The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-04-17

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--ArbutuS gathering is popular with
;aany OF our young people, hut not rs much
SO as in former years.
The improvements To the store-room
occupied by Frank Kerr have been com
pleted.
Capt. John Sljelken arrived yesterday
with load of fine West River Oysters.
This will be his last trip this season.
Mr.. Singerly, it is said, will not begin
the erection of houses for his workingmen
for a couple of months yet.
A colored mau named Valentine is
about to open barber shop in the building
recently occupied hy Mrs .Ianney for a
| store.
-Messrs Ward X Davis will retire from
business at this place about May LIST. They
will be succeeded by Prettyman Bros, of
Dover, Delaware.
Mrs. Mary Smith, wife of ex-Sherif
VIM. j. Smith, suffered a slight attack of
apopexy at an early hour on Wednesday
morning.
+ II jeff. Scott of the fourth district, has
been appointed by Collector Groome to the
position Of marker in the Baltimore Gus
tom House at a salary of $40 year.
Mrs. Sarah \. Culinary, wife of James
V. Culinary, died at her home, in Chesa.
peake City, on Friday, April 9, aged fifty
nine years.
William NJ Sipgerly and daughter fire.
Qlently spend day or two in their new
villa in Elkton. The grounds surrounding
the house are being pat in first. class order.
-George Johnston and DR., j. II. lamar
represented the Elkton Presbyterian home
and missions schools in the Sunday school
| convention held on Wednesday in Middle
| town.
John Brisuoe who held position in f.
h. FraZer's drug store at Port Deposit, is
about to open a drug store at Delta. Mr..
Rriscoe will be succeeded in Mr.. FraZer'S
store by John Nauhekle.
Rev. II. W. Beers will deliver his last
lecture on MormOnsm next Friday evening
in the Presby teran church, his subject be-
ing "Mormonism as a Religious System"
The public is invited.
funeral of Mrs. Anne + Obey took
place on sunday afternoon from the resi-
dence of her husband Mr.. Jesse O;ley, and
was largely attended. The interment was
in the Cherry Hill Cemetery. The ltevs. J.
p. Otis and Charles \. Hill oAcated.
There WAS corn pone' w,dd;ng in
the A. NJ. +. church on Wednesday evening
for the benefit of the PASTORS salary. The
affair created great deal Of amusement
for those present. Miss Milly Shippers took
the part of the bride and William Boulder
was the groom.
A straw stack Oh the farm of Polk
Scott about mile from Cherry Till took
fire early Thursday afternoon. A crowd
soon assembled and succeeded by hard
work in ke,png the fire from spreading to
the buildings. About five tons of straw
We're destroyed
Mr.. Harry Lirz-llere, who was doing
some masonry work on small bridge near
Holly Hall. for which Charles fl. Smith
was contractor, III preference to carrying
some tools home one night last week hid
them near the bridge. liz the morning he
found they had been stolen.
4 Mr.. John y. Hambo, a young man
who, with his parents, formerly resided in
this vicinity, was married on Thursday Of
last week in Burlington, y. j., by the Rev.
f. G. Hancock 30 Miss Lizzie r ,kestraw,
OF that city. Mr.. Rambo is now employed
in a carriage factory in Burlington.
There will be services as usual in the
Presby terrain church tomorrow (SabbathD
both morning and evening by the pastor,
Rev. Il. w. Beers. The subject in the
morning will be: ".Iesus as Gods Image"
In the evening he will preach the last in his
present series of docrrinal sermons the sub
.iect being ''rhe Sariptural Doctrine of Prov
idence." All are welcome
The Sabbath school Anniversary at
Read y. L. NJ. p. church, of North East,
will be held sunday, April 18th. The Rev
l.. II. jackson, p lStor of Bethel a. NJ. T.
church, of Elkton, will preach at II o'clock
and address the school at three o'clock
The Rev. l. H. Nicols pastor of Providence
church, Elkton, will be present and tax
part in the exercises.
Capt. William Wright, of the schooner
Edith W. Scott, while on his vessel in Elk
river near Welch Point on Thursday heard
the sound of a bell and was at loss to
know where the sound come from. On
looking up he SAW flying above the boat at
no great height a bald eagle with what
looked like sleigh bell around its neck.
Several others saw the bird besides the
captain, and the bell was plainly visible
AT the Monteagle, Tennessee, summer
schools which opens June 3Jth and con-
time for six weeks, Mrs. Emma p. Ewing,
dean of the department OF Domestic Eco
nomy of the Iowa Agricultural College, of
Ames, Iowa, will preside over the school
of cookery and deliver lectures. Mrs. Ew-
ing was formerly resident of Elkton. She
is the author of Cooking and Castle Build
ing and also of several cooking manuals.
The middle division of the New Castle
Presbyterian Sunday school Association
met on Wednesday at Middletown Tie
work of the Sunday schools were intelli-
gently debated by representatives from T.
Sunday schools. The Rev. |. l.. Cation, of
Chesapeake City, who is chairman o. the
general Association took an active part and
read paper on Defects in Sunday School
work and the Kennedy" Mr.. j. NJ Reed,
of Chesapeake City, also made a few re-
marks.
The cases of Mrs. Hannah Iioyeland VS.
the =. w. x b. railroad, and Timothy V.
Rose VS.. the b. & o. railroad will be tried
at the spring term of the Kent county court.
which meets on Monday next. These cases
were removed from the Cecil county court
at the request of the defendants. VIM. r
Warburton and Albert Constable, ESqrs,
are counsel for the plaintiff in both cases.
The tirst-nameu case is i suit for heavy
damages for injuries received by the plain
tiff on the defendants road at Red Mill
crossing, over two years ago
AT the meeting of the managers of the
Cecil county agricultural society held on
Thursday, 10Th inst. They authorized the
renting of the track for the summer season
on proper terms and conditions, reviewed,
| several disputed awards at the last fair
adopted the liberal premium list of the last
year with some changes, and ordered the
catalogue to he prepared and issued by the
first of June. Advised public sale of all
| the privileges at the October fail to be made
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