The Cecil Whig., 1885-06-20

a straw berry festival on the Chapel ground
on Tuesday evening next.
Mr.. Joseph Miller, of this town, who wa
quite severely hurt last week by fallin
from roof which he was shingling, is re
covering from his injuries.
Don't fail to see the test of the Hay
ward Hand Grenade Fire Extinguisher o
the corner of Main and Bow streets mex
Thursday evening at o'clock.
MIR. William G. Carter, of Baltimore,
former we'll known citizen of Elkton, wa
in town on Wednesday last, paying visit
to his numerous old friends here.
The finest garden of vegetables we eve
saw is that of Mr.. Henry Bell, on the cor
ner of High and Church streets. 1t i
worth a miles walk to look upon.
A fair and festival will be held in th'
grove near Lower Bay View School House
No. 8, for the benefit of Shady Grove Sab
bath school, on next Saturday evening, th'
9th day of June.
The Port Deposit and Ekton Base Bal
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on the suburbs of this town, yesterday af
ternoon, but the game was not concluded IL
time for a report in this issue.
A set of Hayward hand grenades in
your dwelling may save you hundreds o
dollars, or in fact may prevent the burning
of your home See the test next Thursday
evening at o'clock, on the corner OF Main
and Bow streets.
| -Messrs. Daniel Bratton and Thomas l..
Graham of this town attended commence
ment exercises at Princeton College this
week. William the youngest son of the
| late Daniel Braston was examined for adj
mission in September next.
The old Methodist burial ground, on
High street, was this week put in pie
order. The grass was moved, all bushes
cut off and everything in the way of rub
bsh cleared off. The grounds now look
better than they have for year or more.
The Elkton Base Ball Club (first nine)
has secured the use of the fine meadow
upon the Mcintyre estate, just on the bor-
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ing the season. The club is under obliga-
tions to Mr.. c. b. Finley, cashier of the
Elkton National Bank, for good offices in
securing this privilege.
A spark from a fire in which wheel
tires were being heated at Dunbar's black
smith shop, on North street, set fire to a
frame building near by about noon yester-
day, and damaged it to some extent before
it was extinguished. No alarm was given,
few buckets of water being sufficient to
stop it. Nothing but the frame work Of
one of the windows was burned.
Samuel II. Gahord, wealthy farmer
living near Church Hill, Queen Anne's
county, Md, suicided on Tuesday last by
jumping down a we'll, having previously
swallowed 80 grains of morphine. He was
afraid this triple dose of poison would not
kill him, but he was dead before he struck
the bottom Of the well. The coroner's jury
said he was suicide.
The residence of Mr.. VIM. Fl. Elder, on
corner of Main and Church street, is just
now undergoing very marked improve
ments. In addition to other work upon the
building he is having it painted to resemble
granite, and it now begins to look as much
like building made from blocks from the
Port Deposit quarries as though it was
really built of them. The work, which is
frst-class in that line, is being done by
Mr.. George A. Brown, of this place. The
improvement will add much to the beauty
of the street in the neighborhood.
Mrs. Hannah Boulden, widow of the
late Lewis Boulden of Henderson's Point in
this county. who now resides on Bow street
in this town, met with a painful accident
on Monday afternoon last. When she saw
the storm of that afternoon coming up she
went into the basement of the house to shut
the windows. To reach the fastening of one
of them she stepped upon pile of weod or
something of that kind which turned under
her and she fell, striking the ground on her
right side, breaking the bone of the arm.
Frank Lesles New York newspaper of
this week publishes full history of the en-
dowment by Hon. Jacob Tome of this
county, of the scientific Department of
Dickinson College, at Carlisle, Pa. together
with a very Hfe-like cut of Mr.. Tome, and
cut of the buildings erected or to
be erected, by the money given
by him. This gift was made without
solicitation, and the tribute paid to Mr..
Tome is proper recognition of the liberal
spirit of a. free-hearted capitalist, looking to
the betterment of the incoming generation.
The Catholic church of this town, was
opened to the public for the first time since
the completion of the Improvements on the
interior, on Sunday last. 1t is now by far
the handsomest audience room in this, or
probably any other country town on the
Peninsula. The painting of the "Last Sup
per" Immediately above the altar is very
fine. The figures are life size. The ceiling
and walls are also finished in the most ar
all very striking. 1t must be seen to be
appreciated, no description can do it JUS
tice.
The Stroll concert company, a combi-
h"eiSh NCl uuuSudl muSlCdl
talent, gave an entertainment at Odd Eel
lows. Hall on Monday evening last, to fair
audience, which would no doubt have been
much larger had the people of Elkton been
aware of the character of the performance.
We last week mentioned new and novel
instrument recently discovered by the
Messrs. Stroll known as tho "Rockophone. !"
1t is made up of a number of pieces of rock
from the celebrated ringing rocks in Penn.
sylvania operated with two hammers, and
gives out very sweet music.
BY an advertisement in another column
it will be seen that the Hayward Hand
Grenade Company, will give a public ex
hibition of the properties of their fire extin-
guishers on Thursday June 25th, next, on
the corner of Main and Bow streets, at 7
o'clock P. NJ. All property owners should
be present and judge for themselves as to
the merits of this invention. 1t is said that
| extinguished recently in its early stages at
a cost of 4 dollar or two by means of these
| grenades, which in their absence would
probably have consumed the mills, causing
a loss of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
We trust that all persons interested in prop.
erty here will be present at the trial on
Thursday evening.
Mr.. Robert G. Lewis, merchant of this
town proprietor of the Glass Front, on
Main street), on Tuesday evening last led
to the hymenial altar Miss Hester, daugh.