The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-04-14
GLOgAL DEPARTMENT, v

etc., by Frank Philips, proprietor
The regular weekly meeting of Elkto
Council, No. %, viii be held on Monda
night next, instead of Tuesday night
The steam barge Sydney" of Bait
more, has just discharged at Elkton carg
of 100 tons of gas coal for the gas works.
Because of a scarcity of water, mum
Der of the residents of Fair Hill and vlcinlt
are compelled to sink their wells deeper
The next meeting of the Cecil Farmers
Club takes place GU Wednesday. the 10Th
inst, at the residence of Mr.. A. j. Michne
near Colora.
The CASE of DIR. Joseph Reynolds VS.
the Farmers Il Mechanics Fire Insuranc
Company, to recover insurance on his BARI
has been moved to Hartford county.
The Forrest Comedy and Medicine
Company began two weeks engagement
in Odd Fellows Hall on Wednesday night
A performance is given each evening.
Elias Rsnno has bought an extensen-
sive tract of woodleave near Bay View, and
has removed his wood chopping and saving
outfit from Chester county, Pennsylvania
Senator C. C. and States Attorney A
L. Crothers have moved their law office
from the Gilpin building to the Cruikshank
property, recently purchased, on North
street.
The remains of Annie Alexander, the
youngest daughter of Mr.. James P. Alex
ander, of Washington, formerly of this
county, were inferred at Hopewell on
Sunday.
AT Colora on Saturday, while roofers
from Baltimore were at work at the
phosphate plant, enc of the workmen fell
from the staging to the ground. His injur-
les are not serious.
The summer term at the Elktou Acad-
envy will begin on Monday, 10Th instant.
Pupils will be received and allowed to take
the regular examination for promotion at
the close of the year.
The members of Prof. Bernstein S
Dancing Academy will give a grand
masquerade soiree on Thursday, April %.
The exhibition of fancy dancing will be
novel and entirely new.
The Elkton Banjo Club has been or
ganized with the following members: Ban
jourlnes, Fred Garrett and George Brown;
guitar, W. w. Alrich; mandolin, Gsorge
E. Brown G.. Brown, banjo.
A mum Der of the members of National
Lodge, No. 81, 1 O.. f. of Elkton visited
Eden Lodge, of Wilmington, on Thursday
evening, witnessing tie comforting of
degrees by the degree staff OF that lodge.
"A long distance telephone has been
placed in the telephone exchange in
Newark, and her citizens will now be able
to talk with Philadelphia, New York. and
other places connected by metallic circuits.
Elkten next.
The snow storm that prevailed through
Hartford county on Wednesday, is reported
to have injured many hundred trees,
crushing them to the ground, and in many
cases small houses have gone down under
the heavy weight of snow.
The enterpris:ng carriage firm of W.
E. Burns & Bros, formerly OF this county,
but now Of Havre de Grace, is supplying
the outfit Of new carriages for c. w. SIM
pers, of North East. whose livery stock
was recently destroyed by fire.
The Maryland Methodist Protestant
Conference closed It's session washington
on Tuesday. The appointments for Cecil
county were: Bay View, +. H. Mullineaux;
Chesapeake City, jesse Shreeve; Marley, G.
r. McNett; Rowlandville, j. E. Maloy;
Warwick, 3. P. Truitt.
lands most distinguished citizens, who for
more than half century has been conspicu
Gus in the legal,literary and political affairs
of the State, died at his home in Baltimore
at an early hour on Wednesday morning,
in the 18Th year of his age
Upon going to the club house, on the
Elk river, two miles below Elkton, on
Monday, Mr.. Alfred Matsinger, of Philadel
phia, who is one of the owners, discovered
that the building had been entered by
thieves and robbed of various articles,
bedding. silverware, etc. IL Is the third
time the club house has been pIllaged.
Several days ago a quantity of dyna-
mite was placed near fire to thaw. in an
unoccupied dwelling house on the farm of
w. c. Darlington, near wilma, Hartford
county, the men then going off for a while
During their absence, tortunately-the
dynamite exploded smashing the house to
pieces and damaging AN adjoining tenant
house.
A large number of the representative
farmers of Kent county have decided upon
making radical changes in their cropping
system, aud have already contracted TO
grow hundreds of acres of tom .tOes tor
home and city csuneries, while others will
branch out and try the experiment of grow
ing vegetables and general produce for city
markets.
The funeral of Mrs. Sarah E Drew
took place from the residence of her son
Mr.. Benz. r Drew, Main street, on Friday
afternoon of last week at 4 o'clock The
services were conducted by Rev. William
Schouler, rector of Trinity Church, inter
ment in Elkton cemetery. The bearers were
George McQuilkiD, Jacob Clay, William
T. Davis, George Turner, Joshua NJ. Ash
Thomas Gowan.
"A black and white mongrel dog owned
by colored man living in East Elkton
went mad on Saturday evening and ran
out West Elkton about half past ten o'clock
biting hog owned by Charles King and
killing young pup dog owned by George
Shippers also swapping another dog. The
rabid animal was shot by Matthew Willing
while attacking one of the dogs. All the
animals bitten were killed and buried
The River and Harbor committee has
completed the river and harbor bill appropri
atiDg $50, 900 to improve the harbor at
Baltimore; 81 900 to be expended above
Havre de Grace, including survey from a
point one mile below the town to a point
one mile above Port Deposit, and to ascer-
tain what is necessary to prevent the
accumulation of ice and ice gorges in the
river and the ost thereof. The aggregl ate
appropriation for the entire country will
not exceed $40, 900, 900.
The Rev. James A. Brindle, one O
the Oldest ministers of the Wilmington
Methodist Episcopal Conference, diet
on Friday afternoon of last week a
his home, in Greensboro, Md. He wa
in excellent health until last Monday
when be was stricken with paralysis. MI
Brindle was IA years of age. He took al
active part in the ministry for about 4
years and did much to advance and develo
the charges under him. He was pastor q
the Newark Church in 1925.
"A company of Baltimore capitalist