The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-12-06
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prompt service and ob!igtng disposition.
Patronize him.
Brevities.
court next Monday. Some people
court every day in the week
Fairs aud festivals are ripe and the
ticket fiend is about in quantity.
The coming term of court promises to
be a long one, and a good one for profess
sional jurors.
1t is said the Cecil Agricultural So
ciety will hold spring fair during the
coming spring or early summer.
Persons who in receiving their coal,
have it dumped upon the pavement should
have the black dirt washed off afterwards,
but very few do
james Wnlcott, ESQ, of the Dover
bar, ex-secretary of the state of Delaware,
was in Elkton on Wednesday last, on legal
business.
DIR. Charles Perkins will give up his
position at Mitchell's drug store on Jany,
1st, and engage in the harness business
with his fatbei.
Mrs. Lite berg at her millinery store
en- Main stree, exhibits some handsome
funeral designs in artificial flowers, suitable
for the decoration Of graves, some of them
are very attractive.
We acknowledge the receipt from the
superintendent of foreign mails James 5.
Crawford, Washington d. e., the report OF
his branch of the postoffice department.
Also the report OF the Postmaster General
for the year 1881
Mr. George Bennett. who has given up
the chief clerkshp at Drennen's Grand
Central store, on Main street, will not en-
gage in any business for time as he needs
a rest. He is succeeded by Mr.. Charles
H. Collins, late with Messrs. McCrery and
Boulder.
Mr. Henry Bell, gardener on High
street, is making ready the material for his
hot beds. The amount of fertilizins mater
ial he uses is something remarkable. He
has it in piles like young mountains. Mr..
Dell Is ALIVE tuc iiioo III eiS ii'i NV
with spring vegetables and plants.
The ladies of the Roman Catholic
Church of this town, will hold fair in the
basement of the church building, beginning
on Christmas eve. Active preparations are
being made, and it promises to be some
thing eyoud the average ofcouutry church
fairs.
On Monday last, John Clark, a young
man driver for Mr. Z. Taylor, liveryman
of this town, picked up upon the road be-
tween here and Chesapeake City, small
crutch, evidently belonging to boy five or
six years old. The owner can get it by APP
plying to the livery Office on Main street.
Candidates are as thick as hops here
abouts just now. They are going for light
houses, wheel-barrows, postal clerkships,
customs appointments, senatorial pages and
every and all other official plums likely TO
drop this way. Some of them are so hun
CRY that they will refuse nothing, even an
old pair of trousers being acceptable, if
nothing else is obtainabe.
Joseph Markee, former citizen of this
county, died on Thursday the 9th ulto, at
the residence of his son Ruel in Philadel-
phia. Dec ased was well and favorably
known in cecil, as an honest upright bust
ness man and good citizen. He was at
one time engaged il the milling business
here, but for some time past has not been
engaged in any business.
Quarterly meeting is being held in the
Free Methodist Church, of this town.
Preaching this evening at 80 o'clock to-
morrow Sunday services will be held
as follows: Lovefeast at "a. NJ. Preaching
10. 80 A NJ, and 1.30 p. NJ. In the after
noon at 80 O'Clock, a children's meeting
will be led by Rev. VIM. Could. y cordial
invitation is {. ended to tie public to at
tend the above services.
Mr. SAMUEL Scotch, of North East,
(son of the lat William Scotch, who was
for many year, manager of the Mccullough
Iron Compauy'S extensive works) is just
out after three months seige of malarial
fever. H was taken early in September,
and at one time it was thought he could
not recover. de was attended by Doctors
Housekeeper Of North East, and Ellis, OF
Elkton, and rnrsed by a female physician
from Philadelphia. He aScribes his re.
covery to good aud careful nursing.
When a certain Elkton black NTH was
ready to go 10 dinner the other day his
chapeau was missing. The premises were
searched from top to bottom without sue
cess, and he had about to go home bare
headed, when ne rememb ered that he had
while befor ocen at work inside car.
riage which Re owner ha,! Just taken away
A messenge was sent ont in search the
missing til 3ud finally came up with it Oh
the floor OF I. = carriage where it had drop
ped froiu his head.
Ever sine the burglary and robbery a
the railroad station here last week Datec
tive Jones Of ne companys force, has beef
endeavociar = fer et out the perpetrators
and he this week arres ed William Henri,
Harris, coiored, known here as Jelly, frou
theft of Ills article he was once impli
Gated in. Jelly was lodged in Jail, an,
will be given d hearing today, the defective
requiring this time to follow up the chair
of evidence against him. The arrest wa
m:de in North East
e revival services which have been con
i at both the Methodist and Preshy
churches, have been full of interes
FL attended At the first names
church the pastor Rev. Mr.. Sheppard con
Quoted the service, and at the Presbyterian
the pastor Rev Il. w. Beers preached eac
evening, rp0n the subjects named in GU
issue of last week. The Convocation a
Trinity Protestant Episcopal church arou:
ed much interest and Attracted good col
gregations Bishop II. G.. Lay and Docto
Curry of Philadelphia, delivered addres st
on Thursday evening to a large congreg1
ton. See full report in another column.
Mr.. C. c. Wright, Of this town, pater
tee of the ant-shaft RATHER, heretofore mel
toned in these columns, few days ago r,
ceived from Mr.. Charles b. Fletcher chi,
carriage smith for the Cooling Bros, Wi
mington Delaware, the following compl
mentary notice.
WILMINGToN, DEL, Nov. 30th 1884,
Dear Sir.--Iu reference TO your patel
anti RATHER, | think it will be a colnpe
success. 1t is the best thing of the kind
ever saw. Yours truly,
CHAS. Il. FLETCHER.
To Mr.. C. G. Wright, EIkton Nd.
The anti-rattler is approved by all VII
see it, and already orders are coming in o
the patentee for them. Mr.. Wright is ha'
inc ouantity manufactured of maIrau1
iron by Wilmington firm. He recent