poor, was
Il success.
In Hartford, us in several of the lower
Eastern Shore counties, there is Il great
scarcity of water, so great is it that the
wells are going dry and the mills.are stop
ping i'll consequence.
The residence of DR.. Samuel ii. Brick
head, in Abingdon, Harfard county, was
burned to the ground on Wednesday after
noon, 18th inst and most of its contents,
such as furniture, &c, lost in the flames.
Included in the furniture was that of the
Doctors son-in-law, VIM. Hanaway. stored
in the dwelling, and it is said the latter
lost $500 in money.
The Western Union Company has estab-
lished a telegraph office in Bel Air.
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