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

j. Webb Foster has been elected
President of the Maryland State Board
of Pharmacy.
Hartford County wants $1OS50 for
public schools next year, of which the
State will furnish S30,75S.9S.
A new iron bridge will be built over
Cedar Greek, just north of Delaware
City, by the Delaware Railroad Com
pany.
A strawberry and ice cream festival
will be held by the st. Johns Parish Aid
Society, of Havre de Grace, about June
the 1st
-Elkton Chapter of the Epworh Lea
que will observe its Fifteenth Anniver-
sary at the NJ. L. Church tomorrow
evening.
The large stone dwelling Of George
Baker, near Avondalc, Chester County,
Pa. was burned early in the week. Loss
about $500. Partially insured.
A Strawberry Festival will be held
at the Chapel School. Woodlawn. on
"Wednesday evening. May 18th, 1904.
If stormy the next fair evening.
L. A. Hitchlcr, of Oxford, Pa, is
arranging to publish The County Sports
man." four-page weekly. to he devoted
to base ball. racing and other sporting
news of Chester ana Cecil Counticc; dur
ing the forthcoming season.
-RGlssiter McCrone of Middletown,
Del, has been appointed a teacher III the
Government schools i'm the Philippines.
49,, 4
graduate of the Pennsylvania State Nor
mad School at West Chester.
Washington School, near Bay View,
will hold a Strawberry and Ice Cream
Festival on the school grounds, on Fri
day evening. May 10th. Proceeds for
the benefit of the school. If stormy, the
festival will be held on Saturday evening
--Newark'S Council has been disap-
pointed in the matter of revenue from
electric light meterS and accordingly has
fixed a minimum rate of 81 per month
If more light is used. five cents a kilo-
wait hour will be charged. Consumers
are said to be kicking"
In the intercollegiate oratoriCal CON
test which took place at st. Johns Col
lege, Annapolis. on Friday night, May
9th, Levin l. Insley. representing the
Western Maryland College. won first
place. His subject was ".imcricz,'s Les
sons to Mankind" Mallory l.. Bur
roughs, of st. Johns College. was award
ed second place, subject, politics As "a
Career The other colleges represented
were Washington College of Chocsteltown
and Maryland Agricultural College.
The Board of Directors of the Penn
sylyunia Railroad Company, at their
meeting held in Philadelphia, last week,
declared Scmiamual dividend of per
cent. upon the capital stock of the com
pany, out of the profits, payable on and
after May 31st, 1904, to the stockholders
as they stand registered on the books of
the company at the close of business on
May 9TH, 1904. The dividend is payable
upon 5,929,6G6 shares Of stock, or u CAPT
tai stock of 500, 4S33OO, and will
amount to disbursement of SS,S04. 400
The fishing season is now at its best
and herring are in great abundance, more
being taken than can be handled, and
many are being turned free. Shad are
more plentiful and the catch has been
good, although of course there is not an
over abundance or supply of these fine
fish. The demand for shad, both locally
and in the city markets, is good and
prices are being we'll maintained. Shad
are now selling at from SIS to 500 the
hundred, and herring at the scheduled
price Of 40 cents the hundred.-Havre de
Grace Republican.