The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-11-03

be closed on Election Day, it being legal
holiday.
"A horse that had been in the McVey
family near Zion during all its long life of
twenty-five years died last week.
Rev. J. Il. Milligan, of Z,on, has re-
ceived call to another church which he is
reported to have been considering.
DR.. T. a. Worrall. of North East, met
with a painful accident last week. While
using an axe it caught on a clothes line and
fell on his head and cut cash in it.
Among the go cergymen OF New York
State who issued an appeal to the people
against Governor Hill were Thos. L. Poul-
son and G. NJ. Pegg, formerly of the Will
mington Conferences.
The Chrysanthemum exhibition has
been postponed to tine evenings of Wednes-
day and Thursday, the 1ith and 10Th Of
November. The cause is the lateuess of the
development of the flowers.
| Members of the Salvation Army are
negotiating for the renting of Gilpn's Hall
now occupied by the Cleveland and Thur
man Club. They desire to occupy the hall
beginning about November 18th.
| MIR. j. Polk Steele of Chesapeake City,
has sold the fine young driving horse
Harry P" that won the wagon race at the
Fourth of July meeting of the Elkton Trot-
ting Association, to Mr.. Manly Drennen of
Elkton.
| Eek Commissioner David p. Cameron,
of the Fifth district picked a mammoth
| apple in his orchard last week. 1t was a Bull
lock Pippin, weighing twenty-four ounces
and measuring sixteen inches in circum-
ference.
| The Elkton Lyceum of Providence
Church which meets every Wednesday even
| ing will meet next week and discuss the
| question (which has committed the dark
est crime man or woman" Mr.. John A
Scarf is president
| DR.. j. II. Frazer, of the Cecil County
Ners, visited Oxford last week and called
at the Press office. He regards Oxford
pleasant and progressive town. The Press
states: 1--WE are glad of the approval of all
level and good looking visitors
The Rev. w. E. Avery, pastor of Mt.
Salem M. E. Church, is afflicted with ulcer
a.ed throat and has been forbidden by his
physician to preach during the next few
weeks. He went to Paramount, Md, to
visit his parents on Wednesday,.
The Republicans of Hagerstown held
mass meeting on Tuesday afternoon and
night. r. c. Thackery, Esq, was one of
the speakers at night. Others making ad-
dresses were Hon. Louis E. McComas, Hon.
Milton G. Urner and Geo. Wellington, Esq.
-Four members of the Major family
living at Cowantown have been i'll with
typhoid fever. 1t is reported that the water
of the well which supplies the family with
water was contaminated by hanging meat
therein for preservation during the warm
| weather. Two of the brothers follow butch
erng.
| Complete returns from all the counties
and from the city of Baltimore show that
the total number of voters registered in
| Maryland is 240, 5SS, of which 100, $50 are
white and IS, 632 are colored There are T.,
| USS voters registered In Cecil, 1851 Wnle
and l. 142 colored.
H Let every Republican voter
come early to the polls and bring
his neighbOr with him.
| "A horse belonging to William Arrants
Of Elk Neck was taken suddenly i'll ON Tues
day in Elkton. TIE symptoms were some
haf OF Of hot ial
near here of what was supposed to be spinal
meningitis. The animal improved however
and was taken home the following day.
MIR. George Fl. Queck informs our read
ers through the advertising columns of
THE WING that he has rented and retitted
in an excellent manner the well-kuown
Bayard House in Chesapeake City where he
has everything requisite tor the comfort of
the public and respectfully solicits patron
age. A we'll conducted livery is attached to
the hotel.
Each person who places ten cents in a
box at an Elkton tobicconist's is permitted
to also incloSe slip of paper containing a
prophecy of the result in any state. The
person who names the successful candidate
and is nearest to his majority in any state
will receive the amount placed on that state.
A number of political prophets have entered
the pool. Most of the estimates on New
York.
A fine torahlight demonstration was
made at Frederick, Nd, Tuesday night
under the auspices of the Republican Cam
| paigu Club of Frederick A mass meeting
was held in city hall. After few remark.
| from Hon. Milton q. Urner, Postmaster
General j. A. j. Creswell was introdu ed
| The Baltimore Sun states: "That he made
an interesting speech and was frequently
applauded.'
A procession OF twenty-sx carts each
with horse or mule attached reached here
| on Monday night. They belong to VIM.
Anderson contractor of Baltimore and had
| been used on tie streets of Chester, Pa, in
| filling contract. They We're taken TO Bal
| timore. The carts were twelve hours coming
from Chester to Elkton, a distance of 81
mile. by the railroad.
Miss Carrie Fulton, lady of this town
| who resides with her sister Mrs. Boulder
| on West Main street met with a painful
| accident last week. She was carving
two chairs down flight of steps when
she tripped and fell dislocatipg one OF her
| hips. She suffered much from the ininry
but not being aware of the disiocation did
not summon a physician for several DAYS.
This made the replacing of the dislocated
/ limb djfficult DR. Mitchell Rratton and
lamar performed the operation.
Thomas Mearns near Zion, was attrac-
ted by noise in his stable Tuesday night
and taking up a gun proceeded to investi-
| gate. He found a man there with one of
his horses all saddled and ready to start
| away. When the theft saw the owner he
| Immediately jumped on the horse and
| started on mad run down the lane. In
| some way he slid or fell off and made for
| the woods, but not before Mr.. Mearns had
| leveled his gun and fired at the reCreating
| figure The load probably did not take
effect as the man escaped.
Mr.. VIM. Wade who formerly resided
| for many wears on his farm near Appleton,
| Nd. died last week at his residence in New
| ark, Del. He had been i'll several months
and confined to his bed for five weeks. He
was twice married and leaves several grown
children by his first wife. His second wife
| and an infant also survive. He was in the
| 59th year of his age. His funeral took place
on Monday last from his old home near
| Appleton. Services were held at head of