The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-09-26

Prof. 7. l.. Graham, formerly principa
of the Elkton Academy, but who now has
charge of the Boys High School at vii
mington, spent last Sunday in town.
Clarence, the young son of MIR. John
Perkins, of this town, has been lying seri
ously i'll at his home on West High street
this week, with diphtheria.
"A company of jovial gentlemen with
hearts set upon the destruction of reed and
rail birds have been soiourning for several
days ut the club house on the banks of Elk
| river.
A neat and strong iron fence resem.
bling the one around the residence of DIR.
c. NJ. Ellis was placed about the new Pres
bSterian parsonage this week. The appear
ance of this building improves as additions
like the above are made to it.
The attention of the authorities needs to
be called to the fact of the escaping gas
that comes from the pipes behind the stage
of Odd Fellows Hall. The members of the
dramatic association who haye been annoy
ed very much with it while practising for
"Oiver Twist and the matter should be
attended too.
The Elkton Amateur Dramatic Assoc.
iation have definitely arranged to produce
the play of "Oliver Twist" in Odd Fellows
Hall on Wednesday evening, October eth.
The prices of admission will be fifty, thirty
five and twenty-five cents. The programme
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the performance will be announced in these
| columns next week.
| Mrs. S. Lee Davis, nee Miss Lily Bacon
and husband who stopped in Elkton few
days last week, departed ON Monday morn
| ing for Philadelphia and other points on
their wedding journey. Mr.. Davis is a
prominent real estate broker of st. Paul
MINI. Mrs. Davis spent some months in
Philadelphia last winter endeavoring to
have book published which she wrote
while in Canada.
Invitations extended by the ball COM
mittee of the Cecil county fair were issued
last week. The ball will take place on the
evening of September 80. The program
will consist of eighteen dances, and, with
Prof. Ritchies superb orchestra as the lead
ing feature. The management have de-
vised every means in their power to make
the affair pleasantly successful and worthy
of patronage
Mr. r. Allie Price, through the kindness
of Rudolph Mccullough, Esq, general
freight agent of the Chicago and North
Western railroad, has secured a position in
the office of that company in the city OF
Chicago, for which place he departed on
Wednesday evening last. Mr.. Price is a
young man of excellent business abilities
and will doubtless shortly attain to a posi-
ton of trust and influence in the new SER
vice he has entered.
| "A very erroneous statement appeared
in yesterday mornings Baltimore Herald in
reference to the prevelancy of dptheria in
this town. Far from being epidemic
here as the report referred to state but three
cases have occurred for long time, and
though one of these resulted in DEATH the
other two is on a fair way to recover and
there is no other cases nor likelihood of
another case in Elkton or vicinity. We
hope this report will not have the effect, as
it naturally would have, to keep people
from Elkton who intend visiting it on bus
mess or pleasure
DR.. G. NJ. Ellis, a member of the fair
| ball committee received a letter this week
from Prof. Richie of Wilmington, whose
orchestra is to furnish music for the occa-
sion, a portion of which contained the fol.
lowing: l have all my arrangements COM
pleted, the men all engaged nd the music
all arranged, and will come down on the
train that leaves here at 6 o'clock p. m.
will bring % men, being the same as | h all
last year with the addition of an oboe, and
harp. My harpest, Sig Satori, will play a
solo on the harp during the evening, he is
one of the finest performers that ever came
to our country
A brutal highway robbery was commit
ted at Newark early Sunday morning last,
on the person of James Jemison of Cowan-
town, Md, while he was walking from that
town to his home three miles distant The
young man had come out from Wilmington
on the midnight train, Saturday, Intending
to walk from Newark to his home in the
country. When about haifa mile from
town, on the road beyond the residence of
David j. Mnrphey. he noticed two negroes
following him. Before he had time to flee
from then :ney had overtaken and irnme
diately attacked and most brutally beat
| hln until ha a l. I
several front teeth and had been otherwise
badly bruised. When he returned to con-
seriousness. he found his watch and chain
and some small change, together with sew.
tral other articles missing. \ warrant was
at once sworn ont before Justice of the
Peace James l.. Vailandigham, and pre-.
parations for raid upon the suspected
parties were made. From the description
of the robbers their Identification will be a
comparatively easy matter, and it is be.
lieved that the guilty parties will be soon
under arrest. A signally unsuccessful at.
tempt was made at noon on Sunday to ap.
prehend them. party of negroes among
whom were suspected assailants of young
Jemison were seen to congregate in the
foundry of Lewis l.. Allen abont noon and
the authorities were at once notified ofthe
fact. They were soon on the scene and Con-
to arrest the crowd. They were surprised in
the act of game of cards and Immediately
scattered in all directions. The chase was
early give up but for the time being it af,
forded at least some amusement to the
spec tators.
"A few hours after the excitement oc
cassioned by the fire at Mitchel's drug
store on last Friday morning had subsidized
notices of public meeting for the purpose
of organizing fire company were sent to
the Elkton papers. The gentlemen who is
sued the call were very enthusiastic over
the matter and awaited with eagerness the
hour of 7:30 o'clock Saturday evening
When the time arrived the woeful fact was
discovered that the generous citizens OF
Elkton had not "enthused" worth a cen,
over the question OF a fire company for the
protection of their property in case of con-
! itagrations but were rather inclined to treat
the whole thing as a chestnut" A small
audience of three, the two members of the
impromptu committee and an inquisitive
stranger, gathered in answer to summons
and, after waiting in vain for a quorum by
means of which to proceed to business they
adjourned call in Il heap" Indignantly re.
solved to again appeal to the citizens fol
sympathy in the movement and ask theiI
attendance at a meeting on Tuesday even.
ing Tuesday evening came and with !,