The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-05-05

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In the United States Circuit Court on
Thursday the case of the National Bank Of
Chester county, Pa, VS.. Walter Armstrong
of Cecil county, action on promisory note
assigned for that day was postponed until
Thursday next, May 10th, to which time the
petit jury were discharged.
j. Granville Richards, of the Baltimore
Custom House, who once suffered at the
hands of highway robbers, was recently the
victim of a sneak thief. His boarding place
In Baltimore was entered, and number Of
| pocket books secured from the clothing OF
sleeping boarders, his being among the lot
An Elkton boy recently stole eggs from
under setting hen and sold them to a High
street merchant. The owner found out
where they were taken and recovered them.
They were placed again under the hen, and
again stolen by the boy. They were once
more recovered, and have since been Matched.
A woman with half dozen bundles
and nearly as many children got off the
4.44 train at the depot one day this week
and after the train was started it was found
that she thought she was in Wilmington.
The train was again stopped and the wo-
man, packages, children, ETC., again placed
ON board
| MIR. WIN. Singerly has promised Rev.
T. a. HI. O'Brien, pastor of Cherry Hill NJ.
E. Church, the sum of sixty dollars yearly
for church purposes, to be paid in monthly
installments. The Quarterly Conference of
the church recently expressed their appre-
citation of Mr.. Singerly's liberality by vote
of thanks.
MIR. VIM. Armstrong, who, for a num-
Der of years, has served as a member of the
Agricultural Society, expects to go west
with his son-in-law, Theodore Armstrong,
about the first of June. The latter thinks
OF establishing himself in business in some
Western State.
At a meeting of the managers of the
Cecil County Agricultural Society ON Tues
day a delegation of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union of Cecil county appeared
and urged that no premiums be hereafter
offered on wines and branded fruits. The
managers, by vote of to 3, decided to
| grant their request.
| Mrs. Katy Woodrow, who died last
week at her late residence near Mt. Pleas
ant, Cecil county, was in her ninety second
/ 70 bar
death she was in good health, mental and
physical. Nine of her ten children survive
her. Her remains were buried on Sunday
afternoon last at HopewelI.
j. E. Terry, of the Schuylkill Navy
Athletic Club, who occasionally visits his
relative, Mr.. John NJ. Thackery, of this
vicinity, participated in the athletic perfor-
| nance in Wilmington on Saturday last. He
| made the best running high jump clearing
feet inches. Mr.. Terry took part in the
athletic performance here last fall.
-Shocklsy s. Smith, snctioneers for Jones
& Haines, attorneys for Christopher Jones,
assignee of mortgage, on Tuesday sold Az
acres of land in the First district on the
and Warwick roads adjoining lands of Geo.
n. Gill and others, improved by frame
dwelling house. 1t was purchased by VIM.
Beeks for S4i5.
John Wilkinson went to Philadelphia
on Tuesday, where he met his sister, Mrs.
Davis, and her daughter Marie. who reside
at Mitchell, in Canada. Mr.. Wilkinson had
not seen his sister for about 80 years, but
had no difficulty in recognizing her. Mrs.
Davis is the wife of the editor of the Mitch
ell Adcocate. She will remain here a few
weeks, and her daughter will reside with
Mr.. Wilkinson for some time.
Jos. y. Ford of North East, was pain
fully burned on Tu esday night last at the
| fishing shore on the farm of his grandfather
Mr.. John Ford, situated on the North East
river. He was engaged in watching the
nets and built fire for the purpose of keep
ing warm. During the night he fell asleep
and on awaking found his clothing in a
blaze. He extinguished the flames but not
before he had received painful burns.
The cellar is being dug for the house to
be erected on west High street by Mrs. Anna
Taft. Jacob Rambo is the contractor. The
foundation has been completed for the
dwelling and storehouse of Mr.. Hardness,
on the corner OF Bridge and High streets.
Mr.. Strickland, the contractor, expects to
begin work on it next week. The house
that he is erecting on west High street,
extended, for his own use is approaching
completion.
The last General Assembly amended
the charter of Chesapeake City so that the
town balliff will hereafter be elected by
popular vote instead of as heretofore by the
town commissioners. The first election
under the provisions of the new charter
will be held on Monday next. There is a
very warm fight over the bailiffship. The
candidates are Eli Foard, the present in
| bent, Alexander Culinary, who formerly
| held the office Thos. Morris and John Metz.
A rather novel substitute for demijohn
| was seen in the hands of Cecil countian
| who got off the cars at the Elkton station
one day this week. He had purchased a
| coal oil can of the pattern having part of the
sides constructed of glass so one can ascer-
| tain the amount of the combustable on hand
| His next purchase was a half gallon OF
| whisky which completely filled the can.
| Some of his friends assisted him in reducing
| the quantity of whisky in the vessel, and
| before he had been in town long it registered
| only about three pints
A telegram from Perryville was received
| at the sheriff's office ON Thursday afternoon
| to arrest two men who were ON freight
train moving in this direction. 1t was re-
| ceived too late 10 make the arrest at this
place and Deputy Sheriff johnson and Mr.
Rufus Oldham drove to Iron Hill in search
| of the parties. They learned, however,
that when the train stopped at that place
| the men had quickly moved over the line
| into Delaware. 1t was reported here that
they were horse thieves, but we have been
informed since that they were wanted for a
minor offence.
Paul Read, who is serving life SEN
tence in the Maryland penitentiary for the
murder of William Green, alias "Blly the
JOKER" recently sent, by his wife who had
| been to see him, to DR.. j. III. lamar, an
attractive marble paper weight of his own
! workmanship. DIR. lamar was physician
| to the jail at the time Read was confined
there awaiting his trial, and the gift was in
acknowledgement of the kindness shown
| by the doctor to the donor. The paper
weight is of three different materials fas-
| tened together. The bottom layer is of
marbleized slate, the middle of Italian