The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1898-11-05
WING OFFICE TELEPHONE, No. 20.
NEWS In BRIEF.
Local Matters Boiled Down for Hasty
PeruSal by Busy Readers.


The commission completed their work
OF placing markers on the Antietam battle
field to show positions Of Maryland troops
Cider is very scarce article this year,
the apple crop having been almost an
entire failure in this section Much OF the
fruit that is offered for sale is of very poor
quality.
The injunction granted about q year
ago to prevent the dredging OF Lake Ro-
land has been Withdrawn and it is now
stated that the work will he commenced
next spring.
A chicken with four perfect legs was
hatched at the home of Mrs. Charles E.
Cecil, of Queen Anne's county. 1t is
healthy and Mrs. Cecil proposes to raise it
to exhibit at fairs next year.
A large number of farmers and those
interested in farmers institutes, have
signed petition asking that an institute
be held at oakland, under the direction Of
the Agricultural College some time during
this month.
A mysterious disease has attacked all
the poultry at Shepherdtown, and chickens
and turkeys are dying off in large numbers
Phil Needy, farmer losing $50 in day
The fowls, when attacked, act as if crazed
and die almost instantly
Work on the HagerstoNn. Altenwald
division of the Western Maryland Railroad
Is progressing slowly for want of workmen.
During the past week about fifty negroes
have stopped work on account of the cold
weather and gone to their homes in the
South.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
have commenced to raise the tracks from
Aberdeen to Baltimore, and it will take
about year to complete the work. Sixty
five men are now engaged in the work and
the robbed is to be raised four feet and
made solid foundation Of broken stone
w. c. Palmatory, of Church Hill, Queen
Anne's county, is the owner Of the largest
hog on the Eastern Shore, if not in the
State. The hog is an Ohio improved
Chester breed and weighs between 1000
and l, 100 pounds, He is feet inches
in length and measures about feet
around.
-Thirtyfour members OF the allopathic
M cd ioal nrofecsiOn nf Ero1arol, oo,n+,, ~, az
in the grand-iury-r in Frederick, on
last Saturday, and organized an association
to be known as the "Frederck County
Medical Society," The object of the asso-
citation is for mutual protection, and to up
hold the dignity of the profession
Prof. w. G. Johnson, State Entomolo-
gist, Monday, sent his equipment to the
Eastern Shore of Maryland, where he will
begin series of experiments upon the San
Jose scale, using boxes constructed of raw
hide paper instead of tents for generating
gas. II this method of treatment is found
feasible the cost of equipment will be
reduced to less than one-half the cost of
tents
1t is understood in Chestertown, that
a brother of the late Samuel Tarbutt, who
died recently in Baltimore, possessed OF an
unexpected large estate, has been found in
the Kent county almshouse, and that a
lawyer has been engaged, who will en-
deavor to secure for his client share OF
the property, in the event Of the will Of
the deceased being set aside, under the
caveat heretofore filed.
The heroic act of small boy in Sussex
county has just come to light. Several
days ago it was reported that Arthur Stein,
aged years, living near Milton, had been
killed by horse tramplng upon him. The
details show that the lad gave up his life
to save that Of his sister. number Of
horses had been let out in the barnyard,
and the little girl was playing around
them. One animal reared and knocked
down the child. He was about to trample
her when Arthur drew her out of the way.
In doing so he slipped and fell and the
horses feet crushed the life out Of him.