The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-02-27

last week of The death Of two of his sister
children.
Miss May Miller returned to Elkto
this week from pleasant visit to the Rev
Mr.. Prettymau and family, OF Wilmington
The weather this week has been rathe
forcing spring. Whers are the six weeks o
winter which the appearance of the ground
hog predicted"
Put away the little slrighs, and thu
Sleds. and the skates, for old winter seems
to have suddenly forgotten something ant
gone back to get it.
A number of moviugs took place this
week in EIkton and 10y next week greater
number of changes will have been made
The great cry is for vacant houses.
Mr. Geo Wells this week neatly painted
and papered the office of the b. x O. Tele,
graph company on Main street. The room
appears greatly improved in consequence.
The hour of service at the Church of
the Good Shepherd, Chesapeake City, begin
ming with sunday next, Feb. 2Sth, will be
$50 T. NJ, instead of ; o'clock, as hereto
fore.
A Mrs. Dixon, of Philadelphia, has
been assisting in the revival services in the
f. NJ. church on High street this week.
The meetings have been of much interest
and largely attended.
a meeting of the managers OF the Cecil
County Agricultural Society was held in
their office in Odd Fellows hall on Tuesday
last. The time of the meeting was occupied
entirely with revising the premium lists.
The public offices aud the bank were
closed in Elkton on Monday last in cee-
bration of Washingtons birthday. The
stores remained omen through the day and
no general observance of the event was
made.
| In its new quarters in the Hollow the
| Elkton Steam Laundry is in a better condi-
ton than ever to do til best work in that
line. 1t is now numbered among Elkton's
it largely patronizel.
The colored cornet band paraded
through the streets of Elkton on Friday
evening last, rendering more than usually
excellent music This is furnishing or
ganization and we congratulate its men
beers on their success.
The NJ F. church has been presented
with beautiful pulpit bible and hymnal
by the members of Mr.. Francis A. Ellis
Monday night class. The tly-leaf of the
bible has been very beautifully letterel by
Mr.. H. {. Harm.
The stock and fixtures of the Cecil
county telephone company were sold on
Thursday last at noon at public sale. They
were purchased for $1,000 by Charles B.
Finley, c. G. Caldwell, ). d. Mccullough
and Peter Hartenstein The fixtures We're
originally valued at s. ,0G0
The entertainment given by the Boston
Star Concert Company in the Oratory of
Delawate college, On We,ines lay evening
last, was largely attended and greatly APP
precated by the audience. The musicians
We're fully up to he standard expected of
them, aud gained a noticeable triumph.
An arrar cement has been placed in the
". T.. Church by the means of which the
gas eau be raised and lowered as in the city
theatres. After this the gas Will always be
turned down during the progress Of the
sermon and raised after preaching is over,
that is the gas in the main body of the
church only.
An Old farmer told us this week that
Cat swamp was entirely disappearing He
$ lid the farmers are improving their places
so much in that n,igLborhood that the old
Swamp is being entirely crowded out. This
is only typical of the Perseverance which
generally chIracteriIes the farmers of old
Cecil
Mr.. ChaS. { Crothers advertises in this
issue the sales o! the various properties of
VIM. j. Gillespie, in the Sth. district, real
estate of George Slavery in Elk Neck, and
VIM. SimoutOn, situated three miles from
Conowingo. These sales should all be well
attended as they embrace properties of
value.
Mr.. :. {. Wright brought into Centre
vile with him a few days ago, gray eagle
which measured seven feet and four inches
from tip of one wing to the other and
weighed eleven pounds It. was killed by
Mr.. Wright On his farm in the morning
This is the fourth gray eagle to fall victim
to his craftsmanship.
--Colonel Wallace Evans, of the L. S. A.,
and Miss Su-an Tuitc, daughter of Aaron
Tute and Mary q. lutte, We're quietly mar
ried at the residence of the brides parents
on West Main street last Thursday after
noon. The Rev. VIM. Schouler performed
the wedding ceremony. The bride and
groom departed in the evening to New York
on short bridal nip.
w. Ford Barnes was found dead last
Monday night abo"t II o'clock on Wash
ington street, lavre de Grace, near the
residence OF VIM. Moore. He had been af-
fected with heart disease for some time He
had been attendin a session of the Ameri-
can Mechanics, and was returning home
when he was suddenly stricken down. He
was about 20 years of age.
The following changes in or additions
to the list of those who will entertain the
preachers nave been made during the week:
WIN. j. Alrch, w. +. England; John w.
Anthony, Alan Sringle; j. w. Draper, +.
l.. Morgan and VIM. H. Casho Howard
House, I. y. II. p'5rien; j. f. Wilson Cat
Howard House,, C. X. Morris; DIR. j. II.
Frazer, j. +. Ayers and j. S. Wickine;
Mrs. \ w. Mitchell, W. r. Sears, w. w.
Sharpe and Eon Foster, D. D.. q. c. Reese,
Richard Townsend.
AT the annual election of town commits
sioners in Port Deposit Monday, three
tickets Were in the field and large vote
was polled. c. II. Hall AMI Henry John
son. colorel men. were on one ticket, and
Hall received - votes ana Johnson y.
| The successful ticket was as follows: John
Il. Bond, 242; w. W. Nickle, 223 Il. c.
| Hopkins, 1876; Isaiah w. Burlin, Jr., go;
Samuel II. ST. Clair, 229; VIM. c. Carson,
233 W. w. Davis, al. This is the re cleo
ton of the old board, except that W. W.
Davis takes the place of w. w Reynolds
who received 80 votes
Long before this the members of the
Elkton Academy Lyceum had hoped to
give the citizens of TINS community another
entertainment, but other things have so
| closely occupied the attention of the office
of the organization that it has been mpos-
sible TO arrange debate or a II lsical pro
gram. Il is doubtful now whether anoth er
meeting will be held this winter. The Or
ganization thanks the community for the