The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-01-30
iosnl Department.


Monday morning for organization.
The mem bers of the A. L. NJ. p. churcl
are begging for funds to pay their minister
salary Be charitable and aid them with
nckle.
Miss Minnie Realey has fine stock o
cakes and confectionery, of notions and mil
line:y continually on hand at the low prices
which Elkton people like.
There are a great many women in Cecl
county whom we are sure could advance
excellent ideas on the temperance question
lei them come to the front and speak out.
There was good sleighing on Monday
lst, but the warm sunshine of Tuesday
cleared the snow rapidly away. The snow
was never known to melt so rpidly.i in thi:
neighborhood before.
Mr. Hill Fitzgerald, son of the pro
prietor of the Philadelphia Item was in towr
on Wednesday last, the guest of Mr.. Geo
Il. Ash, and attended the performance OF
"HazeI kirke.
This is Just the time to purchase new
sut of clothes, and our enterpr sing
clothier, Mr. Marks Lieberman is Just the
man who cat best supply you with what
you need in that line.
The extensive card Of DR.. y. Il. Clark
appears in another column of this issue.
What DIR. Clark has to tell you is of very
great Importance anu one great virtue of his
savings is that the: are all true.
1t will not be possible to hold another
meeting of Elkton Academy Lyceum until
Tuesday evening, Feb 10th, as other enter
tainments of Importance will occupy the at
tentiom of the public until Il at time.
-Messrs. Reese 4 Freeman are the truly
euterprisiug merchants of Elkton. Their
stock of goods is now large and varied, and
as they sell for cash. their prices are as low
and reasonable as the goods are excellent
in quality.
Fresh fish and oysters are luxury but
Mr. Vim. Giles has them always on hand
at his handsome North street restaurant.
He has plump aud tender poulty in stock
al all times and all the vegetables of the
season in variety.
There will be services as usual in the
P.esbytt ran church tomorrow Sabbath
by the pastor, Rev. r. w. Beers. The sub
iect in the morning will be "The Four An
chors," and in the evening "The Lowliness
Of Christ" All are welcome.
Tile following is list of patents issued
TO Maryland inventors for the week ending
jan. 26;h: w. ID Brooks, b ilto., can-sold-
ering NJ lcline g pttents); L. McMurray.
Bal o., apparatus for preserving fruits g
patents.
Enterprise is spreading down on the
Eastern Shore. The town of Pocomoke
City is lighted with electricity. This place,
by the way, has been going forward with
unusual speed, and its prosperity is as
great as it is deserved.
Every day this week the bell of the
Catholic church has summoned the wor-
shippers in that faith to the special services
being conducted by two of the Passionist
fathers. Large congregations have been
present at all the services and great deal
of interest taken in them.
-Baggagemaster John Barry, of the CEN
trail division of the Pennsylvania railroad,
was caught between the cars of his train
last Monday afternoon at Wawa while ma l.
ing coupling and had the lower part of
his face badly crushed and his head injured
so badly that he cannot recover. He was
sent to his home at Westminster, Pa.
Those who never saw real live poet
will have an opportunity to do so on Tues
day evening next at Odd Fellows hall,
when Walt Whitman will deliver his ia
nous lecture The Death of Abraham Lin
coln,' after the delivery of which he will
recite the touching and beautiful poem
$50 Captain my C4ptain!'
A course of four interesting scientific
lectures will be commenced by Prof. Towle,
of John Hopkins University, in Odd Fell
lows hall, Elkton, on Monday evening,
Feb 10th. His subjects though heavy ones
will be treated upon in such manner that
all can understand them and receive much
benefit froE these evenings with the scien-
fist
In another column will be found a call
for convention of Cecil county Temperance
men at odd Fellows hall on Thursday
morning next. 1t is generally supposed that
this call is issued by those in favor of high
license as opposed to an amended Local OPP
ton law. Join hands, brethren and let
what is best for every body prevail; personal
wishes or individual opini N should not
rule in this matter.
The sales of that bright little one cent
evening paper, the Philadelphia Daily
N",c$, are incre lsing each week at Hinch.
litfe's. The people of Elkton recognize the
merits of good newspaper, and that is
their excuse for buying the Ne,cs. 1t is
advancing and improving all the time. and
will in consequence gain new readers con
tnuaily. 1t can be procured of Mr.. Hinch,
Life every evening for one cent per copy. i
never fails to contain something of interest
The project of the Pennsylvania rail
road to build coal piers at Perryville ant
make that place an extensive shipping
poi 1t for hard and soft coal South is to b.
pu'hed to speedy completion as soon as tn,
weather will permit of active operations
Coal will be brought down to that pon
from the coal regions via the Columbia an,
Port Deposit railroad aud the Pennsylvania
company will thus be enabled to compel
with the Reading company which ship
coal to Havre de Grace by the canal on til
Hartford shore, leased from the state o.
Maryland. PerryviIe and Havre de Grac
have promise of becoming noted buines
points when the works of the three grea
rival railroad companies-the Pennsyl
vania, the Reading and the Baltimore an,
Ohio are completed.
In answer to the call printed in thes
columns last week the committee of tn
late Local Option Temperance Conventio,
met at the office of f. A. Ellis, Esq, in thi
town, on Tuesday morning last. The tim
OF the meeting was entirely occupied wit
business pertaining to the drafting and Sc
curing signatures to a petition which vii
be presented to the Legislature, probabl
on the 10Th of February. With few ex
ceptons all the members of the committe
were present. Owing to pressing bushes
engagements Mr.. Thos Waring resigne
his membership on the committee and MI
H. II. Brady, of Chesapeake City, was az
pointe in his place. The work of the con
mittee was tremendously conducted. Dun
ing the progress of their meeting they wer
rendered cordial invitation to attend tn
convention of the high license advocates i
the hall on Thursday morning next. Tn
members of the committee expressed thei