The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-07-27
THE NEWS in BRIEF.

The measles are prevalent around Blythe
dale.
The democratic nominations for the
to-day. saturday.
j. Alfred Mackie. of Fair Hill. has
thrrshed 10 acre field of Fulraser wheat
which ,.ieIdcd 36 bushels an acre.
DIR H. T.. Cl"ms m has rented the res
drnce ON Main street owned 10y George A.
Blake. Esq. and will remove his office there
Tn" cat crop promises to h" unusually
large this year The fields around Elktol
show heavy straw aud the oats are very
heavily headed.
The fourth quarterly meeting of thu
Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Cecil
County will he held at the company's office il
Elkton on Wednesday, July 81, at II o'clocl
Il. m.
Stanley Brothers are preparing for tn
canning season, which will open at the
Elk river cann"ry about the middle
August. They can the Stanley brand o
tomatoes.
Mrs Margaret Ward. Il highly r, spcrtei
lady. widow of Patrick Ward. died suddenly
at her home in Havre de Grace on Monday
morning from the effects of an ahscess at tn
base of the brain.
On the Frazer farm on the Frenchtown
Pike owned by DR.. c. NJ. Ellis. clover to tn"
height of four feet. eight aud Il half inches has
been harvested this year. The crop there has
been unusually heavy.
The Pennsylvania railroad excursion t.
Colchester Beach on Thursday carried los
people from Elkton. The eX 'ursion train
which started at Philadelphia. consisted OF
ten we'll filed coaches. The steamer VIII
taken at Perryville.
Two of the largest shipments OF coal 70"
many years left Perryville last week for Wash
ington d. c.. the barges Maryland and Con-
tldence were loaded by Jesse FIics IL Co.. al
Perryville schutes, and contained over thir-
teen hundred tons.
Mrs George BiddIe of East High street
has dahlia, . feet high. In last week,
WING it was published that Mrs. William
S,Llllrr. of Elkton, owned one 8 feet 1 inches
in height. 1t was asked il any one could
beat it ana which honor now belongs to
Mrs BiddIe.
The excursion of Elkton Council, Jr. o
L. A. VI. TO Cape May on Wednesday, Will"
not II financial success. was a trip much en-
dyed. EiGhty-four whole and half tickets
were sold from Elkton 4 from Iron Hill and
from Newark. The steamer Republic was
met at Wilmington.
W Z. Burns Il Bros. the well known car
riagr builders of Havrc de Grace have just
supplied an order for four of the finest
carriages ever used in that city. wagonette
for each of the two leading hotels, and one
eabrioctte each for Ex-Major S. j. Seneca
and j. Faust and Sons.
Mr. John Regain Il farmer residing on the
McIntire place near Elkton. fell from load
OF hay which he was unloading in his barn.
Oh Saturday and sustained painful injuries.
He fell II feet to the floor, striking on his
side. which was badly bruised and strained
His condition is improving.
The catalogues for the coming Cecil County
Fair to be held September 10. IL, II and ID.
are now being issued by Secretary Tucker.
The book is from the CECIL WING press and
in form is similar to that OF last year-al-
though improved in number OF ways us to
its typographical appearance.
Levi f. Patterson, the well known con-
tractor of Blythedale, is building handsome
residence at Swarthwore, Pa, for Il. L
Whttingham, a Philadelphia architect. The
frame house that he is now building i'll Per
ryville for c. L. Cole will be the best finished
house in that town. The inside finish is OF
quartered oak, cypress, cherry and white
pine.
Rochester WoodalI, a farmer living near
Chestcrtown, recently had quite in experience
with mad horse, on his farm. He APP
preached the animal not knowing it was
suffering from rabies. The horse made
most vicious attack, biting and kicking at
its owner, who fortunately escaped and sue
ceeded in locking the animal in stable by
itself, where il was found dead on the follow
ing day, after having bitten and torn its own
sides and every part which could be reached
with its mouth.
A peculiar and fatal accident occurred
several days ago to a twelve year Old daughter
Of Mr.. Thomas Bradley, near Millington,
Kent county, Mr.. and Mrs. Bradley and the
child had been engaged in berry picking. and
the girl was sent home on an arrand. When
she reached the house, finding the door
locked, she proceeded to gain entrance
through the window. She had raised the
sash and was climbing over the sill, when the
the sash fell and caught the child by the
neck. She was found in this position, dead
by her parents upon their return