The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-06-10
LOCAL NEWS.


observe chillrcn'~ Day tomorrow.
Salem VI. Il. Church near Newark,
will hold Il strawberry festival on June
II and II.
-Sylmar NJ L. Church and Moorr'ps
Chapel. near Bake. will held Childrcn'S
Day services next Sunday. June IS.
A meeting of Cherry Hill w. c. T.
I. viii he held on TUESDAY evening at
Mrs. Nary Cantwcll'S at 40 O'clock
-OxfDrd Spring Fair WIS held ON
Thursday and Yesterday. The entries
were quite full, and good racing WIS had.
Big Elk Sunday School will hold
their annual festival on the Chapel
grounds, Friday evening. June III. If
stormy. the next evening.
George .JHrcklc hat, hccu awarded
the contract for the new well for New
ark'S water supply t" furnish % gallons
per minute At his bid Of 5000.
Mrs. Mary Cook T"ld. formerly of
this county. HOW 81 trained nurse in Philn-
dclphia. ha>r been granted Il divorce from
her husband. Jonathan Todd.
Joseph Matthews. a wrll-knUwn far
mcr of the Newark section. WAS kicked
on the arm by Il horse one day this week
The bone WITS Splintercd. and blood
poisoning i>' feared.
William Trimblc and jane T. Ar
mour, of the Fifth district. are suggested
as candidates for Sheriff and County
Treasurer respectively. on the Rcpub
llran ticket. this fail
The late Henry J. I.oiland. of the
Seventh district. bequcathcd 500 to
Port Deposit Presbyterian Church, $40
to Harmony Chapel and $40 to Harmony
Church. Rowlandvilc.
While standing ut the corner of Fourth
and Market streets. in Wilmington, one
day last week. Mrs. DIR. J. J. Black,
of New Castle. lost Il valuable stick pin
which was either dropped or adrotly
stolen.
Pound nets must he renewed by to-
day. June 10. The fishing season has
been Il rather poor on" The run of her
ring was large but prices were low. Shad
were scarce. The gillcrS had but indif-
fcrcnt luck.
Large attrnd;lncos and liberal CON
trihutionS marked the obScrvancpS of
Chldrcn'S Day ut Harris NJ. f. Church.
Elk Neck. on Sunday Tomorrow morn
ing and evening Wesley Chapel will hold
like exercises.
Manager NJ. +. Magraw states that
the Elkton CLnncry. will operate it dur
inc h. I,.l.in hsIfh
corn and tomatoes. they having con-
tractcd for II large acreage.
delaware Colleg" has received from
William J. Bryan. administrator of
Philo :. Bennett. of New Haven. Conn,
S4OO. the interest to be awarded t" the
student writing the best ESSAY ON THE
Principles of Free Governments.
William Starting. coIorrd. is at nome
again after II lengthy stay ut Il hospital
i'll Baltimore where he wa, treated for
Il dangerous pistol wound in the stomach
inflicted several weeks ago 10y his nephew
Charles Startling. who is awaiting trial.
Under the will of the late Mrs. Mary
Frances Reynolds. of Middlttown. pro-
hltel last Thursday. all her estate real
and personal. il: left to her two daughters
Mrs. \. NJ. Brown and Mrs. J. t..
TaNlT.r. in fee simple and in equal Shar"s'.
But two bids were received by the
County Commissioners for the c0nSt rue
tiun of mile of macadam road near
Pennington. in the Sixth district. f..
Ward Brown and Stewart V. DonHhue
We're the bidders. The c~atract was
awarded to the former.
Mondays Government Crop Bulletin
reports for Cecil cUunty:-'Night> too
cold for corn: wheat not filling very WELL;
pasture and hay gI,tSs short. but i'm
proving: oats much bcnetitcd gardens
backward but improved: some mllet
being Sown: potatoes more vigorous.
The barn. stable and shedding with
its contents. hay corn. potatoes, ! toms
of phosphate and the machinery on the
farm of J. J. Lockwood, Jr.. near CheSt
tcrville, Kent county. was burned on
Tuesday. Some adjoining structures
and the dwelling were saved by hard
work There was but $40 insurance.
e. f. and +. w. Warrington. of
Georgetown. Del. the victG1S in the
oratorical contest mt Newark last week.
noted elsewhere, are two bright brothers.
The former recently won the Rhodes
Scholarship ut Oxford for 90. from Del
aware and the later will enter Prince
ton Theological Seminary in October,
under the patronage of New Castle Pres
bytery.
The case of State use of Emily f..
Huff vs.. the Columbia X Port Deposit
Railroad. has been removed from the
Hartford to the Baltimore County Cir
cult Court. Mrs. Huff seeks damages
for the death of her husband at Row
landville some years ago. ]. J.Archer and
j. w. McNabb are her counsel and
Thomas III. Robinson appears for the de-
PENDANT comnany