The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1899-11-25

from Anne Arundel to the legislature Of
1900, lays claim, with considerable reason,
to being the Father of the House" of the
coming session. Mr.. Krems is on his third
term, and, while Mr.. Lloyd Wilkinson is
also on at least, his third Mr.. Krems ac-
knowledges to more years than Mr.. Wiki
inson, and therefore, thinks the honor Of
administering the oath of office TO the new
speaker belongs to him.
The Delmarvia Telephone Company,
OF Wilmington, Del has made an alliance
with the Maryland Telephone Company, of
Baltimore and arrangements are being
made to psrfect the combination by wire
connections, so the consolidated system can
become operative about next July. The
object of the combine is to connect indie
peadent companies on the Peninsula.
Eastern Shore and elsewhere, and to pro-
vide long-distance service.
The work of the Coast and Geodetio
Survey Typographical party, under William
Bowie, with headquarters at North East,
has been suspended in Cecil county for the
present In order to DO the work most
economically, the officers take advantage
of the weather, working in Porto Rico,
Cuba and on the Gulf coast during the
winter when there is little rain and no ex
treme heat. In the summer mouths work
is done in higher ATTITUDES. The party
which has been in this county expect to be
sent to Porto Rico during the approaching
winte..
The monument fund which was started
last September by the Admiral John
Rodgers Post, No. %, Grand Army of the
Republic HAVE de Grace, to provide
suitable memorial stone to be erected in
the soldiers lot at Angel Hill Cemetery at
that place, now amounts to $270 The |
monument will be dedicated to the memory
of departed comrades, as well as to those
who will be laid away hereafter. The |
AMOUNT to be expended on the memorial
has been fixed at $500, aud it is expected
that this sum will be raised before mex t
spring when the stone will be erected |
Contributions have been received FROM all
parts of the State and from other States
The committee in charge OF the fund CON
sists Of Messrs, Joseph |. Stone, chairman;
l. + sitzler and Henry Z. O'Nell.
- Mr.. c. w. Mckinney, who farms the c.
c. Caldwell place, near Liberty Grove, has
given chicken raising considerable atten-
ton, conducting the enterprise on careful
business principles. The results for seven
months ending October DIST, show his re.
ceipts from the sale OF eggs and poultry to
be S33.4 During this period his hens
la ed 1921 eggs, which sold for S13. A five
months of the time he having twenty-four |
hens and two months but fifteen. The
total cost of his chickens for the entire
seven months was s25. AZ, 1888 OF this be
ing for feed. Hence after having paid for |
themselves he has his chickens and s.. 90 |
clear profit for his trouble. Most OF the
hens are Barred Plymouth Rocks but Mr..
Mckinney claims the results are all in the |
proper care and not the breed of chickens. |
WdICHd Jou,HM.
The gunners on the Susquehanna flats
are greatly incensed over the following
article recently published in Baltimore
paper, which they claim is absolutely false
ct is the height of folly confesses man
who knows, ito imagine for an instant that
all the ducks shipped from Havre de Grace
are killed there. Why, thousands of ducks
are killed down South and shipped to
HavTe de Grace taken down the Susque-
hanna river in barrels at night, unpacked
and taken to Havre de Grace where they
are accepted as having been killed on the
spot. 1t is only the name that gives the
ducks their reputation. The same practice
is INDUCED in with Chesapeake diamond
terrapin. North Carolina terrapn are
brought here, and only an expert can tell
it from the Chesapeake variety. But this
is an old story. The practice has been in
dulged in for years "