The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-06-11
LOCAL NEWS.

The New Castle County Farmers
Fair will be held the first week in Sep
tcmbcr.
The salary of the Rising Sun post
master has been increased from $1,000 to
$l4O0.
prospect for a large hay crop ON the Ens-
tern Shore.
L. o. George has opened a new gro
Gerry and provision store in North East,
opposite the National Bank.
New potatoes are selling on the dock
in New York ut SG.25 per barrel, and re-
failing ut II cents per quart.
The Light House tender Holly.
Capt Miles. has been working on the
SaS>lii9S river buoys this week.
Waiter II. Haddaway, the new trca-
Sulcr of Kent county, has appointed his
son. John Haddaway his assistant.
Rock Church Missionary Thank Of
fCling Meeting will be held at Mrs. J.
Ro>s Rilcs' residence at = p. III. today.
Hicks. the weather prophet, predicts
five successive storm periods during this
month, with much thunder, lightning
and hail.
The Baysde Cornet Band, of Havre
de Grace. attended the festival held by
the Principle Furnace Band ON Sutur-
lday evening.
William King. of EIuvrc de Grace, a
Tome Institute student broke his arm
while marking II high jump on the ath-
letic field one day recently.
1t is stated that work will begin
within the next few days on the extern
sion of the West Chester, Kenneth and
Wilmington trolley line to Oxford
An ice cream and strawberry festi-
val will be held this evening on the Ma
tional Bank lot in North East for the
benefit of st. Mary's Sunday School.
A festival will be held in Red Mems
Hall. Cherry Hill. this evening for the
benefit of Cherry Hill NJ. L. Church
The public is cordially invited to attend
Next Sunday June IS, Pielson Grove
Sunday School will hold strawherIy
festival in the grove adjoining the school
house. The public is cordially invited to
attend.
Two cases of small poX have deve-
oped in the colored quarters of Belair.
The patients. man ard Il woman. have
been isolated and all possible precaution
will he taken by the health officials.
1t is reported that Boston parties will
france the Middl,town amd Frederick
town trolley lire but wish the business
Of hn nh t,, Ls,,l.
5000 for rights of way and other ex-
penseS in Delaware
1t is thought that the work of erect
ing the new T.. b. X W. X. r. Station
in Wilmington will not be started during
the present building season. owing to le-
gal complications growing out of the
elevated railroads construction.
A. J. Kitchener, of Colora, tells the
Oxford Press that his section has the hest
growing corn between Baltimore and
Philadelphia. but grass is short. and
clover but two-thirdS as high as it
Should be. He thinks the wheat harvest
will be late.
DR. John s. Fulton. secretary of the
Maryland State Board of Health has.
been deservedly cOmplmcntcd by being
chosen president of the State and PIOvin-
citl Board of Health which convened in
Tnnual session in Washington last week
The body favored legislation looking to
the drainage of SwampS and ponds and
active war upon mosquitoes.
The one hundred and rintty third am
niverSaly of Old Drawers Presbyter-
ian Church, near Odessa. was celebrated
ON
ance from Delaware and Maryland.
Revl' Il. J.. Ha!let and j. NJ. .Arotclr of
Odessa; +. y. Mcore. of Niddetown.
and J. II. MIiligwn. of ST. Georges.
SHARED in the services. Rev. w. V.
loudcrhe0ugh. of Salem, y. j.. preach
ed the sermon. and Judge James Penne-
will. of Dover, delivered the historical
address.