The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-09-05
WING OFFICE TELEPHONE, No 20.
THE NEWS in BRIEF.

james E. Dean is building a house OF
Mitchell street.
The public schools throughout the count,
opened on Tuesday.
A. G. Brown killed on Wednesday a
Cedar Poirt a copper head snake.
The County Commissioners will meet OF
Tuesday, September Is, instead of septem
Der s.
The rail and reed bird season opens toda,
and good sport is looked for. Birds are re-
ported as plentiful.
The oyster season opened on Tuesday
and the Elkton restaurants are now bu-.
serving 'Oysters in every style"
Nineteen schooners loaded with popli
wood consigned to Vim. NJ. Singcrly were
lying at the wharves on Thursday.
Fred. Spittle, an employee at tn" pull
works, had his left arm caught in the caien
ders on Tuesday and was badly bruised
Fortunately no bones were broken.
-Tramps are now making their appearance
in goodly numbers. One night recently one
the coat of the night Waterman at the Keys
& Miller Company's lumber yard.
DIR. 5. Claude Sykes. VIM. II. Nelson, j
Will Perkins. S. j. Keys, c. NJ. Boulder and
Fred c. Ludwig made up fishing party
down the Elk river on Thursday. AT Arnolds
Bar they made a large catch of white perch
Charles H. Stevenson. connected with the
United States Fish Commission, was in Elk
ton this week and made an inspection of tae
streams in this section preparatory to the
work of stocking them with fish next season
In the appropriation for fee school books
Cecil county receives $500, which is over
$1,000 short of the amount required to supply
the text books for the schools of the county.
The deficiency will have to be made up by
the school board.
Con stable Emory Lee arrested Frank For
aier of Union, Wednesday morning on war
rant sworn out by his wife, Gertrude Foraker,
for assault and non-support. Magistrate
Groves committed Foraker to the Elkton
Jail for Il further hearing.
A vote was taken by passenger on the fast
mail on the p. w. Il b. Railroad on Monday
morning between Havre de Grace and Balti-
more with the following result: Mckinley 49,
Bryan 6. Five OF the Mckinley voters stated
they were formerly Democrats.
The banks and public Offices will be close |
on Monday. September 7, it being Labor Day,
a legal holiday. Paper maturing on Monday
must be attended TO today. Governor Lowndes
in his proclamation recommends the days
Observance by general cessation of business
Mrs. Ellen Plling, the wife of eX-State
Senator John Pilling, OF Delaware, died at
the home of her husband in Newark on Sun
day morning. The funeral took place on
Wednesday afternoon at 2 O'Clock, interment
at the Head of Christiana Presbyterian
Cemetery.
The annual session OF the Hartford County
Teachers Institute opened in Bel Air on
Monday. The state and county appropriation
for public schools in Hartford county is about
100000 per annum. There are lis teachers
100 schoolhouses with an average attendance
of 3,400 pupils.
The new Mt Royal Station OF the b. & o
Railroad in Baltimore was opened on Tues.
day. All trains on the Philadelphia division
stop at this station which is located up town
at the junction OF Mt. Royal avenue anC
Cathedral street. and within a short distance
OF Union Station, the Pennsylvania Railroad
depot.
The Eleventh Annual Convention of the
Cecil County W. C. r. U. will meet at Calvert
on Wednesday September 9th. Sessions
beginning at $50 a. M, 1870 a. m. and 7.3(
p. m. Mrs. Mortin and Mrs. Haslup will be
present during the day and evening. and A
P. Hutchinson, OF Oxford, will address the
evening session.
Norman S. Will, Of Rowlandville, Ceci
county. hauled his outline in the river OF
Tuesday, with an astonishing result II,
found that a large eel had gulped down bal
and hook in the night and that the eel haC
wrapped itself around a 16-pound rock fish
Mr.. Will says the eel held the rock fish very
firmly and strength was necessary to UNLOCK
them.
The County Commissioners have awarded
the contract for building the colored schoo
house near Earleville to Edward Stapp. o
Chesapeake City, at S495. The following pro
posals were received for the work: Samuel 7
Ryan & Son, Risingsun, S643: George W
Jackson, Principle, $500; A. NJ. Strickland
Elkton. 1927; Edward Stapp, Chesapeake,
City, 5495.
There was an exciting runaway on Nortl
street on Tuesday morning. colt driven by
James Flippen north of town broke oos,
from the carriage and with the harness dang
ling ran down North street and turning into
Main street collided with a suky to which
Aaron Samms was driving another colt. The
sulky was partly demolished but Mr.. Sammi
escaped injury. The horses were not hurt.