The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-09-24
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Newark's public schools have 800 pu-
pills enrolled thus far.
Registration dayS-October 4 and II.
Revision day-October Is.
Little Elk Tribe of Red Men attended
service in Cherry Hill NJ. T.. Church on
Sunday morning.
Oxford base ball team has disbanded
with, ii iI said. Il balance on the wrong
side of the ledger.
Harry q. Dean and family now occu-
by house on Matlitt street, having
mo, ed here from Wilmington.
Standard 3-pOund cans Of tomatoes
are quoted Mt from 81 to 10 cents, ac-
cording to established brands
Thomas X. IIindmnn, a railroad man
of Colorn, had his foot badly hurt by Il
falling lriccc of iron the other day
Birds became plentiful on the Della
ware marshes after last weeks storm.
Good bags are reported from Delaware
City.
Rev. ASbury Burke. of Wesley NJ. f.
Church. Wilmington. formerly of Bethel
this county. is seriously i'll with typhoid
fever.
\ urat front porch. the full width Of
the building. has been added to the resi-
d,n nee of \. T.. Taylor, on West Main
St,"rt.
John Clay. while painting his home
Oh SATURDAY. in West Elkton, fell from
the thr,! story and was seriously III
cured
w. II. Boughman. of the "IIorSc>hor
Farm" in the Sixth district, is using
the first corn binder employed in that
section.
Special all-tuv services were held in
EIkton NJ. Il. Church on Sunday Pro
bationcrS were received into full mem
brrShip.
Rev. r. Snowdcn Thomas junior prca-
cher ON Newark Circuit in lSo2-3
preached in Newark NJ. +. Church on
SrrGay.
Rivrrvicw Council. Jr. o. L. \. NJ.
of Elk Neck. heard Il sermon on Good
Citizenship." in Harris NJ. f. Church
on Sunday.
The next instalmcnt on the debt of
81 800 still due ON the North Fast Nj. r..
Church is due October /. The July pay
ment was 5000.
The high wind on Wednesday night
and Thursday morning blew down the
large. smokc<tnck of the wall paper fac
tory nj Newark.
The Cecil county school book contract
has been transferred by the Gushing
Company to the w. J. e. Dulany Com
rany. of Baltimore.
Wheat sold at S1.03 in Elkton last
week. The best opinion is that Their"
will be- a steady advance i'll price
throughout the year
William s. Smith. of Lapidum. who
has closed out his business, will man
age the grocery department of the Port
Deposit store Company.
1t is figured that nearly 100000 was
circulated by the Delaware peach crop
this season. most of which WAS sold or
shipped direct from the orchard.
Thomas Collins n resident of Wash
ii gt0n. ID. C.. who became dcmcnted ut
Perry vile. a few days ago. died ut tn"
County i:>:nc Asylum on Sunday.
l.. q. White. cashier of the Cecil Ma
tional Bank of Port Deposit. attended
til" recent convention of the American
Bankers Association in New York City.
Isaiah Biddlc'S Sunday School class
will mold Il box social in Grand Army
Hall on Thursday evening, September
30, for the building fund of North East
NJ. T. Church.
\ number of outside capitalists pur-
pose supplying eas to Kennctt Square.
AVOndalc. TOughkenamon. West Grove
and other villages and townships in
Chester county.
The barge u. II. Marvel" christcncd
by Miss Georgia Smith. waS launched
the other day ut Henry Dcibcrt X Sons
yard. The barge is 1TS feet long and of
about SEQ tons capacity.
The new AIiddlctown and Odessa stone
road will, it is thought, be finished by
October |, thirty days before the con-
tract time limit. The recent storm did
10 damage to the unfinished portion of
the road.
DR.. Oliver J. Gray, of Wicomico
county, mas located III North East where
he will practice medicine and surgery.
lie has been practising two years and is
a son of Rev. j. W. Gray, of Whining
ton NJ. T.. Conference.
\ diamond back rattrSlukc WAS >sun
by Rev. Dr W. j. Rowan. near the
tracks Nt tn" i. 4 o. station in Newark
one day last week. He struck it with
II stone and Joseph Jacobs and j. W.
Pennington later killed the snake, How
il -pt there is Il wonder.
George G.. Evans. 80 years Old. one
of the oldest and wcIIthi,St men in
Newark. died On Thursday night of l,l.,'t
week at his home in that town. after Il
lingering illness. The deceased leaves
widow and several grown children.
They are NIs. Charles Reed. Washing
tom. Mrs. John Mel. of MontHna, Miss
Harriet Evans, Miss LeLl Evans and
Attorney Charles Il. Evans, of Newark.
He VAS Il member of the Presbyterian
Church in Newark and for many years
was Il trustee of Delaware College. Tn
ill about 20 years ago he was II mCr-
chant in Newark. His funeral WAS held
yesterday Tuesday.