The Cecil Whig., 1886-05-15
Io'n' department.

uhy tNculbSS
Mr.. j. E. Barroll is lying very i'll a,
the Howard House.
A straw berry festival will be held al
Crouch's chapel on June 10TH
Mrs. James Il. Groome and daughter
are visiting friends in EastOn.
Walter Y. Hall has sold his house and
$1,000.
George W. Taylor on Monday entered
upon his duties at the Baltimore Custom
House.
John $. Writ. Esq, and bride arrived
in Elkton on Monday evening last, after an
extended wedding tour.
Our "devil" says it will be worth a
dollar to see "Chicky" Nelson play the part
of an old woman in the drama "Engaged'
next week.
Harry Miller, of the firm of Miller &
jenkins, plumbers of Wilmington, and son
of Samuel ii. Miller, has been working in
Elkton this week.
A badly dressed tramp made consider
able money in Ekton last Saturday writ
ing visiting cards for the young men. He
could handle pen in good style.
The Rev. j. p. Otis of the Elkton ".
E. church and the Rev. Asbury Burke, OF
the Elk Neck charge, will exchange pulpits
on Sunday morning next. The sacrament
will be administered at the Elk Neck
church.
The funeral of Miss Jennie Gilpin was
held on Monday afternoon at the family
residence, near EIkton, and was largely at
tended. The Rev. +. w. Beers conducted
family burial grounds.
Never has an Elkton audience gael
upon such fine scenery as will be displayed
by the Elkton Amateur Dramatic Associa-
ton in their rendition of "Engaged' on the
evenings of Wednesday and Thursday next.
1t can't be beat by any city theatre.
Two ironmoulders, of Port Deposit,
named Mcconnell and Waybill had diff
Guilty with Aaron Rice, colored, which came
near resulting seriously. Rice and McCon-
nell DlONS, diitT WHICH ItlCt
drew a revolver and fired at Mcconnell, the
ball passing under his chin and intiicting a
slight wound on his neck. Rice escaped.
OF the census of Middletown, Del, the
correspondent of the Wilmington Ecety
Eceaing in that town makes the following
report White-males, 563; females, 654
adults, 694 children, 523 total, 1,217. Col
ored-males, 12S; females, 14S; adults, 146;
children, 1870; total, 276. Grand total, ,493.
In 1880 Middletown had population OF
1,is7, living in 80 houses. The town shows
an increase of 103 in six years.
The last legislature passed a law re-
quiring all members of military companies
to enlist for a term of three years. This
will make them sure of pay for any SER
vices rendered the state. Formerly as was
shown when the militia was called into se,-
vice to quell the riot in Baltimore in 1877
special act compensating them had to be
passed. The legislature also voted $4,000
to the militia. The Groome Guards will
receive as large portion of this as any
other company in the state.
+. S. Phelps has sold his paper, the
Smyrna Record, to Boyer Il Taylor of that
place, the latter a member of the firm OF
Taylor & Brother, machinsts. Mr. Boyer,
who is bookkeeper and accountant for the
said firm, will take the management of the
paper in charge. Mr.. Phelps, the retiring
editor, it is stated, has procured an editorial
position upon one of the leading newsra-
pers of Philadelphia. The new propretors
were given immediate possession of the
paper, and the issue of the present week
is under their management.
"A young Ektonian, who is engayed in
the mercantile business, has engaged team
and further has engaged young lady from
the country, to whom he is engaged, (whose
father is engaged in agricultural pursuits, }
to accompany him on both next Wednes-
day and Thursday evenings to see "Ea-
gogcd." The Elkton Dramatic Association,
having eng0ged to please the people, have
engdged Ritchie's orchestra, engaged Odd
Fellows Hail. and engdged every other
thing necessary and ornamental; engages
to render "Eng"3ed" in an engaging man
ner.
On the grounds of the Woodlawn Camp
Meeting Association, near Port Deposit, a
largely attended meeting of the directors
and stockholders was held on Tuesday last,
President Enoch Mccullough in the chair
and c. S. Abrahams secretary. Much in
terest was shown in the next ann ual meet
ing, which begins on August 10. A large
amount of business was disposed Of A
number of prominent ministers, including
Bishop Malalieu and Rev. DIR. Jacob Todd
were invited to be Present and take part in
the services. Rev. Charles f. Sheppard, OF
Zion, was appointed preacher in charge.
The cases of Jones and Duling against
the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Balti-
more Railroad Company, each for damages
of $4,000, will be tried at the spring term
of the Talbot county court, which meets in
Eas;on on Monday next On the morning
of the 10Th of October, 1884, as William
Andrew Prior, a farmer, was crossing tn,
railroad at Red Mill with Katie Duling ant
Robert Jones, children of about six years
of age, his team was struck by the engin,
attached to the Washington and New York
express All three of the occupants of the
wagon were instantly killed. w. j. Jones
Esq, appears for the railroad company an,
Albert Constable Esq, for the plaintiffs.
AT the annual session of the Texas Stat
Medical Association held in Dallas the lat
ter part of last month DIR. II. ii. Thorpe,
native of Elkton, but Tor many years
practicing physician at Liberty Grove
Texas, was elected one of the four member
of the judicial Council of the Association
The Liberty Grove ObSerrgr, speaking of hi
leaving that place to attend the meetings c
the association, says: He is a man who
fully up to the spirit of the times-progres
sion. He is one of the most studious me-
We ever saw, devoting every moment tina
he can spare from his practice to study. II
is fine physician, but he is determine,
not to stop until he has attained yet create
perfections in the medical science.
We think the managers of the Gee
County Agricultural Society are acting
a strange manner in not allowing a comp,
tent horseman to have the track for trail
he keeps the same in proper shape. Instea
of this they want one hundred dollars fC
the privilege. Yet they will pay every yea
more than this sum TO workmeu to get IL
nonsense! Another mystery is that Oxfol