The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-05-23
WING OFFICE TELEPHONE, No. 80.
THE NEWS in BRIEF.

SEVEN yedrllnp tnorOuSnureu COILS were
received at the Elkton Stock Farm on Tues
day from California.
A carrier pigeon came to the place Of
Robert c. Smith, at Pleasant Hill, on Monday,
having on its leg band with the letters
sd D.
Dr. A. Z. Mcconnell. dentist late of
Washington, has located in Elkton, with
Offices ON Main Street, in the building adjoin-
ing Lewis store.
The Oxford Spring Fair opens on We'd
mes, June 3. and continues three days. The
advertisement containing speed trials
appears in another column.
A horseman named O'Neil was kicked in
the face by horse he was attending at the
Howard House stables on Sunday. His face
was gashed but the bone was not fractured
The body of a fine Irish setter dog was
found near the railroad bridge, east of Elk
ton, on Monday morning, the animal evidently
having been killed by the cars. The dog had
collar bearing the name Cluster"
Alex. Stewart, employed on the new rail-
road work over Iron Hill, had his foot
crushed on Monday by stone falling. An
Italian workman also had a finger slightly
mashed. DIR. H. E. Clemson was called in
attendance.
Joseph L. Worthington, one of Havre de
Grace's most popular young men, died Oh
Saturday night OF consumption, aged thirty
four years. Mr.. Worthington held a clerk
ship in the Internal Revenue Office at Bati-
more. He had been in bad heath for about
two years.
Peninsula basket makers are now get
ting ready for the peach crop. one man in
Georgetown expects to make 100000 baskets
during the season and his factory is by no
means one of the larges on the Peninsula.
This shows enc of the effects OF great peach
crop. Hundreds of men are given work and
much money is expended us a direct result
Of the crop.
The Elk View Homing Club Of Elkton,
shipped u homing pigeons to Odenton, Nd,
on Sunday distance of 6S miles. They
were liberated at 80 p. m. First bird re-
turned home at 500. second bird 3.20l1 third
bird 3.47ls. making the distance in / hour
anu W IllnultS lOI IliSl bIlu. VI lOOO ydEuS
per minute. Two birds were lost. The club
expects to ship to Bowie on Sunday next, IL
distance of rs miles.
The dealers throughout the county are
now taking out the new cigarette licenses,
which it is thought will be more largely
INDUCED in, than were the old $50 ones.
which the sellers of the "cof1in tacks'' didn't
seem to trouble themselves with. The new
license costs $40, and the law provides that
persons selling without them shall be fined
800, one fourth of which shall go into the
pocket Of the informer. The Clerks fee is
SO cents.
An Elkton man was called upon by several
families, who are attending the races now in
progress at Barksdale, to move a number of
articles and baggage from Elkton to that place
on Tuesday, and no inoonsiderable part of
the load were the pets. which included, deer.
three monkeys, parrot and two dogs. On
the way up the monkeys got somewhat unruly
and the parrot flew away but was gotten
back without any profanity on its part. 1t is
religious parrot.
1t said that number Of the enterprising
people in Middletown, Delaware. have decided
to hold a baby show and in which the babies
OF Cecil county will have chance to compete,
as will those of Kent county, 1t will there
fore be case of the babies of two counties of
Maryland against the three counties of Della
ware. Three prizes will be given. There
will be five judges, and they will be chosen
from five different towns so that they will
have no interest in any particular candidate
for prizes.
1t is likely that the next General AS
sembly OF Delaware, will be asked to appro-
pirate sufficient money to make number OF
improvements to Delaware College. The in
stitution is expected to increase the number
Of students in attendance there in the near
future, and more room will be needed. The
room will be needed whether there is any in
crease in the number or not. as the rooms in
the present dormitory building are not
numerous enough to accommodate all who
attend there. There has been talk for some-
time of asking the General Assembly to erect
new dormitory building.
Constable George T. Murray, of North
East. had lively exper fence with tramp.
named John Conner, last week, while taking
him to the House Of Correction to serve sixty
days for vagrancy and for entering the house
OF Andrew Anderson, in North East. Murray
left his man in the charge OF Charles Lum
for short while in North East, when Conner
succeeded in getting away, but was soon
located and captured. Upon arriving in Bal
l.
time slipped away from Murray and was lost
for short while, but as luck would have it,
he afterwards ran right into the officers arms
on the street. This was his last escape and
he was landed at the institution alright.