The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-02-20
WING OFFICE TELEPHONE. No. 80.
THE NEWS in BRIEF.

Al the NOUN Oh tne SasSalraS river II
buoy has been placed to mark the wreck
"Rose Hasan.'
w. l.. Gilbert has exchanged his house
in Avondale for the $50 acre farm of George
Fredd near that town.
The March meeting of the Cecil Farmers
Club will he held at Mr.. Thomas c. Bonds,
near Port Deposit on Wednesday, March
10th.
Turner Dawson reports % ntcrmcnts in
Rosebank cemetery from January /. 1896, to
January 1, 1897. Daring the previous year
for the same length of time 20 burals were
made.
John II. Terrell will represent Elkton
Council. No. % at the meeting of the Funeral
Benefit Association of the Junior Order
United American Mechanics at Cambridge
on Monday.
Register Of Wells Reuben +. lamar added
another record book to the archives of the
office on Wednesday, when the first entry
was made in Record of Inventories and sales
Vol 80. Il. L. j., No. 3.
The transcript of records III the will
cases of the estates Of John w. Tyson and
Caroline G. Prtchard were sent into the
Circuit Court on Wednesday from the
Orphans Court, for trial.
-EIkton Council, No. %, Jr. O. U. A. NJ,
will celebrate its sixth anniversary on Tue--
day evening next, Feb. % ut Mechanics hall
Main street. The exercises will be private in
character All members are requested to be
present.
Captain Jack Crawford, the poet scout,
will appear at Wingate Post Hall, North
East, on the evening of March /, with his
frontier medley, "The Camp Fire and the
Trail" The entertainment will be under the
auspices of Wingate Post.
The steam yacht Impatient" owned by
Hon. William NJ. Singerly, which was carried
down the Elk river by the ice gorge of two
weeks ago was brought back to the wharf on
Wednesday, by Captain Wright, from near
Cedar Point, where the craft went ashore.
The damages to the Impatient are slight
The hour for Miss Benfey's reading at the
Tome Institu tie is arranged for 1.30 o'clock,
Saturday afternoon, February 9th, in order
that all pupils and out OF town friends desir-
ing to attend the entertainment can do so,
and return home on afternoon trains.
Tickets rs cents. On sale at H. R. Cameron's
drug store.
VIM T. Anderson. well-known farmer
residing on the Massey farm, near Chester
town, died early Saturday morning of Brights
disease and pneumonia. The deceased was
30 years of age, and leaves a widow and three
children. Funeral services were held from
his late residence, Monday afternoon con.
Quoted by Rev. Dr. J. l.. Mills intcrment at
Chester cemetery.
Clarence W. Saunders of Philadelphia,
who was stealing "A ride from Elkton to
Philadelphia on the front end of a p. w. and
b. baggage car Saturday morning. was be-
numbed by the cold and upon attempting to
alight in the west yard Wilmington fell from
the car and struck the cross-ties and was
rendered unconscious for a short time He
was found by II track walker and taken to II
watch box and had the cut in his head bound
up.
The regular quarterly session of District
Lodge No. 5. of the Independent. Order of
Grand Templars will be held in the Me-
chanics Hall Perryville this Saturday after
noon the Goth inst, at o'clock. In the
evening public meeting will be addressed
by G. c. T., H. o. Emmons and other
prominent members of the order. All per-
sons interested in the cause of temperance
are cordially invited to be present BY
order of Committee.
Robert Porter, conductor on passenger
train No. 60 North bound) on the Phila-
delphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad,
met with n painful accident at Perryville on
Tuesday evening. At Havre de Grace
passenger boarded the train with broad axe
and, at Perryvile while passing the con-
ductor to exit, accidentally struck him in the
fleshy part of the leg with the axe. cutting to
the bone and inficting a dangerous wound,
from which blood flowed profusely. Con-
ductor Porter continued on his train to
Wilmington, where a physician was in Wait
ing.
Harry B. Boulder, George Webb, German
Kitchen, and two race track followers known
as Ryan and Gus, were before Magistrate
Groves on Tuesday morning on the charge
of violating the town ordinan ,e against fight
ing on the street, drunkenness and riotous
conduct Boulder, the testimony went to
show. had started the trouble with the other
men, who combined their forces against him
with the result that he emerged from the
conflict somewhat disngured. The fight
occurred on Saturday night. Boulder was
fined SO and costs, amounting to S9 Gus
received the same fine and costs amounting
to $685. while the cases against the other
men were dismissed