The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1898-04-09
NEWS IV BRIEF.
Local Matters Boiled Down for HaSty
PcruSal by Busy Rca erS.

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Mrs. Clara D. Abrahams has been COM
missoned pcstmistress at Woodlawn.
The boat. house of Jacob Myers, at Prin-
cipio. was burned on Saturday night, loss
S1O0.
Tie managers Of the Cecil County A-ri.
cultural Society are no" circulating Il state
mert of the society for die year ending Nov.
10, 1897, in pamphlet form.
A handsome granite monument has been
completed by Sloan & Son, the EIkton marble
men, which will DO erected over tho tomb OF
the late john w. ITarriott in Bethel Gene
tery. The monument weighs 3 tons
THE incendiari's woo yitited the farm of
Henry p. Scott the Wilmington banker. near
Delaware City, Sunday morning, and burned
the old R"ybold mansion, visited the farm
again on Monday night and fired the large
barn. Today it is nothing but Il pile of ruins,
causing loss OF $4,000.
-RuIus BowlauG, j. s. Sloan Samuel j.
Keys and Alfred Davis, Of Elkton; Robert
Mccartney. DAME! MrCauley and Frank
BIako, of ChiGs. viii attend the State Coun-
Gil. Jr o. L. \. NJ. at Salisbury, on April 10.
Representatives VIII also be present from
other councils in the county.
John s. Writ, ESQ, has been named one
of the committee to disburse the @ll O0G
appropriation made st johns College, An
hapohs' ny the Legislature, Tor new college
building Nr. Writ is an alumnus Of the
coI'@' ana Is Interested III many ways look
ing toward the welfare o. ora 81. johns.
Captain Wicg,s, retired sea captain,
livin@ near MtddIeto"n, has received orders
from the Navy Department nj Washington to
report 30 lh"l city Tor duty. 1t is presumed
the 5"rtaih VIII be given command OF some
note, since his experience Is wide ana his
reputation Tor crack shooting well known.
The raising OF tn" SusqGehanna river
bridge on the p. W. i. railroad is now
about completed, ana all extra men We're
laid OF ON April l. The work had been
pushed continuously on the bridge since
Jan. II. Inc bridge has been raised %
inches ara new iron moor stfinEers put I'M
der II. The bridge Is $40 feet long.
Tuesday aud tuesday night We're perlIous
hours Tor the shah hsAorm"n CT New Castle
in the Delaware The ileet OF % boats was
tossed about in lively fnshion, some Of the
men being frozen almost to death. Many Of
the fishermen were unable to take the shad
from the boats some could not get back to
New CasIe and were compelled to put in
shor" and return by rail.
AS showing the the low price of ordinary
race track horses now about the deserted
outlaw tracks i'll this county-two horses
were sold in Elkton on Saturday at $40
apiece-the horses being Jack Wynne and
Juanita II is said That there are fully 600
race horse within Il radius OF live miles OF
Eikton, and which inthe majority Of cases the
owners arc only too glad to set any kind OF
an oiier Tor.
In the bill passed by both houses OF tho
Maryland LeElsIat"reaho signed ex-governor
Lownd"s, with relation to changing the name
OF the jacob rome Institute, that institution
is relieved from the payment Of taxes OF
property OF every KIND and nature now pos
sessed 10y the institution o" that may be pos.
sessed hereafter ms includes the assess
ment already maze 10y the County Commits
sionars OF Cecil county upon 1000 900 worth
OF private securities, resulting in tax of
over Si.1Oo. The bill does not exempt the
institute from state tax. that part being
stricken out at the time of the passage OF
the bill.
The County Commissioners are now
giving special attention to the road question
and have about decided to return to the Old
system Of meulinp roads, and which Is urOl-
ably the best one. Two years ago the board