The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-02-29
There is an epidemic of measles in Cecil
ton and vicinity

Emma Startling an aged colored woman
Of Elktcn, died at her home on Wednesday
night.
The recently elected officers of Elkton
Conclave. of Heptasophs, were installed on
Monday night
Five horses on the farm of Thomas Reed
near Elkton, were bitten by a supposed mad
dog last week. The dog made his escape.
The Elkton Public School, celebrated
Washington's Birthday, with an excellent
program on Friday afternoon Of last week.
John T. Benntt and son, were exhibiting
fine wild goose which was killed on the
Elk river on Thursday afternoon by John
Lang.
VIM. Stradley, of Sassatras, met with a
painful accident while cunning several days
ago. He fired at wild ducks and his gun
bursted. infcting serious wounds about his
head and face.
H. Clay Usilton. u prominent farmer of
Kent county, carried to Chestertown one day
last week ii curiosity in the form of Il lamb.
which had head and face nearly an exact
counterpart OF II monkey.
An oyster supper for the benefit of
Asbury NJ. L. Church. will be held at the
residence of Samuel Whitaker on Wednesday
evening, March 4th, Supper 30 cents. If
stormy the supper will be held the next fair
evening.
According to some of the Maryland news
Il, ~ 30 ctg.
county some time ago and engaged in farm
ing and over whose arrival there was so
much talk have become discouraged and sold
out. They will now return to the Wes'. as
they claim that they can make nothing in the
East. The people who came there from Hol-
land and bought land seem to be satisfied so
far
james A. Shaw, postmaster at Chester
town. died ut his home in that town on Tues
day night. Of kidney trouble aged sixty six
years. Mr.. Shaw was a merchant until Two
years ago. when, after heated contest, h"
was made postmaster Of Chestcrtown l."
President Cleveland. He leaves a widow h".
no children. The office at Chestertown pay
$500, and already applicants are in the
field for the appointment.
The petition of Henry Whitley and the
Girard Life Insurance Company OF Paiid
delphia, receivers of the VI .CllIoush Iron
Company, was presented to Judge Wales,
in the United States Court at Wilmington on
Wednesday, by Benjamin Nields, asking for
authority to authorize the receivers to en-
dorse notes received by them as the pay for
their manufactured products and to allow
them to make certain improvements to the
works in Wilmington. The court granted the
petition.
Guy Brothers Minstrels appeared at Odd
Fellows Hail. Elkton. on Wednesday, and
gave performance which was decidedly one
of the best in its line ever seen in Elkton.
Throughout the program was clean, and
clever and every performer was an artist of
decided merit. 1t is gratifying to attend
such production OF minstrelsy and high
class vaudeville, when so many aggrega:'ons
on the road are too apt to over reach the
mark of even common decency. 1t is safe to
say that another big house will greet Guy
BrOtneTS on luelr next appearance III Llhtoh.
L. L. Bull conductor on one of the Royal
Blue trains of the Philadelphia Division. b.
4 0. Railroad, was arrested in Philadelphia
on Wednesday on the charge of stealing a
bicycle from train at Newark Delaware.
The detective who arrested Bull made this
statement: Bull told me he went to the
station i'll Philadelphia and waited for the
money and express train to come in at night.
Then he went along the dark side of the
train and boarded it. When it got outside of
the city he began operations. With an axe
he cut holes in the doors of four cars by
standing on the platforms and striking
around the cars. After cutting the holes he
entered the cars and ransacked some pack
ages. but on that night. he said, the wheel
was the only thing that attracted his particu-
lar attention. and rs it was such fine one he
could not resist the temptation of taking it..
The first stop the train made was at Newark.
Del. Bull says he left the train at Newark
and walked across to the Pennsylvania Rail-
road station, where he took another train for
Philadelphia.