The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1902-09-27
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Tonight. Saturday Il camp of the
Sons of Veterans, will be organized at
Rising sun.
Webster Wells. son of Mr.. Joseph l..
Wells, of Elkton. has entered ST. Johns
College. Annapolis.
-Ex-School Commissioner Jesse \.
Kirk is reported to be seriously i'll ut his
home, in the Sixth district.
Contractor Levi o. Cameron, of Elk
ton, has commenced work on the new
banking building in Chesapeake City.
BARLOW and Wilson's Minstrcls will
be seen ut the Elkton Opera House on
Monday night, next, September 18th.
-Mattahoon Tribe Improved Order
Red Men, of Elkton. removed their lodge
headquarters to the new Mechanics Hall,
on North street, this week.
The United States Coast Survey
schooner "Natchlcss,' Captain George
l.. Flowers. will shortly visit the Elk
river and make II rcSurvcy of this water
way.
Mr.. and Mrs. ID. Warren Wilson
have removed to the Payne Block. Mrs.
Wilson will shortly open millinery store
in the StoreroOm formerly occupied by
J. j. Minister.
A reunion of the survivors of the
Sixth Maryland Regiment will he held in
Washington on October 9, and the mon
umcnt to General Wright will be dcdi-
Gated the following day.
The Cecil Wing" acknowledges with
thanks the receipt of Il complimentary
ticket for the IIarfod County Agrcul-
tural Fair which will be held in Bclair
September Both October 1St. 2nd, and
3rd.
DR.. John II. lamar, of Elkton, enter
tanned the Judges of the Circuit Court
at dinner on Tuesday evening. Henry
Fl. Brady entertained them at his home.
in Chesapeake City, on Wednesday even
ing.
S. J. Reynolds, farmer of the Sixth
district. has filled his large silo with
corn 1t holds 100 tons and took eleven
acres of large corn to fill it. Mr.. Rcy-
noldS will feed his cattle on the ensilagc
during the winter.
The contest over the will of William
Oldfeld. formerly of Cecil county. was
settled in the Howard County Court
The Executor, Edmund l.. Oldfcld, will
pay to John +. Oldfcld. the cavcator
1900. the estate assuming all Court
cost, both in Howard and Hartford count,
les. The total value of the estate is said
to be about $4,000.
The Diamond State TrlpDhOnp Com.
pany is arranging to extend its Cecil
county system to Conowingo and Oak.
wood. New phones just installed are at
Singerly station of the b. 4 0. Railroad
the Office of \. l.. Crothers, ESD. Elk.
ton. and the residences of Prof. Carol
Edgar and William Zolper, Elkton
The Jacob Tome Institute ut Port
Deposit, opened the scholastic year OF
1902 on Thursday. with an enrolment
of all the students that could he accom-.
modated. The new dormitories provide
accommodations for large number OF
boarding students, but the capacity OF
the building is taxed. DIR. Abram Harris
former President of the Maine Univer
sity, entered upon the second year of his
directorate, and is being assisted by q
large faculty of specialists. Among the
additions to the faculty for the present
year are the following:-Jas. w. Nudge
from Wesleyan, instructor in elocution
George III. Rowe, assistant in CONNER
cial department, and George B. Fernald
recent graduate of Harvard, who will
edit the Tome Institute Monthly and as.
sist in the department of English