The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-03-20
WING OFFICE TELEPHONE, No 90.
THE NEWS in BRIEF.

John Lemmity has moved to Elkton from
the Second district.
Court is furnishing amusement for the
usual number OF Irregular spectators this
week
-EbencZcr A. Alexander. of this county,
has been appointed gauger for the district of
Maryland.
The Orphans Court for Cecil county was
in special session on Tuesday. Sundry
claims against deceased estates were passed.
John T. Brown attended the meeting of
the Grand Lodge, 4. o. U. W. in Baltimore
on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday as a
delegate from Elkton lodge.
A number of the citizens residing in the
vicinity of Joppa, Hartford county, are of the
impression that the negro Schoneld, who
is wanted by the Kent county authorities. is
in hiding between Joppa and Sugar Loaf
Farm.
Marriage licenses were issued this week
to Fletcher Bennett, of Andora. and SaIlie
L. Mahon, of Lcwisylc; Samuel s. Biles, of
Avondale and Sallie I. Dean, of North East;
Fred Cambln. of Elkton. and Mary Daven-
port, of Chesapeake City,
The body of the woman who was found
murdered near Milton, Del, has been identi-
fled as that of the bride Of James NJ. Gordy.
She was formerly Mrs. Mary Lewis, of New
York. Her husband has been arrested on Il
charge of numbering her.
A two-horsc team driven by Luke Good
year and his son got beyond their control
near EIkton on Wednesday and came into
town on Il dead run. Running out Main
street the horses Were stopped near Farr
Creek No damage was done.
--'The Fall of the Wing Party was the
subject of the fifth University Extension lee
ture given by Prof. EIson in Odd Fellows
Hall on Monday night. On Monday evening
next the final lecture of the series will be
given, the subject being "The Great Political
Duel Between the North and South Preceding
the Civil War" The course has run behind
financially and levy will need be made upon
the guarantee list.
The following chart connections have
been made by the Government engineers
Susquehanna River-Material changes in the
photography and topography from Watson's
Island to Silver Island, more especially on
the west bank of the river. North East
River-The dredged channel is shown to
North East with explanatory note. Elk
River The dredged channel is shown from
Landing to Elkton, with explanatory note.
David Gilpin and James McIntire, two
we'll known farmers who enjoy the sport of
cunning, are now doing some blind shooting
at wild geese, and on Tuesday morning Mr..
Gilpin came into Elkton with three BIRDS
which he had just killed from "A blind in a
wheat field on the farm near Elkton tenanted
by james Clark. The blind was large hole
dug in the field, the geese being lured to their
deaths by several decoys around which a
quantity of corn had been scattered To
have the sport they had gone to no littletrou-
bic, Mr.. Gilpin making the decoys himself in
imitation of geese. 1t is said by his friends
they were So lifelike that the slaughtered
geese mistook them entirely for their fellows
and departed this life before discovering their
error. The geese feed in the wheat field every
morning.
Henry pnrr. a we'll known citizen of Ga
lena. is agitated over number of letters
which he has received recently. These let
tiers told him that he was heir to II fortune Of
about 500, 600 and all that it was necessary
for him to do in order to get the amount
would be to prove his identity. The person
writ gunnnSnI Roman
Catholic missionary. The story is as follows
'This priest was on his way from America
to Il foreign country. When the ship was
in mid ocean the man of God was called to
see fellow passenger who was dying The
priest attended the sick man and admins
tered the last sacrament to him. Just before
the passenger died he made the priest take a
solemn oath that he would carry out his last
wish and injunction. A servant of the dying
man was also called into the cabin as a wit
ness. The injunction was that he would de-
liver into the hands Of Henry Parr of Galeua,
Kent county, Nd, U. s. A., a package which
he would find in his trunk. After the burial
of the dead man the priest and servant ex-
amined the trunk and to their establishment
hundred dollar United States notes, with the
address Of Mr.. Parr on them. They put
them back and said nothing. When the ship
arrived at her destination officers were wait
ing to arrest the man who had died and his
servant. The servant was taken in charge
together with tho baggage and placed in
prison. He was then sent to a certain place
where he is now with his baggage the con-
tents of which are unknown to the officials.
The priest succeeded in making his way to
a foreign country and communicated with
Mr.. Parr regarding the affair. Now comes in
the supposed swindle. Mr.. Parr is given the
name of the priests brother, whom he is to
communicate with and go Immediately and
bail out the servant Tor $4,000 and get the
luggage which contains the 100000. To