The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1899-09-30
NEWS IN BRIEF


The Elkton boutyarjs of Deibcrt and
Sons are now busy with work,
The dwelling on Wing street owned by
Frank Kerr, has been reprinted.
Herman Il. Tyson. Of tho Newark stock
Farm, Was i'll Elkton on Monday.
Mrs. r. T. Ranbo will open millinery
store On Main street, North East, today.
The members of National Lodge, No 81,
|. o. o. f., will soon start their degree work
for the winter.
--Rev. John France, OF Wilmington. Del,
will preach in the EIlton NJ. l.. Church, both
morning and evening on Sunday.
j. Frank Frazer will make Il number Of
Improvements to the interior of his Eureka
Pharmacy, East Main street, Elkton.
Thomas Armstrong. of Port Deposit, has
accepted a position as clerk in the Eureka
Pharmacy, J. Frank Frazer, proprietor. Elk
ton.
The foundations and cellars for the new
school houses 1T Conowingo and Ceciton,
are now dus out and ready for the work of
construction 10 50 Oh.
While coupling cars ut Newark, on the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad. on Saturday,
James Campbell a freight brakeman, was
badly injured. He was sent to the Delaware
Hospital.
Scott Newman. Jr.. has sold Boralma, a
promising young trotter, to DR.. J. G. Mccoy,
of Kirkwood. Del, for $4,000, the highest
price ever paid for a three-year- old trotter in
Kentucky.
John NJ. Reed and Son. the well-known
Chesapeake City merchants are now running
Il delivery wagon. Goods are delivered and
orders taken which accommodation is greatly
appreciated by their customers.
AT the meeting of Elkton Council. No %,
Jr. o. L. A. NJ, it was decided to reorganze
the degree staff and a new degree master was
appointed who would like to have full at
tendance Of members next Tuesday evening.
The Twelfth Annual Reunion of Battery
B, 1st Maryland Light Artillery, known as
Shows Battery, will be held at Port Deposit
on Saturday, October 7, at 10 30 a. m. Mem
bers and all old soldiers are INVITED to be
present. Hiram T. Brown, secretary; VIM.
H. Cook, president.
The members of Elkton Council, No. %,
Jr. 0. [. A. NJ, have been invited to partici-
pate in laying the corner stone for the new
hall to be built by Riverview Council, Jr. o.
U. A. NJ, of Elk Neck The ceremonies will
commence at one o'clock this, Saturday,
afternoon. A program has been prepared,
including addresses by several prominent
members of the order.
From all appearances. the electric light
plant. which is to furnish Havre de Grace
with light for the streets, will soon be in
stalled. John II. Record, who has the con-
tract with the city, has given out the contract
which will be erected at Fountain and
Junata streets. The buildings it is expected
will be completed in about thirty days.
J. Will Perkins. who was one of the
representatives from Maryland to the Sover.
eign Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows, which
met in Detroit last week, brought home with
him number of very interesting souvenirs.
They were the presents from members Of the
different Statos. Georgia was represented by
Il bale of cotton; Connecticut by the nutmeg;
Maryland by the diamond back terrapin;
Arizona by an emblem Of brass; California
by fac-simile of the so gold piece, and the
other States by one Of their products or
photograph of prominent member Of the
Order. Kansas had the photograph of
General Funston, the great fighter of the
Philippines or their souvenirs.
- Most of the tomato canneries on the PEN
insula are now closing after one of the largest
seasons which they have yet had. The crop
of tomatoes has been remarkable, both for
quantity and quality and only the capacity
Of the factories and the scarcity of cans pre-
vented the output being even larger than ii
is The tomato growers who had contracted
with the Gamers for the product Of so many
acres at IS n ton disposed of their vegetables,
but many who had not made contracts lost
money by the product rotting. In this
respect the conditions were reversed from the
past few seasons, for the crops previous to
this year were small and the man who had
not made contracts received much larger
prices than the man who had.