The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1901-01-05

The poisoning of dogs is giving much
town.
William Pearce has removed his family
from Ccciton, to the Johnson farm, in Elk
Neck, recently purchased by him.
Harry Wilson. son of the late John L.
Wilson, Esd Of EIbton left on Friday for
Utah. where he will take up mining ongi-
neorins, in "a Inrgo go,d mine fifty miles
from Salt Lake City.
During Friday night-siently and TN
known, George C. Dcvaiugor. "cleaned out
his grocery and provision store on Main
street, EIlton, and departed for parts al.
known. Various creditors are now looking
him up.
The oxford Building and Loan Asso2ia-
ton on Tuesday night elected these drec-
tors: Joseph NJ. Showaltcr, S. Ralston
Dickey. Milton Walker Jackson A. Watt ].
Everton Ramsey, John c. Cannon, Robert
n. Griffith, w. Lewis Terry and Robert A.
Walker.
John Krell. the adopted son of Abraham
Hyland, Of Elk Neck, is still at the Marine
Hospital, Baltimore. The young man while
at work on the steamer Ericsson, was in
iured by fall on the vessel in October last.
His back was broken and his skull fractured
and at the time it was thought he would die.
He has continued to improve, and while still
a cripple he is able to converse with his
friends.
Isaiah S. Weller, hotel keeper at Kirk.
wood, Pa, while returning from Wilmington
| to Newark, over the Philadelphia. Whining
ton and Baltimore railroad, Saturday night
attempted to jump from the ear before the
train had stopped moving, and fell under the
ear wheels. His left leg was terribly man
ged, which was amputated Sunday morning
J at Delaware Hospital. He fingered until
Monday, when he died. He went TO Will
minctoD, it Is said, for the purpose of trying
to purchase the Deer Park Hotel at Newark.
The next meeting of the Peninsula Hor-
ticultural Society vii be held in the Opera
House ut Middletown Del. On next Wodnos-
day, Thursday and Friday, January ., 10 and
18th. Prof. Wesley Webb has been working
hard to make the meeting the most largely
attended and successful meeting of farmers
| similar occasion and the prospects are most
| promising. He has succeeded in making ar.
rangements for reduced railroad and hote
| fares
The charter papers Tor new loan asso-
citation in ChestertowI are now before Judge
Pearce, and the organization expects to be
ready for business early in January. The
new association will be known as the "Keut
Building and Loan Company. The probabe
officers will be as follows:-President, vii.
liam L. Russell. cashier of the Savings Bank;
Vice. President, Thomas H. Topping, pro.
prietor of Radcliffe Mills, and a well known
business man; Secretary and Treasurer, Prof.
Jefferson l.. Smyth, principal of Chestertown
public school.
Mr.. James Harper Gale, of near Tel
chester, has received gold medal from the
Paris Exposition for his exhibit of Indian
corn. On ore side of the medal is the in
|
Exposition, 1900" On the other side il
''Awarded to J. II. Gale, Kent County
| Maryland, [ S. A. Mr. Gale sent to tn,
Exposition a peach basket Of earn corn, eacl
ear being 16 inches long The ears wer'
placed in the basket on end, forming
pyramid. The Kent county exhibitor has re
ceived an offer of $50 for the basket of corr
in Paris. He has received letters from al
parts or the United States from person
wanting to buy seed corn and some letter
from Europe have come having the sam,
object in view. Mr.. Gale won first prize n
the Chicago Exposition for the finest peaches
The fair and bazar held by Riverviev
Council. Jr o. L. A. NJ, of Elk Neck, close,
on Saturday night, and proved a most sue
cessful affair. The net proceeds were :l45
On Saturday evening the enhancing Off
took place the lucky ones being:-Harness
L. S. Eckert; set of china, Price Arrants
pair of horse blankets, VIM. A. Wilson: singh
horse blanket, Lavinia Bouchelle; toilet set
Osmond George; dolls, William Wood, Os
mond George and Scott Mckinney lamps
Miss Gerie Arrants, William Arrants, Will
liam Crouch, william Foracre and Edwar,
G. Wilson; Bible, w. d. Bratton; wine set
Miss Bertha White and Mr.. Miller Pugh
table covers, Harry L. Wilson, Miss Id
Arrants, John T. Davis, Mrs Andrew Worth
| W. d. Bratton, Charles Holden; clock, Wm
A. Wilson and Mrs. Purner; gloves, VIM.
Wood. The committee having the fair Il
charge were-I. Lum Holt, T. II. Davis. W
L, Crouch, William McNamee and Edwar
c. Wilson.
-Chestertown's magistrates courts hav
been busy for three days grinding out bills G
fines and costs as a sequel to an overenthu
iastc celebration Of Christmas. Half OF tn
younger population of the town determine
to give real twentieth century welcome t
the holiday season in spite OF town ord
nance against firing fireworks on the street
Many men and boys were arrested and Their
was at once state of excitement. Man
considered the town law an unnecessary il
fringement of a time-honored custom, and
serious conflict was threatened between tn
friends of the boys and the town officers
On the other hand, merchants declare tha
country purchasers were kept from town an
forced to go to distant and smaller town
because 1t was considered unsafe to drive {
Chestertown on account of the use of fire
works. Public sentiment is divided. TIL
| Justices of the peace have imDosel som