The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-11-27
fo''l RECRUITMENT.

Look in at the New East End Market.
-Hamer Miller is now night operator at
Singerly.
Mr.. John Cutlery, of Westamwell, con-
tinues seriously ill.
The National Bank of Rising Sun will
soon wear new coat of paint. Robert
Roney of Oxford is to apply it.
The annual meeting of the directors of
the Rising Sun Detective Association will
be held at DIR. Kinks drug store to-day.
A football association bias been organ
lied in Elkton. The boys have purchased
a Rugby ball and kick it around every af
ternoou.
Rev j. P. Otis went to Centrevile on
Wednesday where he WAS formerly stat
ioned The purpose of his journey was to
officiate at a wedding.
n The little son of Thomas Mcdowell, liv-
Z ing ne ar Cnlora, who recently had a leg
broken and his head cut by falling ont Of
wagon is improving.
Cooper & Conard's Monthly for Christ
mas is out. It's as interesting as ever. No
home periodical like it, and none contains
half as much reading for the money. For
sale everywhere. Price, five cents. Ut.
Sheriff Mackey on Thursday morning
took Paul Read, whose sentence was rec
emily committed from hanging to imprison
ment for life in the Maryland pententiary,
to that institution.
The cars smashed up by the accident on
the b. C. Il. r near Rising Sun last week
afforded sufficient kindling wood to last
some of the residents of the vicinity through
the winter, who hauled it away to their
homes
r Mr. Frank Williams. teacher of the
public school at Chesapeake City, and
local preacher of the Methodist Episcopal
church, filed the pulpit of the church in
Elkton ON Sunday morning last in the alb
sence of the Rev. j. p Otis.
. DR.. John b. Butler has sold his resi-
dence on the corner of Main and Delaware
streets to Mr.. James Mercy. The latter, it
is said, will open store in the building.
DIR. Butler, we understand. will return to
active work in the Methodist Protes tant
ministry.
4 The barn on Joseph Richardson's farm,
Sixth district, was destroyed by fire on
Friday morning of last week. a quantity
of hay and grain were burned The build
ing was insured for s4O0 in the Cecil County
Mutual Fire Insurance Company. Origin
of fire unknown.
nf
Transport but more recently of the Little
Tycoon Company, has written letter to
the Wilkesbarre Ne,CS Dealer denying the
rumor that she was about to be married to
Mr.. William NJ. S'ngerly of the Philadel-
phia Record,
Constable George r, Carpenter on Tues
day evening brought to Jail Henry Kelley,
colored, aud his wife, Kate, who were com
mitted by Magistrate Crisfed, of Chesap-
cake City. The woman is charged with
larceny. Her husband interfered with the
officer when he attempted to arrest her. aud
was arrested on that charge,
The Eureka Fertilizer Company at
Frenchtown expected to commence this
week to rebuild the works lately destroy ell
by fire. The new building will be consider
ably larger than the old one, as their in
creasing trade demands greater facilities
McClsnahan Brothers of Port Deposit have
the contract for supplying the stone.
THE one hundredth annual meeting of
the Maryland Grand Lodge of Free and Ac-
cepted Masons was held in Baltimore last
week. Among those present were Frank s.
Everist, Z. B. Frazer, d. G. Wilson of Port
Deposit and Lewis II. Kirk and George s.
Fox Of Rising Sun. The meeting closed
Thursday night with grand banquet, to
which $50 men sat down.
MIR. Charles E. Denny left at our Office
on Tuesday two Bartlett pears taken from
tho orchard of Samuel Creadick near Dover
Del, which with forty eight other pears,
made a second crop grown this season.
Three mar let baskets of prime pears had
been picked before this season from this
tree, and its second crop but for the frost
would have filled another basket. Can any
one report better second crop?
The Rev. Mr.. Fouk, of Oakland, Md,
father of Prof. WIN. NJ. Foulk, of this town
filled the pulpit of the Elkton Presbyterian
church on Sunday morning last. This rev,
erend gentleman had the honor of preach
ing the first sermon to President Cleveland
and wife after their marriage There were
no services at the Presbyterian church at
night and many of the congregation at
tended the NJ. f. church.
We were shown the other day at TIN
Jail wooden model of steam engine which
Was made by Stansbury Bradshaw, the
young mulatto that was sentenced at tn
last Term of court to two years imprison
ment in the penitentiary for larceny. !
Windmill is attached to it and when n goo,
breeze is blowing it will work in fine style
Bradshaw presented it to one of the othe
prisoners when he was taken to Baltimore
Judges Brown, Duff and Stewart wer
i'll consultation on Monday concerning TIL
order requiring Ex-Postmaster |. Parke
Neazey, who is now in Chicago, to shoS
cause why he should not be disbarred. \
action was taken in view of the absence o
Judge Fisher and for other causes, and tn
bench adjourned until next Monday. MI
Nrazey has not yet been heard from in re
lation TO the order, other than by his first an
swer to the petition to show cause.
AS yoI walk along the street in any o
cities, your attention has doubles
often been attracted by the beautiful sponge
which are offered you by street vendors q
scents apiece. But they are worthless 70
use They are beautiful in appearance ant
are very soft to the touch. Those are thei
sole merits and even they are deceptive
The sponges are bought from the importer
at thirty cents pound. About fort
sponges come to tie pound They are tn
comnonest grades which sold in I'll
market, aud are used by b:icklayers
wash the fronts of houses When I'll
fakirs buy them they are black, dirty lool
ing things and are full of foreign matte
The fikirs bleach them in pTo-oxide of MAJ
ganese, nuriatic acid oxalic acid, or "a 81
luton of chlorine. This makes them yer
pretty and white, but rots them so that the
soon fall to pieces.