The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-11-18
LOCAL NEWS.

Two dump Scows arrived this week
mt Chesapeake City from Baltimore for
the Maryland Dredging Company in tow
of the Buccancer.
Col. George G. Dixon, II years old.
formerly n member of the military staff
of Ex-Governor Seymour, of New York,
died at his home ut Preston, Nd on
Monday.
David ROcssner. n young son of j.
Frank RoeS$ncr. of I1agcrStown, died
on Monday morning from being horribly
scalded by failing into q bucket of boil
ing water at his home on Saturday.
A valuable COW belonging to Alfred
r. Jones. of Newark, was killed on the
b. & o. Railroad last week. 1t is sup
posed the animal broke from its enclo-
sure and wandered on the tracks at q
point near Wilson's crossing.
Bishop C. C. McCabe, of Philadel-
phia has been selected by the Board
of Bishops of the NJ. E. Church to pre-
side over the sessions of the Whining
ton NJ. e. Conference, which will De
held at Pocomoke City next March.
james p. Ratledge. for a number of
years detective for theState of Delaware,
and we'll known along the Peninsula,
has rendered his resignation to Governor
Lea. Detective Ratledge has purchased
the livery business of Clendaniel Il Ew-
ton, in Wilmington, and succeeds them in
the Management of the business.
The Townsend Del. correspondent
of the Evening Journal, of Wilmington,
n,l t'Snmn of thn org inn tIic
section are thinking of placing red tags
or streamclS to their pigs tails in order
that gunncrS may not mistake them for
rabbits. Heretofore several pigs have
been killed in mistake for game"
Capt Benjamin Pratt and others, of
Baltimore, have sold to Capt. ]. II.
BohannOn and others, of Trbanna, Va.
the twO-maStcd schooner Murray Van
diver. The Nandiver was built mt Havrc
de Grace in 1873. and WAS named after
the present State Treasurer. She is 112
tons gross register and 81 feet inches
long.
AT a meeting of the Wilmington NJ
Il. Preachers Association Monday morn
ing, DR.. J. A. Lippincott of the Philadel-
phia Methodist Hospital, made an in
teresting address in the interest of the
hospital. Rev. r. II. Adams. d. d.,
pastor of Union Church. Wilmington
had charge of the monthly devotional
services. The subject of Mr.. Adams
address was "God Talking With His
Servants"
Joseph A. Rossell, son of John S.
ROssell, of Wilmington. formerly of Elk
ton, second lieutenant in the United
States Marine Corps, was graduated last
week from the School of Application for
junior marine officers at Annapolis talk
ing first place in n class Of %. He has
been ordered on duty at Washington for
the present, but will proceed to the Is
thmus of Panama in December as one
of the officers of n detachment to he sent
there. He will be stationed at Empire
in the Canal Zone, in the centre of the
active work of the ship canal.
Samuel NJ. Enos died at his home in
Summit Bridge last week after short
illness, aged SO years. In 1866 he was
elected Levy Court Commissioner and
later was tax collector for St Georges
Hundred, filling both offices with honor
to himself and to his party. Mr.. Enos
was Republican, and for many years
took an active part in politics. He leaves
two sons, Alrichs and Harry Enos, both
residing at Summit Bridge. Funeral
services We're held in st. Paul's NJ. f..
Church, Odessa, Sunday morning at 10
o'clock: interment was in the adjoining
cemetery.