The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1900-08-04

winter.
The Two year old son of John Moore,
residing on the Rutter farm, near North East,
died on Sunday.
-Childs Council, No. 49, Jr. o. U. A. NJ. i,
will hold an ice cream festival at Childs, on
Wednesday evening, August s.
The directors of the Elder Park Associa-
ton have had the charter, bylaws and deed
of the Park published in neat pamphlet
form.
A game Of base ball will be played between
the Providence and Elkton teams on the
West High Street grounds this, Saturday,
afternoon.
The engineers for the location of the
electric railway from Havre de Grace to
Belair, in its approach to the latter place,
began work this week.
A delay of about an hour was caused to
engine No. 81 on the Philadelphia, Whining
ton and Baltimore Railroad. at the Elkton
station Monday evening, by bolt being lost
from the piston rod.
j. NJ. Post has been appointed member
OF the Topic and statistical Committee of the
State Firemens Association, and William c..
Feehly has been appointed a member of the
Legislative Committee.
The large peach crop in Delaware has
given an impetus to the distilling of peach
brandy. and numerous stills which have been
devoting their attention to apple jack are
preparing to make brandy.
On Tuesday Lemuel Adams ard his
nephew, Howard Adams Of Burlington, N.
j., passed through Elkton on their way to
Baltimore on their wheels. They paid a
short visit to James W. Woolman, who is an
old friend of the family.
"A schooner loaded with 6 1000 North Caro-
lima watermelons passed through the Chesa-
peake and Delaware Canal on Monday. on
schooner sold quite large number at Chesa-
peake City at five cents apiece.
Farmers in Kent county, Del, are COM
planning of the scarcity of farm help. In
former years hundreds of tramps came into
Delaware at this season to help pick peaches,
but those who come now are arrested by
railroad detectives and sent to Jail.
Former United States District Attorney
Lewis C. Vandegrift died at his home, No.
1906 Broome street, Wilmington. on Tuesday
afternoon of pleuro pneumonia. He had
been i'll since July ID, but his death was sud
den and to most of his friends unexpected.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad has
contracted to transport GO, 600 900 bushels OF
wheat from Chicago to the seaboard. 10000
cars with Il capacity Of 10000 pounds each,
making in all 5000, 900 900 pounds. will be
required to handle this enormous shipment.
A now grocery and provision store has
been opened on East Main street in the
building formerly occupied by T. Slater Me
Kenney by George c. Devalinger, OF vii
mington. The store mas been paisted light
yellow and will be known rs the yellow
Front
a mud oull made quito an excitement on
Main -treet, Newark, on Monday. The
animal made dash at Mrs. j. Penrasn viii
son, and would have injured her, but for tn
timely assistance Of DR.. Henry. The mad
animal was finally captured and placed in 4
yard at the Deer Park Hotel.
on Wednesday, Engineer Simon g. LOng
Of the Mary and Division of the T.. ". q g.
railroad. was promoted to the superntcl.
dency OF the Bedford Division OF the Penn,
=yyania RAILROAD. superintendent OF No.
tive Power 4. y. Durbrow was also pro
noted 20 the same position on ths Allegheny
and Buffalo Division. Mr.. Long is succcei d
by Charles P Macarthur, Of Harrisburg, Pa.
AMI NJ. Durborows successor is Alexander
Carney OF the Altoona shops. On Monday
Superintendent w. Y. Barnard, Mr.. Macarthur
and Il number OF other railroad officials made
run over the road from Wilmington Il
Washington and return, in Superintendent
Bannard's private ear, so that Mr.. Macarthur
might become familiar with his new field o
operations.
ON Wednesday, Miss George Bowers ant
party OF friends from Newark, made triI
from Elkton to Betterton, on Captain Charll,
Queck's naptha launch ''Cecelia," under tn,
care Of Hooper Freeman. 1t was the arrange
ment that the party should return to Elkton
that evening before eight o'clock, as thu
yacht had been chartered for an evening triI
down the river by party of Elkton young
people. But they were doomed to disap
pointment. The Betterton party was unabl,
to leave the wharf there because of the rough
ness of tine bay at that time and was com
PEELED to remain over night at one of thu
hotels there. In the meantime Captain
Queck became alarmed at his boat not gettin;
back Wednesday night, and with Elmer Hin
son started out in a sail boat at three o'clocl
Thursday morning in search OF them, witt
whom they came up off Old Fields Point, tn
yacht then being on Its way home.