The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1898-09-17
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Local Matters Boiled Down for TASTY
PeruSal by Busy Readers.

The Zion Academy is being reprinted.
The public school at Conowingo has
twenty-five pupils on the roll.
Joseph Adams has been appointed cable
foreman at the Susqurhauna Paper Mills.
The festival held by the Aetna football
Association. of Newark, Melted about $50.
Charles Z. Moore, near Colora. had his
foot crushed on Wednesdays wagon passing
over it.
w. S. McCracken. of North East, is one of
the subscribers to the stock Of the National
Bank which it is proposed to establish in
Lewes, Delaware.
The pavement ON the south side of East
Main street, between Church and South
streets has been greatly improved by BaiiiT
Bidde aud force.
A renewal of the rumor OF important
changes among the supernten Tents OF the
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore
railroad il heard. As yet nothing authentic
in relation to the matter can be learned.
There is nov rush of work at the can
nlDg houses of Andrews at Conowingo aud
Kirby at lakewood. The former has a can
merry in operation in Hartford county ana all
the tomatoes packed there are hauled to
Conowingo, where they are put in a freight
car and labeled and then shipped. The vii
lage is alive all day with people and teams
going and coming. Some night work has to
be done in order to keep up.
In In T-nit.1 Cotton Hl,,rt Mt Vilp,int,-
ton, on Wednesday morning. Senator Richard
Ii. Kcnncy pleaded not guilty to the second
Indictment, charging him with conspiriug TO
deirNud the First National Bank Of Dover.
His trial was fixed for October 25. Senator
Kenney entered the courtroom with his
counsel. Levi c. Bird. The reading OF the
indictment was waived and the senator
entered his plea. Mr.. Bird. at his request,
was allowed ten days i'll which to file u de-
murrer These proceedings occurred in the
District Court, but District Attorney Vandc-
grift announced that the case would bc certi-
fled into the Circuit Court, where Senator
Kenney was previously tried.
The advertisement OF that well-known
and popular Baltimore house. Isaac BenesGh
~ Sons, 5i9.557 North Gay street, appears in
this issue of the CECIL WING for a run Of
some months, during which time the people
of Cecil county will see the bargains that are
offered them by this firm, which is one Of the
largest in the country. The firm has Just
issued very handsome and expensive cata-
logue setting forth the prices of house fur
nshing goods, furniture, etc, which will be
mailed to any Of the readers Of the CECIL
WING upon application to Benesoh & Sons
1t will pay all to note their advertisement
every week.
Cecil county peach growers may find
much OF value in the following practical hints
by Henry Rieman, a successful grower OF the
Eastern Shore of Maryland. Mr.. Rieman
says:-"I attribute my success in growing
peaches to judicious pruning and persistent
and careful cultivation. | prune 30 rs to
keep the tree open in the centre, that the air
and sunlight may have full course through
it, and l train the trunks high. so that the
ground may be plowed and narrowed close
up to the trees l keep the harrows going rs
much as l can and whenever can all through
the year. pillow the orchard every spring as
early as possible and again In the fall il
have the time to take from other farming
operations. The peach tree appreciates at
tention and culture and pays back we'll for
it. Scarlet clover makes good orchard
fertilizer | have never used commercial
fertilizer on the orchard, but intend to do so
next season. A flock OF sheep are kept in the
orchard. The sheep are fond of the peach leaf
and destroy all the sprouts and shoots that
grow on the tree to its injury. The sheep keep
the trees as clean as man could. They also
eat the wormy peaches which fall from the
trees, destroying the worms, which would
otherwise go into the ground. The orchard
now does not drop many wormy peaches.
Some peach-growers keep hogs in their
orchards. They will eat the wormy peaches
fast enough, but they will not destroy the
sprouts, and are a nuisance because they root
up the earth"