The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-07-25
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gust the eleventh.
The chief want this week has been a
little cool air. Even the ice has suffered
from the heat.
The young mems excursion from this
town to Colchester will take place on the
sixth of August. Don't forget this.
There will be service at Wesley Chapel,
Elk Neck, tomorrow, Sunday morning at
1880 o'clock. Preaching by the pastor.
On account of the derailing of freight
train yesterday, the lilo A. NJ. passenger
train north was delayed several hours.
The mercury at 10l degrees and mil
lions of fys eudeavoring to eat one up, are
among. the discomforts that humanity is
subject to just now.
Cecil county people made up large
portion of the passenger list of the steam
ship Chatham, which sailed from Baltimore
for Boston on Monday last.
A full attendance of the members of
Elkton Grange No. 145, Patrons of Hus-
banhry, is expected at the meeting today.
Important business will be considered.
The arbor meeting at the A. NJ. f.
Church of this town has been well attended
by both white and colored almost every
evening this week, Notwithstanding the ex
IRENE heat.
The Fiagg free concerts, on West High
street, have drawn large crowds each even
ing this week. These concerts being unusu-
ally meritorious and at the same time free,
as consequence drew large audiences.
Frank Sniter and a young man by the
the name of Richard Hickey, were fined by
Squire Scott, on Monday last, for fast driv-
ing on the streets on Saturday night previ-
GUS. Bailiff King made the arrest.
Rev. James ii. Caldwell, of the Will
mington Conference NJ. E. church, has &C.
copied the presidency of Delaware College
to which he was elected by the board of
trustees ten days ago.
The Sunday school jubilee services of
Cecil Circuit of the NJ. p. church will be
held in the woods near Mt. Olivet Nj. p.
church, on the Oxford road today. Exer
afternoon and evening.
The 9th of August is the date chosen
by Ekton Grange, p. of Fl. for their excur-
sion TO Colchester. We made this an
nouncement last week, and will continue
TO do so each week up to the date of the
excursion.
The tenth annual meeting of the Far
mers and Mechanics Mutual Insurance As
sociation of this county will be held at Call
vert (Brick Meeting House) this afte noon
at o'clock. The Board of managers will
meet at o'clock this morning to complete
the annual statement.
The eighth annual family excursion
from Chesapeake City to Colchester Beach
took place on Thursday last, and proved one
of the most enjoyable ever yet given. The
company was just large enough to make it
pleasant, and yet not so small as to cripple
the financial side of the enterprise.
1t now turns out that it was the "SccOnd
nine" of Chestertown that the Elkton com
bination baseball club defeated at Tolches-
ter last week. We thought some explana-
ton of the fact of their having won game
could be found, as such thing has rarely,
if ever, been charged to them before.
In the Presbyterian church, Chesapeake
City, Md, on tomorrow (Sabbath) evening
at 8 o'clock; there will be preaching ser
vice conducted in German by Mr.. +. Osten,
student of the German Theological school
of Newark, n. J. The German speaking
people are especially invited to be present.
Holly Hail. the old Seweil homestead
near this town, now owned by the heirs Of
the late James Barrol, this week received
freshening up in the shape Of new coat
of paint on the woodwork and new paper
upon the wallis and it now looks almost a.
good as new.
Mr.. George A. Lee has taken possession
of the dwelling house on East Main street
heretofore occupied by r. c. Thackery
Esq. Mr.. Thackery has stored his turri.
ture. Mrs Thackery will spend the sum
mer at the sea shore, and in the fall the,
will occupy their fine new dwelling now
being erected on East Main street by Mr.
Levi o. Cameron.
The Brickley & Mccullough excursio
Colchester on Wednesday last, was one O
the biggest things of the season. Six hun
dred persons were taken aboard at Port
and nearly as many more could have BEEF
taken on at Havre de Grace, but as til
steamer "Nellie Whte"i is limited to eigh
hundred; they only took on two hundre,
there, steaming away leaving more than a
many more on the wharf Several person
who went from Elkton to join the excursion
were among those left behind.
Rev. Father Scott, of the Catholi
Church of Chestertown, Kent county, cam
around from that place by water this wee
with companion, in a canoe or bug-eye a
they are termed there. He made tie tri
in less than day, distanc of about on
hundred and ten miles. His route wa
down the Chester river to the Chesapeak
bay up the Chesapeake to the Elk river
and by the river to Elkton He spent
day or two here with Rev Father LYON. q
the Elkton Catholic Church, and othe
friends, and returned by the same route.
"A patent medicine man addressing al
audience here on Tuesday evening last, GO
off the line of his studied harangue an,
announced that among a halfhundre,
things that his preparation would cure wa
the rheumatism. "Even," said he, eff yo
have it so bad that your arm is so stiff tina
you cannot swallow Here he oaugl
himself, and amended his remark by say
ing, "Even if your throat is 80 sore tina
you cannot swallow, the remedy will Civ
instant relief His audience took in til
little faux pas, and laughed heartily at til
expense of the lecturer