The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1871-08-05
Peninsular and State Items.
DEIAW ARE.

being Rebuilt ''N '' ' ''''S -
It is estimated that should the season
es will be shipped from Midtlletown this
season. The peach-growers' estimate was
$50, 600 baskets
The building of St. AIMS new Protestant
Episcopal Church has been commenced and
is being pushed rapidly forward
Hon. b. 7. Biggs and E. A. EARLY have
purchased the farm of Henry V. B. Craw-
ford, near Millington, Kent county, Md.
containing 172 acres, for S11 900 cash.
Governor Ponder has appointed Loxley
r. Jacobs, to be Register of wills for Sus.
sex county.
Some enterprising statician has counted
9S7 dogs in Milford.
The Seaford Record says:-Mr. Levi Law
she, of the firm of Lawshe & Kerr, had the
three fingers and thumb of his left hand
sawed off one day this week by a circular
facture of peach boxes near Middleford, in
this county. Not being satisfied with the
manner in which his fingers were fixed on
by the doctor, he coolly had them reampu-
tated, and fixed according to his own notion.
He was ut work the following day.
A young lady, the daughter of Mr.. Alfred
Wright, near this place, had her thigh bro
ken, and her face and arm hurt by falling
from a swing.
KENT.
Capt. J. F. Taylor's new schooner, ply
ing between ChestertoWn ana baltimore,
was ofaveh ashore near Menu lsiana "naTl'
curing the neaVy storm on inc night Oh inc
soth ult. she had on BOARD ABOUT Low
oushels OF wheat ana ooo 6usheis OF oats'
some OF whlch was damaged.
a hltie dauShter Oh y. j. Masiil, ageo
II years, "hlie engaged IN keeping the nles
OH the horses working IN a horsepower,
had her ciotnes cauSht by the machinery,
craving her IN among the "heeis' preaklhg
Do 3 arms anu hanelng nel oooy terrioiy'
AL i.se accounts sue was awe &c.,
subject To fits and having been found in
very shallow water f. ia snnnosed he had
been seized with y snasm Which resulted
i, his drownng Alaxondar HawL;ns n
colored man of Cbastertown fell over.
IoonS fra,,, ti,o ,,hore w, ~ o,+h Ut a,d
nss drnnad .,"o T. !. s,nnosad IT. '' ha
had an ttaoL os rert;oo tn phoh I hs o
subject ~ 49,
The rain Of the e5tb nlt is said to bave
been the heaviest in the comfy for twenty
years t,ons;derahIe damaas WAC donc
ssnac;al,v 70 mil nronertv ~
Tic no1nrad oa,,,n ~ R.L.r,s oods
closed m tho sstb n1t " i "00
QUEEN ANNE's.
Two colored prisoners, Robert Boyle and
- johnson, escaped from Centreville
jail, on the night OF the 10Th ult.
The stackyard OF George w. Taylor,
near Centreville, was recently set on fire,
it SunDOSci. nv the friction caused nv 2
grain of gravel passing through the thrash
er. The fire was put out before much dam
age was doue.
l"o coiorea men ana one coiorea woman
i,;., IL, ~ J"i, sH WIN I1:1,
~ o"s e0o '"'' '''' VI A'i'n ii'N'
VI T'''' r,,,or
,,,
1esro poys halilea AieH: Mllier, s"ai-
ioMeu d peene VI plp1 sum, a1o"' ~ ihch
anu d nan lel,S, on inc l'th uit. Inc BOY
was ''hcn W D"l',ihore, anu nao III opera,
:iou peiioinieu, wien Ine stem was iouna
III VIC '.shI plonch.ai t"oe' ana cNtracteu'
'Tha ~ NJ T. ob,rob - e. W;o,,o1,
is progressing finely.
The late Miss lydia Hambleton ba-
oueathed one thousand dollars to the NJ.
P. church of St. Michaels.
The peach crop in this county is very
abundant.
The fruit business is quite heavy now on
the railroad,-water melons, peaches and
sweet potatoes being the heaviest articles
of freight.
Two weeks since. Mr.. Haz1tt and Can't
T. s. Harrison were in tIe harm of the
former looking at the wheat. They had
Just gone out, when the floor gave way
mus us Darcy escaping death:
me eoi.or vi the oon'cS mas peeh SHOWN
tomato measuring 10 lhches IN clrcum-
ference ana weighing IL ounces.
DORCHESTER.
The peach crop this season in Dorchester