The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-11-28
NEWS IN BRIEF.

--ChcStcItuwn expects to have a new
shirt factory SOON
State Fire Mur,hni Price is investi
gllir- several mysterious recent fires i'll
Kent county.
The fHir AMI supper held by Shaw
NUT Trh,. |. O. X. NJ. of Chesapeake
City. will close this evening.
Notice the advertisement of John b.
Mackcy'S Registered jersey Cows, at
Lcwi>vlle. Pa, ON December 9TH.
The people of Pclryvillc are working
for fire protection and will likely soon
procure an adequate supply of hose.
Col. William Taylor. former Editor
of the "Appeal.' has located in Los
Angeles. Cal, whcr. he has purchased Il
residence.
st. Johns College by defeating
Western Maryland ON Saturday. by Il
ecrrr of Il to o. WON the intercollegiate
foot ball championship of the State.
Mr.. Arthur Homcwood. who has
charge of the Elkton Electric Light
Plant has been awarded the contract to
rp-wirc thr Junior Mechanics building
on North Street.
The Baltimore News of Tuesday,
contained am excellent portrait 0f En-
Senator Austin l.. Crothel<, whom it
classes among the SlSlirants for the Sen
utorial succession
The Board of Town Commissioners
for Enston, on complaint of many citi-
zcn>, on Tuesday night, passed an ordin-
ance prohibiting the sale Of cider ON the
sire, + of the town.
An entertainment with vocal and III
strumrntal music will be given by Mr.
Adra W. Smith, the clocutiopi>t, i'll ST.
johns Church. LywiSvillc, Pa, on We'd
ncS,ay next. December md.
The Calendar Club organized by the
members of Ekton Council No. %, Jr.
o. L. \. NJ. in November 1902. COM
plcted its work this month. and reported
S206.23 collected during the year.
-MrSslS Georg,. and Ramto will store
ice at their houses in East Elkton. this
winter. by means Of an endless Grain
which will save more than half the time
hitherto required for the work.
The Spring Lawn Paper Mill prop
crty in this county has been S"!d to the
Chester County Rug Company for 3d.
10000. The new owners are erecting Il
new mill building. and Il dye house will
ALSO be erected.
The County Commissioners were in
special session yesterday, passing on
election AMI other accounts for the past
year. The new board will organize at
the regular meeting on the second Tues
day i'll Dec 'mbrr.
-Jospph +. Bradbury, formerly of
Elktvn. has located in Boston. Mass,
where he will push the sale of "Ro;!am' S
Microbe Killer" He disposed of his
business at Ninth and King Streets,
Wilmington, before leaving for his new
home or Saturday last.
At the sale of blooded stock by Fasig
and Upton, in New York, on Monday.
Il. II. Shockeney. of KirkwoO1, Del,
bought three trotters at the following
pric,S-Charm. $500; Spring Charm,
$G25; Helena, $1,000. DIR. Mccoy, of
KirwOOd, also bought the trotter Athens,
for $3.50, and Avenue for $3.50.
Jack winchester, coi0Ted, whose
death in burning barn in Lancaster
County, Pa, on Saturday last, is else
where noted, was well known here, and
was often called Jack Dump" He had
worked for the late William Falls, Al.
bert Constable, Esq, and other parties
and also at the Scott Fertilizer Works.
A fire mt Pinner's Point, near Nor
folk, Va, on Saturday night, destroyed
one million feet of lumber, ten box cans
loaded with other lumber and the pier OF
the Rowland Lumber Company located
there. The pier was five hundred feet
long Waterman Goodwin, of Berkeley
Va, is thought to have persisted in the
i1ameS
Misunderstanding Day was generally OBJ
served on Thursday, the publlc offices
and Banks being closed, while n quiet
holiday air pervaded the streets. UnioI
services were held in the Presbyterian
Church, the Rev. DIR. It. F.. Martindale
pastor of the Elkton NJ. E. Church de.
livering the annual sermon. At Trinity
p. T.. Church, the Rev. William Schoulel
the rector, conducted n morning service
and an afternoon service at st. Andrews
Andora. The weather was clear, and the
atmosphere cool and bracing.