The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-07-21
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The average wheat yield in Ken
county is reported as being about twenty
bushels per acre.
Col. s. &. Foard has sold his horse
Robert L., and carriage to Owen McMaster
of Roxborough, Pa.
B. F. Cutlery has purchased the con-
fectionery store of Mrs. \. NJ. Il. Price, on
Main street, for $500.
William Russum, an expert horseshoer'
of Cincinnati, shod four horses at the
Elkton Stock Farm, last week, at cost OF
500.
Several unusually fine crops of Timothy
hay have been gathered in this section OF
Cecil. Mr. Joseph II. McNeal of Belle Hill
near Elkton cut four tons from one acre
The first female physician to register in
Hartford county under the new doctors law
which went into effect July /, was Eliza
beth P. Marshall Kuell, who registered
last week.
Make note of the Harvest Home to be
held at Calvert on the Goth inst. lutertain-
ing speakers will be present, and the tenn
perance and license question will be inteilI-
getty discussed.
The pear tree psylla, or flea, one OF the
least known but most destructive enemies
of pear culture, has made its appearance in
Kent county, in the orchards of Robert 5.
Emory, near Chestertown.
The junior base ball club, of Elkton,
will play match game with the Bay View
club this Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Rose and Burns will be the battery for Bay
View; Brown and Horner for Elkton.
Thomas P. Dale, proprietor of the Cecil
Spring bottling plant, in Elkton, has pur-
chased eight of Bransou knitting machines
and proposes running them this fall in the
manufacture of lady's and ohiidren's hose.
Joshua Ricketts, and john Boulder,
both colored, engaged in fight on Sunday,
and were arrested and given a hearing on
Monday before Justice CleaYer. Unable to
pay fines and costs of S4.5j each, they were
remanded to Jail.
Joseph Dorsey, colored, fell into the
clutches of the law on Monday, being
arrested opon the charge of tapping the till
of the bakery of Mrs. Haaga. of Sl.25
Dorsey was arranged before Justice
Cleaver and was held for court
A man giving his name as George W.
White acted in an insane manner on the
street on Saturday. White rushed Into the
residence of j. Will Perkins on West High
street and caused excitement. The man
was arrested by BaiIiff Boulder and placed
in Jail.
Major W. Ct. Purnell of Elkton, has
been appointed a member of the executive
committee OF the Single Tax League of the
State of Maryland, of which DR.. VIM. n.
Hill, Baltimore, is secretary. The single
takers are perfecting their organization all
over the State.
An unsuccessful attempt was made to
enter the provision store of Joseph L.
Wells, one night last week, The providers
took ladder from the gas works by which
they reached and pryed shutter at the
rear of the building. They were then
frightened off, before having entered the
store.
On Friday of last week sparks from a
threshing engine fired 4 straw stack on the
farm of James NJ. Naudain, near Cherry
Hill, but the flames were promptly extia-
guished little damage having been done.
In fighting the fire Charles Scarborough
received painful. burns on the face and
hands.
William " arren, overseer on the farm
of Fletcher Wilson in Elk Neck met with
quite serious and peculiar accident
several days ago. While driving team of
oxen along the shore the wagon struck a
heavy drift log, which rolling down the
incline caught Mr.. Warren and breaking
his right leg, held him fast. He was
promptly released by reighbor coming TO
his rescue.
The funeral OF MIR. j. Sterrett Smith
took place on Sunday afternoon from his
late home near Pleasant Hill, the atten-
dance being the largest ever witnessed in
the county. Fully one thousand persons
were present. The services were conducted
by Elkton Council No. D, Jr. o. U. y. NJ,
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Rev. Il. Day CantweI, chaplain of the
Council officiating. The Council and Cecil
Lodge, No. SO, Ancient Order of United
Workmen attended in body. The bearers
selected from the above organic atoms were:
w. S. Evans, Joseph L. Wells, Robert E.
Strickland, Malvern Jones, a. NJ. Strick-
land, Charles II. Smith.
A fatal accident occurred at tho Della
ware railroad station at Middietown on
Saturday night. While awaiting the ARR
val of friends who were expected TO come
on the midnight express, Simeon PIERCE
and Thomas Evans, two colored men reSid.
ing at Hamtown, sat down on the platform,
opposite the south bound track, and fell
asleep. A through freight struck them and
hurled them on the tracks, killing PIERCE
instantly and cleaving Evans skull in such
a manner that it is impossible for him to
recover. The men lay where they were
thrown until Sunday morning, when they
were discovered. The bodies were removed
to the homes of the men.
"A meeting of the packers of clnned
goods on the Maryland aad Delaware
peninsula was held at Dover on Tuesday,
The meeting was we'll attended by repre-
sentative packers from the whole PENN
sula, and an organization was ettacted
under the name of the Peninsula Canned
Goods Association. The following officers
were elected: james Wallace, of Cam.
bridge, president; j. V. McCommons,
Wyoming, vice president; G. NJ Dashiell.
Princes Anne, secretary and treasurer.
The object of the association is to foster
friendly relations among the packers and
for cooperation to secure mutual advantage
a committee was appointed to wait Oil the
transl ortatIon companies with few to a
more equitable arrangement of freight rates
Darlington Hopes prominent preach
er of the society OF Friends died at the
residence of his brother William in West
Chester Pa, on Wednesday. He was born
at West Goshen in Chester county, and
resided there until about twelve years age
when he located in Hartford county Md
He remained there until about year ago
when declining health lead him to Yves,
Chester. Years ago he was a member o
the spoke and wheel manufacturing firm
of Hopes, Bro. 81 Darlington, at Wes
Chester. At the recent Yearly Meeting o
the Society of Friends in Philadephi:
he was in attendance and made to tina
body farewell address. He became ;
minister in the Society when quite younl
man and rapidly grow to prominence her
at home and throughout adjoining States
He leaves several children. His remain
will be entered at Hartford Meetiui
Burying Grounds.