The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1899-04-01
W. B. Hart has erected. a neat work sho

at his residence on West High street.
Thomas Kincaid has moved to the
Holmes farm, in the Second district, now
owned by M. A. Brown.
Dogs entered the hen house of Mrs.
Susan Bratton at the Farr Creek one night
this week and killed six setting hens.
Last Saturday. George G. Racine moved
from Philadelphia. to the "Old Field Point
farm in Elk Neck, owned by Henry NJ.
Mccullough.
The Tyson family of this county are said
to be among the heirs of James Tyson, who
died in Australia, leaving the immense for
tune of $40 900 0OO
r G.. Ledge has butchered and sold to
John Lee, Of Elkton, eight hogs of one litter,
six MOI tbs old, the average weight being one
hundred and seventy pounds.
Easter services will be held in Provi-
dence A. U. NJ. P. Church all day Sunday.
1890 a. m, preaching by pastor; 3 p. M.
preaching by stranger: 7.30 p. M. Sunday
School festival will take place.
The schooner Caradova, owned by James
ii. Steele, Of Chesapeake City, Is beached on
the shore near Bohemia bridge. in Bohemia
river. The schooner. which is loaded with
800 bushels Of corn, was driven by the gale
Wednesday morning while anchored in the
river to the shore.
The members of Little Elk Tribe, No. so
|. o. r. NJ, are requested to meet in their
wigwam, Cherry Hill, to- morrow, Sunday. at
II o'clock noon to attend the funcra! Of our
deceased brother A. NJ. Mahoney. Meet at
house at l O'Clock. Services in Cherry Hill
requested to attend.
Deputy Sheriff McAllistcr took Elmer
Blgler, to Oxford, Pa. Tuesday morning..
| and handed him over to Constable Z. A.
Brown, of Little Britain, Lancaster county,
Pa. Biger is wanted there for stealing Il
horse from Frank II. Rea, of Coleraine. He
was arrested at PerryYile on Tuesday.
| March II. with the horse in his possession.
What might have been a serious fire
occurred in Rising Sun, on last Friday after
noon. About four o'clock the tin-shop
belonging to the estate of c. G. Mcclure aid
lately operated by his sons, was discovered
to be on fire. Citizens responded promptly
to the alarm and though the fire had gained
control.
A variety troupe, with Il biograph rs a
side attraction, performed at Briigeyillo,
Del, on Monday evening, and during the
entertainment scene occurred which was
not down on the program. One of the pir
lures shown by the bioeraph was squad Of
| Twelfth Cavalry boys loading stores aboard
a transport at Port Tampa The machine
faithfully portrayed their motions, and their
! features were very distinct. Suddenly a pile
Of chests and boxes. which the soldiers had
| piled up on the dock, overturned, and one
| poor fellow was crushed beneath them. At
this iuncturc II Mrs. WciGmer, who had
arisen from her seat and was staring with an
ashcn face at the screen, sank ia her seat
sobbing piteously, My Will My poor boy
and swooned away. Several of the audience
ran TO her assistance and she was carried
out in the fresh air, where she soon revived
At first it was thought that she had suddenly
become insane, but it was subsequently
learned that her son william. who was D
member Of the Twelfth United States Cavalry,
was accidentally killed while loading stores
at Port Tampa 10y being crushed by pile OF
overturned boxes, and the hcart-broken
mother saw picture of the death of her
boy by the revolving films Of the hiograph.
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her brother, who have been confined in the
Centrevilc Jail during the past month.
charged with assault upon Henry Schreber.
with intent to kill. by giving him poison
in his coffee, We're given Il preliminary hear
ing Monday afternoon. Schrieber and his
two sons, twelve and nine years old. respec-
lively, were the main witnesses examined.
They stated that Henry tasted his coffee on
the evening of February 18th, he complained
of its having bitter taste, and at once
accused his wife Of attempting to poison him.
The latter denied, the witnesses said, that
she had attempted to poison her husband
but that she had placed saltpetre in her own
| cup of coffee, with the intention of killing
herself and had given Scrieber the wrong
cup. States Attorney j. Frank Harper sub
mitted an analysis Of the drugs contained in
the bottom of the cup from which Schrieber
drank, the analysis having been made by
State Chemist Pennimad, which showed the
fact that corrosive sublimate, chemically the
same deadly poison as bichloride of mercury,
had been administered. Mrs. Schrieber and
her brother were held under $500 bail each
for their appearance at the May term of the
Circuit Court.