The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-08-03
THE NEWS In BRIEF.

--Whoopiug cough is epidemic in Perry
vile.
All OF the PENN, ula camp meetings are
being well attended.
The houses of Asbnry Burnitc and Wm.
Drake. at Banks. were Uttered ty sneak
thieves on Saturday Il trrnoon and robbed of
various articles.
The i 'ou4;htun property consisting OF
acres OF and, in the 7th di>;r't-was sold
on Saturday to EIkt.m ~ W. T. Warburton.
trustee, to John ). >lt''. "t Leeds. for $3.50,
Mr.. Hyland Mtrrt-, well known farmer
near this town. has h'~t four hogs during the
past few weeks. They seem t. be unable to
swallow, their .hroats being swollen, and
hard fool causing them pain. He has two
now so affected.
While watching practice game OF base
ball at the Elkton Fair Grounds on Saturday
afternoon. Chester Scott. aged 10 years. was
struck in the face 10y thrown bali and rem
dered un,ou- .ious DR.. Bratton attended
him and he soon recovered.
AT the annual meeting OF the members OF
the Farmers and Mechanics Insurance
Association of Coed county, held at Calvert
on Saturday last, the old officers were re-
elected with the exception OF on" director.
and Mr. Samuel Ct. Bye re elected secretary
and treasurer
Two deaths of prominent young men
occurred in Havrc de Grace on saturday last.
Clinton \. smith. of the firm of Smith Il
Kenny. grocers died of typhoid fever aged
twenty seven. John J. R"iiinston died Of
stomach trouble after n very short illness.
He was thirty two years of age, married, and
leaves wife and three small children.
Harvest reports are now coming i'll from
the various sections OF the county. Henry
C. johnson, of Bay View, reports yield of
% bushels OF wheat. and 10 bushels of oats
per acre. +. W. Clifford, of Blueball, threshcd
30S bushels of oats from acres; Curtis,
Cameron. of Zion. 60 bushels OF oats per
acre. aud Jesse IIambcton, Of Calvert, 20
bushels OF oats per acre.
John Whitney a Philadelphia boy sin
teen wears Of age, who j, spending the sum
mer at the home of Miss Mary Miller. near
Beers Corner. was out shooting with Il rife
Oh Monday. when i'll getting under fence
he dropped the fire arm. which went of.
The hail entered his right arm, lodging Ill
the muscle. He was brought to Elkton. and
attended 10y DR.. Howard Bratton.
DR.. j. II. lamar. Secretary OF the County
Board of Health has received II communica-
ton from Il number of citizens near Earle
willie, complaining of the unsanitnry condition
Of Il separator plant there Prompt action
was taken in the matter, and the proprietor
notified To- ahate the nuisance. \ stagnant
ice pond in the Sixth district was abatcd i,y Il
recent order of the health off 'cr.
Peter Riley. n young Adouis Of Newark,
Del, hal rather expensive visit to kenh"it
Squtr" Il few evenings ago. He had Son" To-
the quiet town to s'c his lady love. and Mile
walking alUu. the street in her company he
drew from his vest pocket several - notes.
becoming deeply absorbed in conversation
upon some important topic, he began wrap
ping the notes about his fingers, and finally
III an atsoulmiuAcd moment tore them up
and threw them into the street. thinking that
h" hal been twisting ordinary paper between
hi, fingers. When he realized his mistake he
snuntorcd back and picked up the fragments
Of th" notes. - Ii'csi chester Ne,rS.
The Board of Trustees oIthe Elkton Pres,
bytorian Church adopted IL seal this week,
which is the first one the board has used
although it has been a corporate body for 62
years. The church was Incorporated in May,
1888. The lot on which the present church
stands was fought the following August
The present church was built about in 1872.
DR.. j. II. lamar the present secretary OF the
board has held that position since 1871. The
first trustees of the church were: Frisby
Henderson, Edward Wilson. John kinkead,
Andrew McIutire John c. Groome, Amos y.
Evans Adam Whann. James J.. Miles, Moses
Scott Rev. Hugh Hamel was the first pas
tor and his salary was fixed at 1900 per
annum.
The peninsula fruit growers are protest.
ing against the high freight rates which are
charged them by the railroad company. They
5talc tllat TWO years ago the lfciSht VI d Jas
ket of peaches was II cents, and that accord
ingly one-half of the proceeds of the crop
went to the railroad company. The low
through freight rates allow the growers OF
California and Georgia to compete with the
Delaware growers in their own markets,
whereas if the Delaware men could get favor
able rates the peaches from other States
would be distanced in the race for low prices
The Delaware men claim that the freight was
50 high that in some cases the peaches would
no more than pay it, and the grower would
get nothing for the carload of peaches which
he shipped The indications are that the
rates this year will be no lower than they
were at that time.