The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1898-08-13
NEWS In BRIEF.
Local Matters Boiled Down for Hasty
Perusal by Busy Readers.

james Veasey, of West Amwell moved
his family To Elkton, on Monday.
The Delaware State Fair will he held
at Dover, September -, II, Is and l6.
The new flour mill lately built at
Ricketts,, near Elkton, is running to its
fullest capacity.
The farmers are rejoicing over the
excellent corn crop. The prospects are
good for large Yield.
The peach crops in this section are about
is bringing $l.00 per basket in this market.
VIM. NJ. Wherlerman, of Wilmington
has rented the Parker building on Main
street, where he will open a bicycle and
repair shop.
Levi Boulder formerly Of Elkton, but
who has resided at the soldier home at
Hampton Roads, Va, is now living at
Glasgow, Del.
Farmers alb nut Hockessin are complain
ing that a strange malady is affecting the
become blind
The gambling houses, which have been
in full blast at Glen Echo, Montgomery
county, for the past month or so, were
closed last week by the authorities of that
county.
Levin L. Waters, of Princess Anne,
has fly, fully ripe, which weighed four
and quarter ounces. He will have quite
large crop maturing during the latter
part of this month or the first of Septem-
Der.
The Somerset Herald and the Mary
lander appeared last week in the CONSOLE
dated form of the Marylander and Herald
Although it will be vigorously Democratic,
it reserves the priviles Of condemning
fallaoies wherever they may be discovered
A shark measuring over nine feet in
length, of the man-eating species, was
caught by fishermen while hauling seine
on Chester river, last Tuesday evening.
The marine monster made game fight for
liberty, but was killed by the seine haulers
with oars and clubs.
Farmers in the vicinity of Hancock,
are cutting off their corn before it is
matured, in the hope Of saving the fodder.
The drouth has ruined the crop, and as it
is impossible for it to recover, they want to
get something out OF it, even il only scant
quantity Of fodder.
Governor Tunnel has appointed Col
onel A. d. Chaytor registrar to register the
soldiers at Camp Tunnel. The colonel
has given bond, and has until September
80 to make the registration. The appoint
ment was made under the law passed at
the last session Of the Delaware Legislature.
Farmers of the lower counties on the
Eastern Shore are very much agitated over
disease which has lately broken out
among their stock, particularly among the
horses. Every day or so healthy horses are
taken with severe cough, with liberation
Of the throat, which is 80 severe that in
the course of week the animals dwindle
away to nothing and die.
Theodore Conner, Of near Annapolis,
who caught the patriotic crab on the Fourth
of July, with an American flag in its claw
has sent the flag to Commodore Schley,
with message explanatory Of the incident,
and telling Schley that he wanted him to
see that even the crabs Of Maryland were
celebrating his victory.
Reports received by the Peninsula
Horticultural Society say that in Cecil,
Kent and Queen Anne's counties, and New
Castle county, Del, there will be half a
crop or more Of apples and three tourths OF
a crop of pears. In the adjoining COUNT es
on the south there will be half a crop Of
pears and perhaps, fourth of crop of
apples. Further north both crops are prao-
tically failures.
George Potter, colored, who halls from
Wilmington, came to Newark, last Friday,
and endeavored to paint it red. He in
suited number Of persons and finally
went to the B. & o. station to take a train
home. While waiting he became very
obnoxious by threatening different persons
The town officer was sent for, but before
he arrived the negro insulted man who
was passing and was knocked unconscious.
The man walked on and when the officer
arrived he found the colored man insensible
with an ugly cut on his jaw bone. Potter
was given hearing and fined So and costs.