The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1898-08-27
AUGUST.
wHIG OFFICE TELEPHONE, No. 30.
NEWS In BRIEF.
Local Matters Boiled Down for Hasty
PeruSal by Busy Readers.

PeruSal by Busy Readers.
The luscious oyster will soon be with
us again.
Clifford A Dunlap, Of Colora, has ac-
cepted position in p. & Iendrick : store,
Chester, Pa.
The festival held by Child's Council,
Jr. o U. A. NJ. on Saturday evening net
ted that organization $50.
The government has granted an origi-
nal widows pension Of s. per month to
Serena Thompson, of Port Deposit.
The c0lored folks held camp meeting
on the Frrnchtown turnpike on Sunday
1t was largely attended by Elkton coored
people
Owing to the lateness OF the tomato
crop Gamers throughout Cecil count say
they will not be able to start canning for at
least two weeks.
Next Sunday will be "hg quarterly"
in Wilmington, and many Elkton colored
people will be in attendance. This event
ia looked upon as being better than a camp
meeting.
- The Delaware soldiers who have been
cncamped at Middletown, Del, since the
beginning of the war, passed through Elk
ton. on Saturday, en- route for Middletown,
Pa where they will encamp until further
orders.
Il is feared that the tomato crop this
season will be almost an entire failure
One Of the oldest and most experienced
farmers gives it as his opinion that the
yield will be hut little over two tons per
acre on all lands.
list Episcopal Conference desire Bishop
Goodsell to preside at its next annual SEES
sion, which will be held at Cambridge.
Previous to the conference session, the
church in which it is TO be held will be
improved,
Taylor McKenney, of Elkton, has pur-
chased the livery business of Joseph Brad
bury, at Eighth and Tatnall streets, Will
mington, and will dispose of his business
in Elkton, He will take charge about
September 10, and Mr.. Bradbury will
probably 60 to Porto Rico.
Since the two Italians, Michael Cos
tello and Giuseppe Special, were arrested
in Dover by Secret Service Detectives
Shartzer and Barker on the charge of pass
ing worthless money it has been learned
that spurious five cent pieces are in crcu-
lation in Delaware, as well as the quarters
which led to the arrest of the two men.
At The time Of their capture it was sup
posed that the persons who made the
quarters had confined themselves to money
Of that denomination, as the officers had
not heard of any bad money other than
quarters being in circulation in that
vicinity. 1t is believed by many now,
however, that the same persons who made
the quarters made the tive-cent pieces and
probably other money that was circulating
through Delaware aud Cecil county
Aberdeen, Hartford county, is "bee-
hive o! industry Just now The packing
season is in full blast, and more than >, 600
hands are employed by the Gamers in and
near the town. From tie middle of
August unit the lst Of November there is
not town in the State that does the bust
ness that the canning season briggs to
Aberdeen. This seasons pack, especially
Of corn, promises to be busy one through
out Hartford county. Ali packers are do
ing business on much larger scale than
heretofore, and the output will he much
larger than it has been for the past six
years. Under the present favorable
weather tomatoes, particularly the late
ones, are looking better, and though the
crop will not come up to the earlier ex-
pectations there may yet be fair pack.
Nearly all the packers in and around Aber-
deem have enlarged their packing houses.