The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-09-12
THE NEWS in BRIEF.

Saturday, for a thirty day meet.
Contractor Jacob Rambo has begun the
erection of Il residence on Maffit Street for
Irwin Deibcrt.
The North Street Market, A. G.. Brown,
proprietor. started out a handsome now de-
livery wagon this week.
The September meeting of the Cecil Far
mers club will be held on the l6lh. at the
residence OF E. L. Duyckinck.
A thief entered the room in which John
T. Hanes, of Colora. was sleeping on Satur
day night and stole 517 from the pockets OF
his clothing.
-Childs Council, Jr. o. L. A. NJ. will hold
festival at Childs on Wednesday evening.
September 16 Delicious refreshments and a
delightful time Be sure to come.
-Hyand, the 7-year-old son of j. Harry
Marshbank, while playing on the fence at the
home of his parents on Bow street on Satur-
day fell breaking his arm in two places.
The eighth annual reunion of the Fourth
Delaware Regiment Association will be held
at Shellpot Park, Wilmington, on Thursday,
September IT. Prominent speakers will be
present.
Elmer Janney. who purchased the Black
son property near Andora, is making eNten
sive improvements. having completed Il large
barn 35x61 feet He is now building a frame
dwelling house.
The friends and pupils of Fair Hill school
will hold u festival on the school grounds on
Friday evening, Sept 18th. Proceeds to
to be used in the purchase of additional books
for the school library.
The Dominion Stable, now located at
Ekton, has named one of its running horses
Ii Hung Chang. in honor of the Chinese
viceroy. The horse is a bay selding by
Reveller, dam Regards.
The schooner Robert II. Rathburn. with
cargo OF pulp wood from Nova Scotia for
Conowingo Paper Mills, has arrived in charge
OF Captain Howes Crowe!l. The schooner is
large thrce-masted one.
The colored voters of Elkton have orsa-
ni2ed Mckinley and Hobart club. The
officers are: j. H. Moore, President: Henry
Chase Vice President: Moses McCabe, Treas
urer; Thomas Harris, Secretary.
AT hearing before Magistrate Groves,
Frank Foraker, of near Union, was held
under 800 bail for court, to answer the
charge of assault and non-support preferre
by his wife Gertrude Foraker. He gave bail.
Camp meetings on the Peninsula were
poorly attended this year. Why it was no
one can tell. The warm weather intericrred
with Brandywine Summit camp meeting, hut
thi, was not true in the cases of the other
CAM meetings.
The Touring mill OF Mclaughlin Brothers
near Cowantown. operated by Howard Scott,
has been renovated and equipped with the
latest improved patented process machinery,
made by the Wolfe Manufacturing Company
at Chambersburg, Pa. The mill commenced
operation last week.
"A special election in Aberdeen last Satur.
day declared in favor of issuing SIS, 900 for
the purpose of establishing water works and
lights. The vote was carried by small ma
jority in favor OF water works and lights.
The election was held at the instance of the
town commissioners.
A bicycle stolen from H H Bowdcn in
Oxford, Pa. last week was recovered in Elk
ton, where it had been purchased by Rudolph
Bennett, of Elkton. from Haines West The
stolen bicycle was advertised and Mr.. Bennett
seeing the description notified the owner that
the property was in his possession.
The Peninsula is to be invaded by the
circus man. For several seasons the PENN
sula has been visited by but two circuses,
and they had monopoly of the business.
One of them came toward the last This
season they will not have everything their
own way. The circus which has been doing
all of the business on the Peninsula in the
first part of the season is sandwiched in be-
tween two other circuscs, and they promise
to get their share of the business.
The Peninsula peach crop was about
finished up this week. 1t is estimated that
about S1,000,O00 has been received from the
crop this season, which is not one-half OF
what was received last year. The average
price OF peaches this year has not been over
% cents basket, while last year it was about
rs cents. There were several causes for the
falling off in price. One of them was that
the fruit was very poor and another was the
hard times. The hard times made money
scarce among the working people and they
are the ones who buy peaches. The quality
OF tie fruit is blamed on the long and dry
spell of weather which visited this Peninsula
The warm sun ripened the peaches faster than
was natural and in consequence they had
neither the size nor flavor OF the average
Peninsula peach. Many who dealt in peaches
lost money by the transaction and no one
made any. Last year the man who had an
orchard full of peaches had an orchard full
of dollars but this was not the case this year.