The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1875-05-29

BOyleS, a cOlOrCu feSlQenC OF Newark, anu
a workman in the pits on Chestnut Hill, Of
McConaughy Brothers, while engaged un-
der ground with his pick removing ore,
was caught beneath the debris of the tor
of the pit and mangled in terrible man.
ner. His head was badly cut, his breast
was crushed in and his body otherwise
broken. We learn that he expired the
same evening.
Closing the StOres.-After the first OF
June the stores of this town will be closed
on Saturday evenings at 10 O'Clock and at
s o'clock on other evenings. This is a most
iudicious arrangement, entered into by the
proprietors, as a measure of health and
comfort. Nothing we can conceive of can
be more disastrous to both than to con-
tnue sweltering in the close foul air of a
store-room till late hour in the night in
the hot months. Were such penalty i'm
posed on any convict by the sentence of a
court, the whole philanthropic fraternity
who keep watch over the comfort of felons,
would raise hue and cry which would be
heard through the length and bredth of the
land.
Extensive Robbery.-The store of Thos.
Conrey, at Chesapeake City, was entered on
Monday night by burglars and robbed OF
goods amounting to $500, our informant
estimates. The store had no occupant at
night, and the thieves had uninterrupted
control of the premises, and took the greater
part of the best goods in the store, consist
ing of dry goods, boots and shoes. The
robbery was not discovered till Tuesday,
when Mr.. Conrey went to open the store.
night, had destroyed all trace of the bur-
glars outside, and hence no clue could be
bad to the course the thieves had taken:
whether they had made use of boat or
wagon to carry off their booty. News of
the robbery was circulated Immediately by
telegraph and messengers sent out in all
directions to search for some trace of the
robbers and goods.
A Youthful Pedestrian.-M Monday at one
o'clock, p. NJ, Eddie Jones, between a nd
Q years of age, son of VIM. T. Jones, left
his home, No. 900 East Eighth street, and
started for school. Night came and Eddie
failed to return home, and all next day an
unavailing search was made for him.
On Monday evening, as two gentlemen
from Red Lion were driving home from
New Castle, they overlook little chap
Flooding industriously along the road
They took him up and by plying him with
questions ascertained that his name was
Eddie Jones, and his place of residence
Wilmington. He said he was going to
Elkton, to see his grandfather.
The gentlemen took the little pedestrian
to Red Lion. kept him over night, and the
next day informed his father, by letter, of
the runaway's whereabouts.-Del. Rep.
Suicide.-On Tuesday afternoon a sad
calamity occurred in Middle Neck, First
District of this county, respectable and
we'll TODD farmer, Joshua F. Biddle, aged
IS years. committed suicide by hanging
himself in the barn. There was no very
apparent cause for the act. The deceased
had lost his wife by death about three
weeks previous, which is given as cause
for taking his own life, but nothing pecu-
liar was noticed in his actions or converse
ton, which created any suspicion that he
meditated the awful deed. He ordered his
men to go to replanting corn, and if it came
on to rain to return and clean up the barn
The weather clearing up they continued
planting till running out of seed, boy
about 10 years old was sent to the barn for
more corn, who discovered the body of de-
ceased. The boy fastened to give the
alarm. The body was warm, but life was
extinct when taken down. Mr.. Biddle had
been in Middletown in the morning with
his friends, who noticed nothing strange or
unusual in his conduct. Leaving Middle
town after 10 o'clock, he went Immediately
home, ate his dinner and lighting his pipe
went to the barn, and committed suicide
all in rapid succession. He leaves four
children.
Establishing is pretty we'll over, but
still the OILERS continue to cast their nets.
Our fish laws are very nearly useless for the
object they were intended, there being no
person to see to their enforcement. Fish
and game laws are dead failure without
associations whose business it is made to
have laws passed that will meet the case
and then, as corporate bodies enforce those
salutary laws. Notwithstanding the law
is very plain against all manner of stake
nets, there were double as many pound
nets fished this Spring as last, we are as
sured by persons living on the rivers and
in sight of the fishing grounds. The catch
of shad by all of the hauling seines, as far
as we can learn, has been very good, but
the herring fishing has been almost fail
ure.
A single instance of the destruction of
the young fish, which is caused by the
pound nets, may serve to give some idea Of
the slaughter that is made by that mode Of
fishing in the course of the Summer. A
friend informed us few days ago, that
one of the peund-net fishermen emptied
nine baskets full of small fish ON the shore
near his place.
Immense quantities of spawn of various
species of fish is destroyed by an uncon-
trolled system of fishing in the tide-water
rivers, while the old fish in the spawning
season are trapped without mercy for the
market. By a judicious protection our
rivers would furnish ten fish where one is
now taken under the suicidal mode which
has ever been pursued, but before such ben
eft can be hoped for, we will have to have
laws framed by men who have made the
nature and habits of fish study, and asso-
Citations for the protection of game and fish
will have to be formed to enforce the laws
and educate public opinion. The system
which will add two fish to the food supply
where one is now consumed, is worthy to
be classed with that industry which makes