The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-06-05
THE NEWS in BRIEF.
-WoodIawn Camp opens August Sd.

Ingalls, Park. Chicago. to ride for the Elkton
Stock Farm stables.
--"Cecil Cottage" ut Ocean Grove will be
conducted this season by Mrs. NJ. Hawke and
Miss Molie Kirk of Pennington this county.
The June meeting of the Cecil Farmers
Club will be held at Mr. VIM. w. Moore's.
near Colora, on Wednesday next the 9th inst
H II. Haines, President of the Rising
Sun National Bank attended the session of
Maryland Bankers mt Cumberland this week.
An unknown colored man was killed at
Swan Greek, Hartford county, on the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad, on Tuesday morn
ing.
Cherries are ripe and in the Ekton Mar
ket. The first of the season were seen at
Browns North Street Market House on
Tuesday.
DIR. G. Cleland Jones, formerly of Elkton,
has resumed the practice of dentistry in Will
mington, Delaware, having opened offices at
40S Delaware Avenue.
Rev. J. McKendree Kelley, one of the most
prominent Methodist ministers of this country
died at his home on North Carey street, Balti-
more, on Wednesday afternoon.
MIR. Thomas 2. Dale has sold all the plant
OF the Cecil Spring Bottling Company at
Cowantown to Mr.. Patrick Finn, of Frank
ford. Pa He took possession yesterday.
The County Commissioners are now CON-
plcting the assessment books and making up
the final report Of the rc.asscssment in this
county which will be forwarded to the comp
troller.
The ladies of the Elkton Presbyterian
Church will hold Il strawberry festival in the
vacant store room OF the Payne block on
Tuesday evening, June Sth, commencing at
six O'Clock.
DIR. Black, of Cecilton, has exhibited in
his drug store a Newt, which was caught in Il
trap recently 10y a fisherman. The little ami
NAL resembles lizard, and is attracting
much attention. 1t is about fifteen inches in
length
The Pooley Shirt Company, of Havrc de
Grace, which has been in operation by the
receivers for the past two months, has closed
temporarily, pending reorganization. About
$4,000 worth of orders were on hand when
the factory closed.
The annual examination of teachers for
the Cecil County Public Schools was held in
Elkton at the High School building ON Mon
day and Tuesday. on Wednesday and Thurs
day an examination was held in the Public
School at Port Deposit.
R. d. Bowland, Of Elkton, State Coun-
cillor Junior Order United American Me-
chanics, attended public meeting of the
order at Marydel, Maryland, on Tuesday
night, delivering an address Rev. r. Irving
Watkins, formerly pastor of the Cecilton NJ.
E. Church. also spoke.
The United States fish hatchery just below
Havre de Grace reports one of the largest
seasons for several years Already there have
been nearly seventy-nve million eggs taken
up, and about fifty million fry have been dis
tributed in the Chesapeake Bay and its tribu-
taries. The season will last about two weeks
longer.
DIR. G. NJ. Ellis, of this town, was desig-
mated as the representative Of Maryland on
the nominating committee at the semi-cen-
tennial celebration of the American Medical
Association, held at Philadelphia this week.
President Mckinley addressed the convention
on Wednesday, and the social functions Of
the week have been very complimentary to
this representative body of American ply
scians.
The Rev. GeorgeW. Brndle recently died
at Lyons, Iowa, where his widow still resides.
Mrs. Brindle is a native of Springfield. Mass,
nj ,rni l. in I hiu a bnr
at the Pivot Bridge, was married to Mr.
Brindle in 1851. At that time his BROTHER the
Rev. james Brin1le, was pastor of the Chesa-
peake and Bethel VI. T.. Churches, and it was
while visiting him that his brother met Miss
Robert. whom he afterwards married.
High prices were the order of the day on
Monday last at the sale of the personal effects
of w. d. Bye, deceased near Providence
Paper Mill Horses sold for sol, 5S9. sol
colt ?7l; COWS from $2l to $3S. so; hefers
1925 to S'2j; bus SIG TO 325; SOW and pigs
$3.50; brood SOW 500; small pigs 5l.25
apiece; binder SO; two-horse wagon $40
Everything sold we'll Attendance was very
large. j. G. Hindman was the auctioneer
and was highly compimented after the sale
for making a good one.
The case OF William j. Smith, OF Elkton.
against the Philadelphia, Wilmington and
Baltimore railroad, was finished at Beiair on
Monday, and the jury awarded II verdict of
$500 damages to Mr.. Smith. The suit grew
out of an occurrence at the Elkton depot on
the 26th Of last September, in which Mr.
Smith claimed that he was forcibly put off of
the train-No. 54-which arrives at a. % p. m.
and that he suffered personal injuries. for
which he claimed $4,000 damages, and $1,000
for punitive damages against the railroad,
Constable and Archer represented the plain
tiff. and Haines and Robinson appeared for
the railroad company.
Gardner, the Magician and his company
of entertainers are billed for Wednesday and
Thursday nights, June 0, and TO- at Odd Eel
lows Hall, Elkton. Gardner, during the
past few years, has been winning the reputa-
ton Of being one OF the most phenomenal
opponents of his delightful art, his feats of
sleight-of-hand and clever decisions are won
derful in the speed in which they are executed
and the impossibility Of detecting how they
are accomplished. He brings with him a