The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-05-21
NEWS In BRIEF.

"A 1laU ubS SUtlre Is lllllHllS wi lut
canine population OF Oxford. Pa.
The Loyal Temperance Legion, of
Calvert, cleared $40 from it's recent en-
tertainment.
B. & o. employees donned their sum
mer uniforms on Monday. They are of
blue serge instead of flannel.
The filming of a horse dealer for fast
driving threatens to drive the public sale
of horses away from Oxford, Pa.
-Uawder Bros. new can factory in
Havre de Grace, is receiving its equip
ment and, it is thought, will start up
within Il few weeks.
Robert Garrett, grandson of the late
John w. Garrett. is the seemingly slated
Republican candidate for Congress in the
Second Maryland District
The general store of Postmaster Fred
Williams. of Bradshaw. Hartford County.
was burned one night last week This
was the third fire there within a month
Grover Cleveland Gray, of St
Georges. Del. won the gold medal in
the dcclnnatDry contest ut Dickinson
College Preparatory School, Carlisle Pa
e. l.. McSparren'S fine creamery,
near Fairfield, Pa, was burned one day
recently The building was insured but
the machinery and fixtures were uncov-
cred.
About 100 square feet of the east
end of the stone barn on the farm Cccu-
pied by Samuel Pickel. in Bart Town
ship. Lancaster County. Pa, fell out re-
Gently.
Presiding Elder A. S. Mowbray. d.
D., has been appointed an assistant to
the Secretary of the NJ. +. General Con
ference now in session ut Los Angeles
California
About II 900 duck eggs are Matching
in 40 incubators on the Earl duck FARM
in Lancaster County. Pa, and in the
yards are 5000 young quackers and humid
reds Of old ones.
Mrs. Priscilla Slime, wife Of Mr.
Frank Slime, residing at Hickory, Har-
ford County, fell dead in the yard at her
home one day last week. and death re-
suited from heart disease.
SullSulue ANA SnauOWS OF Home
Life was the subject of a lecture deliy-
cred for it's benefit in Glasgow NJ. f..
Church on Tuesday evening, by Rev. A.
w. Hghtbourne, of Wilmington.
The strawberry and ice cream festi-
val to be held by the ladies of ST.
Georges, Del, for the benefit of National
Lodge. |. o. o. f., OF that town, has
been fixed for Wednesday and Thursday
evenings next.
Mrs. j. S. Crouch has sold lot on
West Lake Street. Middletown. Del. to
Baker Bros. Of Aberdeen, for site for
their new corn cannrry which they will
erect in time for the opening of the COM
ing packing season.
Rev. +. \. Bishop. formerly Super
intcndcnt of the Ferris Industrial School
near Wilmington. Del. has been appoint
ed pastor Of Bethel Methodist Episcopal
Church, this county. by Rev. \. s. Now
bray, Presiding Elder.
The congregation of st. Marks
Chapel. Pcrryville. will make Il special
effort tomorrow. Whit Sunday. TO raise
enough money to put the building in
needed repair. All interested are request
ed to respond rs literally IFS possible
-Rt. Rev. Bishop John J. Monaghan
preached on Thursday. Friday and Sat
urday evenings. of last week. ut st.
Francis Navicr'S Church. near Warwick,
in which forty hours devotion was OBJ
served during the three days with large.
attendance.
The body hauled from the SuSuuc-
hanna River by Spencer and Silver, last
week near Havrc de Grace is supposed
to he that Of a negro named Chester. who
WAS drowned while fishing with n dip
net near Glen Cove. Hartford County. on
Friday of the previous week.
Last week more herring were caught
in the SuSQuchanna fisheries than could
be handled. and in one or two eases
large quantities of the fish were turned
back into the waters Many Shad have
been caught and are selling at SO to
$50 hundred. Herring bring 10 cents,
a hundred.
A number of residents of Lancaster.
Pa. will cooperate in an effort to buy
the home Of Robert Fulton. the inventor
of the steamboat. Harvey and Joseph
Swift, owners of the property. are said
to be willing to sell the place for 50 600.
1t is proposed to form Robert Fulton
Memorial Association to prcSp rye the in
ventor's birthplace
a marriage license. dated October |.
lbs, issued to Richard Lowman and
Kate Harris. of Kent County. was found
IN the third story under the floor in tho