The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-07-11
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Patrick Reedy will move his family 10
Baltimore next week
Elmer Hinson is in Pennsylvania il the
interest of the Deering Binder Company.
Nearly all the privileges of the coming
Elkton Fair have been sold at private sale.
The town was in darkness on Tuesday
night owing to repairs being male at the
power house.
several young men from Chester passed
through Elkton Wednesday on their wheels
en- route to Havre de Grace
A large snapper, weighing 81 pounds,
was caught at the iron bridge. Far Creek. at
the East end of town, on Tuesday.
Charles. the four year old son o: Joseph
Smith, of West Elkton, fell from tcnc" on
Monday breaking his arm at the elbow.
-Elkton has gone in for bicycling this
summer with great spirit and wheels ar" ar
irving every week. The girls are now the
principal buyers
About half OF the men employed on the
new cut of the p. W. & b. Railroad over Iron
Hill have been discharged, owing TO the
work being nearly finished.
A lamp set fire to the woodwork Il; the
residence of F. ]. McGready at Main and
Church streets, but the fire was pat out be-
fore any damage of consequence was done.
The Fourth was quietly observed in Elii
ton. The Hon. William NJ. Singerly had a
fine display of fireworks at his residence in
the evening which attracted many o. the
citizens.
Abraham Mendinhal thrcshed So. bush
els of wheat to the acre on his farm near
Fair Hill last week. The yield is good all
over the county. John L. Crothers. Oh his
farm near College Green. in the Ninth district
had yield OF "a bushels to the acre.
We call special attention to BaUgh
Sons Company's fall advertisement This Did
reliable house is Offering Baugh's Animal
Bone Fertilizers at such low prices that far
mers can use them literally. They are offer
ing special inducements to cash buyers.
1t was intended to open the race track OF
the keystone Racing Association at Iron Hill
to-day but AS the buildings could not he COM
pleted in time and the grounds gotten II
readiness. the opening day has been post
poned. If possible the thrty-day's meeting
will lie opened on Saturday. July IS.
Local assessor Henry H. Glpin reports
that the work in the Third district : pro-
crossing WELL ant that about one fourth OF
the blanks sent out have SO far been returned
ma
County. Enoch Mccullough and Charles W.
Shippers. are now making the canvass in the
First district
The extensive improvements at tt" Provi-
dencc Paper Mills are nearly completed. On
Thursday another paper machine was started
making the number now running ut the mill i.
Another wet machine has been put il opera
ton. This addition made to the capacity Of
the mill will give employment 10 about
twenty-five additional hands.
The annual excursion from Chesapeake
City to Colchester Beach will be given this
year on Thursday, July Both. on the steamer
Emma Giles. These excursions have been
given for the past twenty years by the busi-
ness men Of the town. who this year Civ" the
trip in conjunction with the NJ. Z. Church
and Odd Fellows OF Chesapeake City.
Tickets adults rs cents. children 40 cents.
Little Elk Tribe. No. 80. |. o. r. NJ.
Cherry Hill, elected and Installed the follow
ing officers; Prophet, w. d. Bye; Sarhem,
Geo. II. Campbell; Sr. Sagamore Rev. q. P.
Jones: Jr Sycamore, Theodore Moore; G. of
~ NJ
Grant. After the installation the retiring
Sachem, James Roberts, presented the Tribe
with box of Havana cigars which was highly
appreciated by all present
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Elkton and Middletown Railroad Com
pany was held on Tuesday and the old board
OF directors was elected as follows: Jacob
Tome, Henry Welsh, $. C.. Rowland, Samuel
Raw, Geo. S. Woolley, John p Greene and II.
II. Brady Jacob Tome, president; Samuel
Ray, vice-president; Henry Swartz. secretary
and treasurer. The road is good as far as it
-Sngerly's Mill-but it 'doesnt get on
very fast.
The certificate of incorporation of the
stevenson Wrench Company of Cecil county
recently organized at North East, was He'd
at the Clerks Office on Monday. The in
corporators are: George b. Stevenson. OF
Burlington county, New Jersey, George w.
Cosden, James Mallen, Charles II. Squier,
John S. Simcoe. Andrew Anderson Theo-
dore ]. Abrams, William T. Hammond and
J. Wesley Falls of Cecil county. The cor
poration is formed for the purpose of manu-
featuring Stevenson wrenches and such other
articles of manufacture made of wood, iron,
steel or other metal as the said company may
from time to time determine to make" The
capital stock is $4,000, divided into one
thousand shares Of the par value OF $40.