The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1898-07-30
WING OFFICE TELEPHONE, No. 80.
NEWS In BRIEF.
Local Matters Boiled Down for HaSty
Perusal by Busy Readers.

-CidDS are III LIN llNe'.
Recent improvements have made the
Howard county Jail one of the best county
prisons in Maryland.
The clerks in the different stores at
Harrington are using every effort to have
the closing hour of stores made s p. M.
Reports received from over the county
show the tonnage of hay this year to be
greater than any during the past ten years.
Large quantities of willow wood are
being shipped from this county to Will
mington to be used in the manufacture of
powder for the government
The sneak thief is still on the rounds.
This time he is working on High street.
An unsuccessful attempt was made to enter
a residence on Saturday night.
The tramp nuisance has not been very
great in Milford, this summer The action
of the people in refusing to feed the
Migrants was a step in the direction of a
good radiance.
S. c. Parker will address the Young
Mems Temperance Union of Pennsylvania,
at Altoona, Pa, on August 10. Mr..
Parker is an honored member Of the Union
and has gained a wide reputation as a
speaker.
ALL arrangements have been made for
the Rehoboth camp meeting, which will be
held from August 6 to 81, under the man
agement of the Rev. Il. H. Adams. He
will have the assistance of some of the best
ministerial talent of the Wilmington Con-
ference.
The Improvement Association of Ches-
tertown recently formed by the ladies, pro-
poses to coniine its efforts first to beautify-
ing public squares in the business centre OF
the town. These squares have from time
immemoral served for grazing lots for
horses They will be planted with shade
trees and shrubbery and used for the COM
fort of the people.
The arrivals at Rehoboth are now
reaching larger proportions than has yet
been witnessed this season. No cottage on
the beach bears the sign "for rent, and all
the cottages which have been rented for
one month are now engaged by Others for
the month of August or for the remainder
of the season. The bathing is one Of the
main attractions, and the shore from about
l | O'Clock on is now sight we'll worth
seeing.
The lease Of the Susquehanna Shirt
Factory in Havre de Grace has been trans
ferred to the William II. Towles Manufac-
turing Company, of Baltimore, who will
occupy the same in connection with their
Baltimore business The capacity OF the
factory is sufficient to work about $50
hands. This firm is an old established one
of Baltimore. Their trade extends over
the entire country, and the location there
will be permanent one, having outgrown
their Baltimore plant.
The will of the late Enoch Pratt,
philanthropist, bequeathing $1,000, 900 to
the Sheppard Asylum, Baltimore, which
was contested by the heirs in NIassachu-
sets and elsewhere, was upheld Saturday
in decision by Judge Sharp in the Circuit
Court, of Baltimore. Abner Mckinley,
brother of President Mckinley, and other
counsel, representing the contestants, gave
notice of appeal. There are nearly 50, 600
600 involved in the entire estate, and the
fight will probably be carried to the United
States Supreme Court Mr.. Pratt made
the bequest contingent ON the asylum,
changing its name to the Enoch Pratt
Sheppard Asylum.
Herbert L. Cook, a young marine Of
Howard county, who is now in service on
United States cruiser, at Manila,
has written to a friend in Howard
county, giving some interesting details OF
Uncle Sans warships at that place. This
is Mr.. Crook g second letter since going to
the Philippines He says: "My nerves
are more settled now than when | wrote
my last letter. We just wiped the
Spaniards off the earth. We captured q
Spanish gunboat to-day and when the cap.
tain came on board he said he thought the
Spanish fleet was here, but when we told
him they had been licked, he turned as
white as ghost, and had nothing more tc
say. We are not having much to eat, but
we are just in fighting trim for the
Spaniards.