The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1899-03-18
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Local Matters EUil:d Down for Ha,ty
Peru&al by EuSy Readers.

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The annual town election in North East
takes place on Mondag n'Nl
"A branch ofthr National Union Brnen-
cal Order is being organ2'd in Elkton.
Joseph Clay. Of ElEton. has sold his fast
yacht "Hattie" to Harry Harvey, Of North
East.
Hugh McGrendy is improving hs resi-
dence on MafIlt street by the erection of
double story bay win low.
r. b. Frazer. Elkton, has the contract
to paint and paper the new residence of DR.
Rittenhouse in North East.
Richard Draper is remodeing his resi-
dence on Maft street, Elkton, making a
number OF changes in the bodybuilding.
John Frick. of Newark. WAS forced to
shoot one of his pair Of black horses. TIE
horse bad been sick tor four weeks. having
strained itself in a snow drift in the recent
blizzard.
H. H Bowden, a former resident of this
county, has entered divorce proceedings
against his wife. Nary Bowden. Abandon
ment is alleged. They We're married Octo-
Der 10, 1888.
During the electrical storm on Sunday
evening a barn on th" Robert Tenant farm
near Prospect. in Hartford county, was fired
by the lightning and the entire structure and
contents We're destroyed by the flames.
Under Il decision rendered by Judge
Morris the national banks of Maryland, will
have to pay the general tax rate upon shares
of stock held In the different counties, aud
not 30 cents on til" 500. as commended by the
banks. An appeal Will We taken.
Judge Waters. in the Circuit Court for
Hartford county, on Saturday, sentenced
Robert Robinson. colorod, to serve a term Of
five years i'll the Maryland Penitentiary for
the killing Of james Hill, also colored, which
occurred in Havre de- Grace, December 3rd,
last. The jury rendered a verdict of guilty
of murder in the second degree.
The annual statement o; the Mutual Life
Insurance Company, Of New York. showing
the business transacted by that Company for
the year ending 1898, shows an amazing
growth. The assets were increased 1923 $780,
$751; and the total sum now held by this insti-
tuition for the security of its policy-holders is
S277, SIT 1926. The Mutual Life, after placing
1898 05S $40 to the credit of the reserve fund
in accordance with the requirements of the
New York Insurance Department. has a re-
naming surplus of S44 4.S,GSi The surplus
shows growth for the year amounting to
IS, 1850, 400, from which dividends are appor-
toned. In 1898, the claims paid arising from
the death of policy-holders, amounted to 3d.
265 90S, and in addition to this the Company
paid during the twelve months 81 ,4S5. ISL on
account of endowments, dividends, etc The
general business of the Mutual Life in 1893
when compared with the results during the
previous year, Is highly satisfactory. The in
surance In force December 31st, 1897, amount
ed to 1886, 602 ,3S1. On December 31st 1898
the business in force aggregated in amount
1870, 496,9 1915, which is unequaled by any
other company in the world. Since its organ:-
cation in 1913. the Mutual Life Insurance
Company, of New York, has paid to its
policy-holders $4S7, 74S,9l0.
With the passing of the diamond back ter
rapin from local waters and its general scar
city, the business of developing "sliders" and
"redbelly' terfapins has begun in the waters
of Kent County. These terrapins are now in
winter quarters by the thousands in the mar
shes, and are in their best condition. The
slider often attains extremely large proper
tions, weighing as much as twenty pounds or
over. The "red-belly' is a smaller species.
The larger variety sometimes sell so high as
50 so apiece, though the average price is from
rs cents to $3.50 The smaller variety sells for
from rs cents to 81 so per dozen. These ter
rapins bury in the mud from three to five feet
deep, and are found by sounding with
stick and pulled out with a hook. The fe-
sought after, as the numerous eggs add great
ly to the richness of the prepared dish. The
female terrapin deposits her egg, ranging
from twenty-five to thirty in number, in the
sand fields near by her bedding grounds. She
goes out at night, makes hole with her
head large enough to hold the eggs, and then
proceeds to lay The eggs are then covered
with sand and packed. and the terrapin seeks
the water before the sun becomes too hot. An
old trapper states that he has known terra
pins to be killed by the sun while making
their way to the marsh after laying. The
crow is the greatest enemy to the terrapn,
hunting up their nests and destroying the
eggs by wholesale. The diamond back has
been almost entirely superseded by the slider
and d-belly.