The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-01-21
NEWS I'M BRIEF.

Will be erected this season by the llelyrc
de Grace Water Company.
Magistrate Charles C. King. of New
ark, slipped on the ice last Thursday
and was painfully injured.
Jacob Snyder, of Baltimore has pur-
chased the bakery business of J. Il. Ar
thur of Perryvillc, and will conduct the
same in future.
Walter Pedrick, while at work in a
steel mill at New Castle, Del, was
struck in the eye by a steel silver and is
threatened with loss of sight.
A splinter in her left hand gave Miss
Elizabeth Mcclure, of New Castle. Del,
blood poisoning. and now it is feared her
thumb may have to be amputated.
A vicious dog bit f. Il. Ocheltree,
of Newark, Del, on his right leg below
the knee, che day last week. DR.. But
Ter promptly cautcriZcd the wound.
State Treasurer Murray Vandivcr.
of IIavre de Grace. has been reelected
Il director of the Third National Bank
of Baltimore. ana of the Maryland Cas-
ualty Company.
Npl l'iiN W VI. NlillllpSl. 81 loNSOH,
has been appointed by the Court of APP
pcals rs Il member of the State Board Of
Law Examiners, ms Il successor to the
late John s. Wil1.
First Lieutenant j. NJ Parvia is TIE
organizing Company l.. First RCgt. NJ.
n. g., diShundrl after returning from
guard duty in Baltimore after the great
fire last February.
Baker. Watts n Co.. haNkcr& Of Bal
timorc. have handed over IL the City of
IIavrc he Grace their cherk for sd POO
in payment fer the 500 wDO issue of Hay
re de Grace sewer bonds.
The PENNSYLVANIA Railroad. with the
the purchase of Mrs. Mary e. Walkers
on Warren street. HHvrr dc Grace. com
plctcd its acquisition of its right of way
for its improvements in that city.
w. J. Cooper and +. W. Martin. of
New jersey. have secured control of
the Hello Match Company They have
changed the name Ia the Newark Match
Company. with the main Office mt New
ark, Del.
A meeting was called by Manager C.
II. Snyder. of the Rising Sun Base Ball
team. which won the Cecil County Lea
que championship last season, for Satur-
day evening to rcorganize the team for
the coming season.
The northbound p, 3. & w. r. r.
track was blocked near the Standard Oil
Company'S tanks in Havrc de Grace
on last Thursday by several derailed
freight cars. Trains used the south
bound track. and traffic was not delayed.
Joseph II. IIossinger and ]. ID. ia
Quette succeed George w. Lindsay and
George w. Williams as cashier and as
siStant cashier of the National Bank Of
Newark. J. Clyde Mclaughlin becomes
teller. Mcs$r~. Lindsay and Williams
retire after forty years service.
-Is;gc Hart. colorcd aged II. was
drowned one day recently. while going to
the rescue of two other colnrcd lads,
who had broken through the ice in Spc-
sutia NarrpwS. They managed to crawl
out but Hart went under the ice. His
body WAS recovered by Capt. John Keen.
--Th" popular Hotel Strand ut At
lantc City. much frcqucntcd by Cecil
visitors. has been sold by its proprictoI>
Mcs>rS. Fairbanks \ Williams. to New
York PARTIES for. il is stated. S3IO.OOO.
the "Colonial.' at Eighty-FiISt street
and Columbus avcnuc. New York City.
going in part payment of the purchase
price.
Mr.. Walter II. Moore. Of Whining
ton. and Miss Maud McI<irSey. of New
ark. Del, were married on the 11th
inst. at the home of the brides mother
Mrs. J. Frank Willis, in that town. by
Rev. f. c. Atkins. They took "A we'd
ding trip to Washington and will be at
home after February at S37 f. Seven
teenth street, Wilmington.
The Washington & Philadelphia OK
press on the p, Il. n w. r. r., was
"sideswiped" at Perryville last Friday
by car projecting too far out on 4 sid
ing. The hand hold and water tap of
the tender on the express We're torn off
and all the cars had the paint scraped
off on one side of each with several
handles bent. Nobody was injured.
The Lancaster, Oxford and Southern
railroad will be extended from Fair
mount to Quarryville. The company
has issued bonds for 100000. secured
by first mortgage on all the property,
rights and franchises of the company.
The mortgage will be at the rate of
$500 per mile, and will bear ) per
cent. interest, payable in April and 0c-
tober.
John O'Brien, convicted of the MUIR
der Of the old tollgate keeper, Samuel
Resslcr, near Lcaman Place, Lancaster
county, on July / last, confessed, say
ing that he pulled the old man from his
house while two companions shot him
while begging for mercy O'Bricn began
his criminal record at Is. Furman. Ress-
lers other murderer. has appealed to the
Supreme Court.
Officials of the b. 4 o. railroad have
decided to equip every non-telegraph sta
ton along the lines, which has a pass
ing siding, with telephone. This will
enable the sending Of train orders from
the telegraph office to train crews at
such sidings direct, or to an cmplOyc
stationed there for that purpose. A
number Of circuits, including one from
Philadelphia to Baltimore, have been
completed.
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