The Cecil Whig., 1886-05-29

-1nt eSulDlIlOn WnlCh was 10 bt held /
Cedar Hill, Church will not take pl zee, a
: reported.
Little Elk Tribe, No. 80, / O K NJ
will hold straw berry festival in thei
: ing, June 8.
Mr.. George a. Steele on Tuesday las
opened private school for the remainin!
half-quarter of the school year in the pnbl
school buildinGin Elkton.
, While you are looking for an attractiv,
1 stock of dry goods, call on {. NJ. Boulden
He has one of the best line of goods in oul
town.
The old porch in the front of the resi-
dence of Mr.. Amassn Brown, on Bow street
has been removed and new one is being
erected.
Owing to the growth of his business B.
b. Dunbar, liveryman, has been compelled
to greatly enlarge his stables The work
was begun this week.
The Sunday school of the Cherry Hill
NJ E Church will hold its annual straw
this (evening) evening. All are invited.
Louis Chambers colored, an insane in
mate of the Jail, on Friday of last week
struck another insane colored inmate on
the arm with metal article cutting his
arm considerably.
An owner is wanted for what looks like
a gold bracelet, found on the street in this
town. If this meets the eye of the loser
of this piece of jewelry, she can learn more
about it by applying to THE WING Office.
| The young ladies of Bav View Sunday
school Will hold a festival on Saturday
evening, June Il, in George Burns grove.
| All are invited to attend. Procc eds for the
| benefit of the Sunday school.
-Messrs. Cooper & Conard call the atten-
tion of Elkton- buyers to consignment of
unusually cheap and desirable dress silks
made b. them to Mr.. r. c. Lewis. Call ut
| the "Glass Front" and see them.
-Ex-Sheriff William T Bouden has be
gun the erection of two-story warehouse
on the site of the old carriage shop which
was burned down many years since. Mr..
Boulden will use the building rs an agricul-
tural warehouse.
In another column the reader will
doubtless notice the advertisement of AleA-
ander McCOmas, of No. - South street.
Mr.. McComas is one of the Oldest and most
reliable dealers in guns, rifles, revolvers,
Nc, in Baltimort. He supplies everything
-,
r. Marshbank & Son, the popular firm
of furnishing undertakers and furniture
dealers, appear this week in Il card in THE
WIG. They offer inducements in refriger-
ators, and all persons wishing one of these
articles, SO necessary during the summer
months, will do well to pay them a visit
There is no necessity for Elkton people to
visit the city to purchase furniture when
they can buy it at home at city prices and |
save the expense of travel. Ii they happen |
not to have an article on hand they can get |
it on short notice.
William ii. Baderston, a highly re- I
spectacle citizen of ColOra, died at his resi-
dence in that place on Tuesday, aged -
the late Hugh Balderston, the founder of |
the wire working business in Baltimore
city, and a brother of j. II. Balderston, who
was for six years Judge of the Orphans
Court for Baltimore City. The deceased
twenty years ago lived in Baltimore, and
was engaged in the drug business until he
removed to Cecil county, where he farmed
He leaves four sons and a daughter. The
funeral took place on Friday at o'clock p.
m. at the Friends Meeting House. Colora
Miss Effie Stoner, a young lady about
sixteen years of age, living with Mr. Solo
mon Stoner, at Cniontown, Carroll county,
committed suicide on Monday morning
No cause is known for the rash act Sun
day night and early Monday morning she
was observed to be in her usual cheerful
mood. About halfpas nine o'clock she
was missed from her work, and Mr.. Stouer
made search for her. On going to the ar
ret she was there found hanging by the
neck at the head of the stairs and already
dead.
-Elkton Post q. \. r., will meet at the
post room next Sunday at 9 o'clock a. M,
and proceed in body to the NJ. L. church
to attend the morning service. a sermon
to the occasion will be preached
by the pastor Rev. j. p. Otis. The graves
of the deceased soldiers in the different
cemeteries in Elkton will he decorated on
Monday morning. The members of the
post are requested to meet in the post room
at 9 o'clock for this purpose. Contributions
of flowers may be sent to the post room at
any time before that hour. All ex-soldiers
and the public generally are cordially in
vited to attend and participate in the solemn
exercises. JOHN S. SETTLE. p. c.
There was a game of base ball played on
last Saturday afternoon on the meadow
near Ninsinger's ice house, between the
Blue Stockings club of Newark and the
Mikado nine OF this place. The Elkton
club played poorly for the first few innings
but braced up decidedly afterwards and |
came near winning the game. OF the home
nine Day Cantwell behind the bat, Charles |
Martin pitcher, Joe Pierson, Reuben Dun
bar and Harry Giles ON the bases exceled. |
OF the Newarkcrs E. Lomax catcher, and |
Fred Choatc at first base, carried off the |
honors. The umpire WAS Mr.. Wilson, of !
Newark. The score by innings was as follows
Mikado. o............. 0 0 0 0 0 o 0 %