The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-09-10


Elmer lliEspn. the young colOrcd fire
hug who escaped from Chcstertown Jail
lH>t week, ut last accounts was still at
barge.
The lox factory of the Demar
Lumber Company ut IIavre de Grace is
ru>h"a with orders. and the factory is
row running every night until 10 o'clock.
Il Contractor Samuel Norman WAS TAX
rn seriously i'll with Il hcmorrhagc of the
lungs while engaged at the new bank
building in North East on Thursday of
last week.
The barn ut White Oak. of ex-.Iudge
David McMullcn. Of Lancaster, was de-
.truyc,l by lightning ou Saturday. \ lot
rc cattle was removed during the fire.
Loss. $1,000.
The Brlair cornct Band. which will
furnish the music ut Hartford County
Fair has been supplied with new uni
forms for which citizens subscribed over
5000. The band numbers twenty pieces.
Mis-. Georgia. Clifford has been APP
pointed teacher of School No. >. near
Harris Church. and Miss Helen Clark
has been appointed assistant in place of
Miss Clifford ut Washington School. near
Bay View.
Mrs. l.. K. Atkinson. of Farming
ton. WAS elected National Associate
Treasurer by the recent National Council
Daughters of Liberty. held at Portland,
Me-. which she attended as a represent
ativc from this state.
Mrs. Carver. wife of City Council
man George II. Carver. of Ilavre de
Grace. trippcd over rope one day last
week and, falling, badly wrcnched or
dis!"catrh her knee cap, and ~h" has been
confined to her bed ever since.
The West Chester Il Philadelphia
Traction Company has just purchased
tract of land in Willistown township.
Chester county. upon which IT power
house to cost. when fully equipped.
$50. 900, will be erected at once.
john Joiner. colorcd. was hanged at
the New Castle county work house on
Saturday for the murder of John X.
Taylor ,colorcd. The drop fell at 1918
and death cnSued in seven minutes. 1t
was the first execution ut the prison.
A mounted Democratic club was
formed at the hotel of Thomas LawloSS
in ChriStiana hundred last week. Those
interested in its foundation declare that
they will secure large membership
and that the club will be both mounted
and uniformed
The highest price paid for Kent
county wheat this season was. given last
week by McSSrS. Morris and Brown. the
millcrS. for ii part of the crop ON Fan
cy" farm. near Chostertown. belonging
to Josiah Lnsby. 1000 bushels We're
sold for 81 % per hu>hel.
-G,orgr NJ Reese. manager, will sell
the household goods of tn" late Mrs.
LGui>a j. Manly ut her residence on
East Main street ut l.3O y. III. To-Day.
The sale will include II piano. parlor,
dining room. kitchen and bed room fur
niturc. etc. =. NJ. Groves, autioneer.
-M,sSrS. Arthur Bros. propriet0rS of
the Aberdeen Basket and Box Factory,
have Il large contract for the t. :. Gov
eminent to furnish II let of oak timber
for ship building purposes. Several car
loads have already been shipped to the
League Island Navy Yard. Philadelphia.
Rev. Hamilton ID. Phelps. of Bar
rirgton. y. j.. has accepted II call To be-
come rector Of 81. Thomas Church. in
Newark. to succeed Rev. NJ. II. Poifcn-
berger who was accidentally killed some
time ago. Mr. Phelps will enter upon
his duties on the second Sunday in De-
tobcr.
The Middlctown Transcript says this
week will probably wind up the peach
crop except few struggling varieties.
The most remarkable thing about the
crop is that there has not been a glut in
the market during the entire season of
the Delaware peaches, and fancy prices
have prevailed all the time.
capt. G. Il. Atkinson has purchased
tn" unfinished NickcrS schooner in Lank
ford bay. which WAS sunk off Turkey
Point about Christmas and later raised
The vessel will be named Margaret
Atkinson. in honor Of his pretty little 13-
ycar.old daughter. The schooner was to
be launched on Wednesday.
Fearing that his foster parents Mr..
and Mrs. W. l.. Conner, would learn
that he had played truant several days
l,s,t week. Walter ltoakc. aged II years,
attempted suicide by swallowing lauda-
mum mt Gainesville ON Sunday Soon
rcpcnting he told of his rash deed, and
by a physicians aid he was saved.
Mrs William Rrttcw. Of West Vim
cent. Chester county. aged 30 years, died
on the Doth ut.. from lockjaw. resulting
from Il broken finger caused by Il calf
pulling Il chain with which she feared 1t
would hang itself. Her finger caught in
Il link and WAS, broken. 1t was amputa-
ted but tctanus developed, and death fol-
lowed.
Of Nn,th I'1s Il