Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-03-01
PENINSULA VIEWS.
The Dog Assessment Law Primary Isiec.
tions--New Electric Line In Queen
Anne's County ..

I
tions--New Electric Line In Queen
Anne's County.
ELEToN. Mo-, Feb. 23.--At the meeting
of the Cecil Farmers Club, Mt the residence
| of Mr.. John X, Bond, the following mem.
bers were present; Henry $. Coudoil. A. j.
Michiner, George W. Sutton, Joseph
| Coudon of Joseph A. X. Magraw. Colonel
| Enoch Noyes. Colonel John Il. Bond,
| Thomas q. Bond. Il. l.. Duyckinck, w. Il.
Gillespie and Henry K. Turbert. The
secretary of the club reported that he had
ascertailied from the clerk OF the county
commissioners that Sl07 had been collected
as taxes in 1888 upon 5g7 dogs and that the
record showed not n female dog in the
whole county, A resolution offered by ii.
5. toudon was unanimously adopted. 1t
recites that dog law Is defective because it
| contains no provision for assessing dogs,
aud it asks the legislative representatives
OF Cecil county to remedy the defect or
have new law passed like the one pro-
posed for Talbot county. Resolutions
were passed denouncing the repeal of the
county commissioner law approving bill
to legali2e primary elections
Messrs. John 5. Writ and c. Mccullough,
counsel for John Albert Boyd, d., have
taken an appeal in tho contested election
case Tor the Office Of sheriff OF Cecil county
which was decided in favor of White r.,
by the circuit court. MIR, Boyd will retain
the office pending the decision of the ap.
peal, which will probably be rendered next
April
The Gatchell farm Of 81 acres, in The
sixth district, was bought by John KciI.
hultI OF Rising sun for 81, $50. BENJAMIN
Johnson OF Hartford county. Md, has pur-
chased for $500 the Craig farm of %
acres. near Rising Sun, .rhe residence of
George II. AlcNeal, at Cherry Hill, was
sold to Turner longs for 81 .U75.
CENrREvILLE, MD, Feb. pa charter
has been prepared for an electric railway
through Queen Annv's county The pro.
lcct has been considered for some time by
capitalists Of this county and ui Baltimore.
The incorporators az present mentioned
are Messrs. |. u. Brown. W. W. Busted
and Wilmer Emory OF Centreville, and
Mcssrs. X. Z. Davidson. Bartlett 5. John
ston, W. b. Brooks, Jr,, ami William S.
Bosley of Baltimore, II is proposed to or.
gani1c with a capital of S5uOOOJ. The plan
has not been fully formulated, but the in.
tenuon is to construct the railroad from
Ceutreville to Queenstown first and then
10 extend 1t north t. Chestcrtown via
Churchill, and also south to Love Point.
on Kent Island. Possibly there will be
branches to Denton through WE Mills
and Hillsbpru ami also 70 EAston.
one of the Baltimore members. with ali
expert civil engineer, recently rode over
part of the proposed route. Both were
impressed w,th the section of the country
and the character Of the surface, which IS
such that the expense OF laying track,
grading, &c, would be comparatively
small.
The accomplishment of this scheme
would supply what seems TO be necessary
means al communication between the
residents of the sections through which Il,
is proposed TO build the line Various
plans have been proposed, but none were
ever adopted 1t is hoped here that lac
present movement will result in the con.
struction of road, which. it is asserted,
viii give excellent returns to the stock.
holders.
ChEsrERTowS, Mn, Feb. 2S.-The most
elaborate banquet ever given by the Mount
Union Literary Society of Washington
College was held at Shuster dining paFlors
last night. lula, Baltimore harnist,
played selections. Toasts were responded !
TO by Eben II. Perkins. oneof the founders |
Of the society; james A. Pearce, Charles |
L. Westcott and +. STAN of the board Of
governors and visitors, and Professors
Reid, Micou, Humphreys and Clarke of
the faculty, also Nessrs. Gurdy, IL. n.
Perkins, IL. Shippers, Baxter, Carey and
Williamson of the society holding the ban
quot.