The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-10-30
WING OFFICE TELEPHONE, No. 20.
MARYLAND MATTERS.
THE DAMAGE CASE AWARDED
AGAINST KENT COUNTY.
Cases of tuberculosis Among Dairy
Herds In Kent COunty--Bad Week
for the Frederick Fair,

DR.. G. Allen Jannan has completed his
report of cases Of tuberculosis among the
dairy herds of Kent and Queen Anne
counties. He states that while there are
some cases in Kent, the disease has not
reached dangerous state but should be
promptly stamped out.
After occupying the court and jury for
three days, the Massey case was concluded
in Chestertown on Saturday, the jury rem
derng verdict of S2Ol rs in Miss Massey g
favor Miss Massey claims that in 1899
the commissioners enormously charged her
taxes on note of $4,000 which did not
exist, and on house and lot of land,
valued at $500, which she never owned.
She paid the taxes on the properties until
1896 when she discovered the error. She
then called the attention OF the commits
sioners to the fact, and requested them to
refund to her the money paid by her in
taxes on these properties. Failing to OBJ
tain satisfactory settlement she brought
suit, claiming 1926 paid in error. The
commissioners claim that they gave notice
each year in the county papers to all tax
payers to appear and correct their ASSESS
ments, and ask for attachments, and that
under the ruling OF the Court of Appeals
as she never appeared during these years.
they are not now bound to pay over to her
the money she alleges that they received
enormously. The commissioners admit the
she owns the real estate, amounting to
$1,000, and that it is enormously described
on their books. II. II. Barroll appeared
sor the plaintiff and c.. I. Westcott for the
defendant.
The town commissioners Of Belair have
fixed the tax rate at 10 cents on each 500
worth of taxable property. The taxable
basis has been estimated at about $500, 600,
without the stocks and bonds, which can
not be fixed until the returns are received
from the Comptroller of the Treasury as to
their amount and ownership.
William l.. Amoss, director of Farm
ers' Institutes, has been in consultation
with "A number of farmers and other inter-
ested persons in the vicinity of Belair, for
the purpose of arranging a faemers' insti-
1t was decided to have the meeting two
days. December 10 and II.
Hartford county canning factories have
closed for the season, the pack amounting
to about %, 600 cases.
The first patient operated upon at the
Peninsula General Hospital Salisbury, is
now restored to almost complete health.
The Havre de Grace shirt factory ex-
poets to resume operations soon, the neces
sary machinery for heating, lighting and
running the sewing machines being put
into position.
The Frederick Fair came to close last
Friday eve after week of gloomy, cloudy
and rainy weather, which seriously inter
fered with the attendance and success each
day. The exhibits were unusually fine in
the various departments and the display of
stock was the best that has been there for
years, yet, Notwithstanding this, the daily
attendance was far below the usual average.
1t is thought the association has lost money
by this years fair.
-Entomologist W. G. Johnson, writing
to Judge Stake about the peach orchards re-
Gently visited by him in Washington coun-
~, says: 81 found the orchards in very
much worse condition than l anticipated.
| have located the San Jose scale at three
distinct localities above Hagerstown, and
feel certain the deadly pest has obtained a
foothold in many other orchards that have
not yet visited. In the orchard OF Jacob
Hoffman, near Cavetown, found 300 peach
trees in very bad condition, some of them
being literally covered with the pest. He
has consented to destroy his entire orchard
of 800 trees. The pest has spread from his
orchard to several adjoining orchards, one
Of which is owned by Mr. Diffendall,
planted last spring, and another is owned
by Mr.. Davis have advised these gen.
tlemen to at once get rid Of the pest
have also found the pest in pear orchard
Of Samuel B. Doose, near Edgemont. Sew
eral trees have been destroyed and the pest
ia spreading to other orchards in that vicin-
ity. Mr.. Loose will take immediate steps
to destroy his trees. l fear that many