The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-04-21
GLOgAt DEPARTMENT. y

Read Queck & Sons new advertise
ment.
Note Carhart & Cos. new attractive
and original card in this issue.
business has been very dull this week
in town, and news unusually scarce.
MIR. S. b. Smith of Wilmington, Del.
has been visiting R. c. Thackery, Esq, this
week.
Miss Adelaide Hardcastle, of Ceciton,
spent a few days with friends in Middle
town this week.
Mr.. William d. Bratton returned tc
Princeton College on Wednesday after his
Easter vacation.
hour on Monday morning Rather unusual
for the middle of April.
Captain Sejelken has just arrived al
Scott's wharf with a fresh boat load Of
prime salt water oysters.
Miss Josephine R. Evans, of Bel Air
Hartford county, is visiting her sister Mrs
w. H. Mackall of this place.
-rne member of the Elkton Lawn Tennis
Club land their grounds out this week, and
began playing on Wednesday.
Mr.. VIM. Falls who was taken with an
attack of vertigo last week and for some
time regarded as seriously ill, has recovered.
The regular April meeting of the Cecil
Farmers Club will be held at the residence
of Mr.. Henry $. Coudon on Wednesday
next.
Rev. Jacob Weidman, of Princeton, \.
j., will preach in the Elkton Presbyterian
Church on Sunday morning and evening
next.
-McClenahan Bros, of Port Deposit,
were on Tuesday awarded the contract for
the stone sinkers for the fifth lighthouse
district for $685..
The petition of John I. White, of Cecil
county, private in the Eighth Maryland
Regiment for a petition, has been unfav-
orably reported upon.
Captain George r. Ash and Mr.. Calvin
Strickland witnessed the opening game of
the Baltimore and Athletic series in Phila-
delphia on Wednesday.
Mrs. Hall has another fresh supply of
the latest style of hats and novelties for
trimming. The styles are mich prettier
this season. 2wks.
When you visit Baltimore. stop at the
Maltby House, where will be found first
class accommodations and exceedingly low
rates. Mch1Itf
John Perkins the reliable and compe-
tant Elkton harnessmaker has a new ad
vertisement in this issue which farmers and
all having need of articles in his line should
read.
A mecchaat-in the "Hollow" asks us to
warn the parents of the boys that create
disturbance in front of his store in the even
ings. that he intends prosecuting them if
the abuse is not stopped.
Mrs. B. F. Mackall, of Duluth Mich,
is visiting her sisters-in-law, Mrs. w.
May and Mrs. Jennie McCabe. Tue latter
returned last week from a prolonged visit
to friends in Norfolk, Va.
The Right Rev. Bishop Adams will
administer the Rite of Confirmation at
Trinity Church, Elkton, on Friday evening
next, April 9th. Service at half-past seven.
The public are cordially invited.
Frank johnson, an elderly colored man
of Chesapeake City, was brought to Jail
early this week by Constable Carpenter, of
the Second district. He Is regarded as
insane and a dangerous man to be at large.
-Heister Hess, Esq, trustee on Tuesday
last sold at public sale the property belong
ing to the heirs of the late Joseph Crazy
and containing % acres, situated in the
Fourth district, to Winfield S. Gracy for
S1,225.
Among the graduates at the University
of Maryland, School of Medicine, on Tues
day were A. G. Crothers, of the Eighth
district, this county, and Mr.. Charles w.
Morrow, of Baltimore, cousin of DIR. Geo.
E. Morrow, of this town.
Presiding Elder w. L. S. Murray
preached three sermons in Cecil county on
Sunday last. In the morning he filled the
pulpit of the North East NJ. f. Church, in
the afternoon that of Wesley Chapel, and
preached at night in Elkton.
DIR. FL. II. Mitchell recently sold some
stabilized cattle to Messrs. Joseph E. Brad
bury & Bro, and John NJ. Terrell, who
have been disposing of them to their Gus.
TONERS. Captain William Resley also pur.
chased some of the cattle.
$ unday School will be held at the school
house, Andora, tomorrow Sunday at Q A
NJ, and regularly until further notice. The
!. school will be under the SUPPLEMENTARY Of
I Mr.. George A. Steele. A service will follow
!. at the hour of ten. All are invited.
John S. Writ, attorney for Mrs. H. H.
Lyons, has sold lots on High street extended
to A. NJ. Strickland and A. J. Schofeld.
The former, who is a contractor and builder,
is>engaged in erecting dwelling-hous for
him self, and the latter intends to do so in a
short time.
Mr.. Caulkins, representing Thos David
son, the well-known marble and monument
dealer Sof Wilmington, was in Elkton on
Wednesday on his way from Cherry Hill to
Elkton.i He is about to erect several tomb
stones in the Elkton Presbyterian cemetery,
and also several at Cherry Hill.
Several of the members of Cecil Lodge,
A. o. of INV, visited a lodge of the same
order in Wilmington on Tuesday evening
and were handsomely entertained. Among
the visitors we're Messrs. H. G Baker, VIM.
j. Alrich, BENZ. Campbell, JOS L. Wells,
George McQuilkin and Joseph H. Sloan.
"A suit of DAVID A Brown, Jr., of Rich
moud, Va, against the P. W. & B. r. h.
Co., to recover damages for injuries sus-
tanned at the railroad accident at Havre de
Grace, last June. resulted in verdict for
the complainant, for 200. 1t was tried in
the U. s. Circuit Court. in Philadelphia.
Mr.. S ,muel j. Keys has been elected
superintendent of the Crouch Chapel Sun
day School, and the NJ. E Quarterly Con-
ference on Monday approved the selection.
Mr.. Armstrong, the commercial agent, re-
siding on Bow street. Elkton, has been
Jones' Chapel.
The excitement over the destructive fire
at Massey's has subsidized. DIR. c. II. B.
Massey, who owned the bulk of the prop
erty destroyed, states that he will soon COM
mence to rebuild. The damage is not as
heavy as was first thought. The cause OF
the fire still remains mystery. 1t is
thought by some that it was caused by
small boys smoking. 1t could not have
been from sparks from railroad engine. as
reported, as they do not run close enough to
where the fire started, and the wind was