The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-06-26
JUNE.
THE NEWS in BRIEF.


Thomas Major has purchased fine new
meat wagon.
james Dean is painting and improving
his property in Elk Neck.
VIM. Haskins is building an addition to
his residence on North street.
Roger Feeiey is having Il new roof put on
his residence on North street.
The property of William B. Realey on
North street has been reprinted.
The farmers are now harvesting wheat.
The present crop is reported as very good.
1t is said that the present cherry crop is
the largest Tor many years in this section.
Judge Russum has been made President
Denton.
Alfred NJ. Smith has contract to build Il
dwelling house at Bacon Hill for Harry
Corridor.
The Royal Wheel Club of Elkton. will
take Il run this evening at $50, starting from
the corner of Main street and Delaware Ave.
William T. Johnson, near Principle, has
sold his farm of about 25 acres to J. Howard
Hanna, of Oxford, for $500. Mr.. Johnson
will move to his adjoining farm.
Farmers in the lower section Of the
county began cutting wheat on Saturday last
the 10Th inst and wheat harvest has been
general all over the county this week.
The large landed estate of Jno. b Brown,
ESD, CT Ceutreville, has been placed on the
market by W. w. Busteed Esq. trustee. The
estate includes about seventeen farms
DIR. William Lee. Secretary of the State
Board of unacy, on Saturday visited the
Cecil County Jail and Insa.e Asylum and
made an inspection of these institutions.
The days at present are the longest of
the year. The week was made up of Is hour
days and hour nights up to to-day, Satur-
day, when the day will be one minute
shorter.
A corps OF p. W. and b. Railroad engi-
neers have been located at Havre de Grace.
to take in charge repairs which will be made
to the bridge there, and also any changes Of
line in that locality.
-EIkton has "A new photograph gallery.
On Monday Edward Payne skilful photog-
rapher, opened studio in the Payne Build
ing or Main Street. He advertises in
another column of this issue of the WING.
-Chestertown is considering electric
lights. Frank l.. Wright, who constructed
the plant at Smyrna. Delaware, has made the
town q proposition TO form Il company with II
capital stock OF 512 900. he to take one third
the stock.
The Board of Managers of the Oxford
Agricultural Society met MOndayand audited
the accounts of the last Spring Fair; Receipts,
$1,000 %; expenses, S20O9.S 49, profits. $3.50 SO.
Treasurer Andrews is ready to pay all prem
iums and bills at his office.
General Manager Hutchinson Chief En-
gineer Richards. of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road were at Elkton on Thursday and in
spected the newly constructed change of line
of tracks over Iron Hill east Of town. The
work of laying the rails is being pushed along
rapidly.
About two o'clock on Thursday, severe
peal o. thunder frightened Mr.. Robert SCOTS
horses while hitched to a harvester cutting
wheat on the Singerly-Pool farm near Elkton.
The team dashed into a wood near by and
soon broke away from the machine without
doing much damage. Fortunately Mr.. Scott
was not hurt.
DIR. C. NJ. Ellis is arranging to have a
. 70 oJa n hic
ABLE North street property, Odd Fellows
Hail. this summer. The auditorium will he
retcuched and overhauled. and new seating
arrangements made, while the stage and
scenery will be overhauled generally
The crew of the southbound express
train ON the Delaware railroad which passes
Middletown short time after midnight, saw
strange sight on Thursday morning. A
passing freight train had run into Il herd of
cows near Kirliwood, and when the express
came into view the engineman was amazed to
see one of the cows standing guard over its
companions which lay dead across the rails.
Before the locomotive could be stopped the
pilot had struck the COW in the side and
fatally injured it in the midst of its lonely
vigil.
David Harris, Il young colored man Of
Elkton, was taken to Delaware Oh Tuesday
by officers from that state, to stand trial for
assault and battery and robbery the charges
being preferred against him by Thomas john
son, colored, of near Calvert, this county,
who claims that he was attacked by Harris
near Wilmington last week. Johnson says he
was knocked down and his pocket book con
tanning four dollars snatched away from him.
He was given u hearing in Elkton on Friday
last week. and was held for the Delaware
authorities.
The first peach trees planted in our neigh
boring county of Kent, which now abounds
In rich orchards, were sent there from this
county. Robert L. Usilton one of the oldest
peach growers. in that county says the first
peach trees planted in Kent county Were
landed at "Nigger Landing" on Church creek,
from the schooner "Hen," in about 1887.
These trees came from Chesapeake City and
were planted by Mr.. Sol. Start on Major
Philip Reynolds Plum Point farm. The trees
were mulched in the fall and planted the
following March. A big crop was gathered
the third year. Fruit shippers on the
Peninsula are now preparing to handle the
,oaonb nrnr, aud II 10 now said that tharp ill