The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-05-04
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
POINTS FROM HERE AND THERE
Various Local Items of Interest COllec ed
in this Vicinity.

An original pension has teen granted
James Collier, of Chesapeake City.
Contractor T. b. Miller is building IA
house ut Singerly for Wesley Nelson.
Warner Taylor fell from IA boat at
Deibert's boat yard on Saturday, and received
painful bruises.
Joseph p. Brown, contractor. OF Colora,
has contracted for the stonework of the new
court house at Denton Nd.
Mrs. Rebecca McVey, wife of Samnel
McVey a prominent farmer of Mt, Pleasant,
Delaware, died on Sunday, aged II years
There was big catch of herring at Car
penter's Point on the North East river, on
Saturday one thousand barrels were caught
A curtain caught fire at the residence of
II. Warner McNeal, near Elkton, on Friday,
but it was discovered in time and II serious
fire prevented.
IT, c. Thackery, Esq, has been appointed
attorney of the Mutual Building Association,
of Cecil county, to succeed Clinton McCul-
Tough, deceased.
Edward Taylor, the well known Elkton
liveryman, has sold his promising bay colt
to II. II. Duker of the firm of Otto Dukcr &
Co, lumber dealers of Baltimore.
W. T. Warburton, Esq, has purchased
from the heirs of John Gaitside, deceased,
the "Rock Valley Factory property on Big
North East creek. at the foot of Gilpins Falls.
The patrons OF Washington public school
near Bay View, are soliciting subscriptions
to purchase "A flag for the school. and which
will be presented at an early date, of which
due notice will be given.
The weather bureau has compiled stat
istics of MAY weather in this section of Mary
land for the past twenty-four years. The
average temperature was Ga degrees and the
average precipitation was 3.55 inches.
Frank II. Barbon, by his attorney. Il. c.
Thackery, has brought suit in the Circuit
Court for Cecil county, against Howard
Terry of Rising sun, for $4,000 damages, for
alleged SANDER. The developments in the
case promise to be interesting.
The Section work train force under
Thomas Kelley on Saturday finished laying
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railroad from the Big Elk Bridge to the Elk
ton Station, and the force is now engaged
putting i'll new ties and in evelinS the stone
ballast.
The funny man was around on Wednes-
day the day the prohibtory liquor law went
into effect and he took an observation. DO
you know" said he. "Elkton is now Para
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driven out He was also heard to remark
that "Wednesday was the day Cecil county
seeded from the State Of Nlaryland.'
AT the last meeting of the Board of Trus-
tees of Delaware College the directors of En-
pertinent Station read a report for the year
1894 and was directed to prepare an abstract
for publication, and to cause the abstract to
be stereotyped, and to offer the plates to
each of the twenty-one papers of the State
for their use, if they saw fit to publish this
matter.
John L. McGaw, manager of the Elkton
cannery of McGaw & Smith, was in town ON
Monday looking toward the coming canning
season. The cannery will begin operations
about August Sth. III addition to corn and
tomatoes, peaches will be canned this year
provided the fruit can be secured Last year
the cannery packed 1900 cases of tomatoes,
and 1000 cases Of corn.
Mr.. Il. q. Nicholson, president Of t. g
Chestertown Creamery and Ice Company, who
recently bought the machinery and plant of
the burned ice and creamery outfit, has con
tracted with the Remington Machine Con-
pany, of Wilmington, Del. to rebuild the Ice
plant, with IA daily capacity OF six tons.
Work has commenced and the plant is to be
in operation in three weeks.
Several former Elkton Stock Farm horses
were sold at the combination sale of trottcrs
at the Philadelphia Tattersall on Wednesday.
Wilkes Bird. b :, IL, record 2.27la, 10y Jay
Bird. dam Vera was bought by c. Chambers
for S43O. Sonnet, ch $, 9, record 80 by
Grand Sentinel dam Nellie Clause, was sold
to George A. Singerly for $3.50. Elkton, big,
5, by Fayette Wilkes, dam Rena C., was
bought by L. W. Taylor, of Elkton, for 300,
PROF rietor John T. Wilson of the Howard
House, Elkton, has in his possession num-
Der of curios, among them being Sharp's
carbine rifle that was owned by John Brown
the Harper's Ferry insurrectionst. The rifle
was carried and used in the raid by A. d.
Stephens, and bears his initials. Stephens
was hung with Brown. Mr.. Wilson was pre-
scented the rifle by the Rev. William $. Ham
mond, a minister of the Methodist Protestant
Church who was stationed at Harper's Ferry
at the time of the insurrection. The rifle is u
good shooter and is in good order. Mr.. Wilson
has frequently used it, and has fired bullet
through three inch piece of solid oak.
DIR. James a. Steuart, secretary of the
State board ofhealth, reported to Governor
Brown on Tuesday that the smallpox cpl
demic in Charles county would be etfectually
stamped out within ten days. Only two
cases have developed since the board took
charge. and these, DIR. Steuart said, infected
prior to that time. The spread of the disease
was checked by vaccination, disinfection and
burning of articles of clothing with which
those affected came into contact. At present
only five of the original cases remain and no
new cased have developed for three weeks.
There were three deaths since the appearance
of the disease, two adults and one child.
Governor Brown complimented the board on