The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1902-01-25
NEWS IN BRIEF.

George S, Butterworth has been APP
pointed II Justice of the Peace at Glas-
Cow. Del.
1t is reported that the tin can manu-
featuring plant at Havre de Grace, now
owned by the American Can Company.
will be removed to Baltimore.
Charles c. Caldwell, ]. F. Marshall,
J. S. Patterson. r. b. Mccoy and Ste
phen J. Caldwell have been elected dircc-
tors of the Conowngo Bridge Company
Henry Clay Long. the young man
who plead guilty of robbing the United
States mails in Maryland, Delaware and
Virginia, attempted to commit suicide in
the United States Court at Wilmington,
last Friday.
Daniel l.. Brown. proprietor of the
Deer Park Hotel. at Newark. Del, has
been i'll for some time with nervous pros
tration and dyspepsia. As soon as able
to travel. Mr. Brown will take Il trip for
the benefit of his health.
In the big revival meetings being con-
Quoted by the Methodists at Smyrna,
over fifty persons have professed CONVEX
sion This week all the business places
closed early SO the employers and en-
ployes could attend church.
Superintendent William Il. Gill; of
the Western Union Telegraph Company,
has complained to the Chief of Police of
Elkton that thieves are ut work in steal
ing copper wire from their line along the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad i'll Cecil
county. and asked the authorities to APP
prehcnd the culprits.
Manager Burrs, Of the Washington
College base ball team, has resigned and
T.. +. Hitch has been selected to fill the
vacancy. with \. f. Tyler as his assist
ant. Mr.. Powell has been elected captain
of the team. There is much fine material
mt the college this year and the team to
be put in the field when the spring days
come promises to be strong one. Sew.
elal games with strong teams have al
ready been arranged. Games will likely
be played between that team and the
Jacob Tome Institute base ball team
CHILD WORTH MILLIONS.-"My
child is worth millions to me-" says Mrs.
Mary Bird. of Harrisburg, Pa, yet |
would have lost her by Group had ! not
purchased Il bottle of One Minute Cough
Cure" One Minute Cough Cure is sure
cure for coughs, Group and throat and
lung troubles. An absolutely safe cure
which acts Immediately. The youngest
child can take it with safety. They all
like the taste and remember how often
it helped them. J. Frank Frazer, Elk
ton. Nd.
That the lrlmor rs to the photograph
of the owners of communication tickets on
the T.. W. X Il. Railroad has to appear
on the ticket has become Il settled fact.
The order will 90 into effect on February
LIST. The pictures will be of uniform
size and will be taken by the company.
The cause of this action is the fact that
the company has discovered y number
of ScalperS who have been letting out
their tickets to trip riders. \ great many
tickets have been taken up because they
We're presented by persons not owning
them.
Governor John Walter Smith has is
sued IL proclamation calling upon the citi-
Zcn~ of this state to observe next We'd
day. January 18th, which is desig-
mated "McKinlcy Day" as commcmora-
tive of the late President, and to partici-
pate i'll such ceremonies fitting the occa-
sion. He suggests that the people Of
Maryland unite with the people of other
states in making contributions toward i
monument which will be erected ut the
grave of President Mckinley, at Canton.
q. THE Importance this movement has
assumed" says the Governor. ''showS
that the people of the United States have
not forgotten their devoted and magnani
nous President
A new invention has been introduced
on freight cars on the r.. w. X Il. Rail
road. which promises to do away with
nearly all accidents during shifting of
the cars. 1t is in the form of Il coupler
which is attached to the regular coupler
and can be removed with ease by draw
Ing the pin. To all appearances it looks
like an iron bumper, but is not stationary
and moves about as the car is being
pushed. turns the curve and thereby re
lirves the strain on the corners of the
cars and engine. Those who have cX-
perimcnted with it say that it works per
fcctly. So far only few of the new
couplcrs have been placed in service.
The fishermen and their friends in
Cecil. Hartford and Kent counties, are
having petitions circulated. and the same
are being numcrously signed protesting
against the proposed changes in the
Maryland fishing laws governing the
upper Chesapeake Bay and its tributar-
les. as outlined by the Maryland Game
and Fish Protective Association. Joshua
Clayton, Esq, of Elkton, one of the re-
personalities from Cecil county, is n
member of the committee through whose
hands this legislation must pass. Mr..
Clayton has promised to give the fisher
men fair chance, and will see that they
are fully protected in all their reason
able and proper demands