The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-01-25
JANUARY.
WING OFFICE TELEPHONE, No. ~.
THE NEWS in BRIEF.

The citizens of the Eighth district are
organizing detective association.
-Havre de Grace now has shirt factory
employing upwards of thirty hands.
The next meeting Of the Peninsula
horticultural Society will be held in Milford.
Delaware.
-Chas Bennett removed on Thursday from
East High street to the house owned by Mrs.
Martha Taylor on Bow street.
Charles d Parker e Brothers. are en-
gagged in repainting the dwelling house on
East Main street owned by George Booth.
John f. Harper, the newly elected States
Attorney of Queen Annc's county came to
Elkton on Saturday and took the oath OF
Office before Judge stump.
-Devalnger & Brother, the Main street
provision dealers. have leased the storchouse
on East High street owned by Harry Bell and
will conduct the general grocery business
there.
DR.. y. b. Morrison, of Wilmington, at
one time resident of this county and well
known here, is suffering from injuries re-
ceived by being run over by coal cart
in that city.
While John Spence an employee OF
Messrs c. S. Garrett Il Sons mill, at Marley,
was using the emory wheel. II spark pene-
trated his eye ball. DIR. Whitaker, of Cherry
Hill, attended him.
j. McCleary of Kent county, near Toll
chester recently had Il peculiar experience
while cunning When he fired the gun. the
stock split part of the wood striking him in
the face and iniuring him severely.
-Baypard Anderson, of st, Augustine. was
fined 50 and costs by Magistrate Cleavcr of
Elkton, on Saturday, who found him guilty
o. the charge of assault and battery upon II
woman at dance on the night of January Is.
Joseph Freeman, a farmer living near
Wilmington, was killed by Il train on the b.
and 0. Railroad, near West Junction, on
Manday afternoon. He was driving in
closed wagon and did not see or hear the
train.
On account of the large ice harvest on
the peninsula it is likely that none of the
Delaware ice factories will be run during the
coming summer. The factories do good
business only when there has been Il small
ice crop the previous winter.
IL II. Brady: of Chesapeake City. has
contracted with the Enoch Moore and Sons
Company, shipbuiIders, Wilmington, for Il
general overhauling Of the tug boat "Gran-
vile Worre, which plies on the Chesapeake
Bay and through the Chesapeake and Della
ware canal.
On Tuesday night just as the electric
current was being turned on at the Elkton
power house, the dynamo broke down II
section of the armature coils burning out
The town circuits were off until nine O'Clock
on Wednesday night when the repairs were
completed.
-Deibeit & Brothers. boat yard at Elk
Landing. has contracted for the building Of a
large steam barge, upon which work will
commence as soon as the lumber arrives
The yards have Il large number Of contracts
in hand and the business outlook Of this
industry is very good.
John w. Milburn and Susan T. Miburn,
his wife, have bought of George A. Blake,
Trustee appointed to sell the real estate ofthe
late Rebecca Harris. the house and lot on
east Main street in this town for four hundred
and fifty dollars. They will at once build II
new residence there.
Miss Matte Hammond daughter of Lew
Hammond, of Baldwin, this county, who was
recently injured by Il fall on the ice, and was
taken to the Homeopathic Hospital Philadel-
phia. for treatment is now reported to be in a
critical condition suffering with brain fever.
as u result of the accident
DR.. J. II. lamar and =. H. Cledver. of
Elkton. and Rev. W. T. Hammond, of North
East. have been appointed {; committee to
advance the work of the Society for the
Protection of Children from Cruelty and
immortality in this county. A meeting of the
society was held in Baltimore on Monday
The fishermen of Rock Hall. Kent county,
and vicinity are reported as being opposed to
the new law proposed by the fishermen of
Cecil and Kent counties asking for a prohibi-
ton OF pound fishing in the bay, and the
report further states that large petition is
being prepared against it.
Joseph Il. Bradbury, the well known
Wilmington horseman drove into town on
Thursday morning with n spanking fine sin
gle team. that took everybodys eye as it
passed down Main Street. Joe drove the
pacing horse christmas Chimes" recently
purchased from Manly Drennen, of Elkton
George W. Feeny, one of the oldest
engineers on the Philadelphia, Wilmington
and Baltimore Railroad, died at his home in
Wilmington on Monday. He was 65 years
old. He was the fireman on the train which
carried President Lincoln to Washington on
the occasion of his first Inauguration, when
the journey was such dangerous one.