The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-01-31
LOCAL NEWS.

serred to s.,si, fubscribers in Port Depos1
by RobE~- i. ;TEBBINs. Robert is al
tadu.trig Is ar eaterprisjng bog, and .ca
merit tic g0oG III Of las customers by III,
promDt s.rri and o5liging disposition
PutroHize a..
Esreyities.
There cra ad to be eight itineraut Ii
quor dealers Glkton.
Clara Lo, 50 kel!og, sang in concert al
Oxford, Pa n Friday evening the 2Sd
inst.
Mrs. D?..l NJ. Taylor, left Elk ton on
Saturday Ia III Norfolk Virginia, where
she will he, ( IT make her home.
1t is .sin 1t the Rev. Mr.. Otis, now
stationed as .sSa Del, will be the next
pastor of tie ! f. Church of this town.
The ch,'f IF North East A. NJ. p.
Church, vii i've concert in the new
Grand Army iItll, on the evening of Feb.
9th next.
Elisha Brown, well-known resident
of the Ninth rict, of this county, died
suddenly las Hday night of heart dis
ease.
Mr.. Francis Green, offers for sale or for
sut in smother column, the dwelling house
Known as tn. toll house, en- the suburbs OF
this town, good opportunity for person
in moderate circumstances,
Two Steers belonging to Stephen j.
Woodrow, of Sylmar, recently died of
disease known "a ''blask leg, after being
sick but two days. This disease is said to
be contagious. and almost always fatal.
Mr.. Frank F. Price, of this town, mer-
chant on Main street in the hollow, has pur-
chased the dwelling house belonging to Dr..
c. NJ. Ellis, Few doors above his place of
business, and will occupy it on March 18th
next.
The funeral of Hiram j. Alexander,
who died on the Wednesday previous, took
place on last Saturday afternoon. Service
was hsld in the Free Methodist church, and
the remains were inferred in the Ekton
cemetery.
An express train of sight cars is valued
at SG6, 70o the engine and tender at $40, 800,
the baggage car at 81 900, the postal car at
s. 900, the smoker at s., 900, the two COM
mon passenger cars at So, 900 each, and three
palace cars at S15, 900 each.
Mrs. A. Z. Johns of Zion, in this coun-
ty, who has been seriously i'll for some time
is row much better and promises to recover
rapidly. There is little or no change in the
condition of Rev. Mr.. Johns, who has been
seriously i'll for several months past.
An ali day meeting will be held at
North East y NJ. P. Church, tomorrow
Sunday Fec st. Rev. G. V. Peterson,
a noted W, 4,cr preacher will be present
and preach one or more sermons. Rev. f.
w. Scott will .leach at / o'clock a. NJ.
Hon. Jehr 3 j. Creswell, of this town,
president So. Citizens National Bank Of
Washington ;, g., according to the papers
of that ci'q, ". he first Maryland coutri-
butor to ti.a j.. .guration fund of President
elect CieveIa e. lie headed the lis. with
fifty dollars
"A vigil. committee and a Judge
LyucA's cour Ar, talked of here for the
purpose OF y an end to the robberies
and tl,i-7in. lag on just nov. There is
more petty wing and house cracking
going on ;,ls :ow, than was ever knew
here before.
George ig, a lad of ten years was
drowned Al e. sapeake City on saturday
last. His ia n George Craig was ifs Jag
through the e, and the lad was skating,
when be b. in. Mr.. Craig mado every
effort to gescu, him alive, but failed. He
recovered IL boay in very short time,
but life was .inct.
-Bailif Gorge King, made an unusually
large haul a = .set registers on Sunday last.
The batch vas made up of both white and
black AMI :4uirc Scott put them through the
usual courre If ines. Tie misdemeanor was
attributed by he arrested parties to per-
ambulatirs a." dealers.
An old &C o1ed man in court room
for the first tima in MS life, when gazing
upon the squabbling lawyers in court last
week, said to by-standsr. There is 60
ing to be some mauling and pounding in
there after a while" He thought the law
yers were going to fight. He didn't know
them as " 81: as some other people.
-Diphth .tia and scarlet fever have pre-
vailed TO surb an extent in West White
land township, Chester county, Pennsv!-
vania, as to cause the closing of North
Side and Grove schools. Three chill
dren of Michael O'Rrian died of diphtheria
last week, ard family of FIVE, named
Brannan, are down with the scarlet fever.
Mr.. |. d. Carter, of this county, with
!, his son Mr.. Harry L. Carter and others,
] have purchased a valuable mill site at York
Haven, Pennsylvania, and will erect 9
( large paper mill as soon as the spring opens.
This it is said will be one of the largest
/ mills in the country. Work has been il
J progress upon the dam and water power
for several weeks past.
The champion rat producing place il
Z EIkton, and tho champion slayer of the
2 rodent car be found on North street, moi
I fax.s Oh. Almost every night from
& c,ntSto X 5znn are captured, specimens be
ling frequently taken weighing over pound
THE place seems to be full Of them. A:
fmany as FIVE have been killed ous even
ing during the PAST week
4 Over tbrse .bousand dollars was cearet
by the recent combined fair of the Catholi,
I churches of THE Immaculate Conception
of this towo d st. John the Baptist O
( Newark ile.a 'ars. A portion Of this viii
be applied to the payment of the cost of re
1 painting and .escoins the church in thi
town, whic' :, now in progress, and the re
mainder dis paying for the new churcl
2 at Newark.
A pe"anht itng shooting gallery mad
{ a halt in nj Hn this week, and fitted uE
Z in the seaen tory Of The old carriage hal
/ on Main ST in the hollow, room will
I thousan: nd one chinks in the wal
/ through WI il The wintry winds whist
: and calmly ,tcd the coming Of patrons
, The patrons not put in an appearance
The prorI2 nearly froze to death an,
the next ia hacked up and skipped tn
town.
The reg IT !or'nightiy debate Of tn
Persons G. young peoples iyceum tool
place i'll tn 5cEool building last Tuesda
evening / subject for debate was ere
solved tina, .,oman should have the RICH
TO vote ato Id office" The affirmative
side was supported by Messrs Jos. Deays
and Charles =. Hipchlffe, and the nesstiv
by Robert Ri kets and f. G. Collins. Tn
question W. decided in the Affirmative