The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-06-01
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Miss Lee Virden is visiting Mrs. Chas
NJ Ellis
Edwin Prettyman, fine Shoes, Oil Mar
ket street, Wilmington, Del. May11.
Miss May Leslie, of Philadelphia has
been visiting friends in Elkton.
Miss Ldie Alexander, of Elkton, is Wis
iting friends in Kent County, Md.
-Strawbridge & Clothier call attention
to their great stock of white goods this
week.
Many improvements have made at Toll
chester for the present season which begins
to day.
Miss Fannie G. Owens, of Elkton, is
visiting friends and relatives in Philadel
phia, Pa.
Miss Alice Miller, of Wilmington, is
visiting her cousin Miss Alice Boulder, OF
this place.
Read. consider and act on the sugges.
tions of E. o. Thompson, 1888 Chestnut ST.,
Philadelphia.
Extensive repairs will soon be made to
Cherry Hill NJ. E. Church, Rev. 7, A. H
O'Brien pastor.
The seventeen-year locusts are said to
be around. 1t has only been four years since
they last appeared.
Mrs. VIM. LETTERS will open an ice cream
garden on the lawn at Holly Hall next
Wednesday evening.
The signs ordered by the County Com
missioners for the various county offices
were erected this week.
DIR. S. T. Roman and DR.. J. H. lamar
were on Wednesday appointed pension ex-
aminers for this district.
The salary of Rev. Charles A. Hill, OF
Centreville, has been increased 500, from
5000 to 81, 200, per annum.
The Cherry Hill base ball club defeated
the Baldwin'S Factory club on Saturday
last by a score of SO to Is.
Public school teachers will he examined
in Elkton on Monday next and at Port De-
posit on the following day.
Rev. E. II. Hynson, of Zion, will have
charge of Woodlawn campmeeting which
begins Tuesday, August 18th.
Strawberries are now going over the
Delaware road at the rate of 100 cars or more
day from down the Peninsula.
The May registration resulted in Al
names being added to the roll and 24O taken
off. There were 10 names transferred.
Mrs. Cox, of Camden, and Miss Julia
Sewers of Philadelphia, visited their relative
Mr.. A. E. Sewers of Ekton this week.
"A young child of Mr.. Washington
Montgomery, who resides on North street
above the railroad, died on Wednesday.
Thieves last week broke into the SIN oke-
house of G. Oldham Massey, of the Second
district, aud stole considerable meat and
fish.
A strawberry and ice cream festival
Corner, Nd, june the 11th, 18th, and 18th
insts.
The many friends of Mr.. Chas. L. Boul-
den, who mas been very i'll for several
months will be pleased to hear that he is
improving,
Steady work on salary is offered to men
furnishing good references by the Guarantee
Nursery Co., of Geneva, n. Y. See their
"ad." in another place.
The officers of the Salvation Army and
a number of the mem hers went to North
East in the band wagon on Wednesday
night and held meeting.
-Crouch's Chapel Sunday School will
hold strawberry festival in the grove near
the church on Wednesday and Thursday
evenings, June 9th and 9th.
The Ladies' Aid Society of Union NJ. E.
Church will hold a straw berry festival OIL
Tuesday evening, June 4th. If stormy ii
will be held the next fair evening
Justice John Partridge on Wednesday
held Michael Harris, colored. of Elkton in
5000 bail on charge of stealing wheat from
Mrs. r. F. Biddle, of this vicinity.
MIR. William d. Sommers, owner of the
White Hall farm urchased recently We
hicle which is a novelty in this section. Ii
has two seats and the occupants sit back &c
back.
The ladies of Leeds Nj P Church will
hold strawberry festival on Wednesday
and Thursday evenings, June 9th and 9th
in the old church building. Proceeds fol
church purposes.
Oxford Splng Fair will be held june
9Th, 9th and 7th. There will be three
minute, tree-for-all and running race OIL
Thursday and 2 45 and 2 35 classes, trotting
and a running race Friday.
The Bohemian Democratic Club of tn,
Sixth Ward, Baltimore will make an ex
cursion to Bohemia Manor, Cecil County
June oath, for the purpose of visiting thu
grave of Augustine Herman.
June meeting at the A. U. NJ. P. Churcl
Sunday, June 2. Preaching at 10 80 by tn
pastor, Rev. E. w. Scott; p. m. by ;
stranger: 6.45 by the pastor. All are invited
E. W. Scott, minister in charge.
The improvements to Union NJ E
Church will soon be completed and tn
building re-opened for worship. A new
Gothic slate roof has been added and i'm
provements made 10 the interior.
We are indebted to Rev. f. w. Scott
the new pastor of Providence A. U. NJ.
Church of Elkton, for copy of the Ma,
number of The Darn paper published b
him at Melvale, Baltimore county, Md.
-Bailiff George r. Howard with a fore
of six men is engaged in cleaning the streets
AS town taxes cannot be collected unit
June 18th the new bailiff will advance tn
money to pay the wages of the workmen.
The Hopewell Sabbath School will hol
strawberry and ice cream festival on tn
church grounds the afternoon and evenin
of June 4th, if that day should he storm
will hold it the next afternoon and evening
Doctors tell US that large percentag
or the people you meet on the street an
fngday wear trusses, or some similar al
pliance.s A large assortment of them ca
town.
Rev. w. H. Moore will be ordained an
installed pastor of New London, Cheste
County, Presbyterian Church on Wedue
day next. Rev. j. B. Kendall will preac
the sermon and Rev. DIR. s. A. Gayley wi
charge the pastor.
The old Methodist Church building i
Chesapeake City was torn down this weel
The last service was held in the building O
Sunday night, when services were Omitte
in the Presbyterian Church so that the COZ
gregation might attend. The building ha
been standing 45 years and the frame W;
found to be nearly as sound as when erecte