The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1899-08-26


Elkton, on Tuesday night, and carried OF
thirty eight chickens.
The canpmeeting by the congregation {,
Providence A. Z. NJ. p. Church began
Sunday, in East Elliton.
About twenty-five Poles are employed t
Fryer's cannery at Colora, and about fifty T.
Silver's at Liberty Grove.
A thief entered the hennery of Hylan'
Marcus, near town, several nights ago, an
stole thirteen young turkeys. |
Some Of the heirs to the supposed Tysdi
estate have recently received letters who.
gave very little encouragement. e
Three hundred and forty one tickets we,
sold at the Elkton railroad station on Thur
day for the excursion to COLCHESTER
Mrs. Ella Allen, a very respectable ccI
ored woman Of this town, died On Sundi
last, at her home, on Miiburn street.
The residence OF Joseph ?. Wright, ne
Aiken, has been greatly improved by Il mao
sard roof and otherwise frightened up. z
The Board Of Managers OF tho Ce@
County Fair met in Elkton. on Monday, us
no business of Importance was transacted.
The privileges for the coming Elkton F0f
will be sold nj public auction on the sroune
on Wednesday, September 18th, 1899, al.
o'clock. 4
George VI. Biddle has removed his fam
from Wilmington 10 Elkton, occupying t.
residences Of Miss Matte Nichols, ON W
Main street.
Tho taxpayers throughout the cou
ara reported TO be rather slow this year .
taking advantage OF the discount, ny payti
their taxes nov.
The ladies OF Wesley Chapel held an /
cream ana cake festival nj tie home of Har
George, il Elk Neck, on Tuesday evenh
Quite a largo number were present,
Rev. j. D. c. Hanna will lecture il {,
Jr. o. [. \. NJ. Hall, at PerryYille, next TUT
day evening, for the benefit Of the retie
hnrfQGhas,s. yelief fund Of the NJ L. Church.
Post have also donated one dollar each.
The post will attend the G. A. t. Ensamp-
ment at Philadelphia, September 9TH, and
take part in the parade,
The body of Samuel A. Boylan, with
a bullet hole in his temple and with his
neck stretched across the tracks, was found
on the p. W. X +. railroad near West
y ard, last saturday morning. 1t is be-
lieved he committed suicide owing to i'll
ht alth. 1t is said he was engaged to marry
Miss Rose Olive, Of Delaware City, where
be had been employed by the government
i'll improving Fort du Pont.
Dog days are nearly gone As the
per cd is reckoned, it is hardly identical
with the heliacal rising of the dog star,
and the days claimed as dog days have
been a subject of considerable debate and
confusion of dates. 1t is said that the
modern almanac makers sometimes reckon
them from July "a to August "a, and
others from July 3 to August II, but old
and reliable centensrian authorities pro-
claim July % and September ) as their
Alpha and Omega, and these dates appear
to harmonic with their peculiar phe-
At any rate, whatever date is
preferred, they are here.
-One day the past week, the negro as
sailants of William Ahern, night operator
at Ginn's Block, near Middletown, James
King, alias Chester King, alias Samuel
Carpenter, and John Henry Raisin, alias
James Young, who are in New Castle Jail
attempted to settle their difference in a
personal encounter. The men met in the
corridor charged each other with the crime
and the lie was passed, Each drew from
his pocket case knife, and they were
about to spring at each other when the
warden appeared on the scene and drew his
revolver. He ordered them to go to their
cells, declaring that he would shoot the
first man that used the knife, They went
to their cells muttering curses. Each
swears that he will yet take the life of the
other, and from general appearances they
mean what they say.
Just before the double hanging OF
Armistead Taylor and John Brown, colored,
at Rockville, last Friday, Taylor told
another story, which was not believed,
regarding the murder of Louis and Dora
Rosenstein. He acknowledged that he had
killed both husband and wife, and exoner-
ated john Alfred Brown, at least, from
actual participation in either murder.
Nobody" he said, "knew anything about
the killing but me and God, went to the
house, leaving Browns place early, and
thought left him in bed. When near the
Rosensteins he came along the road. hid
in the woods until he passed, and then
went to the store. l found Rosenstein
downstairs and killed him, and then went
upstairs. The woman was in bed. l
looked at her, and walked to the other end
of the room. Then she jumped out Of bed
l ran across the room and struck her with
an iron bar. Brown knew nothing about
it-no more that the sheriff did. He said
to me once Those people are making