The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-12-18
Miss Virginia Bond, of Port DEPOSIT, is
listing her sister Mrs. w. NJ. Foulk, of this

| Mrs. Hall has in her millinery depart
ment all of the latest December shapes il
bonnets and hats.
! -Messrs. McClenahan X Bros, grant
dealers of Port Deposit, have discharge
about $50 OF their men for the winter.
Miss Minnie Rsaley, will this Afternoon
at o'clock, sell at public auction her ell
tire stock of millinery goods, notions an,
toys.
Mrs. NJ. J. Sill has sold her farm of s.
acres in tho Ninth district, Cecil county
Md to Samuel Clifford, of Zion, on privat
| terms.
| The county insane asylum has ahou
reached completion. 1t is an imposing look
ing building and can be seen in some direc
tons for considerable distance.
The famous "Stevsns Family" will
give concert in Rising Sun NJ. K. church.
| on Tuesday night next, for the benefit o
the parsonage fund.
AT recent meeting of the board o
teachers of the Elkton NJ. f. Sunday school
Thos Lort was elected secretary, vice VIM
K. Witworth, resigned.
The frame building for the temporary
use of the postmaster is approaching com
pletion and the postmaster will move into
it before the first of the year
An entertainment of which "the lunch
basket" will be the principal feature will
be- held in the lecture room of the Bay View
church on Christmas eve.
Furs cleaned and mada up in every style.
Muffs made up and refined Of every mater
ial New Muffs from Toe. to SIS. -.
2t A l.. WILKINSON. :
AS will be seen by his advertisement
elsew hera, Mr.. Thos. G. Cruch will continue
the leather and shoe finding business in the
basement Of the old stand The dwelling
above is for rent.
We publish this week the card of the
new firm of Cantwell & Groves, meat and
provision dealers. Call and sea them when
you want anything in their line of trade,
They will treat you right.
The report published in the Wilmington
Euerg Erening that the play Of "Pecks Bad
Boy" wa. given in Odessa under the man.
agement of the NJ. f. church of that place,
is acknow lodged by that paper to have been
incorrect.
The Rev. Frederick G. Lee and the Rev.
Mr.. Miller exchange pulpits next Sunday.
Mr. Lee will preach at St. Marks at 1870
A. NJ, at St. Mary's, North East, At P. NJ ,
and at 3 p. NJ, and at st. Johns, Elk Neck,
at ! P NJ All are cordially invited.
There will be- services in lhe Presbyter-
ian church tomorrow (Sabbath) As usual
by the pastor, Rev K. w. Beers. The sub
ject in the morning will be: "Christ's Pom
Use of Triumph" and in the evening:
"Wanted-More Laborer.," All are cor
daily invited.
Christmas service will bs held at Trinity
church on the morRing OF Christmas day.
at half past ten; there will also bs short
midnight service at IL o'clock on Christmas
eve Service at the church of the Good
Shepherd, Chesapeake City, on Christmas
night, at h.lf-past seven. The public are
cordially invited.
DR.. j. H. Brown, a we'll known and
popular lecturer on physics, metaphysics
and phrenology, will lecture In ProvidenceA.
L. NJ. p. church, i'll this town, on Wednes-
day evening next. We known the doctor
we'll. He is one of the brightest colored me n
we have ever met, and is self-respscting
representative of his people. His ability as
lecturer 10 universally recognized.
There is no use in talking but Josie
has breath-d the breath of life into the New
East End Market since his return to Elkton.
It's just the liveliest provision depot about
town. Not content with serving the best
local meats he displayed this week hand
soma lot of veusion cut from deer his own
hands had dressed The deer came from
R.nova, Pennsylvania.
A literary entertainment will be given
in the new church building at New Leeds,
on Saturday evening, Decem Der %. On the
following Thursday evening another enter
taiument will be held at the sane place
with new programme. Proceeds for the
benefit of the new church. Admission %
cts. tor adIlts 10 cts. for children. Should
the weather prove unfavorab Oh Christmas
night, that entertainment will be given on
Saturday evening January LIST. 2t
The snow storm of Wednesday night
was very heavy in the upper part Of the
county. Many roads were made i'm passible.
The road from Port Deposit to North East
contained drifts higher than the fences
Three teams tnunder-d near the residence OF
MIR. Harry Rowland near Polt Deposit
Tho overland mail between Rising Sun and
Port Deposit was unable to reach the latter
place on Thursday morning and was for
waried by the 2. Il b. Central Railroad.
Joseph Vlasandjic tn. Hungarian, who
gradually wasting away, died in Jail on
Saturday morning last. Drs. j. H Jam ar
and Howard Bratton made a postmortem
examination of the remains. They found
that death was caused by self-imposed star
walton caused by insanity. As required by
law in the case of persons dying in Jail an
inquest was held by Coroner Litzenberg
The jury found = verdict in accordance
with the facts.
There is dispute between the owners
of the Odd Fellows Hall and the County
Com III issioners which may possibly end in
law suit. The commissioners engaged the
hall for the of the court during the
part of the Decem bsr term befors the holt
4 II, L.. a
court should not meet until early in jan
uary at which time the court house will be
ready for occupancy. In the meantime
the owners of the hall had refused offers TO
rent it during the period that the
commissioners had secured it for. 1t is
said that the owners of tho hall were after
wards notified of the change. They slai In
that the County Commissioners should nav
the rent of the hall for the time they en-
gagged it for the use of the court The com
missioners are willing to pay the hall ow.
ners the amount that the engagements re-
fused would have protited them.
A good line of pocketbooks, box paper,
cutlery, autograph, scrap and photograph
albums at HINCHLIFFE'S.
School Commissioners. +
The Board was in session on Tuesday.
The school house com missioners reported
that the house at Andora was completed
according to contract and recon- mended its
acceptance. The treasurer was ordered to
pay the contract price, S7.5, out houses, $50.
The bill for rent for colored school at
North East amounting to $50 was ordered to
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