The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-07-18
THE NEWS in BRIEF.

Hugh, the two year old son of Thomas
McGoldrick, of East High street, died after
an illness of cholera infantum on Wednesday
morning.
William Tagert. the well known builder
OF near Elkton. has received a contract for
the brick work of 105 houses at Wayne June
ton. Philadelphia. Pa.
William Little who has been engaged
upon the new railroad work east of Elkton
on the line of the p. W. g. b. Railroad, re-
moved his family from Elkton to Perryville
on Monday.
Thieves entered the store of Z. ?. Brickley
at Port Deposit in which the Adam Express
office is located, on Monday night. but were
frightened away before they had had time to
secure any booty.
The Elkton Presbyterian Sunday Schoo!
held picnic on Wednesday at Locust Point,
on the Elk river. The trip was made from
Elkton on a barge in tow of a tug boat The
day was very pleasantly spent.
Anna NJ. Shippers. young coored woman
daughter of George Shippers. ST.. died on
Saturday of typhoid fever. aged seventeen
years. Her funeral was held on Monday
afternoon, the remains being inferred in the
A. U. NJ. P. Cemetery.
j. w. Wilson, of Wilmington. Il brake
man on southbound extra freight No. 60
while coupling cars at the Singerly Pulp
Works on Thursday was struck on the head
by coupling pin, receiving painful injury.
He was sent to his home in Wilmington.
Newton Smith, Adolph Ash. and Mrs
Crumpton were each fined Il and costs by
Magistrate Groves on Saturday evening for
disorderly conduct in Elkton on the Fourth
of July. Edward Cannon was fined the same
amount on Monday for disorderly conduct on
Sunday.
Henry NJ. Mccullough, attorney, sold at
mortgage sale in Elkton on Tuesday, the
farm of William +. A. Foster, near Wood
lawn. in the Seventh district. containing 12G
acres of land, to the second Perryville Build
ing and Loan Association of Cecil county
for $3.50.
The horse attached to light top wagon
owned by William Travers. of Elkton, while
standing on North Street on Monday after
noon frightened and ran into West Main
street. overturning the wagon and damaging
it considerably. The horse was stopped by
several bystanders.
The annual examination for those desir-
ing to become veterinary practitioners was held
on Tuesday at DIR. A. W. Clements office. GIG
North Calvert street, Baltimore. There were
only two applicants: DIR. R. NJ. Black. Of
Cecilton Cecil county, and DR.. s. S. Buckley
of Mt. Washington.
Reports from along the Delaware Divis-
ion of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and
Baltimore Railroad show an unusually large
peach crop this year. The yield in the Mary
land and Delaware counties of this territory
is estimated at about 100000 baskets.
Preparations are now making to move the
crop,
While Frank Marcus the nine year old
son. of Hyland Marcus, of Elkton, was walk
ing across the iron bridge on the P. W. Il b.
railroad near Elkton on Wednesday train
bore down upon him and the boy dropped
through the bridge to the ground below. es
Gaping with slight injuries His head was
badly cut.
-Elkton Council, No. %. Jr. o. L. A. NJ.
installed the following officers on Tuesday
night: Charles A. Boulden; Vice Councillor.
BENJAMIN II. Davis; Conductor, Harry o.
Dean; Warden, Dennis Poke Inside Sentinel,
Elwood George: Outside Sentinel Grant Tay-
lor: Assistant Secretary, Ollie Reed; Chaplain,
j. o. Mccullough.
Assessor H. III. Gilpin requests the tax
payers to return the blanks recently sent out,
properly filed out, as promptly as possible,
as the general assessors will take up the
work in this district as soon as they complete
the work now in progress in the First dis
trict 1t is expected that the work there will
be completed in Il few days.
There will be a gala day at Warwick on
Tnurday and Friday afternoon, July 23d and
25th A base ball game at o'clock; flag drill
by sixteen young ladies at o'clock; supper
at I o'clock: balloon ascension at o'clock;
fireworks at $50. Address by an eloquent
orator at O'Clock. Ice cream, oysters and
all the delicacies of the season in abundance.
Band of music in attendance each afternoon
and evening. Proceeds for the benefit of the
NJ. p. Church. All are invited.
Company E. under command of Captain
William A. Wright, will leave Elkton this
morning to go into encampment with the
State militia at Camp Lowndes. at Frederick
for week. The boys are enthusiastic over
the encampnent and all week have been busy
getting in readiness. The Elkton boys will
march to Singerly this morning and take the
7.46 train over the Baltimore and Ohio rail
road, reaching Baltimore at $40, and leav-
ing at 10 o'clock for Frederick.