The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-12-15

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ford County, brought to the Jail here las
Saturday George Lanber, aged about Al
years, who was indicted by the grand jury
in that county for arson, being charged with
burning the dwelling house, stable, foul
horses, COW, ETC., of Mr.. Burbank, of Har
ford County. He had his case removed tt
the Cecil County Court.
j. C. Cruikshank, Jr., son of j. Chand-
Ter Cruikshank formerly of this county diet
of a complication of diseases on Wednesday
in Philadelphia, in his twenty first year
But one of the twelve children of J. G
Crukshank, ST., now survive him. Hit
wife also died year or two ago. The fun
eral will be held this morning at 1923 Pop
lar street, Philadelphia.
"A recent number of Montana daily
contained the following reference to a native
of the Fifth district of Cecil County: James
Mauldin, proprietor of the Willowbum
stock farm, in Beaverhead County, one OF
Montana's noted stock growers arrived from
Dillon yesterday. Mr.. Mauldin, by the
way, is financially the heaviest individual
| LAX payer In bciVtrneau County.
| A number of Union Soldiers met in
Elkton on Saturday last and organized, the
Society of Cecil Veterans. The following
officers were elected: Captain, John +,
Wilson, Esq; First lieutenant, James II.
Mason of Chesapeake City; Second Lieu
tenant, Alfred T. McCreary of Cherry Hill
There are now sixty members and others
will join. The society will probably attend
the inauguration of President-elect Harri-
son.
Constable I. Emory Lee drove into
town one day recently with two colored
women in llnbo. They were taken before
Justice A. j. Scott on the charge of habit
ually disorde-ly conduct at ST. Augustine,
in the Second district. The women who
| bear the names of Alice Garnet and Annie
Cooper, respectively, were each sentenced
| to three months in the House of Correction.
They took An appeal, through their counsel,
to the higher court.
| Detective William T. Jones of Will
mington, was in Elkton on Monday. He is
a son of Mr.. VIM. T. Jones, ST., the well
known stone mason of this town. Detective
Jones has attained considerable celebrity
in his profession. He received great praise
from the newspapers of Wilmington re-
Gently for the capture of two safe burglars
while at work on the safe of Hart & Brother,
pork packers, No. 312 East Fifth street,
| Whining ton, one night last week.
The proposed Lecture Course has been
abandoned by its projectors. Not half the
required number of subscribers could be OBJ
tanned. Elkton has degenerated greatly in
this respect, prominent Elktonian having
informed us that number of years ago he
alone sold 500 tickets for course of lectures.
Either our people are not intellectual or else
they ale poverty stricken. A course of the
same number of lectures proposed here at
which the tickets were 1874 per. cent. more
costly, was given in Oxford, Pa, last winter.
Mr.. John G. McNamee a prominent
farmer of Elk Neck, residing about ten
miles from North Est met with a loss by
fire on the 7Jh instant. An outbuilding
used as a storehouse was discovered to be on
fire about aybreak. The fam es communi-
Gated to the kitchen of TIE dwelling and it
Was only by energetic efforts that its de-
struction was averted. The kitchen build
ing was damaged considerably. The loss
amounts to about $500. 1t is fully covered
in the Farmers and Mechanics of Cecil
county.
Miss. Fannie Wake, daughter of the
ata LAURA Waika IA Iata of
st. Stephens Church, Sisslfras Neck was
found dead in bed last Saturday morning.
She was a great sufferer from neuralgia. 1t
is thought that upon retiring for the night
she inadvertently took an overdose of strong
remedies that were prescribed to b. used to
relieve the pain and died from the effect.
She was a sister of Mrs Thomas c. Cruik-
shank OF the First district and had many
friends in this county who regret her sad
and untimely death.
Our readers will recollect tie arrest in
Elkton few months since of VIM. Evans,
colored, formerly of this place and white
lad who gave the name of Mccall on the
charge of stealing the horse and carriage of
Mrs. Rogers, who resides near Wilmington
while it was standing on a street in that
city. They were each held in $500 for court
One day last week James Mahearty of Will
mington, the father of the lad, who had
given his mothers maiden name, came to
Elkton and went his sons security, leaving
five one hundred dollar notes in the hands
of Justice A. j. Scott.
IS. a., Ill ~.1l
Scott Fertilizer Company on Wednesday
the following were reelected directors for
one year; DIR. c. NJ. Ellis, John S. Writ, w.
II. Mackall, James H. Scott, Frank X.
Scott, Daniel Bratton and John j. Will
liams. The following officers were selected
by the directors: President, Frank r. Scott;
Vice President, w. H. Mackall; Secretary,
Asher A. Scott. At meeting of the direc-
tors on Tuesday a dividend of eight per.
cent per. annum on the capital stock was
declared. The business showed a marked
increase over that OF the previous year.
The Salvation Army will vacate Gill
pins Hall after to-day. The noise annoyed
the lawyers who have offices below. There
is good story going concerning it. One
lawyer in particular complained of the
noise and was largely instrumental in pre-
venting a renewal of their lease. Whether
the lawyer was referred to in an address of
one of the female members of the army the
other evening when she said "The DeUu
got us out of this Hall. But thank the
Lord we got another and larger one" is a
mooted question. They have rented the
building formerly occupied by VIM. T.
Boulder & Co.
Two hostlers eager to secure fee were
the cause of considerable loss to Mr.. B. B
Dunbar, the well-known livery men of this
town. An Elkton young man hired a horse
and buggy from Mr.. Dunbar. He hitched
the team under the shed in the yard of the
Deer Park Hotel, Newark. The young man
| told the hostlers of some attention he desired
given to the horse and two of them eager to
make dime started for the animal 1t took
| fright and broke loose After knocking
down several panels of the Delaware Col
| lege fence the horse took the read for home
1t received little damage until this town
was reached W hen the buggy was badly
wrecked, the shaft and top being broken. 1t
| will require sixty dollars TO repair the veh-
| icle, which was almost new. The buffalo
robe and whip were lost but afterwards