The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-04-01
NEWS IN BRIEF.


John Haley, of North East. has To-
Gated at Perryville as Il stenOgrapher
for the p, b. & w. r. r.
A four ounce egg laid by one of
Mrs. Nellie NJ. Bonds hens was shown
at Odham's store in Port Deposit, last
week.
Wilmer Dcvonshire, dairyman for ].
ID. Young, of Port Deposit. reports that
a SOW on the farm with Is pigs, all of
one litter.
The Cecil Farmers Telephone Com
pany'S lincmcm resumed work last week
after suspendimg since the blizzard of
January -.
The Delaware State Sunday School
Association will hold its 18th annual
convention April 20 y. in the Newark
NJ. T.. Church.
The Steamer Kitty Knight was
scheduled by the Colchester Company
to resume her trips on the Susquchanna
on Wednesday.
On March Is the anniversary of the
death of its founder. the flags ut Tome
Institute were, after the usual custom,
put ut half mast.
II Linn Worthington. of Rising Sun
took a day off at the ducks at the
mouth of Furnace Creek one day last
week and bagged eleven.
The w. e. T. t.. of Middlctown
rented the Opera House for Thursday
evening. for Il free lecture by Rev. Anna
Shaw. the noted lecturer.
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day. 1t is not unlikely that an effort
will be made to have the LEGISLATURE
change the dat" to March II.
John II. Fahry has removed to Al
dino. Hartford county from tie Cou,lon
farm near Prrryvilc. of which he had
been tenant for some time past.
The store room of Mrs. NJ. :. Will
liamS at North East has been rented by
Mrs. II. V. Sullivan. of Baltimore. who
will Opcu Il millinery store there today.
The SusQuchanRl Boat Work; ut
INvrr dc Grace launched last week
thirty-tivc fGNt launch for McSSl'S II. f.
lamar and \. Price Whitaker Of Tur-
key Point.
Amos Jackson bruised his right knee
and Scrapcd the skin off his leg from
knee to ankle while painting the Fried
man store building III Port Deposit one
day recently.
Edwin Webster Harlan. of Bclair
while practicing with the Princeton Uni
verSty Base Ball team recently. broke
a igament in his right arm which will
likely put him out of scrvic" for the sea-
son.
G. G. Reynolds of Rising Sun. and
]. Il. Bcrrikcr, of Port Deposit X. F.
ID. carriers on Routes Nos. | and from
those two points, made their first entire
round trips last week since the blizzard
of January %,
DR.. G. S. Fisher. of Port Deposit
has been designated as Il representative
of the Eastern Shore by Congressman
Thomas \. Smith, at the coming meet
ing of the Anti-Tuhcrculosis League at
Atlanta. GA. this month.
Active work on the addition To the
new court house at Bclair will start
soon. Nearly all the bricks needed are
on the ground, and it is thought the
work will be completed within the time
called for in the contract.
BY her clothes catching fire from
Crate Isabella, the little daughter of T.
j. Williams, formerly of Rising Sun,
WAS terribly burned ut her home i'll
TCmawanda y. V, where her father is
engaged in thu lumber business. and at
last accounts was III critical condition.
The Court Of Appeals at the April
term. which opens on Tuesday. will hear
appeals in the eases Of James Dcvc1S
Of
Of IIavre de Grace. tried in the Cecil
Court, with vcrdict> for the Plaintiffs in
their suits for damages against the p,
b. Il w. Il. Il.
The breakup in tn" SuSquchanna
carried about 10000 logs down the river
from the WlliamSport boom. Many
have PASSED out into the bay. \ num-
Der We're caught at Port Deposit. There
is y salvage of 30 cents per log, and most
Of those adrift will ultimately he caught
and cut into lumber.
A sneak thief was fortunately fright
cncd off one day last week after breaking
open Il desk in G. w. Chambers black
smith shop in Newark, in which was Il
box containing considerable money in
notes and change. Entry was made dur
ing the noon hour 1t was thought Il
tramp. hut it is now suspected that he
WAS no stranger.
1t has been proposed to await the
decision Of the Court of Appeals in the
case pending between the corporation of
Havrc dc Grace and the Real Estate
and Power Sompany of that city. before
taking action ON the matter of exempt
ing the proposed Gambrill spinning mill
TO be located thcrr. from city taxes. The
committee of City Council and Mr.. Cam.
brill WILL however. confer upon the sub
jcct in the meantime.
The Maryland McthultSt Protestant
Conference will meet in Salisbury We'd
ntS'lay. April !. There are 2SD churches
in the district. with lU4 parSonagcs.
Church prosperity is valued ut 81. l93,IUO,
and pHrSonnges ut SlSI.1lo. There are
21l Sunday Schools with 2I.li2O >rhOl-
an. ON the rolls and 3.4I1 officers and
teachers. / he district by the hr>t re-
ports raised sd 1856 for general ana
S2lO.32O for local interests. Rev. +. 7.
Little. of Baltimore is President of the
Conferences.