The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-02-25
scL0GAL DEPARTMENT. y

Mr.. John Frazer started on Friday fe
trip to Florida.
Miss Clifford, of Zion, has been visiting
Miss Fannie Marshbauk, of this town.
Prof. T l.. Graham, OF the WilmintoI
High School, was in Elkton on Wednesday
MIR. VIM. d Bratton, of Princeton Col
lege, spent several days at home this week
Mr.. George Young visited his mother,
Mrs. Rebecca Young, this week. He left
here for Florida.
-Washington's Birthday was celebrated
in Elkton only by the closing of the public
offices and bank.
The trustees of the poor will be in SEES
sion today, and will endeavor to elect a
physician to the almshouse.
Mr. John 5. Rossell, Of the Chesapeake
& Potomac Telephone Company, removed
HIS family to Baltimore on Wednesday.
Providence permitting, Rev. j. p. Otis
will preach at Crouch Chapel tomorrow
Sunday afternoon at $50 o'clock. All are
invited
The County Commissioners at their SEES
sons this week were engaged in correcting
the assessment list and Jransaeting routine
business.
Rev. j. B. Kendall, of Lincoln Culver-
si5y, will preach i'll the Elkton Presby
Church tomorrow Sunday, both morning
and evening.
Mrs. r. l.. Goldsporough moved her
furniture to Ekton this Week from Burling-
ton, n. j., and will reside with her daugh-
ter Mrs. Lucy II. Litzenberg.
MIR Barney Moore has purchased of Mr..
William Wade, executor for the estate of
the late Patrick Wade, a farm of 76 acres
near Appleton, Fourth district, for 81, 800
Frank Kerr offers this aud for the next
four weeks special inducements in the way
OF spring suits at $40 which are worth Sl5,
and a fine line OF merchant tailoring as low
i'll proportion.
w. T. Boulder will sell at his warehouse
in Elkton on Tuesday, February 2Sth, 30
wagons, carts and buggies, 20 s-ts of bar
ness, wheel cultivators, farming imple-
Inents, and many other things.
Prof. Dayton. a magician sleight-of-
hand performeg, spiritualist or something on
that order gave performances in Odd Eel
lows Hall on Tuesday and Wednesday
evenings al low prices and had good audi
ences.
James NJ. Casho, farmer residing in
the Fouth district, near CowauUown, on
Friday of last week slipped on the ice ana
In falling broke a small bone in one of his
legs below the knee. DIR. ID. H. Mitchell
set the limb.
Bert Valentine, who at one time had a
barber shop in Elkton, has sold at private
sale his property of 16 acres near Barksdale,
d station on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road to Mr.. II. H. Brady, of Chesapeake
City, for $500.
The Young Peoples Association of the
EIkton NJ Z. Church on Wednesday even
ing presented Rev. J. P. OTIS with a hand
some new overcoat. The ladies of the church
have presented Mrs Otis with purse OF
twenty-five dollars.
Elkton NJ. E. Sunday School will be held
on Wednesday evening next in the church.
Rev E, L. Hubbard, of New Castle, Del,
will deliver an address, and there will be
some good vocal music.
Some little excitement was created by
smoke issuing from window of the
room in the Gilpin building occupied by the
Young Mems Social Club on Monday after
noon. The smoke owing to some defect in
the tiue, came from q stove in one of the Off
ces below.
During the long winter evenings our
good housewives have wound many big
ball of carpet rags. Now that the spring
time is at hand they must hunt up good
carpet weaver. We haye just that man in
Elk ton, and his name is Patrick MEG ready.
He will give just the chain you want for
your carpet.
Miss Narcissa White, the national lee
Iurer of the w. c. L. U. of United States
will deliver a lecture upon the subject of
social Purity in the NJ Z. Church, Rising
Sun, Wednesday February 29th, at o'clock
p. NJ. The public are cordially invited, adj
mission free--Doors open at $50.
Evan Ainscow, will sell on the old
FcenchUown Pike, two miles south of Elk
ton, on February 27th at l o'clock p. NJ.
Forty head of mich cows fresh cows and
springer: two fine colts, coming 3 years
DID, two good work horses; fine lot of
.shoats. 2-wks.
Jack g. Constable was tried on Friday
afternoon of last week on the charge of
reckless driving brought against him by
the young men who were arrested the
same charge at the instance of his father,
Albert Constable, ESD, and fined. Mr.. Con-
stable defended his young son and Magis-
trate Scott dismissed the charge
The editor of the american Union at
Denton, states edItorially this week that
Cecil county has sos, 900 which it Is ready
10 put into the proposed new Peninsula
railroad. We wish Brother Ramsdell OF
the Union would journey up this way and
tell US where 1t is to be- found as that amount
would come in very well about this time.
There will be an oyster supper aud
pound party" held in the new church
building at Leeds on Wednesday evening,
February 29th. Admission, % cents; chill
dren under II years, 10 cents. Each holder
OF an admission ticket Is entitled TO supper.
Should Wednesday evening prove unfav.
orsble it will be held the next fair evening
The many friends iu this county of Mr.
Bentley s. Bib, the junior member of the
firm of L. c. Bibb 81 Son, manufacturers
of stoves, ranges, furnaces. ETC., of Balli- |
more and Port Deposit, Will be pleased to |
learn that he is convalescins, after a very |
severe attack of pneumonia. We hope to |
hear of Mr.. Bibb's entire recovery in the |
very near future.
Jonathan III. Bacon, who has been in
the hardware business in North East for |
several years, this week made an assign
Ment for the benefit of his creditors His
Liabilities are estimated ut 81, 200 and assets
at $1,000. William S. Evans is the prelimi-
nary trustee, and the creditors meet Oh
Thursday next to appoint permanent one.
MIR. Bacon came from Kent county, Md.
Seminole Lodge, No. Al. Knights of
Pythias, of this town entertained a number
of their friends on Friday evening of last
week at an excellent oyster supper. Past
Chancellor George II. Ash presided and de
livered an address. Short speeches were
also made in answer to calls ny George w.
Cruikshank, Geo. A. Blake, Ii, s.sler of
Wills, r. f. lamar, Frank Il. Scott, john
S. Settle, John S. Writ, and Charles +.