The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1900-08-25
NEWS IN BRIEF.

1T is proposed to change the name OF
Ocean City, Md, to Sinepuxent or Isle of
Wight
The crack lip, in horses has made its
appearance in different sections of Kent
county, and large number OF horses are
now affected with the disease
Twenty seven tickets were sold at the
Elkton station, Sunday morning, for the
Pennsylvania railroad excursion down the
Chesapeake bay that day. The excur-
sionists were taken to Baltimore by rail.
thence by steamer down the bay stopping
at Annapolis.
The last open air meeting during the
season will be held on Partridge's Hill,
tomorrow, Sunday evening. These meet
ings, which have been held jointly by the
congregations of the Methodist and Pres
byterian Churches, have been very popular
and largely attended.
-Betterton, the popular Summer resort,
has been completely beseiged by guests
this summer. On one day all the hotels
were filled to their utmost capacity and
thirteen persons are reported as having
slept on the wharf because Of lack OF
accommodation in the hotels.
While William Boyer, a well-known
waterman of Rock Hall, was grabbing in a
small boat near Rock Hall, on Saturday,
he fell overheard and was drowned He,
in company with his son, was grabbing and
was leaning over the front OF the boat dip
ping some crabs when he lost his balance
and fell overload and was drowned before
assistance could reach him. 1t is Thought
that he must have gotten caught in the
trot line as he was a good swimmer and
would probably have been able TO save
himself had not this been the case.
Peninsula peach growers are now be-
ginning to make the first large shipments
OF the season, and in about week the
season will be at its height and will CON
tinue this way until the latter part Of Sep
TENDER The crop this year is large, many
of the trees being so heavily burdened with
the fruit that they are scarcely able to bear
up under the strain and many of them are
broken as result Of the large number of
peaches hanging on their branches. Nearly
all the fruit this year is being packed in
covered baskets. Very few peaches have
been shipped in the old way, as the PENN
sula railroads have agreed to carry the
covered baskets at reduced rate. The
basket tops as we'll az the baskets are being
purchased by the farmers in large numbers.
The fruit is now of good quality and
good prices are realized.
Fruit growers and buyers are very
much interested in the new plan to be put
into effect az once by the Armour Refrig
orator Car Company. In the past the cars
have not been fitted up properly to carry
peaches. Baskets were piled on top OF
each other, the first row on the bottom,
the second turned upside down to econo-
mize space. While all fruit baskets car
red thus were provided with covers, often
the carriers were too full and when piled
upon each other the fruit was bruised,
causing it TO decay quickly when removed
from the cars. The refrigerator company
has fitted its cars with shelves and the
baskets are now set upon them instead of
the old way Of shipping. Growers who
use the new cars say that it will result in a
great saving for them, as heretofore il cost
too much to load o car, so much time being
consumed in piling the baskets on their
ends.