The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-07-04
JULY.
THE NEWS in BRIEF.


ger property at Waterford.
p. j. Ready who has been appointed
light house keeper at Baltimore. has entered
upon his duties.
Joshua Mckay. ESQ, has been appointed
attorney for the Excelsior Branch of the
Calvert Building and Loan Association.
The Comptroller has made the annual
distribution of the free school fund. payable
On the 18th Of July. Cecil County's share is
:1.6l2.s4.
Walter d. George who has conducted the
grocery business for several years on High
street. has discontinued his store TO engage
in the livery business.
-Easton is possibly the first town i'll Mary
land to tax bicycles, its Board OF Commits
sioners having decided to impose tax of one
dollar year on all persons owning wheels.
e. S. Seminar, contractor of this county,
has been awarded the contract OF remodehnS
the city hall in Havre de Grace, at bid OF
s3.4OO 1t will be converted into an opera
house to seat $50 people.
Parties desiring locations for tents ON
Woodlawn camp ground this year if con-
yenient please meet the board of managers
on the grounds Tuesday July 18th at clock.
c. $ Abrahams, Secretary.
Joseph Veazey. OF North East, who was
convicted at the December term of Court for
violating the prohibitory law and sentenced
10 the House of Correction for nine months,
has been pardoncd by the Governor.
The Roberts property. consisting of
house and lot mt Elk Landing. was sold at
the Court House door Tuesday morning by
John $. Writ, trustee. to Manly bremen. for
Sl4O0. 4. p. Shockley was the auctioneer.
The Cecil County Agricultural Sorietys
Catalogue of Premiums to he awarded II the
Elkton Fair this year. has been printed at the
WHO Office, and shipped to the hindery.
The Catalogues will be ready for distribution
next week.
While working on his farm at Calvert
several days ago William Wilson. Jr. dug up
Spanish coin dated IVA. Many years ago
these coins were in circulation in this coun-
try under the name of eleven-penny bit. con-
monty called ''levy.'
The work on the new High School build
ing in West Elkton. is being rapidly pushed.
The masons will finish the foundation walls
this week. The school board have been
furnished with corner stone 10y McClenahan
Bros. which will he laid without ceremony.
A meeting of Republicans and all others
favorable to the election of Mckinley and
Hobart, will be held at the office of Henry NJ
Mccullough. ESQ on Wednesday evening
next at s o'clock p. M, for the purpose of
organizing permanent Republican Club for
the Third district
Mrs. Hannah Riddle. native of Elkton.
died on Monday afternoon at her home at
Kentmere. near Wilmington. aged 81 years.
She was the widow of James Riddle who for
many years was engaged in cotton manufac-
turing at Riddles Banks. She was an aunt
of j. S. Niblock. of oxford. Pa.
The Young Mems Republican Club OF the
Seventh Election District met on June 29th
at the usual place of meeting and elected the
following officers: Richard S. Brown. Presi-
dent; VIM. J. Brown. Vice President; James
Hill. Treasurer: VIM. Z. Cornish. Secretary;
James H. Randall, Assistant Secretary: j. H.
Mitchell Jr. Corresponding Secretary.
AT a meeting OF Elkton Council. No. 90.
Jr. o. L. A. NJ. held Tuesday evening the
following officers were elected for the ensuing
year: Councillor. Charles A. Boulder Vice
Councillor Benjamin H. Davis: Conductor.
Harry o. Dean; Warden, Dennis Pope: Inside
Sentinel Elwood George: Outside Sentinel,
Grant Taylor; Assistant Secretary. Ollie
Reed Chaplain. J. o. Mccullough.
The Elkton Foundry, James f. Powers.
proprietor. is now at the height of a busy
season, with a large number of orders on
hand. Fifteen hands are now employed.
The orders now in hand include, castings for
AZ machines for stretching morocco, for f. +.
Slocum & Co., Wilmington, for which firm
the foundry has already cast 80 machines.
They will also make the castings for a number
of can-capping machines for the Remington
Machine Company, of Wilmington, and will
I'll large miscellaneous order from the
Brass Foundry Supply Company, of Newark.
n. j.
!. N. Mills, special agent of the Philadel
phla. wilmington Baltimore Railroad. has
made his annual estimate of the peach crop
of the Peninsula for 1896. and it will be the
largest crop since 1875. Mr.. Mills estimate
places it at 6,600000 baskets This will no
doubt be surprise to many, as the impress
sion has been for several years that the
number of peach trees on the Peninsula was
constantly decreasing; but the fact of the
matter is. while many have been pulled up in
the northern part of this section in the
southern part of the Peninsula thousands of
young trees have been set out and now they
have begun to bear fruit.
Since the election of Professor George A.
Harter to be President of Delaware College
there has been much interest taken in the
affairs of the Newark Institution by members
of the Alumni Association and others. A
large number of students is expected to enter
next year. Until the opening of the college
term the school will really have two presi-
dents. The term OF DR.. A. N. Raub will not
expire until September. and Professor Harter
has been elected to succeed him, although his
salary as president will not begin until Sep.
TENDER. Both the presidents, however. will
consider il their duty To do all that thew nan