The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1899-05-27
WING OFFICE TELEPHONE, No. 30.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Local Matters Boiled Down for VaStv
PeruSal by BUSY Readers.

Eugene Reynolds has been appointed
principal of the Rising sun public school.
to succeed Miss Emmn Hainrs, resigned.
The Chesapeake City public school will
be made into high school upon its opening
in the fall. there being an attendance Of over
two hundred scholars.
John NJ. Arters, of CeciItor, a member of
the graduating class of Dickinson College,
was among those awarded honors for excel.
lency in speaking and composition
The graduating class OF the Cecil County
High School attended the Methodist Epis-
copal Church on Sunday night, Rev. T. +.
Terry preaching the baccalaureat sermon.
Application has been made by Mrs. Amy
Bayue in the Circuit Court for Cecil county
for a divorce from her husband. Charles
Bayne. The bill states that she is a resident
of MARYLAND, and he j. not at the present
time. She also asks for the custody Of her
child.
John st. Clair and Mary st. Clair were
osted in North East by Constable George
T. Murray, last week, charged with stealing
n watch from james W. stanton, of Bay
View. Magistrate SHIPPERS heard the case
and they were committed TO jail in default
of 5000 bail for their appearance al court.
A raid on yiolators Of the fishing laws ut
the head of the Chesapeake Bay has been
planned 10y the eXecutjy" committee Of the
Maryland Game and Fish Protective AssJcia-
ton The secretary nr the association has
been authorized to turn over to State Game
Warden Gilbert such mouey as he may need
for the charterinG aud "QuipPing Of tpghoat
TO cruise among the tributaries al the head of
the Chesapeake On the lookout for illegal
fishing.
The railroads touching the berry-growiug
counties of the Eastern Shore are evidently
in expectation of Il biz shipping; season. iudg-
ing hv the preparations they are making to
handle the product Of the shippers Two
special daily fast trains Will be run to carry
the fruit to the Northern and Eastern mar
kets, carrying the red, ripe berries from the
Peninsula plantations directly to tho busy
market stalls in Boston, New York and Phila-
delphia. The trouble that was anticipated
among the growers from the refusal of the
pickers to submit to vaccination has been
aycrted by means Of a compromise, whereby
the colored people who HAD determined to
steer shy OF the dreaded vaccine point have
succumbed to the inevitable and will carry
around sore arms as an evidence Of their
complete compliance with the law. The sea-
son il already beginning in earnest 1t will
l,s. crIN a fpyU
The Betterton wharf property owned by
Turner h Son, at Bettarton, has been sold 10
the Betterton Wharf and Improvement Com
many. of Kent county. The new company
will include the Sassafras River Steamboat
COMPANY, the Port Deposit and Havre de
Grace Steamboat Company and Turner ~
Son. The Ericsson Line has also been invited
to become a stockholder in the new company.
One of the new features that will be intro
duccd by this company will he free wharfage
to the public. Especially during fruit season
this will mean the saving of considerable
money to the farmers. The rate of freight
will be lower than in former years. and other
improvements will be made at the wharf for
the benefit of the public. Turner Son will
lool; after the business Of the new company
and act as agents. Betterton wharf was built
by Il. T. Turner, ST., in 1854, and has since
been the outlet for large shipments Of freight
and fruit from that section of the country
At present three lines of steamers stop nj
Betterton, giving six boats daily. The three
lines include the Sassafras River Line, the
Port Deposit and Havre de Grace Line and
the Ericsson Line. Probably no other town
on the Eastern Shore has better shipping fac
ilities to Baltimore, Philadelphia and other
points.