The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-04-28
GL0CAL DEPARTMENT.. y

Miss May Leslie is visiting the Misses
Hogg.
Frank P. Prices new card Is good
reading.
Howard Cautwell lost a valuable two
year old colt this week.
The prospect for a large peach crop in
Cecil county, as we'll as elsewhere, is good
A class of five candidates was confirmed
at Trinity Church last night by Bishop
Adams.
John W. Cantwell has on sale today
some of DIR. Mitchells stall-fed beef. &c
and see it.
George A. Blake, Esq, this week had a
new porch erected in front of his residence
on Main street.
WIN. T. Giles this week sold his one
year-old Gilt Edge colt to Chalklsy Phillips
OF Lewisville, Pa, for SIS.
Rev. y. NJ. Browne, of Newark, Del,
was in Elkton ON Tuesday calling ON his
relative Capt. y. P. Manly.
Manly Drennen has new card in THE
WING, advertising wind mills, road carts,
pumps, SC. Read the card.
A fire prevailed in the woods on BAG on
Hill Thursday afternoon. The extent OF
the damage was not learned
Several Elksonians attended Theodore
Thomas's concert at the Wilmington Opera
House on Wednesday evening.
Rev. Alfred I. Scott, of Wilmington,
was in Elkton on Tuesday in the interest of
his paper the Christian Worker.
Walter G. Clayton and Charles L. Free
man. who started for Lexington, Kentucky,
week since, returned yesterday.
Mr.. NJ. T. Nesbitt, merchant at Syl-
mar, is introducing at various places butter
print of which he is the inventor.
Rev. D. w. Wood, of Tacony, Pa, will
preach on Sunday next in the Elkton Pres
byterian Church both morning and evening.
The pension of John b. Meyer, the
well-known tailor formerly of this town
but now of Havre de Grace, has been in
creased.
AT meeting of the Elkton w. c. 7. U.
this week in their new room il was decided
not to open it as public reading room un-
til the fall.
WIN. Wright has sold his farm of sew.
enty acres situated partly in Cecil county and
partly in Chester county, Pa, to Micheal
Young for 81 900
A Sunday School was organized al
Jackson's schoolhouss, Fourth district, this
county, on Sunday last. John L. Scott was
made superintendent.
Clarence Garrett moved this week from
the house of Joseph Terrell on North street
extended to one of the Building Association
houses ON west Main street.
The steam yacht "Aunie'' which was
recently purchased of Henry Confer by w.
I. Valance was taken to Wilmington on
Monday by Geo. w. Alexander.
The friends of George w. Cruikshank,
Esq, are urging his claims for the congress
sional nomination. and the delegation from
Cecil will probably support him.
When you visit Baltimore. stop at the
Maltby House, where will be foand first
class accommodations and exceedingly low
rates. Mch17tf.
Owing to the prevalence of smallpox in
Philadelphia and neighborihg places chill
dren will not be permitted to attend the
public school of this town unless vaccinated.
The commissions of justices of the peace,
notary publics, ETC., appointed during the
session of the Legislature by Governor
Jackson were received at the Clerks Office
this week.
The old roof of the almshouse building
which vas badly torn by the blizzard has
been replaced by a new tin roof. g. Z. NC
Clure, of Rising Sun, the lowest bidder of
Ave, did the work,
We thank our correspondent "Neigh-
bor' of Cherry Hill for communication
which we regret being unable to use owing
to the crowded condition of our columns. 1t
will be published next week.,
Richard Reese this week sold his bicy-
Gle to VIM. j. Davis, son OF Col. l. ID. Davis.
Mr.. Davis who is clerk for Davis Keys q
Co., will use the wheel in journeying daily
between his home and the town.
AT the annual meeting of the Women's
Home Missionary Society held in Whining
ton on Thursday, Miss Maggie S. Hill
daughter of Rev. Chas. Hill, of this town,
was reelected recording secretary.
Mr.. Frank NJ. Rawlings, agent for
Baugh's fertilizers was in Elkton this week
in the interest of that firm. Mr.. Rawlings
had been engaged for several weeks in West
Virginia where he met with success.
Thomas II. Lort has made a great re-
ductien in wall papers. He now has brown
back 1T 5 cents per piece, white back at 3
and cents, mica, ottoman and satin finish
at cents and gifts at cents and upward.
MIR. E. G. Sutton, of the United Lines
Telegraph Company and brother of Mrs.
r. L. Goldsborough of this town, has been
sick and confined to his bed for the past few
days at his home at Carlstadt, Bergen Co.,
Nd.
Mr.. Amos Martindale, of Zion, while
engaged on Thursday of last week with his
sob in hitching pair of horses was kicked
by one of them in the stomach. He was for
q time unconscious and still feels the effects
of the kick.
"A necktie festival was held on Thurs
. day and Friday evenings of this week at
Providence A. U. NJ. P. Church for the BEN
eft of the church. The lycsum connected
with the church gave an entertainment on
the last night.
Mr.. George Fl. Karsner, son of the late
David Karsner, of Chesapeake City, and
for many years a trusted and confidential
clerk of the late A. S. Abel, of the Balti-
more Sun, was one of the beneiciaries of
ais will, receiving $1,000.
Samuel johnson, alias "Cuf," has been
lanted rehearing by the Board of Par.
ious on the assurance of the Delaware
county authorities that the Fernwood gang
will be Immediately prosecuted for the
murder of farmer Sharpless.
THE best haul of the present fishing sea-
son was made by Mr.. Perry X. Barnes at
Carnenter's Shore on Wednesday evening
when 10 - shad were caught at one time
Herring re more pieh1iiui at tnis shore ano
they are ctetcnins al tney WANT.
-Ex-Shef fsooerC Mackey mas pur-
chased the property oi Micnaei Aoung neal
Fairyiev. in 9the Fourth district. Harvey
and Jarrett M {ackey, sons of the ex-sherif
now occunv TN Young place. Mr.. Young
recently purchaA 'eu LII. virgins farm al
Lewisyilla