The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-05-18

| ltl1Ouaue, etC Will 10 sciNcu. Ii SJoI"
will be held next fair evening.
We wish to acknowledge an invitation
to attend the Twenty fourth Annual Com
mencement of the State Normal School or
Thursday the 3Oth inst. at p. m. The ad
dress will he delivered by the Hon. Z. f.
White, L. L. D. of Cincinnati, Ohio.
| Mrs. Mary E. Wollyhand, wife of Jos
Wolly hand, died last week at her home neal
Earlvi!le in the SD year of her age after a
short illness. She leaves husband and
six children. Rev. d. Duncan officiated at
the funeral, the interment being at St.
Stephens graveyard.
| Sunday next will be Temperance Day
at Hopewell NJ. E. Church. In the morning
at half past ten the pastor j. Jones will
preach temperance sermon. The evening
service at half past seven will consist of a
program prepared by the w. C. 7. U. All
are cordially invited.
| Officers of the United States Fish Com
mission at Havre de Grace this week COM
pleted the work of placing about 1000, 900
young shad in Elk river. 100000 were put
in the river at Elk Landing on Sunday.
About 100000 shad have also recently
| been put in the North East river.
Notwithstanding the fact that this is
the dull season with wall paper manufact-
urers the Marley mills are being run at full
| capacity. Thirty hands are employed by
Mr.. d. L. McCorkindale superintendent for
the Messrs. Garrett. Ten tons of paper are
turned out every "a hours, the works being
in operation night and day.
MIR. Fleming, formerly telegraph oper-
ator at this place, now station agent at Stan
ton, Del, was in Elkton on Monday even
ing. Mr.. John Feehly of Wilmington, and
Mr.. John Merritt of Philadelphia, telegraph
operators in the employ of the Philadelphia,
Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad visited
their parents in EIkton on Sunday.
james McAllister, a farmer residing
near Thompson's Bridge not far from Will
miugton committed suicide on Monday by
hanging himself to an apple tree in his or
chard. He had qusrrelled with his wife
and children who had left him. A coroner
jury rendered a verdict of suicide while suf-
fering from a fit OF melaucholia. He was
sober industrious man.
The militia fever has struck Newark
There was meeting Wednesday evening at
the office of James Hossinger for the pur-
pose of affecting an organization. Some of
the best citizens are interested There IS
General WILLINGNESS nf all the younp man To
join company if organized. Lieutenant
Leroy Brown of Delaware College has Of
fered to drill the company.
ID. Hayes Strickland of Oxford, who is
on the surveying corps which is running
route to Singerly, reports that the clover
crop in Cecil County will be something big.
While walking across John O'Neil's farm
near Harlan 81 Brothers paper mill last
week he pulled handful Of clover from
bunch and found in it % i've leaf, II four
leaf and three leaf STEMS Oxford Press.
An exchange this week contained the
following: "Ex-Sheritf Mackey, of Cecil
County, was recently an interested specta-
tor of the surveyors running line from Ok
W oiuSeEly SbablOu he UtChiu6 50
highly elated over the prospect of a new
railroad that he forgot there was foot-log
over Little Elk Those who saw him say he
presented an amusing spectacle crossing the
stream on two poles. The most convenient
place to cross there is near Jonathan Yerkes,
in low or high excitement"
Democratic schemers in Delaware are
attempting to prevent Republicans in that
state from voting by not allowing them to
pay their taxes in time to vote. The Phil
adelphia Ledger commenting on this state
of affairs says, "the Democrats will stand
very good chance of being handsomely and
deservedly beaten. There ought to be enough
good Democrats to defeat their own party
when its first and most important principle
is violated, as it would be if citizens were
DISTINGUISHED by trickery."
The case of Mrs Henrietta V. Parvis vs.
the p, w. & B. Railroad Company was
taken up in the Superior Court at Whining
ton, Del, on Thursday. Mrs Parvis is the
widow of DIR. John H. Parvis, of Middle
town, who was killed while driving across
the Delaware Railroad near Middletown on
the night of March 9th, 1888. Damages to
the amount of $780, 600 are claimed Albert
Constable, ESD, and ex. Congressman Lore,
of Wilmington, are counsel for the plaintiff,
and United States Senator George Gray and
George V. Massey, Esq, for the company.
The work of surveying route for pro-
posed new railroad from Oxford, Pa, to
Singerly station on the B. & o., is about
complete. The route in this county runs
across the properties of Walter Armstrong,
Sr., j. Alfred Mackie, Thomas Pass, VIM.
Foster, John Lungren, William Armstrong,
Arthur Mackie, Mrs. Bor;and, Tilie Morri-
Singerly, j. X. Lewis, Frank Gallagher, |.
d. Carter, Geo. Spencer, Lewis Ward John
| O'Neil, Joseph Spence, George w. Childs
and others. The route crosses the Cecil
County Almshouse farm.
The Board of Directors of the Second
National Bank of Bel Air, at a recent meet
ing, passed the following resolutions:
WHEREAS, 1t has pleased Almighty God
to remove from our Elidst our friend, Frank
| S. Evans; and whereas, we deplore the loss
| of his long experience and efficient services
as Cashier of the Second National Bank of
| Bel Air; and whereas, we desire to offer
| this small tribuee from the Directors of the
| Bank of which he was so faithful an officer,
to his strict integrity and untiring industry
| therefore,
| ReSolUed, That we cherish in our memoir
| les his many virtues, and
| Resolued, That we tender to his bereaved
family our sincere sympathy.
| Browns Directory of American Gas
Companies, which gives complete and &C.
| curate statistics concerning all the gas com l.
panies in North America, shows that the
price of gas in Elkton is low considering the
population of the place. The statistics for
Maryland and Delaware towns are as fol.
lows: Elkton, population 1000, price 81 so
Westminster, 1000, s.; Cambridge, 1000,
So: Frostburg, 200, 81 25 Hagerstown, TO-
900, s.. %; Frederick, 10, 900, two com panies
each s2.l0; Cumberland, $4,000, 81; Apnap
oils, 5000, $500; Easton. 5000. 81; Dover
$500, 81. %: New CASTLE j. 1000, 81; Smyrna
5000. 50. 1t will be noticed that Elkton i.
the smallest town in the two states that ba.
gas works in operation.
The literary and musical entertainment
in Odd Fellows Hall on Tuesday evening
was very pleasing to the many that attend
ed. The evening was very stormy and thi.
prevented many from being present VIII,
had purchased tickets. The singing of Mrs
Chas. Fl. Wevill, the soprano soloist wa.