The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-02-01
WING OFFICE TELEPHONE, No ~.
THE NEWS in BRIEF.

The creameries at Chestertown paid from
$1.05 to F1.10 per 100 for milk the past
month.
A fire on Red Hill on Tuesday night
burned over ten acres of woodland owned 10y
the Gilpin estate
w. 7. b. Robertson of Rising sun, has n
copy of the Journal of the Senate Of the
United States of the year 1871.
Mrs. Mary A. Wilmer died at her residence.
near Chestertown. on Friday afternoon. last
week, aged seyenty-two years She leaves
large landed interests in Kent countH. 70 be
divided among her four children.
General Joseph l.. Topham OF the Equi-
tible Life Assurance Society of the U. S. has
been in town for the past few days visitirs; his
old schoolmates Reuben Hanes, ESQ. and
Dr. J. H. lamar. He has met excellent success
in writing risks here.
Poser Cassidy. the Wilmington baseball
player who has frequently played on the
Elkton club. has signed articles of agree
ment to play with the Louisville, club during
the coming season. He had been holding the
matter under advsement for some time.
-Hyland p. Smith, prominent and highly
respected citizen of Kent county, died near
Smithyille. aged seventy-seven years. The
town of Smithville took its name from the
deceased, who was the original owner of the
village. and the first to build house there.
The schooner Manaway, which was
owned by Captain Thomas Camp, who was
murdered at Chesapeake City on January
End, was removed to Goshen. Cape May
county. n. j.. on Saturday by his son, Frank
Camp. The schooner at the time of the
murder had just come off the Deibert dry
dock, when repairs had been made to
her
Home Council, No. 4, Sr. o. U. A. NJ,
held an oyster and poultry supper at the
residence of VIM. T. Mccullough, near
Theodore on Thursday night. This is n new
lodge, having been instituted in December
and the manner in which the community
aided them in their supper promises success.
There were 1872 supper tickets sold. Net
proceeds over $50.
Detective Barney McVey, of Wilmington,
came to Elkton on Tuesday and summoned
David Howard Harris, colored, of this town,
to appear as u witn IS in the case of the
colored boy. David Grinnage, charged with
the murder of the aged colored woman
Harriet Lewis, near Glasgow, which will be
taken up in the court in that city on Monday
next. Harris returned to Wilmington with
the detective.
There is big fight going on between the
oystermen of Maryland. 1t is claimed that
the Eastern Shore tongers and the East
ern Shore scrapers are each trying to
have laws passed which will benefit them
and to have the other way of catching
oysters stopped. Oyster packers say they
they could not get enough oysters to
pack was it not for the scrapers. On the
other hand the tongers claim that the scrapcrs
ar destroying the beds.
Harry W. Bell Of East High street,
showed to u WING reporter on Tuesday, an
interesting relic of the Revolutionary war in
the shape of IA felt hat worn by Lieutenant
Allen McLane, of the Fourth Regiment of
Delaware Volunteers, the date written in the
hat being 1885. This hat was found among a
number of articles in the garnet of the
house while they were in the act of moving.
The hat has large brim which is turno d up
making it triangular in form.
The young boys of Elkton, principally of
the West End, have organized an athletic
club and secured IA suitable room for gym
nasium purposes on West Main street The
name of the organization is the Star Athletic
Club, the officers of which are: President
Howard Watson; Treas, Charles Larzalere;
Secretary. Allie Maxwell. The club gave Il
reception to its lady friends on Saturday
evening, at which refreshments were served.
Frank II. Bradbury, of Elkton, this week
received from Il. w. Jester. the we'll known
dog fancier of Wilmington, a Mexican hair
less gip. three years old. 1t is a finely bred
and valuable dog and is quite curiosity in
this section. The dog is entirely hairless and
the appearance of the skin is like that of IA
young elephant-but of course much finer
and not so tough as the hide of Jumbo was
Mr.. Bradbury has always been an admirer of
the canine and this new acquisition to his
kennel is one in which he takes much
interest.
AT the annual meeting of the Oxford
Agricultural Society, composed of Chester
and Lancaster counties, Pa, and Cecil
county, Nd, these officers were elected:
President w. H. Hogg; Vice-President,
Henry Cope, DR.. L. II. Mackie, of Fair Hill,
Nd, and Ellis Duyckinck, of Calvert Md;
Corresponding Secretary, Milton Walker;
Recording Secretaries, II. G. Thomas and
w. j. Armstrong; Treasurer, +. G. Andrews;
Managers, F. T. Garnet, Ellwood Webster,
DIR. ]. P. Miller, r. W Bye, r. M. Coulter,
A. J. Michner, of Colora, Md; DR.. NJ E.
Conrad and H. d. Hodgson.