The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-07-30
NEWS In BRIEF.

Newark business men plotited con-
sidcrahly from the soldiers campcd at
Coochs Bridge last week
Contractor Patterson expected to be-
gin the work of improving St Mary 5
Church, North East, this week
The Democratic convention for the
First Congressional District will be held
at Ocean City on August 10.
North East NJ. T.. Sunday School
will ho!d "a picnic in j. w. Arrison' 5
grove the last Wednesday III August
The improvements to the HreSbytcr-
ian Church at st. Georges, are pl"grcSa-
sing rapidly. An acCtclync g;t> plant
will be installed.
Miss E..Zabeth Anderson. of Cecil
ton. has been appointed teacher of S;iSsa-
frarJ school to succeed Miss Nora BoS-
ton who resigned.
The. general average of the wheat
yicld AROUND Midlletown is said to be
about % bushels to the acre. The grain
is of good quality.
Rev. II. \. G. Wc~tericld has So
cured tine promise Of Bishop McCaLe to
lecture at North East this faNl "n II date
to be fixed by the Bishop.
The Delaware State Board of Health
will establish Il P;R>tCur Institute labor
atory at Newark for the treatment Of
persons bitten by llhid animals
The stable belonging to the Farmers
Hotel. at West Chester, was destroyed
Oh Thursday of last week. Loss $500.
Also Sppakman'S slaughter house at
West Grove. Loss $1,000.
e. +. Oliver has purchased the store
property AMI dwelling with lUmd attached
from l.. 5. .Icmc>tA. at Principle. and
will enter the merchantilr business AT
that place within Il short time.
Several arrests have been made latc-
ly in Port Deposit of parties working
unfcl ami sick horses. The arrests have
been mah,. ON complaint Of the Society
for tli.. Prevention of Cruelty to Ami
mails
THE. fiUa new residence Of Mrs. :.
RCylorls. on South Broad street, Mid
llctown. was destroyed by fire of I'M
known origin last Friday night Loss
about $1,000 which WAS covered by in
SulaEce.
A Temperance Rally will be held on
the lawn Of William X. Price, ut St
Georges on the evening Of August Sth
Among the speakers of the evening will
be Mr. Bundick, II national worker I'M
der the auspices of the w. c. Il. L.
Freight cars on the PENNSYLVANIA
urIl Ia, NIL n..I on tine
ious systems There are about 1900
such cars used on the railroad and they
will be numbered in blocks designating
the severed branches on which they are
rlI.
Robert c. Richardson. of Church
Vile Hartford county, has sold his hand
some bay horse, Me Own Boy" to +.
NJ. Rice Of Baltimore. for the sum of
$1,000. He is a half-blVthcr to ME
Own Idpl," and has marhe his mile in
2.191.
Walter W. Akin. formerly of the
Howard House. GiktUn. is making a
model h"Ntelry of the National Hotel.
MidGrlrtCwu. which has JUST been re-
carprtpd ,rn the first floor Hlml stairs.
and thr reading. pool and liar room floors
covered with lllOlcln.
Til citizens of Port Deposit are
maiiL- complaint against the running
of freight trains through the town on
Sunday. which greatly distulbS church
services. The town authorities stopped
the Sunday freight traffic once and are
being appealed to again.
Harry Sharp. n son of Waterman
John Sharp. of Oxford. about II years
old. who has been a cigarette smoker for
several years is row in II serious condi
ton from the effects of the deadly pois
ON he has taken into his system. He has
been afflicted for months
Miss Elsie Murray, daughter of Bal
lift Murray, trpped and fell down the
cellar way Thursday at her home on
Main street, Newark, breaking some
dishes which she WAS carrying. badly
cutting her face and bruising her body
and limbs. one day last week.
--'II1rvtst labor hats been high i'm
lIHlfu"i county this season a we'll
known and extensive farmer near Cler-
moAt Mills had to pay S1.2o II day and
board AND three drinks to get labor to
harvest his clDps. 1t was hard to get
mnhs' evcn with these Inducements.
Capt. Hiram Williams succeeded in
capturing II prize sturgeon on Saturday
Will" fishing off l.unk'S seine grounds,
near Snaf,JrCi. Del The sturgeon weigh
ed 49, loun,1s dressed AMI the cavialp
100 pounds. The caviare is worth %
ccrg:s per pound wholesale; the remaimd-
CT of the fish brought IS cents per pound
Miller Hall, of Oxford. Isl recover
ing from a serious fall he experienced
ut thIiSford, ore day recently. He is
employed by the PENNSYLVANIA railroad
and was tightening bolts when the had
der Oh which he was standing turned
and he was thrown to the ground He
ahghted on some stones, cut HIS head
amd broke Il number of bones in his
hnntl.