The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-04-18
THE NEWS in BRIEF.

degrees in the shade in the month of April.
Work on the new dornitory ut Washing
ton College, Chestertown. will soon be com
menced.
Michael j. Heating, citizen of Centre
vile. well known over the Eastern Shore.
died On Saturday.
Willie Tibbett, the seven year Old sou, of
William Tibet, OF Elkton, fell on Tuesday
and fractured his right arm.
The oyster supper for the benefit ofthe NJ.
L. Church at Badwins will be continued
tonight. lee cream and cake he'd in
abundance.
The regular April meeting of the Cecil
Farmers Club will be held at the residence
of George W. Sutton, near PerryvllIr, on
Wednesday next, April %.
Henry sheppard, of Tennessee, a drug
cist, who had rented the Rudulph store build
ing ON Main Street, and had opened Il drug
store. decided to give up the venture here.
and this week moved back to Tennessee
Tho Women's Relief Corps OF Wngate
Post No. 0, q. A. r.. will hold IA gypsey and
in q. A. II. Hall, to raise funds to buy lot
for veterans in the NJ. E. Cemetery OF North
East.
The |. 0. 5. c., Leeds Council, held IA
meeting Monday April -, and elected the
following officers: J. Hayes McCauley.
President; Ernest A. Howard, Vice Presidents
William b. Settle. Secretary; George NJ.
Settle, Treasurer.
l. II. Ascherfeld the we'll known must
clan and composer, of Havre de Grace has
published a new march which is attracting
much attention. entitled the "Havre de Grace
School March, and which is dedicated to
Prof Charles T. Wright
Mr.. Henry Rowan the father of William
and John Rowan of the First District is lying
in Il precarious condition physically. Mr..
Rowan is in his nnety-fourth year, and is a
native of New Castle county Del, although Il
resident of this county number of years.
George W. Wheatone jockey on his
way to Elkton, was arrested in Baltimore on
Sunday, and committed to Jail in default of
fine. for disorderly conduct. Wheatone is
q years of age, and stated that he was
better known to the sporting world as
Palmer
National Representative S. ]. Keys. and
Past Councillors P. NJ. Groves, r. d. Rowland
and Herman LETTERS represented Elkton
Council, No. %, at the annual convention of
this Jr. o. L. A. NJ. Of Maryland, held in
Frederick. on Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday.
Entertainment at Chapel School house
near Wood Lawn on Thursday evening April
23rd, at p. m. by the Port Deposit Orchestra
and Glee Club consisting of vocal and nstru-
mental music. The proceeds are for the
benefit of the Hopewell parsonage fund. Ad-
mission for adults 90 cents, children Is cents.
Miss Louisa W, Dallam. aunt of Secretary
of State Richard Dallam, died at her home, in
Belair. at late hour Friday night, of last
week Of Bright's disease of the kidneys. Miss
Dalam was sixty eight years old. She was a
sister Of the late Major Vim. Dallam. Her
brother, John $. Dallam, OF Belair survives
her.
A Christian Endeavor Convention will be
held at Havre de Grace ON Friday May 9th in
the Presbyterian Church of that place. This
convention is to reach Endeavorers in the
counties Of Hartford, Baltimore, Kent, Queen
Annes and Cecil, and doubtless many will be
present. An unusually good programme is
mapped out and will be announced later.
The warm and wet weather has had a
very beneficial effect upon the growing wheat
which shows a fast growth. Up to the past
several days, the wheat has looked poor, but
it is now in very good shape. Grass is also
doing nicely. The farmers as IL general
thing are backward in their work this year
owing to the recent bad weather A large
quantity Of oats was sown this week.
On the charge of making false state
ments against Judges Wickes and Stump, and
Sheriff Berry, in an affidavit in connection
with the Marshall Z. Price. murder case, the
Caroline County Court, Judges Russum,
Wickes, and Stump, disbarred Willard +.
Taylor, young Baltimore lawyer. on Mon
day. Taylor made a denial of the charges,
but the Court regarded them us sufficient to
sustain the action.
W J. Lake. of near Chesapeake city,
exhibited at the WING Office on Monday an
unusually large goose egg-and of which the
goose that laid it should Justly feel proud.
The egg weighed l2i > ounces. and measured
in circumference. lengthwse, 1871 inches,
and, around, 81 inches. Mr.. Lake stated
that it was the largest goose egg he had ever
seen. 1t weighed as much as about six
ordinary hen eggs.
AT the recent meeting of the Annual State
Council of Jr. O L. A. NJ. which met this
week at Frederick Md, Mr.. Il. D. Rowland of
this town was elected Jr. State Vice Coun-
sellor. The Delegates to the State Council
from Cecil, were Il. ID. Rowland. s. j. Keys.
Philip NJ. Groves, Herman LETTERS, of Elkton.
George Shredder of Chesapeake City, James
II. Smith and VIM. Canaan of Ceciton. L.
H. Ward and Walter Boyd, of Perryvillc.
Robt. McCauley, and John y. Daniel of
Childs.
The "Saranac' the largest naphtha yacht
yet built, passed through the locks at Chesa-
peake City ON Monday en- route from Bslti
more to New York. The yacht is twin-screw
vessel driven by independent engines which
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