The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1899-02-18

james Naudain has sold his Duroc colt,
"Maud Duroc," to Henry Vinsnger.
On Monday Mrs. John Marcus fell at her
home i'll Little Elk, spraining her left arm.
Frank Kerr, who was stricken with
apopexy last week, is able to be out again.
The "Stewart' farm. belonging to An
bought by Henry Rosin.
William Knight, Jr., has resigned bis
position in the Baltimore Custom House. Mr.
Knight formerly resided in Cecil county.
George BIrkhead, of Beverly, N. j.,
owner of the Elkton Shirt Factory. was in
Elkton on business, on Friday, of last week.
The meeting of the directors of the Sin.
gerly Fire Company, on Monday evening" for
the purpose of making the Chiefs appoint
ments was postponed until next Monday
evening" the Goth.
On Friday night. Of last week. Frank
Harris sleigh was upset on Creswel's hill.
The horse with overturned sleigh attached,
ran through the town, and was finally caught
on the Blue Ball road.
A fire occurred at the home of Charles
Owens on East High street Saturday after
noon. There was some slight damage done
to furniture The origin OF the fire is I'M
known, and no alarm was sent in.
An order has been signed by United States
Judges Golf and Morris for the sale of the
Philadelphia branch of the Is. & o. Railroad.
The portion of the road passing through
Cecil county is included in this branch.
Oh Monday night. John Rnpp found John
Mann. ope ator at Pencador, near Newark,
frozen in a snow drift. His condition is con.
sdered serious. On the same day, Willard
Taylor, one of the section hands at Newark,
Del. had one Of his hands go badly from
that it had to he amputaed.
The Chesapeake and Delaware canal is
undergoing repairs. The Ericsson Line steam.
ers were prevented from making their daily
trips on account of the ice. On last Thursday
the ice was broken as far rs Town Point, Elk
river, by the Baltimore icehoat, +. G. Latrobe,
but the extreme weather since has closed the
way to further traffic.
Mr.. George Dobhin Penniman, president
of the Maryland State Game and Fish Pro-
tective Association, said that he believed the
severe weather would practically exterm-
nate the cartridges throughout the State.
and that he wished to direct attention i'm
medlately to the question of restocking the
coveys. something that is now beyond the
experimental stage, as all sportsmen Of
Maryland know. He said that he was
an xious that all persons who desire to pur-
chase birds for liberation in the spring should
send in their orders to the secretary of the
association, Mr.. F. G. kirkwood, 1l5 Con
cord street, Baltimore, as soon as possible.
Mr.. Penniman makes the point that Mary
land should be first in the market for stock
birds, and he says the game association has
already communicated with various firms in
different parts Of the country who engage in
trapping and shipping birds for propag; ting
purposes. 1t has asked for prices at which
live birds can be delivered in Baltimore.
If there is great demand for birds for this
purpose, he says the association might pur-
chase them by the thousand anu greatly
reduced rate can thus be obtained. An
ticpating that there will be a great demand
for cartridges for stocking purposes from all
the Northern and Eastern States, he is very
anxious that the game association should be
put in position of knowing the number Of
birds the sportsmen OF Maryland will take,
in order that it may make an early contract
for the birds to be delivered in March,
These birds are handled by the association
without any profit whatever, being turned
over at the exact price it is compelled to pay
for them.