The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-05-14

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Amos V. Bailey, Of Level. Hartford
County. has been granted "a Government
pension of $S per month.
Justice Johns. Of Warwick, fined
Walter Jenkins colored. So and costs
last week, for carrying concealed deadly
weapons.
The Knights of PythiaS. of North
East. will hold memorial services to de-
ceased members of their lodge on the
first Monday in June.
Rev. J. Gibson CAN'T and family
reached st. Mary's Rectory, in North
Fast from Berlin, Md. on the 18th inst.
and was given Il warm welcome by his
rariShioncrS.
The Grand Jury OF Queen .Annc's
County has ccESnrcd the County Com
miSaioncr> fer loose methods of keeping
their individual accounts ami advises
caro- for the future.
The Junior League of pcrryvillc
Methodist Church will hold Il Country
Store or Market. on Saturday afternoon
and evening, My list. Proceeds for the
brnrtit of the church.
-Twcmy-two shares Of the stock of
the Farmers National Bank. of Oxford.
l'I.. owned by Mrs. Mercir \. Taylor
were sold last week. at price. ranging
from S7425 to $3.50 per share.
James 4. BurkSon will build Il fish
pond. for carp culture. POO yards long
and 10 yards wide. on HIS farm, n,c,.
RlackhI'd. Del. Water will come from
Il stream that runs through the farm.
The first anniversary of the dcdica-
ton of the new NJ. f. Church at North
East will be observed the second Sunday
in June. Presiding Elder MDwbray and
former pastor w. a. Wise will preach
the sermons.
In the canned goods market 3 ID.
tomatoes are quoted as firm at 65 cents
for spot goods, with futures ranging from
10 cents to S1.05. The corn market is
pretty well cleaned up. the prices for
future corn being quoted at 80 cents to
80 cents.
Farmers in the upper part of Har-
ford County believe that the poisoner"
is at work among their cattle. Several
head of cattle owned by J. ii. Walters
and l.. J. Onion. of Cooptown, died from
mysterious causes recently. and Lee
LockaIM, Of High Point, lost two valu-
able hogs.
A dog thought to be mad. owned by
Harry Wallis, tenant on the Melvin farm,
in Alorgncc, Kent County, one day last
week bit Il COW and caused her to take
refuge in the marsh where she was
found with SpaSmS and expected to die
y SOW six pigs and II turkey died from
the dogs bites
Rev. Il. :. Cain. pastor of Warwick
AMI Rrhohcth NJ. +. Churches. and Mrs.
Cain. were rendered a reception and
do.lti0n by the cnEgrt CATIONS. one III ght
recently. An enjoyable evening was
,TcAt. ana the pastor neatly expressed
his acknowledgements for the kindness
shown himself and wife.
Benjamin W. Amo~S, of Benson.
Hartford County. has a curiosity i'll the
shape of Il I-foytCd colt, the progeny of
Miss Partner" his standardized mare
The extra foot * on the right front leg,
and it is us perfect us amy of its com
l'ani"ns. except if it WINS put in its usual
position it would be upside down.
1t is still too early to determine de-
tinitelv the condition of the peach crop,
but the outlook is by mo means dark.
rlumS. cherries. pears. apples and april
cots are showing an abuuGart bloom gen
orally win no present signs of injury.
Strawberries are in full bloom in the dis
tlict> and promise Il hountiful yield.
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ruwcl while it was standing under the
National Hotel shed in MidIetuwn. one
day hast week. by Thomas Henry Wal
kerr colorcd. who felt in humor for a
drive. Walker drovc to Summit Bridge.
but Il telephone message rot there before
him, and he WAS brought back 10 Mid
dlct~wn. where Squire Cox gave him "A
hearing and sent him for II stay at the
Work House.
Mt fishing on the upper Susquch-
anna is getting profitable. Hugh \. Jones'
Of Ca>tIrror. caught siXty-fvr shrd one
day last week In this connection it NAV
he uoted that the IIaincS fishery. above
Marietta, is r,ge of the oli,.t >mll catch
ing spots on the SllSquchanra. Fifty
years ago it was considered the best
along the Su>quchamnn, the late Henry
llainrS. in whose possession it then waS.
having refused in exchange one of the
best farms i'll Lancaster County.
An cjcctmclt suit pending for thirty
eight ycalS WIS settled in court at Ian
caster. Pa, last Friday. The Iurticcs in
tcreSted Were Elizabeth EShlcman. moth
or of The late Colonel Il. Frank EShlc-
man ~ plaintiff. and DR.. \. NJ. Miller
defendant. \ verdict was entered in
favor Of the defendant. All the original
counsel on the case are dead. The sub
ject matter of the dispute was II valu-
able tract of land near Bird-in-IIand.
More than three times the value of the
, laml was paid in counsel fees and costs.
! james FOsS and his cight-year-old
daughter, of Columbia. Pa. were walk