The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-01-02

William II. Lambert, .Ir., has been
tcrtown.
Willard Melvin has been elected
Clerk to the Chrstrrtuwn Beard of Town
Commissioners.
Ten shares of the capital stock of
the Hartford National Bank of Bel Air
changed han1s last week. at S215. II
high figure.
james Brown. on tha Ncaly farm.
farm north OF Newark. Del. from Miss
Cara Noughcity, of Philadelphia.
Contractor George W. Griffin. of
Newark Del. who was severely injured
scme days ago by being struck on the
head by piece of timber. is improving.
The Standard Oil Company ON Tues
day. made Il reduction of five cents a
barrel in the price of high grade pctro-
lcum, and also made n cut of two cents
in the inferior grades.
William \. IurnGd. of Annapolis.
was best man ut &l unusual wedding the
ether day. The groom was his father,
and the preacher who tiCil the kwU1 was
the father of the bride. 1t was very
much Of a family affair.
The Farmers Trust. Saving and De
postit Company. of Baltimore. have in
Stitutcd the long contemplated branch of
their business ut Darlington. Hartford
County, and announced themselves ready
for business o" Thursday lI,t'
Johnnie Student, c.dt-T son Of Mr..
Peter Student. of East"n. Md. had
trouble recently with his thnoat. After
several attempts at coughing, hr finally
had swallowed three years ago.
The Moore and Jones portable saw
mill which lately came f. Conowing",
could not ascend tire hin on account of
the ice and while waiting fOr it to met
sawed up numerous wood piles in the
town, which WAS greatly appreciated
For the week ending last Saturday.
there were in Chicago, 139 deaths from
pneumonia, or more thln pnc-fouIth of
the total number of deaths from all
causes In fact pneumonia has assumed
an epidemic form there and the outlook
is not cheering.
Calvin NJ. Snyder. Of Washington
County, Md. aged - years. is afflicted
with IA disease that puzzles his doctors.
Bonclikc knobs have appeared upon diff
fcrcnt pants of his body. They number
about fifty, aurl vary in size from n wal
nut to Il man fist. Strange no Say he
suffers 10 pain.
On awakening from II nap, William
Hoover. of York County. Pa. INDUCED
in "A yawn, and dislocated his jaw. His
wife who was rear him thought he Trad
been stricken with paralysis, or suddenly
gone crazy. \ physician was called and
tho obstrcperous member pulled into
placc. Hoover Nays: he will never yawn
again as long uS he lives
The CutbuildingN on Miss Dora
Jumps farm, in Still Pond Neck. Kent
County. were burned one day last week.
together with all the crops and farming
implements of the tenant. Horace Bran
bic. Miss Jump slw II man running
away from the place as soon as the fire
was discovered. The buildings were i'll
surCd in the Kent Mutual.
With 600 marines aboard. the auxil-
larry cruiser Dixie" left the League Is
land Navy Yard at T.4J o'clock on Mon
day morning. for the IsthmlIs of Pan
anna. Rifles machine guns and three
months provisions for 900 men were
also carried. The marines were in
charge of gadicr.Gcneral George +.
ElliGtt l.. $. NJ. G. One of the ssar-
GCants of marines is John +. Poe. .Tr.,
Princeton, 90.
Senator Anthony Higgins. CHARLES
Emory Smith of the Philadelphia Press,
Alfred o. Crozicr. of Wilmington, and
Blanchard Randall. President of the Ma
tional Board Of Trade of Baltimore. have
been selected as the set speakers for the
Board of Trade Gi,,ucr which will be
held i'll the National Guard Armcry. at
Wilmington. on January Sth. for the
purpose of furthcring the Delaware and
{ hC.ilppakC shin canal project.