The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-07-03
WING OFFICE TELEPHONE, No 90.
THE NEWS in BRIEF.

LOOK OUT WHERE you THROW your ire
works.
The Elkton BARRIERS will take Monday as
holiday and close their shops.
George Turner is erecting double
dwelling house on West Main street near
Red Mill crossing.
A number Of the young business men of
Elkton. are talking of giving Il moonlight
excursion during the summer.
Sunday night Il weasel killed twenty five
young turkeys on the farm of John Myers,
near Franchtown. Second District
Reuben Haines, Attorney, sold at public
sale in Elkton, or Tuesday morning, the
house and lot in North East, owned 10y j. A.
Lambert. the purchaser being Samuel H..
Scotch at bid of 9l720.
The banks and public offices in Elkton
will be closed ON Monday in observance Of
the Fourth of July. Persons having paper
maturing at the banks on Monday should
attend to it today, Saturday.
The July meeting of the School Board
will be held Monday. July -, instead of the
regular date, July 10, as the latter would
conflict with the meeting Of the State Teach
ers' Association. Persons having business with
the Board are requested to bear this in mind.
While Reuben Havelow and his wife and
children. of Welsh Point, were driving to
Chesapeake City Tuesday morning the horse
became unmanageable and ran away, upset
ting the carriage and throwing them all out
breaking the little girls arm and bruising
the others quite badly.
During quarrel in Wilmington Monday
night Vim. Freeman, an Elkton negro. was
stabbed in the stomach with razor in the
hands of Charles Williams, also coored
Freeman was taken to the Homeopathic
Hospital, where he lies in a critical condition.
Williams has been arrested.
Murray Vandiver, Collector of Internal
Revenue for the district of Maryland, on
Wednesday, completed the fourth year Of
his term, having been sworn in on July l.
1893 Mr.. Vandivcr will retire from office as
soon as his successor is appointed. General
Cruikshank, formerly of Elkton, holds po-
sition in the Office
OUTLAW racing under the management OF
Andrew Burns, who has interests In several OF
the Cecil county tracks, opened for n months
run at Prospect Park, near Baltimore. on
Saturday last. Most of the horses and horse
men who were in Elkton. are there and
several Ektoniars are employed as track
officials and in other capacities.
"A barge, 1853 foot keel, was launched at
the boatyard of E. Deibert Il Brothers. Elk
ton, on Thursday morning at eleven o'clock
The boat was built Tor p. Dougherty & Co.
Baltimore. A boat 1913 foot keel, will be
launched at the upper yard, operated by
Henry Deibert Il Son. the first OF next week,
it being built for James McNally, Phiadel-
phia.
The clerks of Ekton, have about given
up the hope of securing the early closing of
the stores during July and August. An
agreement could not be reached to the satis-
faction of all the merchants-wha was con-
sidered favorably by one did not reach the
approval of another-and as all business
interests could not be suited the idea could
not be carried out
-Eikton Council, No. o. Junior Order of
United American Mechanics held its semi
annual election OF officers on Tuesday even
ing with the following result:-Jr. Past
Councillor, b. II. Davis; Councillor, w. j.
Smith; vice-Councillor. Elwood George; Asst
Sec, Fred II. LETTER; Conductor, Andrew
Hushebeck; Warden, Ollie Reed Outside
Sentinel, James w. Goodwin; Inside Sentinel
John Dean; Chaplain, S. j. Keys.
Bay View Council, o. U. A. NJ, elected
the following officers on Saturday night last
Councillor. Frank Brickley; Vice Councillor,
Howard Armour; Recording Secretary,
Jethro Johnson; Assistant Recording Secre-
tary, Lloyd White; Financial Secretary, ]. j.
Wivel; Treasurer, W. F. Simpers Inductor,
Lewis Crothers Examiner, Jos. 3. Miller:
Inside Protector, Philip Lynch; Outside
Protector, Norman Hall; Trustee. Jethro
johnson; Chaplain, j. j. Wivel.
Martin Moore, horse trainer, is held at
the Canton police station, Baltimore, for the
Cecil county authorities on commitment
from Justice Lynch, charging him with the
larceny of two saddles and two brides and
the embezzlement of S24 from Mr.. j. Philip
Roman, a nephew of Governor Lowndes.
The larceny and embezzement is alleged by
Mr.. Roman to have been committed about
five weeks ago at the Iron Hill race track, in
Cecil county, where Moore was employed by
Mr.. Roman to look after some horses which
he had there. Mr.. Roman told Justice Lynch
that Moore was paid off by him and given
S24 to pay a board bill, aud that instead OF
doing so, he appropriated the money to his
own use and sold the saddles and brides.
The arrest Of Moore was made at the Prospect
Driving Club race track, at Back river by
Chief Crockett.