The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-06-12
JUNE
THE NEWS in BRIEF.

Inc pension OF dustin roster, OF Elkt0n,
has been increased.
The business building of John Frazer
Main street, Is being repainted.
The running horse Tribute" was sold at
public auction at the Howard House yard
Saturday for 1913.
The porch of the residence of R. G.. Thack-
cry, on East Main street is being extended
around the west side of the building.
AT meeting of the Elkton Tennis Club
on Thursday evening it was decided to hold
tournament for members on June 49,
Irwin Letheiser. brakeman on the Col
umbia railroad, had his arm crushed at Port
Deposit. He was attended by DR.. Crothers
The Elkton merchants are considering
the matter of closirg the stores earlier during
the summer months. The clerks are agitat.
ing it.
The oxford Spring Fair on Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, drew large attendances
from Cecil county, both the weather and the
Fair being good
A new Ericsson liner for service between
L
Canal, will be launched in Philadelphia to-
day. The boat will be named 'Ericsson.'
-Galena is now known as the town OF
wndmils from the number OF those usefu!
machines found there. 1t is said that six
new windmilIs were put up in the town dur
ing the past week.
The Gardner combination entertainers
gave a crcditabe performance in the Eikton
Opera House on Wednesday and Thursday
evenings. Introducing magic the vitascope
and musical speciatics.
On one day last week Col. j. J. Ross of
Seaford. shipped 80, 0l0 quarts of Strawberries
which is the largest shipment ever made at II
time by one grower. 1t is said that in the
past week over $4,000 has been paid to
pickers in the vicinity Of SeaIord.
Andrew +. Burns who as the representa-
tive of a Philadelphia syndicate. operated
the first outlaw race track ia Cecil county
the track at Elkton, and who has the control
OF the tracks at Barksdale and SingcrIy, has
leased Prospect Park course near Balti-
more, for II 30 days meeting to commence
June 26.
The McNamee property on East Main
street recently purchased by Wm. II. Davis is
being generally ovcrhauled and rebuilt, the
interior Of tho house being altered and i'm
proved while improvements are being also
made to the exterior of the structure. The
work is being done by Contractor A. NJ.
Strickland.
The race track at Warwick owned by Il.
Delhert Aiken will have race meet to-day
and where books will be maize as on the
other tracks A number Of running horses
hav" been taken down from Elkton aud II
large attendance is looked for. Under the
present law the track at Warwick could be
operated for so days year just as the other
tracks in the county.
e. S. Seminar, the Cecil County contrac-
tor and builder, has a large force at work
erecting two additional buildings for the
Cambria Textile Company at Havre de Grace.
which will be completed in sixty days One
Of the buildings, which will be used as
stock house, will he thrty-six by forty-eight
feet, frame, and the other. which will be used
as n dry house, will be forty by one hundred
and thirty-two feet, brick.
Fire on Sunday afternoon destroyed the
argebarn of John McKeown, near Newark.
The flames spread sa rapidly that the struc-
ture burned to the ground In the barn at
the time the fire was discovered were four
horses, three carriages, and a farm wagon.
These. with all the harness. were saved, but
many tons Of hay We're destroyed. The fire
was of an unknown origin. The loss is large.
but it is thought il VIII be fully covered BY
insurance.
The Chesapeake and Delaware Canal
Company hold lis annual meeting in Phila
deIphia Monday The following officers were
elected: President, j. T.. Dillingham;; arec-
tors, Charles II. Hutchinson, Il. Dale Benson,
Hood Giipiu David ScuIl. Thomas Mexican,
Andrew Gray. John Cadwaladcr, William
Drayton George Fisher, Edward s. Buckley.
Bernard Gipin. Charles p. Perot, Charles
Chaurrey, Charles s. Hollingswooi Secrc-
tary, c L. Nicholson.
May reports from vice presidents of the
Peninsula horticultural Society indicate that
there viii be II fair crop VI peaches along the
tHtSapeHsc Buy ana III inc northern part OF
Delaware The condition on the Peninsula
is about as follows: Peaches. rs per cent;
pears, 10 per cent; apples, 80 per cent;
plums, Is per cent strawberries raspberries
and bIackberries. 100 per cent. Insects and
blight are doing much damage. Cooling
moth and rose beetles are abundant and
destructive.
-Four young hay-packers from the vicin-
ity of Battle Swamp went to Port Deposit on
Saturday night in high gee. They spent
considerable time in imbibing freely of am
brosia, 50 that their journey home was in on
exuberance Of spirit and with dash Of reck
lessness. When half mile from town the
carriage tumbled over into the run, in which
the water was flowing freely and their condi-
ton COON became as wet outside as in. With
the load of ambrosia however added to the
load of the carriage they were pinned down,
and but one of the number, upon whom the
cool water had had good and strengthening
effect, was able to get out OF the tangle. No
sooner free himself, than he made off fer
home, unmindful OF the condition of his
friends, who were unable to extricate them
selves, and remained down in the run until