The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-02-09

| Will meet At tl1t!I t'iitt III iilN WV u, w
Tuesday next.
The Rev. y. \. Benton, of Newark
Del, will preach at st. James Protestant
Episcopal Church, Port Deposit, 10 morrow
Sunday, both morning and evening.
Malvern, son of Captain j. 7. Jones'
| will operate the Mackall farm near town
next season, and the Captain and family
will remove to the tenant house at Elk
Landing March p next.
The Oratorio OF Esther, which ma, been
i'll re- hrarsal here for some time past, under
the direction OF Prof Wyatt, Will lie rend-
cred on "Wednesday and Thursday even
should fail to hear it.
| Cigarette smokers vii" az: willing To
! pay a little more than The price charged for
the ordinary trade Cigarettes Will lind the
! Richmond Straight Cut No. superior TO
| all others. For sale at Smiths, basement
! Howard House, Main street.
daniel L. Stanton, former resident of
| Elkton, now Of Wilmington, Del, on Sat
uriay last received in the neighborhood of
SlOOG back pension pay from the United
States Government, in consequence OF dis
ability contracted during the war.
Mr.. lIylanl Marcus, who has been
lying dangerously i'll of pneumonia at lis
residence near his town for some tine past
is, we are pleased to he able to say, now
much better, and unless some unforeseen
reverse, shonld set in will be abou; again in
n short time.
Mr. Edward Collins, living near town,
has sold his ; years old colt TO Jacob Titus,
of Taconey, for 5000. lie has good pros
spects for selling his Rather horse, fer
which he was offered, Il months ago 800.
The horse having improved greatly be will
undoubtedly command a much higher price.
To morrow, Sunday, will lie the regular
quarterly meeting occasion at Cedar Hill
a. NJ. ?. Church, Rev. j. W. Fiyney, pas
tor. Mrs. Deborah Figget, lady evange-
>list Of considerable rote will preach. There
will be preaching morning, afternoon and
night and a large attendance j. anticipated.
Rev. W. W. Heberton and family re-
moved from this town to Philadelphia last
week Mr.. Heberton's business address, as
Stated Clerk of the New Castle Presbytery,
is No. i00S Pine street, and the business ad-
dress of Mrs. \. NJ. IIeherton, rs Treasurer
of the Foreign Missionary Society, of New
Castle Pre>bytery, is No iG1l Spruce street
Wilmington has g"tien up a poisoning
c;4S,.to rival lie Hall family case in hi>tow II.
Patrick Fanan, living at No. S2% Windsor
street, and his wife aud three children all
showed much the same symptoms rs The
Halls on Wednesday mnrnin! last, aud rs
in the Latter case though no poison was
found, still tie Physsrian pronounced it :,
case of poisoning. Next.
A general stampede :or Annapolis took
place ON Wednesday OF this week. Office
seekers, Committees srrt down Ia look
after various bills before the assembly, and
privatrindivilaa with multtndlnCuS axes
to grind, made up the C"uc"urSr, some will
come back smiling all over because of sue
cess in their mission, while others and by
long odds tie great majority will return
with elongated phiz'>, broken in spirit:
busted in pocket and clean gone up in g"l-
eral. these 'unS nave failed in their mi
sion, there was not offices enough TO 20
round.
We tax pleasure ia Recommending to our
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The Ih1i0del no Weekly Press. 1t is one of
1, IL,
has achieved II national reputation and cir
culatinn. The paper is unGueStionably one
of the most eutcrrri~iug AMI best edited in
the country: it l. sound on all questions Of
pubic policy, aud is filled with interesting
reading for the home and farm. We have
made special arrangements with the pro
prietors 10y which We can send yor THE
CECIL WHI';, together with The Wi'odel-
phi0 weekly TfcS$, for en-. year. for two
dollars and fifty cents.
Fellowship Lodge knights of Pythias,
of North East. visited Seminole Lodge, of
this town, and Cherry Hill, at their lodge
room in MaXw-ll's Hall, Main street, on
Wednesday evening last, and after adjourn
ment Of the lodge. they We're entertained
at banquet at SGockleN' restaurant. The
table was set for thirty-tive persons, and
provided with everything calculated to
make person feel we'll both inside and
ont. They sat down ii twelve ana we cant
say wLat time they lett the table, rs our
| reporter became sleepy aud went home. The
visitors hammered fifteen, Il much smaller
iIpr than ~ .iS ,.Nn ,.I fl.. "
weat her detained many al home who other
wise would have been here. The entire
mpnny sgu!l" i'll high itrms Of the taste
aud skil! Of Mr.. Sh"rkry caterer.
Clinton, eight, year-uld son Of Clinton
Mccullough, E>qr., of hi, town, had a
plunge into the ice cold waters of the creek
on Tuesday last. He was on Tie wharf with
a comp inion of about his own age looking
at the broken ice passing out, whan he trip
ped and fell hcadiong into the cold water.
He cannot swim, but the little fellow made
| brave efforts 10 keep up, and succeeded in
doing so long enough for the curraut to
bring him 10 the wharf ,the fall took him
tour or five Ieet from the " hart, against
which the tide set } aud long enough for an
! Individual who sIw MIN from ii little dis
lance tn run to him and lift him out. The
| sHdden chill, the excitement and what wa
| ter he took into his mouth, took away his
| power OF speech for a few moments after he
was brough. ont, but his first remark was,
"W"ll, these are the heaviest clothes ever
wore So far a we Were able to learn he
| suffered no serious difficulty from his cold
BATH but little fellows like him should keep
| a good safe dist inc. h. wen them and the
water.
We have received FROM Mrs. Emma p
| Ewing, (wiie OF WIN. T. Ewing, ESD, J
| formerly OF this town, low superintendent
| of the Chicago School of Cookery, three
useful liLtle vUlumeS OF about forty pages
| each, upon he art of PREPARING food Til,
| first is on soup and soup making No 9
! is on bread and bread making, aud No. ::
is on salad and salad making each. full and
complete in its particular branch, useful
| little helps 10 the housckecper. Mrs. Ew-
! ing has made the culinary art her special
study for years. She las conducted a very
successful school in Chicago for severa
seasons past, and IS will be seen by thu
following clipping from the Chicago Ecen-
| ing Ucro}d, her ability is recognized il,
| other directions. Mrs Emma p Ewiul
has received the appointment of Lecturer
on Domestic Economy, IN the Iowa Agri
cultural College, and ut the close of tn,
Winter term THE Chicago School of Cook