The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1873-04-26
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

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LOCAL AFFAIRS.
Local Miscellany.-The Mutual Build
ing Association meets tonight.
The Town Commissioners of Port De-
post have purchased the old engine of the
Water Witch Fire Company of Whining
ton Delaware. The price paid was $1,000.
Exhibition An Exhibition will be held
at the West Nottingham Academy, on
Friday evening, May end. Doors open
at = o'clock. Tickets % cents. The
weather proving stormy, exhibition will be
postponed until the following Friday. The
entertainment will consist of dialogues,
speeches, tableaux, &c. The West Not
tingham Orchestra will furnish the music.
Threatening to Kill His Father.-Morris
Mcdowell, for many years prominent
business man of this city, but who of late
has resided on farm in Cecil county, Md,
about one mile from Elkton, visited this
city on Monday and at night called upon
his father, Morris Mcdowell, and request
ed him to sign a paper, Understood to be
a check for 50, 0O0.) This his father declined
to do, and his refusal so exasperated Morris
that he threatened to kill him, but did not
make the attempt. A brother of Morris,
as soon as the latter made the threat, left
for the police office and had warrant
issued for his arrest on the charge of
threatening bodily harm on the old gentle
man. The writ was served and Morris was
lodged in Jail. At the hearing of tho case
on Tuesday morning, Mayor Simms held
Morris in $500 bail to keep the peace.
He refused to give bail, saying re was
afraid he would kill his father should he
ever meet him again, and was committed
to New Castle jail.-Eoery Erening.
Bounty and Pension. - The following
Act was passed at the last session of
Congress:
"BE 1T ENACTED, &C. That all persons
who enlisted in the army during the late
war; and who are now prohibited from re-
ceiving bounty and pension on account of
being borne on the rolls of their regiment
as slaves shall be placed on the same
footing as to bounty and pension, as
though they had not been slaves at the
date of their enlistment.
This Act gives each slave bounty which
formerly was given to the master. All who
lost husbands, sons, fathers or brothers in
the late war are, under the late Act of
Congress, entitled to pension.
This Act makes an entire change of the
pension law. Now parents are entitled to
a pension, who have lost son in the war,
whether he was their support Or not.
Under former acts, it was necessary to
provethat the son supported his parents at
the time of, and some time prior to, his
enlistment, before they could recover
pension.
Under this Act all soldiers who lost leg
above the knee are entitled to a pension Of
$24 month and for many other disabilities
the pension is increased.
Sale of Real Estate.-W. J. Jones, as
Trustee, sold on Tuesday last, Lsasehold
in Port Deposit, in the occupancy
of D. w. Hamer and Mary Worick, con-
sisting of a lot opposite the new NJ. E.
Church, fronting on Main street and e1-
tending back to the river, and improved by
a two stored framed dwelling house. The
Mr.. J. Tome, purchaser for
81, 800. Also, tract of land, in Sassafras
Neck, containing acres, on which was
small frame house, for $685.. Mrs. S. Var
rington, purchaser.
Ex-Sheriff Denny sold at the same time
and place, lot in Elk Neck, containing
8 acres of land, improved by dwelling
house, store house and blacksmith shop
The property was knocked down to Albert
Constable, Esq, attorney for the party at
whose suit the sale was effected. The same
was sold formerly by H. McCul-
Tough, ESQ.,, attorney for another claimant.
The title of the property is in dispute. 1t
originally belonged to the estate of Wash
ington Hyland, deceased, was purchased
by Abraham Hyland, against whom the
suits were brought, but repossessed by
the heirs of W. Hyland, no deed having
been made to A. Hyland for the property.
A Specimen for Barnum.-A colored
woman, servant in the family of Mr.. J. N.
Black, Charlestown, in this county, has a
child, a girl, about Is months old, that is
curiously deformed in her hands and feet.
Those parts Of her hands which constitute
fingers are divided into three parts, in place
of five. The little finger of each hand is
perfect, and the thumb of the right hand is
perfect. The other fingers and thumb are
apparently double, and separated into two
fingers each from the first joint. Some of
these finger points are remarkably perfect
and furnished with nails; while others are
but partially developed, showing a budded
end, as it were, without the horny append
age. These clumsy looking, claw-like
hands seem to be as useful as the most per-
fectly developed palm and fingers. The
child can pick up a pin from the floor and
handle stick, knife, ETC., as deftly as any
child of her age. Her feet are as curious
as her hands. The feet, like her palms are
perfectly formed to the toes; the three
middle toes of both feet being entirely alb
sent, while the great toe and little toe are
perfect. These caudal extremities, as if in
search of the missing members of the fam
lily, curved inward till the points touch each
other, folding over the places Of the missing
toes. The little one is beginning to walk
round chairs and seems to suffer no incon-
venience from any of her lost members
She is bright, healthy and sprightly, and
apparently perfect in every other respect,
save in fingers and toes. The little one is
the youngest of children, all of whom
were perfect, and in color bright brown,
showing q streak of white in her ancestry