The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-07-30
LOCAL JOTTINGS

section, has fled bill in the Cecil
Circuit Court for divorce from her
husband, on the ground OF desertiop.
Their courtship and welded life GOV
cred about twenty Gays IN June, 1907,
her husband claiming to be an English
man of high connections, but his
claims were later challenged and he
disappeared.
Herman r. Tyson, OF Newark, got
the most money among the drivers II
the Wilmington City RACES last week,
with $3.50 to his credit.
Governor Crothers ON Monday m
spected work on the Rising n-Cal-
vert secl:cn OF improved road ana sad
operations would be resumed this
week on the lakewood secuon.
Capt. Lewis Wilson, weIl-known
along the upper bay, died at his home
in havre de Grace, on Saturday. lie
leaves widow and six children.
Next wednesday is the date for
the second railroad excursion to Iol-
chester.
Howard Vincent is erecting
green house I7XIoo feet and a 5000
gallon tank for George Jeurgens, the
well-known local florist and trucker,
on the OFT farm, near town, which he
recently purchased.
"A chicken hawk, measuring live
feet IRON tip to tip OF wings, was shot
on Saturday in upper Elk Neck, by
George W. Money, who had to dis
lodge 1t from the chimney on which it
caught, while falling.
Forty eight members OF Elkton
Camp OF Modern Aoodmen with a
number OF friends took run to Bet
terton on Monday on the Jeanette,
enjoying a fine dinner at the Better
ton House.
The assessors OF real and personal
property, appointed ior the several
districts of the county, under the re-
cent act OF the Legislature, met here
on Tuesday and were fully instructed
by counsel, preparatory to beginning
their work
There was a large attendance at
the festival and carnival held at Leeds
last week. The program was admir-
ably rendered.
The Willing Workers. OF Rock
Presbyterian Church, Fair Hill, clear
ed 500 from their Harvest Home, held
on Tuesday evening.
Upwards OF $500 people attended
Leslie Camp last Sunday and a greater
crowd will likely attend tomorrow.
w. r. and H. A. Warburton, trus-
tees, Oh Wednesday, sold at the Court
House door a third interest in the
Cornish ~roperty at Cokesbury, near
Port Deposit, to George A. Blake,
trustee Tor William Cornish, Tor $2Io.
Hindman, auctioneer.
Fishermen are getting ready Tor
the summer pound net season.
The picnic he'd by Harris M. +.
Sunday School. at Red Point, on July
20, was we'll attended.
-Eliott's Orchestra will furnish the
music at the next dance at Spa Spring
pavilion, Chesapeake City. on Friday
evening, August IL.
-Ezey Wright's veteran black driv-
ing horse Joe Hooker" upwards of
3 6years old, died on Monday night.
two years ago, when he was allowed
to rest at his owners home, near
town.
Frightened ty threshine outfit
on the road. a horse owned and driven
by Samuel Ncf. ci Wakefield, Ches-
ter county, ran away. and shalt OF
the vehic,e piercing, its heart. 1t drop
ped dead
Eleven four days Old pigs desert
ed by the SOW. have be en- fed from a
bottle by Zach Leonard on his farm,
near Calvert. and attracting much at
tenton from his neighbors.
A sucker weighing $50 lbs. was
caught in the Susquehanna, near Nc
Calls Ferry. by Abraham Johnson
one day this week
A COW owned by Patrick Cain OF
Lombard, bitten ly a mad dog, grew
rabid and butted trees i'll William
Browns woods. until it died.
Crouch Chapel Sunday School will
hold its annual picnic at White Hall
on Wednesday,. August 10.
The Methodist Sunday Schools
picnic at Plum Point, on Wednesday
was largely attended, and everybody
on the outing had good time
George Foreaker, of Elkton, shot
himself in the arm, on SATURDAY. night
while shifting his revolver from one
pocket to another
George Wallace. of Elkton, fell
from a load of hay on the Levy, for
merry the Mitchell farm. near town
on Monday, running two prongs of a
hay fork through his leg.
1t is said that an auto-truck l'ne
will be started Tor hauling milk il
upper Cecil.
The whole line II the Central R
r. is posted against trespasscrs, and
all such will be arrested.