The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-09-02

was found i'll in Newark Tuesday
evening. He was found to be
seriously i'll with tuberculosis and
was taken to the hospital at Farm
hurst.
Joshua c. Smith, a we'll known
resident OF Darlington, Hartford
county, died at his home there on
Nlonday, pf acute indigestion,
aged so years. His wife, three
daughters and Lrother, Gilpin B.
Smith, survive him.
John r. Crouch, of Middletown,
one day last week shot valuable
hnuting dog which had developed
what Veterinary Surgeon Horace
B. Mcdowell pronounced dumb
rabies, marked by falling of the
lower jaw and inability to stand.
The Star says the establishing
of a postal savings bank in North
East, is under consideration in
Washington.
Skunks recently killed ten gui-
nea fowls on James M. Tosh' S
farm, near Rising Sun.
Yesterday was the opening day
OF the season which lasts from
September / to December "a, ior
shooting rail, reed and blackbirds,
ortolans and squirrel in Cecil
county. Crow bill, teal, mallard,
sprigtail, black and wood ducks
may also be killed in the county
from September 1 to April 10.
among recent appointments of
teachers are Miss Ella +. Shippers
as principal OF Pleasant Hill school
vice Miss Sarah Z. Scott, resign
ed; Miss Ella M. Stats, principal
Of Warwick school, Miss Myrtle
Stradley, principal of Middle Neck
school and Miss Blanche Wright,
assistant in Warwick school, vice
Miss Stradley.
Ladies of Head of Christiana
congregation will hold a dollar
social for the benet of the Church
next Thursday evening, Septem-
Der 7. Ice cream, cake and other
refreshments will be on sale.
A. Fl. Owens has broken ground
for four new houses in Perryville.
John Walsh, veteran chief OF
police at Havre de Grace, has
been appointed special officer there
for the p, B. & w. r. r.
William B. Davis, o. Cecilton,
made the highest bid for the
house and lot on Green street,
Middletown, known as the Drum
mond property, offered !or sale
there last week, but withdrawn.
Harry Rubenstone has secured
two floors of the steam laundry
building on Stokes street, Havre
&c Grace, and will use one for the
making Of mems shirts and under
wear by female operators and the
other for making overalls with
male help. Shirtmaking will be-
gin about September IL.
ii. Linn Worthington, OF Ris-
ing Sun, Cecil's expert rnarksman,
made a great record at the Mary
land Sportsmen's Associations
meeting at Prospect Park, Balti-
more, last week. On the first day
OF the meet he broke 81 Our of
100 targets. On the second day
he scored l43 in a possible $50,
and on the third AZ. He missed
thirteen targets only in the three
days shooting, Ira L. L Eyler,
o! Arlington, Md, won the anna
teur championship with a score
OF 4S out OF a possible so, and
Willet Ewing and Marion Rose,
OF this county, tied with H. ID.
billinger and Philip Steubener for
second place with a score of 40 on.
OF a possible so,
Oyster toning began yesterday,
the opening day Of the season.
a valuable Young horse o:
Harry Richardson's which he was
near Galena, on Sunday,
caught his hoof in a hole, break
ing its leg, and was later killed.
While II. Linn Worthington, OF
Rising Sun, was fishing in the Sus-
quehanna river, at the mouth OF
the Octoraro, last Saturday, he
landed a monster rock fish weigh
ing 20 ID pounds, and measuring
three feet one isch in length.
Monday next, September 4, will
be legal holiday, and the banks
will be closed.
An agreement has been satisfac-
torily concluded between Hugh
Downing and the Commissioners