The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1898-05-14
NEWS in BRIEF.
Local Matters Boiled Down for Hasty
PeruSal by Busy Readers.

Good road leagues are talked of in sew
eral sections of the county.
Mrs. Priscilla S. Brown, of Rock Springs
has been granted an original widows pen
sion, of So.
The Cecil Farmers Club will be onter-
tanned on Wednesday, May Is, by the Rev.
d. Z. Shaw, at West Nottingham.
The family of the late J. c. Bell, left
Conowingo. on Friday, for their summer
home near Hudson, on the Hudson river.
The commencement exercises OF the
Tome Institute. Port Deposit, will take place
this year on Wednesday evening, June Is.
The address will be made by Bishop Vincent,
of Topeka, Kansas
The citizens Of lakewood and vicinity
raised 90 foot flag pole on Saturday after
noon last, with patriotic exercises. Several
addresses were made and band OF music
was in attendance.
William J. Alrich, the well known Main
street jeweler, has disposed of the greater
part of his stock in bulk to n New York firm,
and will remove from Elkton, as soon as he
can ilSpOSt VI VIC i'St vi lio SlpNh.
W. G. Armstrong and Sons, the success
full hotel men late of Oxford, who recently
made an offer for the purchase of the Howard
House, Elkton, have located having bought
the Davis hotel in Clayton, New Jersey.
The public is cordially invited to attend
a lecture to be given in the Town Hall, Port
Deposit. Saturday evening, May IA, at eight
O'Clock, by DR.. Mary Wood-Allen. subject
"The requests we make our children.' 1t is
a rare opportunity to have the privilege of
hearing DR.. Wood-Allen.
j. A. Paxson was arrested at Rock
Springs. on Friday, oG the charge Of emoez-
element, made by j. S. Bullock, agent for
Jonas Bowman, Of Oxford. PaXson was
taken before Squire Taylor, Of Rising Sun,
and after some talk agreed to go to oxford
with Constable Ingram. He was given "a
hearing before Squire Gallagher that night
who held him in the sum Of $500 for appear
ance at Court.
While Norman Morrison was blowing up
stump on the vacant lot adjoining the
Friends Meeting house, at Calvert, the other
day. he turned up an old English coin bear
ing the date OF $780, which was two feet I'M
der the ground. During the Revolutionary
period, the ground thereabout was occupied
as hospital, and it is supposed that the coin
was lost then.
The fact that Ochm's Acme Hall of Balt-
more sells Wheels, marks their models as
reliable trustworthy mounts The Severn"
their great leader is unquestionably one of
the finest Bicycles made, and is commanding
the highest esteem among the foremost Balti-
more riders. The large Clothing business
carried on by Oehms Acme Hall, makes their
announcement of new Spring Suits and other
apparel of the highest interest to all.
-Bicyclsts of the surrounding country
who have been riding their wheels OF late into
Port Deposit are being very much annoyed
by the small boys of that town, who at every
chance are puncturing the wheels of the un-
lucky riders, who are thus left in a consider
able plight having debated tire and worth
less wheel ON hand. At this, however, the
small boy takes his great pleasure, but the
riders say that the day of reckoning is COM
ing.
Mr. and Mrs. John White and daughter
OF Newark, had a narrow escape from death
in runaway accident in Newark on Monday.
They were driving pair OF horses to a mar
ket wagon when the tongue yoke broke. which
frightened the horses. The wagon struck a
tree, all three being thrown out violently.
The ladies escaped with bruises but Mr..
Whites head struck the tree, the scalp being
severely lacerated. A physician was called
and he was removed to his home. Mr. White
is recovering rapidly.
Bids were received by the Board OF
County Commissioners oh Wednesday for the
placing of metallic cases in the Registers
office, County Commissioners office and
Clerks Office, for the keeping OF records
heretofore unprotected from fire. The bids
received were: Fenton Metallic Manufacture
ing Company, OF New York, !4556 4G Office
Specially Company, Baltimore, $3G45 II
Stire and Freeman, Philadelphia, s3400
The proposale are being held under advise.
ment
The trustees of the Tome Institute, Port
Deposit, have sent their check for SO 900 in
payment of county taxes, levied on private
securities held by the institution, over which
payment there was dispute. The point a
issue was whether the act passed by the las
legislature exempting the institution from
municipal and county taxation, applied t.
the taxes in question. The County Commits
sioners held that it did not rs the levy wa
made and the taxes were due before the ex
emption law went into effect and which
point :he trustees acceded to.