The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-06-09
CLOCAh DEPARTMENT. v

The non jury term Of court meets Mon
day, June 18th.
Miss Kate Dorsey, of Baltimore, is Wis
ting Miss Alice Boulder of this place.
Mr.. John Wilkinson advertises TIVE
houses on North street extended for sale
R. T. C. Crouch has three standard bred
colts for sale at the Elkton Fair Grounds.
Read the new card of Oehm's Acme
Hall, the popular Baltimore clothing house
There will be but two graduates at thu
Delaware College commencement this
month.
Mr.. Asher A Scott was confined to the
house several days this week from indis
position.
-Children's Day will he celebrated Al
Johnsons' schoolhouse on Sunday afternoon
June 18th.
MIR. T. Allie Price returned to Chicago
on Thursday, after ten days visit to rela
tives here.
Mr.. Harry Larzelere and family, art
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Baltimore.
MIR. and Mrs John A. Rankin, art
visiting his neice, Mrs. 7 Ross Hanson, in
Philadelphia.
A strawberry festival will be held al
Boulden's Chapel on the evening of Satur
day, June 10th.
Mrs. Lucy H. Litzenberg has new card
in regard to summer millinery which should
lie read by all ladies.
Mr.. H. NJ. Nichols, Jr., of Smyrna, Del,
visited his parents in Elkton, on Thursday
and Friday of this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. George A. Blake and son,
left Wednesday to spend week with
friends in New Jersey.
Mr. Alexander Peoples of this county,
attended the National Democratic Conven-
tion at st. Louis this week.
Read the new advertisement of q. Jas.
Belt. druggist, of Wilmington, concerning
Belts Concentrated Liquid Rennet.
Miss Lee Virden, of Lapidum, Hartford
county, who had been visiting Mrs. Charles
NJ. Ellis, returned home this week.
The VIM. r. Wilson house in Newark,
Del, has been purchased by Mr.. Garrett
Drennen of the Fourth district for S1,575.
The annual excursion of the Methodist
Episcopal Sunday School of North East, to
Colchester, will be given On Saturday, June
23d.
Rev. Chas. Hill, of the Elkton NJ. E.
Church on Sunday evening received eight
probationers into full membership in the
Church.
The ladies of Jones' Chapel will hold a
strawberry festival in that building on the
evenings of Wednesday and Thursday OF
next week.
Mr.. r. Day Cantwsl of this place, was
licensed last week as an exhorter at a meet
ing of the Leaders and Stewards of the Elk
ton NJ. E. Church.
A strawberry festival will be held at
Big Elk Chapel on Thursday evening next.
If the evening be stormy the festival will be
held the following.
the Circuit Court, this week purchased OF
the Elkton Stock Farm, the pretty brown
two year old FLY Lou P.
The friends quarterly meeting held at
Darlington, Hartford county last week, was
largely attended by friends from Cecil, Har-
ford and Lancaster counties.
The Republican Invincibles of Philadel-
phia, last week elected field officers for the
coming campaign. Mr.. Edwin E. Wells OF
this town was chosen major.
-Children's Day services will be held in
the NJ. f. Church at Zion ON Sunday morn
ing next and in the Presbyterian Church OF
the same place in the afternoon.
The attendance at the W. c. T. U. fes-
tival in the Temperance room was again af-
fected by rain storm on Saturday night
last. The receipts amounted to about 500.
The ladies of Charlestown NJ. E. Church
will hold strawberry festival in the church
on Friday and Saturday evenings, June IL
church.
Messrs. Manly Drennen, Frank G. Ellis,
r. T. c. Crouch, Samuel B. Foard, Geo. B.
Campbell, Edward Taylor and B. B. Dun
bar of Elkton, attended the Oxford Fair on
Thursday.
The Balti more and Ohio Voluntary Re.
lief Association paid in May benefits tc
members amounting to $50, 665. 10 of which
So, 73l. so was the operatives on the Phila.
delphia Division.
The Thompsonian Glee Club of Lincoln
University will give concert in the Della
ware College Oratory on Saturday evening
june 10Th, under the auspices of the Delta
Phi Literary Society.
-.Barksdale Sunday School will hold theil
annual festival in the grove near the school
house, on Friday evening, June 18th. Should
the weather prove unfavorable, it will be
held on the next clear evening.
The Elkton base ball club played a re.
turn match game on Saturday last with the
West Nottingham club and were badly
worsted The score was 43 10 IA. The Elk.
ton club was without its best pitcher.
-Childrens' Day will be observed al
Cherry Hill on next Sabbath morning ant
evening June 10th, and at Union Church a
2PM the same day. A coed time is ex
pected at both places. All are cordially in
yited.
-Bailiff King placed several gutter boards
this week, which were much needed. TIL,
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cred dangerous by many. We are informed
however. that in most places they are lef
open.
The funeral of Amos B. Watterson
field a few hundred yards from his hous,
near Cowantown on Thursday of last week
was held on Sunday last. The intermen
was at Little Elk cemetery.
Jones' Chapel, in Elk Neck, will b.
dedicated on the afternoon of Sunday, June
oath. The dedicatory sermon will b.
preached by Rev. j. P. Oils, of Port Deposit
under whose pastorate the movement t,
construct the new chapel was started.
The ladies of the Catholic Church, Elk
ton. invite all their friends to the festival t.
be held on their grounds, around the churcl
on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. Frida..
and Saturday evenings OF next week. Pre-
ceeds for the benefit of the church.
1t is reported that the GLADDEN. farm
consisting OF over 200 acres in Elk Neck
about four miles from Elkton. has been sol,
at private sale for $4,000. 1t is also SAT-
that the farm upon which Mr.. Evan Ain
scow resides has changed hands. The for