The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-12-22
GL0GAL DEPARTMENT. v

WIN. Young, of the Hartford count
Bar was in Elkton on Tuesday.
The hanks of the county will be CLOSED
on Christmas and New Years Day.
Among those mentioned for postmaste
at Crumpton, Md, is Henry G. Laymen
formerly of this town.
Although the Salvation Army has rent
ed the building of VIM. T. Boulder & Co.
they are still in business.
One hundred dollars for current expen
OH Sunday morning last.
The ladies of the Elkton Presbyterian
Church propose to serve a supper about thu
third week in JANUARY.
The first literary contest and musica
recital of the Memar Academy was giver
in Zion Presbyterian Church last evening
R P. and NJ. F. Mcdowell have pur
chased the general merchandise store O
Taylor Brothers at Conowingo.
Presiding Elder W. l. S. Murray
preached at North East on Sunday morning
last and at Elkton in the evening
The Elkton Presbyterian Sunday Schoo
will hold its annual Christmas entertain
ment in the chur ch on Friday evening, the
2sth instant.
Edwin M. Hunt has leased the mill
property of Job Haines. near Rising Sun
and will assume the management of the
same next spring
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Lewis of the
Fourth district, will celebrate the twenty
fifth anniversary of their wedding on Mon
day evening next.
John Price, colored, of Oxford, Pa, aged
20 years choked to death on a small bone
from piece of pork meat lodging in his
throat last Saturday.
MIR. Lyle R Ewing, of Fairview, Cecil
county, has gone to Wilmington where he
is engaged in the store and commission bus
inesson Madison street.
The Rising Sun lodge of Knights of the
Golden Eagle will hold fair in the public
hall at that place, Christmas week. They
will parade on Christmas Day.
Witnesses in criminal cases in the Cir.
cult Court were discharged until the first
Monday in January and not the second
Monday of the same month as reported.
"A. P. Shockley shipped 1900 turkeys to
Henry Disstoo & Sons, Philadelphia, on
Thursday. Each of their employees with
afamily will receive one on Christmas Day.
The fine new residence of DIR. Lort at
Louisville, is approaching completion. Levi
o Cameron is the contractor. Price and
Caldwell of Oxford are doing the painting
james Moore, eolored, against whom
two indictments for violating the prohibit
tory law were found by the last grand jury
was arrested on Monday by Sheriff johnson.
The Court of Appeals in the case of W.
F. Reckefus and wife VS.. G. Taylor Lyon on
Friday of last week affirmed the verdict of
the Hartford county Circuit Court, with
costs.
The Christmas festival of the Andora
Sunday School will be held in the school
house on Wednesday afternoon December
26th of next week at two o'clock. All are
invited.
The Rising Sun Detective Association
will hold its annual meeting Saturday, Jan
larry 9Th 1889 The dinner for the membe
4 Il be furnished by the Ladies Mite Society
~ Ne NJ. E. Church.
~ There will be Missionary Anniversary
at Leeds NJ. p Church on Sunday evening
December 23d. Several speakers from a
distance will be present. Exercises will be-
gin at half-past seven.
The revival meetings at the Elkton M.
E. Church closed on Monday evening last.
They were attended with but little success
on the closing evening.
The ladies of the Mite Society will give
supper in the lecture room of Bethel NJ
E. Church, Pivot Bridge, Md, on Wednes
day and Thursday evenings, December 2Gth
and 9th. All are invited.
Henry NJ. Gohn was recently granted a
divorce uinculo n,atrinonii from Susan A.
Gohn. Mr.. Gohn charged that his wife
\ abandoned bin. Their three minor children
were given to his charge.
A-Presiding Elder W. l.. Murray was
f,en pleasant surprise one evening last
:. Esk at his home in Wilmington on the oc
{. ION of his fortieth birthday. He received
~. A-al valuable presents.
4fr. Frank R. Scott, removed on Thurs.
Srom the house of DIR. II II. Mitchell
Delaware Avenue that he has occupied
6,everal wears to his handsome new resi
!; nee on East Main street.
y The dwelling house of Thomas Green
on Bow street was sold at mortgages sale
on Tuesday by Shockley & Smith, auction
GERS. 1t was purchased by Mr.. John E
Alexander, who held the mortgage, for $715
There are now thirty five head of stand
ard bred horses at the Elkton Stock Farm
of which Mr.. r. T. G. Crouch is superin
tendant. Six are stations, twelve brood
mares and the others colts of various ages
There has been some change in the
y CHASING of George w. Taylor and John R
sllaber, two Cecil men in the Custom
lse Mr.. Taylor will receive $50 month
,fter and Mr.. Gallaher 81 rs aday wher
ned.
re will be q Christmas tree enter
at Jones' Chapel on Monday even
Beginning at Z o'clock. The pupil
3day School will read aud recit
3h each of the pupils will receive
confectionery.
The College boys are coming home 70
e holidays. Messrs. VIM. D. Bratton o
Princeton, Frank Founders of Washington
College, Chestertown, and Frank B. Harye
and Edwin v. Hinchliffe, of Dickinson Col
y lege, Carlisle, Pa. have arrived.
Mrs Mary f Tull moved into her new
ssiden ce on Main street adjoining that @
1; j. Fl. lamar on Wednesday. The hous
iich she vacated has been rented by Dr.
il E. Morrow the dentist who will re
,, his Office there in the spring
benezr Killough one of the oldest resi-
If Colora Gied on Friday of last wee
% years. Mr.. Killough was a nativ
fIcaster county and was formerly on
wealthiest and best known citizen
lower end of that county where b
Extensively engaged in cattle dealing
Jefferson Scott, the we'll known Fourt
sict politician, is one of the employee
III &c Baltimore Custom House who suffe
recent decision of the Secretary of tn
NJ sxasury that the position of debenture mai
y which he held, was an unnecessary O.
Zee. The Office will be abolished with tn
close of the year. The salary has been Ss4t
> Collector Groome will probably find JEFF. 4