The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1871-11-18
Peninsular and State Items.
DEIAW ARE.


Court assemblies at New Castle Oh Monda,
next.
Capt. Pierce NielS, formerly of " lining
ton died. in Philadelphia, on the 10th. lie
served with distinction in the 4th Delaware
regiment, during the late war receiving, two
promotions for meritoriouS conduct.
Louis Napoleon is said 10 have recently
answered IL letter from IL little boy of Viii
mington, who has conceived great admi-
ration and sympathy for the French Cesar,
thanking him for his friendly words. and
expressing the hope that his little friend
might live more happily than himself.
/ Merritt PaXon>s house, near kirkwood,
was robbed, one night recently, of $500.
J. II. Dick, of Sussex county, expects to
gather 500 bushels of peanuts this season.
Geo. S. Grer, of Milford, has been grant
ed a patent for a harvester.
Wilmington is to have 4 new city pump,
to cost $50, 900.
St. Paul's Church, Wilmington. will be
opened tomorrow, 10Th. Rev. DR.. Eddy.
of Baltimore, will be present.
Sheriff Armstrong sold on Monday, 9th
inst, the farm of Outten ID. Jester situate
in Pencader Hundred, and containing $50
ford, of Philadelphia, for Sc, 600. The fifty
acre farm OF Stephen OFT, in the same
Hundred, was struck down to Mr.. OFT at
$50 an acre.
Governor Ponder has issued his procla-
nation appointing Thursday, the Both inst,
as day Of thanksgiving and prayer.
KENT.
An Agricultural Exhibition was held at
Worton, on the 9th inst. 1t is reported a
success. and is said to have been the first
ever held in the county.
QUEEN ANNE's.
On the night of the 9th inst. the train
on the Queen Anne's road, ran over a man
between Cox's and Prices stations, crush
ing both legs and inflicting severe wound
on the forehead, from the effects of which
he died about one o'clock next morning.
He was identified as Gus. Davis, notori-
Gus thief, who ran away from the county
about twelve months ago. He had upon
his person a considerable quantity of Jew
elry, several watches, revolver, Il flask of
whisky, and several other small articles
He also had a carpet sack with him. in
which were articles of clothing, twenty
eight skeleton keys, bunch of railroad
switch lock keys, watches and miscellane-
Gus articles The watches and articles of
jewelry were identified as those stolen from
the store of Mr.. Charles E. Hartman, of
Centreville, on the night of the Sth inst.
CAROLINE.
Miles w. Green, of Denton, had his leg
broken, on the 9th inst, in n fracas.
Il. ]. w. Carey was severely burned, on
one side of his face, head and neck, on the
9th, while cunning. The accident occurred
from re-loading the piece Immediately after
| discharging 1.-THE powder in the gun
igniting and causing the explosion of the
powder flask.
DORCHESTER.
4 handsome marble monument has been
erected in Cambridge cemetery over the
remains of Miss Baugher, who was drowned
in Cambridge creek, in August last, in
attempting to save the life of her brother.
Court commenced on Monday last.
The Cambridge Ne'cs says:-The oyster
longing and dredging business is at its
height. Hundreds of vessels are now to be
seen in Tangier Sound and Fishing Bay
Dorchester has an amount of capital in
vested that would astonish many We're the
figures representing it added up.
wICoM1Co.
Eighty five dollars was the sum realized
by the recent entertainments of tableaux
nc, in Salisbury, tor the NJ. p Church, Of
that town.
The Salisbury 1dcartiser says:-Early in
the spring of this year, Mrs. John Tracy
planted one sweet potato in box of rich
mould, and attended to it with unusal care.
AS the plants grew, they were carefully
transplanted in small numbers, until the
producing power of the Seeding was eX-
hausted, by which time, however, enough
plants had been obtained to cover a con-
siderable lot of ground. This small patch
received good attention during the season
of heat and drought, and when the potato
crop reached maturity, yielded a crop of
sir bushels. Such a yield, from SO small a
planting is unprecedented and we challenge
the champion potato districts in the United
States to produce an instance to beat it.