The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-08-24
THE NEWS in BRIEF.

Kent county is complaining of the tramp
nuisance.
A pension has been issued to William F.
Cherry, of Calvert.
Charles II. Smith is building a new
kitchen to his residence on West High street.
Havtc de Grace is having it's houses
numbered and streets named. The work is
being done 10y the same parties who did it at
Elkton.
Ct T.. Bcckncr, of IIaSerstown. has
bought out the photograph gallery ofShaddle
and Busser, in the Payne block, Elkton, and
is now conducting the business.
The Cecil County patrons of the WI
mington Grand Opera House, will be inter:
estcd to learn that it has been leased by Mr..
Jesse X. BayIis, of that city, Il former man
agcr
The adjourned annual meeting o: the
stockholders of the Mutual Building Assoai;.-
ton of Cecil county will be held Mt the office
of the secretary, George A. Blake, in Elkton
on Monday night.
Both Rehobeth and Ocean City. the Pen
insula summer resorts, are doing a good
business this season, and the number of per
sons at the former is probably the greatest
in its history. The latter is much better pat
ronized than usual on account of the better
railroad facilities
Frank Mcdaniel and Rudolph Ash. who
are witnesses in the case of State vs..
Robert Wilson, charge of selling liquor. We're
arrested and committed to jail on Saturday,
their bondsmen having withdrawn bond md
surrendered them. Their bondsmen We're
Thomas Drennen and Harry W. Bell.
Daniel Gofr. of Millville. n. j., who has
been engaged in mining clay in this county
for some time past is now operating mine
Of clay of excellent quality on the farm Of
c. W. Grant at Elder station, on the B. & o.
railroad, Nj. Golf will begin shipping the
cay to the potteries of the Philadelphia
Pottery Company next week.
Henry Ferguson and William Ferguson
OF North East who were charged with the
larceny of goods from the stores of several
North East merchants, were arrested on
Tuesday 10y constable George I Murray and
Were brought to the Elkton Jail that mornin.
The Fergusons were out on bail furnished 10y
William Cambria, who surrendered the bail
and hence the men were taken into custody.
The large band of Brazilian gypsies that
recently passed through Cecil county, attr.'t
ing so much attention mainly because OF
petty thicying, seems to be meeting rather
rough reception along the line of march
The other day at Mount Winans, near Bali
more. their thieving led to a notification that
the ncghborhood would prefer solitude to
their company. and would send the police
authorities to help them get out of the woods
if they did not move promptly. They moved
i'll the direction of Washington.
Two Baltimoreans c. II. Dewitt and II.
Lamont, Jr., who are walking from Balti-
more to Chicago, H., on wager, arrived in
Elkton at six o'clock on Monday evening.
As they must earn their livelihood cnroutc
the men decided to take cheap lodging over
night and accordingly applied at the jail
and We're Hospitality received by Sheriff
White. They called at the WING office the
register they carry, and which had been
signed 10y other citizens of the town. Tn"
men left Baltimore on Friday night and will
travel by way Of Philadelphia and Niagara
Falls a distance of 1865 miles, and must
reach Chicago on or before November l next
Each carries Il knapsack weighing 80 pounds.
A purse Of $500 is offered by the Cleveland
club of Baltimore. They are confident Of
success barring accident and calculate on
covering 90 miles "A day, which would allow
them to reach their destination two weeks
before November /.
AS published in the WING last week Mr..
William VI. Singerly's steam yacht the I'm
patient" is on the railway at the Pusey
Jones Companys Shipyard, Wilmington,
undergoing alterations. The work will be
completed on Tuesday and the yacht will be
one Of the fleet at the great international
race between the Defender and Nalkyrie Ill.
The Wilmington Morning Netrs thus speaks
ofthe changes being made in the ''lmpatient:
THE yacht is being practically rebuilt. The
model has been changed by raising the Keel
and sharpening the bow. TO do this the
panking was removed from above the water
line on both sides, to the keel. The keel has
been lifted, the fore-foot cut away and the
form Of the timbers changed so that the
vessels draught will not be more than half
what it was originally. The design is to
make the vessel more buoyant and increase
her speed. The rudder will also be changed
At present it is forward of the propeller.
When the work now in progress is COM
pleted the present rudder space will be filed
in with planking and a new rudder put III
abaft the propeller. This is expected to give
the rudder more control of the vessels move
ments and obviate difficulty now caused by
tn" "hurnng of the water by the propeller,