The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-09-19
WING OFFICE TELEPHONE, No. 30.
THE NEWS in BRIEF.
Court commences on Monday.

Owing to the dull season many P. W. &
3. Railroad employees are working on short
time.
The Epworth League of the NJ Z. Church
held literary meeting on Wednesday even
ing last
Cloud Pierson, residing near Zion, had
his right leg broken recently by being kicked
by horse.
Carpenters are repairing the roof of the
Creswell property on Main street opposite
the Court House.
The pump house at the Elkton station
who carried off Il clock.
Twenty-Five schooners laden with pop
lar wood for the Singerly Pulp aud Paper
Company, present busy sight at the wharf
in this town. 1t is understood that a. many
more boats are on the way up the river with
wood.
The Principle Furnace Base Ball Club de-
feated the Port Deposit Club on Saturday,
September 18th, on the grounds of the former
club. The score at the end of the fifth inning
was 6 to 5. Owing to the closeness of the
score the game was very interesting from
start to finish.
The oxford Press, says: County Com
missioner d. NJ Lee is as successful Il farmer
as a pollution. His wheat crop, machine
measure. yielded 1173 bushels from 80 acres
He fertllized at the rate of 400 per acre Mr..
Lee claims that by weight he is confident the
average will be 32 bushels per acre.
The Keystone Racing Association which
at present is conducting a thirty days meeting
at Iron Hill. have commenced the erection of
new track along side of the present one
The Sngerly track is progressing rapidly and
it is alleged that the meeting at that point
will start up as soon rs the track is ready.
Mrs. Susan Carver, who has been resid-
ing near East Nottingham, was found
unconscious on Saturday in the garden. She
died few minutes after her discovery. De-
ceased was the wife of John G.. Carver. who
was arrested some time ago on the confession
of Benjamin Franklin Jordan, for the murder
of Mrs. Jennie Richards. wife of j. Granville
Richards.
John Thornton, caterer for G r. Thomp-
kns at the Cecil County Fair Grounds
stables was robbed on Sunday night last
by someone entering his kitchen through
the window and taking from his pants pockets
three dollars in money and other articles
John says he is sleeping now with one eye
open and hickory club lying by his side
and he will scalp the first one who enters
The monument erected by the Phiadel-
phia Brigade Association to the memory OF
the 545 men of the old Philadelphia Brigade
who fell at Antietam, Nd, was unveiled and
dedicated on Thursday. The exercises were
participated in by the Governors of Pennsy-
vania and Maryland, a brilliant escort from
Philadelphia and Baltimore and by hundreds
of veterans coming from all parts of the
country.
Under the new law passed by the last
session of the Legislature, the new registra-
ton went into effect on Tuesday. The Third
district has been divided into two precincts.
the portion of the district west of the bridge
being known as the second precinct The
Republicans were active in getting out their
voters. In all 1874 voters were enrolled
upon the books. In the first precinct 257
were registered, and 1877 in the second.
Charles Fluffy, a well known young
farmer residing in Elk Neck died on
Sunday night of typhoid fever. He was
about 90 years OF age and leaves a
widow and three children. The funeral of
the deceased was held on Wednesday after
noon at Harris Meeting House and was largely
attended. The North East knights of
phvtbias n yVb IA 1apnnsnl
Der and Riverview Council Jr. o. L. A. NJ,
of Elk Neck attended the funeral in body.
John G.. Carver and james Adams, who
were arrested and placed in West Chester
jail, on suspicion of being the murderers of
Mrs. Jennie Richards, as the result of a con
fession made by b. F. Jordan. some months
ago, have been released Of the charge States
Attorney William S. Evans. and Sheriff
Mackey made thorough in vestigation of
the confession but found nothing whatever
to satisfy them that Jordans statement was
true. The confession of Jordan at the time
. created no little excitement throughout the
country, but in this county, it was never
believed.
There is no doubt but that George Mann
of Philadelphia who was found dead along
the Delaware railroad a short distance above
Middletown, was killed by the cars, and not
murdered as was supposed. The fact that
three hats were found near the corpse led
many to suppose that murder had been COM
mitted, but the presence of these is now ex-
planned. The evening before the body was
found Mann was in Middletown and asked
one or two parties for hats. At the same
time he had one or two hats buttoned under
his coat These, doubtless, were the hats
found the next morning.