The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-04-03
WING OFFICE TELEPHONE, No. 30.
THE NEWS in BRIEF.

The Martins have made their annual visit
to town.
A telephone has been placed in the office
of the Howard House.
Capt. William B. Realey is improvl ny his
property on High street.
Mr. William Tibbitt has moved his family
from Elkton to Iron Hill.
Thomas Major is building II stable on his
property on West High street.
Mrs. Maggie Brirkley has moved from
Camden t. her house on High street.
Lizzie Laird, Of North East, has been
granted an original widows pension by tho
government.
- Herring arc plentiful and selling mt 10
cents per dozen. Some few shad are being
caught and selling at 80 and 80 cents.
Mrs. G. b. Houck of Chesapeake City
has opened "A first class stock of millinery
goods. on Bohemia Avenue in that town
A pile OF lumber on the sidewalk on East
High street on Wednesday came near causing
Il serious accident to Il citizen who fell over it.
residence and five acres of ground at Syca-
more Mills, this county, from b. c. Reynolds,
of Oxford, Pa.
Mr.. G.. Il. Grason. of Rising Sun. has
bought the Augustus Brumiield farm near
that town. The property contains one hun
dred and sixty-lye acres.
We are in receipt of II postal from Mr..
Wesley Webb Secretary of the Peninsula
horticultural Society stating that March re-
ports from the Vice-Presidents of that society
indicate IA large peach crop, nearly every
county reporting present conditions mt 100.
Apples, pears, plums, and small fruits are
also in excellent condition.
The reports contained in the Peninsula
papers show that the prospect for II large
peach crop is good The farmers say that
unless the yeIows suddenly develop or the
June drop is serious, the yield will equal that
of last year or exceed it, The outlook for
berries is also encouraging and the crate
factories have already commenced operations.
Jacob Mooney, brother OF Mrs. John T.
Brown, of Elkton, died at his home in New
York on Tuesday night. His death was very
sudden, Mrs. Brown not knowing of his i'll
ness until receiving a despatch announcing
his death. The funeral took place on Friday
in Philadelphia, and was attended by Mrs.
Brown, who went to that city on Wednesday.
Miss Eleanor Bowen, aged years,
daughter OF Levi X. Bowen, editor of the
Delaware Ledger, Newark, and who is we'll
in l. hn a N
Monday, the animal grabbing her by the lip.
She had Just returned home after visiting the
family OF Mrs. John Z. Thomas on North
street, Elkton. The dog was owned by
Newark family and an investigation will be
made to ascertain whether or not it was
affected by the rabies. Two mad dogs were
killed in that town on Tuesday, and the case
is Il serious one.
The notice of II bill III the Senate of Della.
ware 20 reduce the number of trustees of
Delaware College from thirty to eighteen has
caused considerable comment. 1t is gen
orally admittc that the Board of Trustees of
the college is TOO small, but there appears to
be no way in which to reduce the number
Fifteen of the trustees are appointed by the
original corporation Of the college, and with
this the State can do nothing, for it would be
violation of the contract. If the State
reduced the number of its own trustees then
it would not have an equal voice with the
other members Of the board III the manage
ment OF the affairs of the college.
General Henry Chase carried destruction
and death this week to the English sparrows
that coloniza and nest in the ivy on the north
side OF the residence of l.. Marshall Hanes,
Esq, on North street. The entire wall from
ground to cornice has splendid thick growth
of the decorative creeper, and affords an
accessible and safe resting place for these
omnipresent pests. The industrious nest
builders had done good work this season. and
before the General and his lieutenant appear
ed with long handled rakes and other instru-
msnts of warfare, they little dreamed OF their
hostile intentions. and vainly thought them
selves secure for the summer. But Few
strong sweeps of the rake sent terror to the
feathery hosts, and the surrounding atmos-
phere was soon filed with twittering protests
against the rude invasion. But the inexor-
able hand of destruction spared not, and the
mass OF feathers, and despolled nests lhdl-
Gated how thoroughly the work OF eradica-
ton had been done. But the pestlerous
birds still haunt the ivy clad wall.
"You may break you may crush the vase If
you will,
But the scent of the roses will cling round it
still"
SO the sparrows cling to the memory OF
their birth place, and today they are just as
busy. just us Industrious in repairing the
relentless destruction of their homes. Mis-
fortune does not discourage, disaster does
not conquer them. Just as brave, just as un-
firing as ever, they are rebuilding on the
same uncertain spot, where yesterday disaster
befell them. There's lots Of lessons to be