Middletown transcript., 1881-05-13
MARYLAND Matters,


= Warwick has an epidemic of measles.
- DIR. J. J. Wright, Of Warwick, is suf-
fering with a very severe attack Of inflam-
matory rheumatism.
= The annual meeting of the Cecil
county Medical Society will be held in
Elkton next Tuesday.
Down in Accomac county, Va, the
farmers are happy because their peach
trees are gorgeous with blossoms.
: The Kent County Agricultural Asso-
citation have asked George Cotton, ESQ.,, to
deliver the address at their Annual Fair
this fall.
- New Castle Presbytery meets at
Princess Anne, May p, to install the Rev.
Mr.. Voorhees, as pastor ofthe Presbyterian
church there.
John Elms, a feeder at the EastOn
paper mill, had his hand caught in the
machinery, on Monday morning, and the
arm ground off above the elbow.
- Nearly 25O RATS have already come
down the Susquehanna this season, and
four or five hundred are yet to arrive, if
the water remains high enough.-Ceca
Wig.
E f. Ewing, Esq, who used to pub
lis the Cecil Wig, at Elkton, and who
some years ago went to Kansas to grow
up with that State, is now looking for a
new home in North Carolina.
~ Mr.. John n. Sparks, of the steamer
B. s. Ford, and Miss Florence J. New
nam, daughter of Rev. E. B. Newman,
recently pastor OF the NJ. E. Church, Ches-
tertown, were married on Wednesday of
last week in Baltimore. DIR. c. p. Gilpin,
formerly of Middletown, acted as one of
the ushers.
= The lot holders of Bethel Cemetery
have elected the following directors
Henry Clayton, Jas. A. Lewis, Samuel
Thompson, Joshua Clayton, Jr., Jos.
Brooks, and Jno. d. Eliason, were elected
directors. Henry Clayton was elected
President, Jas. A. Lewis, Secretary, and
Samuel Thompson, Treasurer.
nm In almost half the State of Maryland
| prohibitory laws are now in force. In
| Kent, Caroline, Calvert, Prince Georges,
Montgomery and Cecil total prohibition
| in Queen Anne's, Somerset, Talbot, Dor
chester, Frederick, Washington and Bal.
timore, and high license in Garrett and
| Worcester.
We have manufactured at least three
items since New Years and this is what
becomes of them: another of eur items
| is going the rounds with the wrong credit
but, as we were ashamed of it, we wont
say anything about it.-GreeRsborO Free
Press, Well, you've been running
newspaper on the Peninsula long enough
to have got used to that sort Of thing,
A small bridge on the road leadips
from Cayot's corner to st. Augustine ha:
for three weeks been in a dangerous con
dition, and it is a wonder that some one'
horse has not been crippled. These bro
ken bridges, so frequently met with il
Cecil county, are the result of the abomi
pable system they have over there o
selling the roads to the lowest bidder;
system, in fact, which invites the leas
possible work on the public roads.
= Citizens of Rlkto9 favorable TO max
ing the Bohemia bridge a free o9e wa
held at Elkton on Monday evening, a
which committee of three, consisting 0
w. s. Evans, Thomas DrenneR and P. G
Strickland, was appointed to confer witt
the County Commissioners to urge then
at their next meeting to exercise the au
thority conferred upon them by the act o
the General Assembly of Maryland, Q
1876, by arranging with the stockholder
of said company and purchasing the State
interest therein, upon such terms as the,
may think most advantageous.