The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-09-01
GL0GAL DEPARTMENT. y


The annual picnic of Trinity Church
Sunday School was held Thursday at White
Hall. - - =. ~ =,
The Jones' Chapel Sunday School pic
niced in Wetherill's Grove, Elk Neck, yes
terday.
Mr.. Henry Vinsinger, went to Ocean
Grove on Thursday and will remain until
Monday next.
Pear trees over 100 years old bear fruit
on the property of Mrs. Ellen P. Rowland,
in the Sixth district.
Henry NJ. Mccullough, Esq addressed
the Harrison and Morton Clue of Cherry
Hill Thursday night.
John S. Writ, Esq, addressed the Third
district Cleveland and Thurman club on
Wednesday night last.
L. NJ. Haines, Esq, wife and sons ar
rived home yesterday from Rehoboth, where
they spent the summer.
Mr.. Frank P. Price this week had a
residence on Main street.
MIR. C. NJ. Boulder is progressive
young merchant and believes in printers
ink. Read his new card.
John W. Cautwell has purchased some
fine cattle from Dennis Maloney, some OF
which he has on sale to-day.
The new advertisement of Mrs. Lucy
III. Litzenberg will prove interesting read
ing for the ladies of Cecil county.
The hour of Sunday evening service at
Trinity Church, Elkton, beginning with
tomorrow, will be haltpast seven.
The loss of the Mutual Fire Insurance
Company of Cecil county at the burning of
the stables last week amounted to only S440
-Seventy-one colored persons purchased
excursion tickets for Wilmington on Sun
day morning last to attend "Big Quarterly"
The annual pic mic of Cherry Hill NJ. Z.
Sunday School was held ON Thursday last
in William V. Moore's woods near Luton s
Corner.
Z. Jas. Belt, the Wilmington druggist,
in a new advertisement calls attention to
Saloupe, the new and effective remedy for
dysentery.
Yates & Co., the celebrated Philadelphia
clothing house, exhibit another of their
attractive advertisements to the readers of
THE WING.
The Wilmington Board of Education
this week finally decided to refuse pay ment
of the claim of Prof. T. L. Graham for over
5000 salary.
The agent at E,kton, sold AZ tickets for
Buffalo Bills Wild West Exhibition on
Wednesday. Very few went from stations
below Elkton.
Mules belonging to Mr.. A. Brown,
while narrowing in his field near Rising
Sun, last week Runaway and injured the
corn in another field.
When you visit Baltimore. stop at the
Maltby House, where will be found first
class accommodations and exceedingly low
rates. Mch17tf.
Our popular young merchant, Mr.. Jas.
E. Dean, on Thursday received present OF
a particularly fine basket of peaches from
his friend, Mr.. John Z. Davis, of Bridge
vile. Del.
The Young Peoples Association of the
Elkton NJ. L. Church will meet on Wsdnes-
day evening next for the purpose of re-
organizing. All the mem bers are requested
to be present.
The infant child Of Mr.. and Mrs. Dexter
Lee of Zion, died ON Tuesday morning last,
aged five months. The funeral took place
on Thursday afternoon. Interment in the
Elkton cemetery.
The Presbyterian Church, of Chesa-
peake City, will be re-opened tomorrow
morning with preaching at the usual hour
by the Pastor, Rev. +. Z. Williams. Even
ing service at 7.3O p. IN.
Little Elk Tribe No. so, l. O. of r. NJ,
of Cherry Hill, will give an excursion on
Saturday, September 18th, from Singerly to
$3.50 tor the round trip.
MIR. S. Edwin Grant, who has charge of
the drug store of Beaten Smith, in Newark,
Del, is spending vacation with his father
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uncle Rev. E. H. Hynson, at Zion.
-Elkton officers twice this week looked
up persons who were said to answer the de-
scripton of Asbury Cole who shot Samuel
Young at Cecilton. In both cases it was
found that they were after the wrong man.
Rev. VIM. r. Miller preached last Sun
day morning in Cherry Hill NJ. E. Church.
Rev. Frank b. Harvey filled the pulpit at
night. The pastor Rev. T. A. HI. O'Brien
preached at Elkton both morning and even
ing.
The Providence Church Lyceum did
not open on W ednesday night last as was
intended, owing to the special meetings in
progress at the church. The lyceum will
reopen on the evening of the last Wednes-
day in September.
-Messrs. Jones & Haines attorneys, this
week sold at private sale the Philips Mill
property in the Sixth district which had
been previously oft red at public sale. and
withd lawn for want of an adequate bid, to
VIM. T. and George A. McKinsey for s., 900
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at a meeting on Saturday last, decided not
to attempt to repair their church building
which was damaged by the cyclone of last
week but to construct new e1ifice. -Four
Thousand dollars will be asked for this
purpose.
Miss Matte A. Nicols will open her
school in the room in the Hurn building
on Monday morning next. She will be
pl eased to see her former pupils and all
Others who may favor her with their patron
age Miss Nicols is teacher of experience
and ability.
Mr. John Everst who resides with his
daughter, Mrs. Ellen NJ. Tosh, in the Sixth
district, although SO years old, is still very
active. He assisted last week in picking
plums from the trees on his daughter
eight bushels of fruit.
The Methodist Episcopal congregation
funds for the purpose of building a new
church at that place. The present building
is unsuited in many ways for the congrega
and Rev. e. II. Nelson, the energetic pastor
has undertaken the task of securing new
one Five thousand dollars will be required
to construct the proposed new church OF
whic fourteen hundred dollars have been
subscribed.