The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-06-17
LOCAL JOTTINGS

sold at mortgage sale, at the Court
House door on Tuesday, the interest of
John Stump, in the Stump farm of 202 IL
acres, at Belvedere, near Perryville, with
Improvements, to Homard Terry, of
Colora, for $3.50. y
George w. Sutton, formerly OF Perry
Vile, now of 1912 Green street, Phila-
delphia, was released on habeas corpus
on Saturday after his arrest on the
charge of assaulting William r. Taylor.
a broker with Offices in the Drexel
Building in that city. Sutton, though
he wears a cork leg, is of athletic build.
North East town council has decided
to continue the concrete sidewalk from
the Star office on Main street to the
Methodist Church. The owners of the
East side addition are laying concrete
walk on the north side of the new street
leading from Main street and along the
East side of Mauldin avenue to Cecil
avenue.
The fine new yacht OF Henry P.
Scott, OF Wilmington, collided with the
canal lock gates at Delaware City, one
day last week, and was damaged con-
sideraply.
The Kent county tax rate has been
fixed at $1.22 on the old basis of $780,
900, reduction of 60 cents from last
years rate, which was put at $1.S5 in
order to wipe out a debt of $50, 900, pro-
vide for $1,000, the cost of the new as
sessment and take up a schools debt of
$1,000.
The managers of the Union Hospital
OF Cecil County asked the State Board Of
Aid and Charities, at it's meeting, in
Baltimore, last Friday, for $1,000 year
for its support.
An interesting program of exercises
has been prepared for the observance of
the anniversary of Old St. Anne's Church,
Middletown, tomorrow with special SER
mon and music and a reunion of the con-
gregation.
w. H. PurneE Blandy, of Newark
stood first among the 100 members of the
third class of the u S. Naval Academy
Annapolis, at the recent examinations
He has Deen assigned to the battleship
Massachusetts for two years instruction
in sea service. 49, ..
Social circles in Wilmington are
stirred over the pending suit for divorce
filed by John Bancroft, Jr., against his
wife, Mrs. Madeline DUPONT bancroft,
daughter of Alfred !. dupont, Vie
President of the great powder concern
by his first wife, Mrs. Bessie uJpo 1.
from whom he was divorced some years
ago. The couple were married about
three years ago and lived for time in
Munich, Bavaria. Max Hiebler, Jr., of
that city, is named in the bill as CORE
spondent. T. Bayard Heisel, Mrs. Ban
croft's attorney, says she will make a
perfect defense to the suit.
Horace l. Hartman, a well known re-
sideDt of the Townsend section, died at
his home at Harman's Mill on Tuesday,
aged 81 years. ..
Closing exercises begin at Delaware
College tomorrow and end on Wednes-
day. Monday will be Farmers Day at
the College farm. Wednesday will be
Commencement Day.
Wednesday was Flag Day" the
134th anniversary of the adoption of the
Stars and Stripes as the American Ma
tional Ensign, and was generally OBJ
served throughout the country.
-Children's Day exercises were held
on Sunday in Hopewell, Charlestown and
Mt. Olvet Churches.
The work of resurfacng the road
from the p, r. & w. r. r. station to
Newark, was to be started last week by
the contractor, Hamilton Stewart.
The Elk River Light & Power Co.,
has received the contract for furnishing
light to Newark from II p. m. each day
till p. m. the Lext day, at 2 cts. per
kilowatt hour.
-Diller News is reported i'll, at his
home on the Frenchtown Pike, near
town, with paralysis, with which he was
stricken on Saturday.
Members of New Castle Levy Court
have been informed that Alfred l. du-
Pont, Vice-Presdent of the DUPONT de
Nemours Powder Co., may build a Court
House and City Hall in Wilmington as
a family memorial.
Bethesda NJ. E. Sunday School, MID
dletown, cleared $50 from its recent
lawn fete.
"A rabid dog visited the Glasgow SEC
tion on Saturday and was killed after
biting several others which have been
confined by their owners and may be
killed later.
HOWARD BALDWIN is erecting an up-to-
date cannery at Kennedyville.
John Bender of the Perryvile team,
was struck twice by swift balls pitched
by Watson, .of Elkton, in the Tri-
County League game played on the for
mer's grounds on Saturday The first
ball injured an artery in his left hand
and the other broke his right arm.
Miss Myra w Hurd, SO years of age,
of Winchester, Mass, fell one night last
week, at the home of her sister, Mrs s.
M. Curtis, in Newark, and her right hip
was broken.
-Children's Day exercises will be held
In Bay View M. P. Church tomorrow and
In Bethel Church next Sunday.
A valuable driving horse owned by
Edward w. Taylor, died last Friday OF
acute Indigestion.
The Sunshine Society OF Chesapeake
City will hold an apron ba~ ar in Reeds
corner store next Saturday, June "a.
Refreshments will be on sale.
Chesapeake City iremen realized SIP
from the festival held for their benefit
last Friday and Saturday evenings.
-Middletown's tax rate haN been fixed