The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-08-25
"A man and his family drivi'g a one
horse team passed through Elkto@ o. thurs
day en- route to Florida.

= and Electrical Engineering at Dela"ai
College, will not accept the position.
= Elijah Royston, at one time q leading
dry goods merchant, in Baltimore, ant
who was known in Elkton, was drowned
on Saturday at Curtis Bay near that city
n oliver Jones, of Eiktou. on Tuesday
night lost u check for S101 Is drawn by 'h'
< County Commissioners, but it WAS found
. the next morning in Taggart'5 tobacco
store
f ELIAS Renuo and w. p. Reynolds have
), bought tract of land on the Levi hirS
D farm near Calvert, upon which they VIII
erect steam saw mill ana convert the
/ timber into assorted lumber.
t The Latter Day Saints who have been
| conducting meetings at Pleasant Hill have
removed their tabernacle to near Baldwin
where services will be held commencing
, it is expected-this evening, Saturday
-Hiett Graham, of New Castle, who was
known In this county, was drowned in the
Delaware river on Monday off Stony Point.
Mr.. Graham was on a fishing party and
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drowned before he could be rescued.
The George w. Hessey farm containing
1S3 acres, in the First district, was sold
at public sale in Elkton on Tuesday by
Clinton Mccullough, Attorney, to Andrew
Woodall the mortgage, for $4,000. The
auctioneer was A. P. Shockley.
The Daughters of Liberty, of Calvert
and the Junior Order American Mechanics,
of Colora, will appropriately celebrate the
anniversary Of the Battle of North Point
in their respective towns on September
| -. Patriotic programs will be carried
out.
The Elkton base ball club won its
second victory from the Cherry Hill club
on Thursday afternoon in game played at
Cherry Hill, the score being II to s. Raaley
and Kitchens were the winning battery.
| Steele and Hoover were in the points for
| Cherry Hill.
Joseph II. Bradbury, of Wilmington,
was in Elkton GA Thursday driving hand
some double team-a nobby fonr-seat trap
| Ind bay horses. Mr.. Bradbury is the pro
| prietor of sradbury's stables on French
street, that : and is frequently seen
| among his friends n Elkton.
Miss Helen E. johnson, daughter of
Mr.. VIM. IL. Johnson, near Glasgow, Del,
| died on Thursday morning at her fathers
| house in her fourteenth year, after an ill
cess of week. Her funeral will take
place on Sunday at 10 o'clock a.. N. Inter
ment at st. Georges Presbyterian Cemetery
George w. Clifford, prominent and
successful farmer of near Zion has complet-
ed threshing his oat crop from 81 acres,
it yielding Sc bushels to the acre. Mr..
Clifford considers this the best paying
piece of ground on his farm he receiving IS
cents per bushel, and IS so q ton for the
straw.
Although the hog cholera, which raw
aged the herd of w. I. Mccullough, of
Mechanics Valley, has been extirpated in
that neighborhood, the deadly disease has
made its appearance among the hogs owned
by Caleb Grant, farmer residing four
miles distant. Mr.. Grant owns pen of SO
hogs, of which six have died and several
are now suffering with the disease.
The Elktou Grange have in contem-
plation lecture from Professor James G.
Robinson, of the Maryland Agricultural
College, at such early time as the professor
can arrange. Should he come as hoped
the farmers CT this county generally will be
invited to hear him. He is an unusually |
Auapt and iptarastipp 1apt1rar on all
tiers pertaining to agriculture and the farm.
Henry NJ. Mccullough Esq, as assignee
sold on Monday and Tuesday the Magraw
personal property near West Nottingham. |
The attendance was unusually large, the |
house hold articles generally bringing good
prices, grandfathers clock selling for
$500, and a blue and white india china
dish bringing $40 50. 1t is needless to say
that an enthusiastic fem ale chinaworshipper |
was the purchaser of the latter. The sale |
was one of the largest held in Cecil comfy |
for several years. Several persons rem arked |
that it looked like Woodlawn Camp on Sun |
day, and the bidding was spirited. A great
portion of the property brought as much |
as it cost. Cows not fresh, sold from $50 to |
$50; horses S26 to SCI. Mr.. j. c. Hindman
was the auctoneer.
considerable loss has been sustained.
from lightning in Kent county during the
present summer. The dwelling of CAPT. |
James Z. Middleton, of Rock Hall, was
struck on Saturday night and badly dam
aged. The bolt struck near the chimney
tore away the attic stairway, passed down
stairs and did considerable damage. No
one was in the house at the time. Several
days ago the residence and store of Captain
Crouch, in Quaker Neck, Kent county, was
struck The bolt passed down through
the combing into room near where Capt
Crouch and his family were assembled
but other than badly damaging the house
no injury was done. This stack yard on
the farm of Mr.. Samuel J. Hill, near Locust
Grove was struck by lightning and entirely
destroyed.
William I. Carr, aged II, son of John
Carr, living near Baldwin, received painful
Injuries by jumping from passenger train
ON the b. 81 o. Railroad, on which he was
stealing ride,on Wednesday evening. The
Andrew Jackson boarded the rear platform
of the last car at Baldwin, intending to
ride to Barksdale. The train didn't stop
however, and they remained on until with
in a short distance of Newark, when the
conductor came out on the platform, and at
whose appearance Carr bscame frightened
and Jumped off on the other track, the
other boys staying on. The train was run
ming at fair rate and the lad was thrown
violently, his head striking the ballast and
he received internal injuries and other cuts
| which may result fatally,
Deputy Clerk of the Court John S.
Green went on fishing trip on Wednesd-
day afternoon and returned heavily laden
| with black bass from out the waters of the
Susouehanna river off Wallace Island. Mr..
| Green caught IS beautiful specimen some
measuring twenty inches and weighing
three and half pounds. The fishing is
now better than it has been for years, the
principal points extending along the river
| from Rock Run to Conowingo. Mr.. Green
has live box in Basin Run, near New
| Valley, in which he has several of the
largest bass of his Wednesdays catch. The
| DEPUTY ia a veteran and experienced fisher
man and devotes considerable part of
his leisure hours to the sport. The rock OF
striped bass fishing is also good one sports
man landing over one hundred pounds