The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-05-16
WING OFFICE TELEPHONE, No. 20.
THE NEWS in BRIEF.

-Ihe publ1c SCHOOLS throughout the county
will close May Goth.
John T.. Carver, of Havre de Grace. has
been appointed Clerk to the Board of Mama
gers of the House of Correction.
The scholars of the Elkton public schools
gave a successful literary and musical enter
tainment yesterday. Friday afternoon.
The May term of the Circuit Court for
Hartford county began on Monday at Belair.
Judge James d. Waters on the bench.
The double frame house on East High
street. owned by Mrs. Martha Stewart. of
PHILADELPHIA, is being reprinted 10y Parker
Brothers.
Henry r. Torbert Esq. of the WHIG.
will deliver the Grafton at the Memorial Day
exercises of John Rodgers Post, G. A. Il. at
Havre de Grace.
The directors of the Mutual Fire In>ur-
ance Company. of Cecil county will hold
their regular quarterly meeting in Elkton on
Tuesday morning.
The regular May meeting OF the Cecil
Farmers Club, will be held at Col. Enoch
Noyes' near Port Deposit on Wednesday
next the Goth inst.
The business outlook at Deiberts boat
yards. Elkton, is most encouraging SuIc-
lent orders are now in to keep the yards
busy until the Fall.
An examination for teachers in the
public schools of the county will be held
in Elkton on Tuesday. June 2, and in Port
Deposit on Wednesday, June 3.
DR.. S. Claude Sykes. George McAllistcr
and James L. Evans. represented Union
Lodge, No. AS. A. F. and A. NJ. of Elkton,
at the meeting of the Grand Lodge in Balt-
more, on Tuesday night.
John A. Groves. prominent citizen of
Kent county, cousin of Magistrate 7. NJ.
Groves. of Elkton. died at his homo in
Quaker Neck on Monday. aged siXty-two
years He engaged extensively in peach
growing and was known as The Peach King
OF Kent county,
Leeds public school will hold an ice
cream festival in the grove adjoining the
school house on Friday evening, May goth.
If the weather is stormy the festival will he
held the next evening. A large attendance is
solicited, Proceeds to be applied to replen-
ishing the school library.
Mrs Rena Rosan Scott. wife of DR.. j.
Ward Scott, of Belair. died in New York on
Saturday morning. Mrs. Scott was a Miss
Rosan. Of Baltimore city, and had resided
in Hartford county for many years. She was
about forty-fve years of age and leaves two
daughters, both living in New York city.
The Democratic county primaries have
been called for Saturday, May %, the county
convention to be held on the following Tues
day, May 26, to elect four delegates to the
State Convention, in Baltimore, on June 10.
and four delegates to the Congressional Con-
vention to be held in Havre "e Grace on
September End.
The Baltimore and Delaware Bay Rail
road Company. whose line runs from Ches-
tertewn to Clayton, recently took novel
bnt successful way of doing some light grad
ing. An iron bar was placed on the front
of the locomotive and to each end of this bar
was attached a plough. Then the ground on
on both sides was nicely graded in that way.
General Manager Green of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, has awarded contracts
for 5000 new freight cars, to be used, in the
equipment of the road. The aggregate cost OF
the new cars will be about 80, 800, 900. The
bids are in for the Is new locomotives to be
added to the equipment of the road and the
contracts for these will be awarded within n
week or ten days.
In Queen Anne the grand jury on Tues
day found four indictments against Mr.. b.
Palmer Heating, of Centrevillc. for alleged
embezzlement. Mr.. Heating was brought
into court and gave bail in the sum Of IS .00O
for his appearance from day to day until
trial. His arrest caused sensation and it is
being discussed on all sides. Mr.. Heating. to
Ureporter stated that he had been unfortu-
nate. but had done nothing with criminal in
tent. The changes are preferred by several
parties who have entrusted money in his
hands rs trustee and attorney. Mr. Heating
is a brother of State Tax Commissioner Thos
S. Heating and has always occupied promi-
nent place in that community. He was ac-
tive in politics and has many friends in that
county who sympathize with him in his
trouble. He is well known ON the Eastern
Shore