The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-04-28

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the show can be purchased of the station
agent at this place for S1.25.
The Goth semi-anuual meeting of tn
Local Preachers and Exhorters' Associa
ton of the NJ. E. Church, Wilmington Con
ference, will be held in the NJ. L. Church
Greensborough, Md, on May 18th, 18th An,
29th. A number of interesting question
will be discussed.
AN apron bazaar in the interest of tn
Church will be held in the new churcl
building at Leeds, on the evenings of Ma,
4th and 9Th. An enjoyable time is antici
pated and the public are cordially invited tt
attend. Should Saturday evening be unfav
orable it will be held the following Tuesday
"A number of members of the Elktor
Masonic Lodge visited lodge of the sam,
order at Newark, Del, on Monday evening
and were we'll entertained. The visitor.
were R. c. Lewis, c. B. Finley, States At
torney w. S. Evans, Daniel Bratton, Sam'l
j. Keys, Henry NJ. Nicols and Herman
Ball.
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at his store opposite the Court House this
week by selling mans worsted suit, coat
pants and vest for S.. Think of that price
Other clothing in proportion. In the pre-
vailing low prices for clothing all over this
country, these figures have never been
touched in Elkton.
The Women's Foreign Missionary So
ciety of the Elkton NJ. E. Church held Q
meeting on Tuesday evening which was ad-
dressed by Miss Layton, formerly mission
airy in India, and Mrs. E. b. Stevens, presi-
dent of the society for the Wilmington
Conference. Several new members were
added. Rev. Charles Hill presided.
| The case of the National Bank of
assigned for trial in the United States Cir
| cult Court in Baltimore on Wednesday
| next. Clinton Mccullough and Albert
Constable, Esqs., will represent the plain
tiff, and William T. Warburton, Esq, and
Charles Marshall, of Baltimore, the defen-
dant.
| Constable Rutter, of the Seventh dis
trict, on Tuesday evening brought to Elkton
jail James Smith, young colored man,
who had been committed in default of bail
by Constable Burroughs on the charge of
larceny of buffalo robe from Joseph Nau-
dain, near Perryville. James will have a
long time to stay in Jail, whether he be
guilty or not, as there is no grand jury be-
fore September.
| William j. Clark and Elenora L. Grant
were married on Wednesday evening last
in one of the houses belonging to Frank
Kerr, on West Main street, which the groom
has rented and furnished Rev. Chas. Hill
| performed the ceremony in the presence of
| a number of friends of the young couple
| A brother of the groom acted as best man
| and sister of the bride from Chester, Pa,
| as bridesmaid.
Harry Confer. who agreed to leave this
state provided cases against him for viola
| ting the prohibitory law were not pushed
| and moved to Newark, Del, has again
changed his place of residence. He this
week moved his household effects to Phila-
| delphia where he made living as m D..
| rocco worker before coming to Elkton and
| engaging in the liquor business contrary to
| the prohibitory law.
At recent meeting Of the Wilmington
Preachers Meeting Rev. j. 7. VanBurka-
low, until recently of this county. read a
paper on 1.-THE Two Babylons." the literal
and historic, and the mystic and prophetic.
1.-THE paper was a strong and interesting
advocacy of the theory that the Church Of
Rome, politico-ecclesiastical system of
false doctrine, fultiIls the conditions of the
typical Babylon. Revs. Hubbard, Grice,
Houston, Collins and Thomas followed the
reading with some criticisms and Mr.. Van
Burkalow responded"
Claiborne Watkins by Gen. Bradley T.
johnson and Bradley S. Johnson, attorneys,
on Tuesday entered suit in the Superior
Court, Baltimore, against the Philadelphia
Wilmington s. Baltimore Railroad Com
pany claiming $4,000 damages for injuries
received in collision at Bacon Hill, three
| miles from Elkton, on February 23d last
| while going from Philadelphia to Baltimore.
The door of freight car, it will be remem-
bered, broke several windows of parlor
| car in which Mr.. Watkins was sitting, in
juriDg him severely on the head.
1t is probable that the case of Janney
vs. Drs. Clifford and Housekeeper, of this
| county, which was removed from the Cecil
court to that of Hartford county, will be
| trin OF Raj A ira t =, nc
This is a suit of John Y. Janney to recover
| damages for the loss of his wife, a woman
| of 80 years, who left two children. The
plaintiff alleges that her death was the re-
| suit of an operation performed by the de-
| PENDANTS. The plaintiffs counsel are Al
| bert Constable and William I. Warburton.
States Attorney VIM. S. Evans will appear
! for the defendants.
As member of the firm of SEockley
& Smith has informed US that the Holly
Hall property, excepting the marsh land, is
| in their hands for sale, we judge that Mr..
Singerly has given up his idea of using the
property as a stock farm. 1t has been
rumored that there was not sufficient land
| for the purpose and that he was unable to
| purchase adjoining land at a reasonable
| figure. 1t is also rumored that he has been
offered other farms in the neigh Dor hood that
would answer the purpose better. Those
nearest Mr.. Singerly profess ignorance OF
| his intentions.
| AT the first quarterly conference of the
| Newark M. Z. Church held on Monday
last, S. Edwin Grant, son of S b. Grant, OF
Cherry Hill, after passing a creditable ex.
| animation was licensed as a local preacher
| Mr.. Grant, who was formerly clerk in
Frazer's drug store, Elkton, and now has
charge of Beaton Smiths drug store, New.
ark, proposes to enter upon course of study
| preparatory to admission to, the annual
conference. Fred. Z. McKinsey, pastor Of
the Rowlandvills and Mt. Pleasant NJ. E
Churches, this county, and a cousin o.
Folger Mckinsey, formerly associate editor
of THE WING, was also granted a loca
preachers license.
The jury in the case of John P Edes
and Laura Edes, his wife, of Kent county
against the p, w. & B. r. Il. Company OF
trial last week in the Kent county court OF
Saturday night after being out hut shor
time rendered verdict for the plaintiffs fo
$4,000. Mrs. Eles, it is alleged, was badl,
injured by the train being stopped so sud
denly at Clayton, Del, as to throw he
against the rail. Albert Constable and II
w. Vlckers, Esqs., represented the plain
titfs, and George V. Massey, of Dover, Del
George w. Russum, of Caroline county
and 5. 7. Wickes, of Kent county, for tn
defendant cOmDanv Thesyer,lict il said T.