Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-01-04
FIREDUGS ALARM ELKTON
Four Incendiary Fires Started
Within Ten Days.
TWO BOLD TRIALS LAST NIGHT
Hard Work Only Prevented a
Destructive Blaze.
Citizens of the Town in State of Ner-
vousness Over the Matter-The Mis-
creants Work Secretly and Leave No
CJue-Affairs in Cecil County.

ELKToN, Nd, Jan. Am unsuccess-
full attempt was made this evening to
fire the large lnmber-yard and plant Of
the Keys g. Miller Lumber Company,
above the railroad, on the road from
Elkton to Cherry Hill. The blaze was
discovered betimes in large pile of
lumber in one of the sheds, and was
quickly extinquished, thus saving the
entire plant. The lumber had been
thoroughly saturated with coal oil. {s
Everybody here was startled at $50
O'Clock this evening by an alarm of fire,
which followed closely upon the unsuc.
cessful attempt Of q few hours before.
The incendiaries visited the farm of
Mrs. A. G. Tuiete, on the public road
leading from Elkton to Cherry Hill,
only few yards from the Keys s.
Miller plant. They set fire to Mrs.
Tuiete's barn, which was destroyed
with the contents, including several
tons of hay and a large quantity of
farming implements.
Only through the strenuous efforts of
the citizens and the Singerly Fire Com
pany was the dwelling house saved
from the flames, as the barn was not
more than 25 feet distant. Several small
outbuildings were also in danger of be-
ing consumed. Before applying the
torch the firebugs liberated the livestock
in the barn. The loss is covered by
insurance.
This is the fourth mysterious fire
which has occurred IN Elkton in the
last ten days, and the citizens are in
state of nervousness over the matter.
There is no clue to the perpetrators.
The barn fire was not discovered until
the building was mass of flames. The
farm is tenanted by Harry A. Brake.
CECIL COUNTY NOTES.
The Methodist Episcopal churches at
Port Deposit, Rising Sun, Zion and
Cherry Hill have asked for the return
of their present pastors at the annual
session of the Wilmington Conference,
to be held in March.
The will of the late James W. Gwinn,
Of Port Deposit, who died in Paris about
month ago, has been probated in the
orphans court. The estate is large.
A number of the members of National
Lodge, No. 81, |. o. o. F., of Elkton,
paid visit to Bohemia Lodge, at Chesa-
| peake City, Saturday night.
Elkton Council, No. %, Jr. o. U. A.
NJ. installed the following: Councillor,
M. Jones, ". g.; Recording Secretary,
John II. Terrell, and other officers.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph S. Terrell cele-
brated the 54th anniversary of their
marriage at their residence on North
street to-day.
Miss Eloise Wamsley, who had been
teacher in the public schools of this
county, has removed to New York.
The Groome Guards, under command
of Captain W. A. Wright, gave target
practice ON Red Hill yesterday.
The circuit court for Cecil county
will resume its sessions on Wednesday
next, the 10th instant.
Misses Addie and Nettie Porter Of
Caroline county, Md, are visiting rela-
tives in Elkton.
Mrs. Martha F. Cooke, wife of the
Rev. Giles b. Cooke, rector of st. Mary
Anne's Protestant Episcopal parish,
died of paralysis at the rectory in North
east, this morning, aged "a years. She
was born in Norfolk, Va, and went to
Northeast from Denton three years ago.
She married the Rev. Giles B. Cooke in
1870. Her remains will be taken to
Portsmouth, Va, for burial Thursday.