The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-01-27
News In Brief

Officers of Company D, of Bel Air, X.
of Havre de Grace and Z, of Elkton,
First Regiment, NJ. n. G., met Major
Robert Alexander, U. S. A., in the Con-
cord Club rooms in Havre de Ora ;e last
Wednesday and Thursday, to hear talks
on map making, marches, camps, attacks,
defense and tactics in general Various
problems of a military character were
solved under his instruction. Those at
tending were Major NJ. a. Reckord, of
Bel Air; Major John \. Morgan, of Elk
ton; Captains Carroll Edgar of Elkton,
Robert Archer, of Bel Air; A. Fl. Wood,
of Havre de Grace; Lieutenants H. Ar
thur Mitchell and Charles b. Finley, of
Elkton; Alex. Fulford and Winfield Har'
ward, OF Bel &ir; NJ. f. Tydngs and
Harry A. Shert er, of Havre de Grace
Fire last Thursday afternoon COM
pletely destroyed the residence OF Chas.
jefferson in Delaware City. Mrs. Jet-
ferson's father w. II. Clark, was read
ing in the library, when he smelled
smoke and before he could give an
alarm the flames gained headwa.. The
hose company and soldiers from Fort
Dupont turned out, but all they could
do was to try to save adjoining proper
ties. But little of the contents OF the
burned dwelling were saved. The loss
is pretty we'll covered in the Chester
County Mutual Company, of which Mr..
Clark is the local agent
The Chestertown transcripts last is
sue says:-"A new specie of bird in THIS
section made It's appearance in the ivy
on Emmanue; +. E. Church last FRIDAY,
supposedly to feed upon the ivy berries.
The birds are about the size OF a black
bird, have black feathers with lavendar
tints and speckles. Some one killed one
and took il to the drug store OF NJ. A.
Toulson, where it attracted much atten-
ton. No one seems to know the species.
1t made it's appearance during the extreme
cold weather"
Kent county 5 new assessment has been
completed and SLOWS total valuation OF
S1O,22S,l17. Personal property totals
81 go $50 and real estate $S,24O.499; bonds
and securities at 30 cents on the 81, total
1851 ,32S The increase over the old as
sessment is 81, 400, 900, of which $4Oo,oOO
is based on railroad properly previously
rated at very low figures. Quite reduc-
ton is expected in the next levy from
the 800.
*+Itching, torturing skin eruptions dis
figure, annoy, drive one wild. Doans
Ointment brings quick relief and lasting
cures. Fifty cents at any drug store.
The will of Miss Jennie NJ. Cullen, who
died in Havre de Grace on January IL,
while not yet probated, was read on
Tuesday afternoon Miss Cullen appoint
ed Mrs. Maggie c. Boyd, her aunt, eXecu-
triX and left Mrs. Boyd $500. To Rev.
Father James p. FitL-Gerald, for the use
Of St. Patrick's Church, she left $l,OOO,
with $500 to Father FitA-Gerald, and $500
to be used in keeping up Mt. Erin Gene
terry. To Mrs. Barney Irwin, her aunt,
she left $3.50. She also bequeathed $500
to a cousin, Miss Reardon, in Annapolis.
and the balance of her estate is left to
her cousin, Mrs White, daughter OF Mrs.
Irwin
--~ Hugh Boyle, a we'll known resident OF
neH' Hartford, was committed to YORK
County pail last week, charged with as
sault upon George 1roatner, barkeeper
at the Delta Hotel with intent to Kill
him. Boyle had been drinking heavily
and when refused a final drink fired upon
Troutner, woundilg him in the head, in
his side and on one hand. Luckily the
shots glarced else two of them might
have proved fatal.
The Rochester Company's steamer
Susquehanna was ice bound in the Severn
Off Annapolis, for several days during the
cold spei. She was finally freed by an
iceDoat ana preceded to Shady Point
and West River with an anXiously eX-
pected cargo She could not land at
Shady Point and wagons and sleighs were
driven on the ice and loaded with her
consignment of freight for parties at that
point
**After heavy meal take couple of
Doans Regulets, and give your stomach,
liver and bowels the help they need
Regulets bring easy regular passages of
the bowels
The American Ice Company, for the hrst
time in several years, began work last
Thursday filling it's large houses at Lo-
Gust urovc on the Susquehanna, near
Havre de Grace. The rain OF last Friday
stpoped the work for the time. If full
store of ice is housed many men will
have been employed at an outlay of $2O,-