The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-07-20
Union NJ. f. Church on Cherry Hill and

and the appearance of both interior and
exterior much improved. Rev. l.. f. Bar.
rett of St. Paul's NJ f Church preached in
the morning and Presiding Elder W l.. 5.
Murray in the afternoon.
- The Free Methodist Campmeeting will
begin in ,Iohnson's Grove, near Leslie, on
Wednesday evening next. Excursion tick
cts will be sold at all stations ON the b. Il
q, Il. Il good from July - to August ,.
From Philadelphia, 81 %; Chester, 81 Is:
Wilmington, 75 cents; Sir gerly, 80 cents;
Hayre de Grace. 80 cents, Baltimore, 81 90.
The officers, teachers and members of
Shady Grove Sunday School are requested
to meet at Burns school house on Sunday
July 21st, at 3 o'clock p. III. for the purpose
of recognizing said school We hope all
that are interested in said school will be pre-
sent. Officers are especially requested to
attend the meeting. Rev. j. Is. Jones,
pastor.
The Porter mill property in the First
district, on the road from Warwick, Cecil
County, TO Sassafras, Kent County, was
sold yesterday afternoon at sheritf's sale. 1t
/ consisted of three quarters of an acre of
| land with water power. 1t was purchased
by Joseph 7. Biggs for S7222, the amount
of taxes and costs, Shockley Il Smith were
the aucJioneers.
The old ten pin alley in the rear part of
the building on Main street, opposite the
| Howard House, owned by Mr.. Charles j.
| Pavord, is being torn down. This was a
great place for sportsmen to frequent in
years gone by when the front of the building
| was used as a drinking saloon. Mr.. Pavord
will have IL new building erected in its place
| in which there will be several rooms.
The corner stone of a new African I'm
| ion Methodist Protestant Church was laid
| in Elk Neck on Sunday last with appro-
pirate ceremonies. There a large atten-
dance Rev. +. w. Scott officiated. He
preached sermon from Zachariach, third
chapter and ninth verse. The collection
amounted to $lO7. The building will be
25x35 feet. Rev. G. w. Sides is pastor.
Don't forget the grand rally on Sunday,
July 21St, at Wright's A. NJ. f. Church,
| Elkton, Md. During the day ID. ", Bishop
| A. w. Wayman and DIR. +. j. Peck will
supply the pulpit, assisted by Rev. j. w.
| Beckett, ID. D., =. H. Green and +. +.
| Hughes. There are none know to us better
able to interest an audience than the above
named divines. Come one, come all and
help us to pay off Il part of the standing in
debtedness OF our church. ID. q. Hill, pas
tor
Through the courtesy of the Pennsy-
vania Railroad Company the Peninsula Edi-
torial Association will hold its annual con-
vention at Cresson Springs, Pa. The party
will leave today and will 90 by special car on
IL 80 a. III. express train from Philadelphia
Arrangements have been made with the sup
erb hotel at Cresson owned by the Pennsyl
| vania railroad for tie entertainment of the
party. Cresson SpringSis on the summit of
the Allegheny mountains about 200 miles
west of Philadelphia, a short distance from
Johnstown. tits reg .rdedas the most delight
full mountain resort in the Alleghenies, and
| its hotel accomm odatinns are unsurpassed.
The Elkton Grange, No. 145, p. of H..
will give their annual excursion to Bay
Ridge on Wednesday, July 3lSt, on the
steamer "Ch. ster." The steamer will leave
leave Siugerly's wharf at $50 a. ~. sharp.
Dinner, supper and other refreshments will
| he served on the boat at reasonable prices.
| Baggage will lie taken charge IF free Tick-
cts cost 81; children under II years, so cts.
| Tickets are tor sale AT the drug stores and
can be procured at the wharf on the MORN
ing of the excursion. The committee in
charge is composed of n. p. Manly, w. X.
Roach, Geo. d. Racine, H. p. Fowler, l.. T.
K. Ward and j. T. Jones.
"A free fight occurred at the p w. & B.
railroad st .tion at Newark, Del, on SatuI-
day night last. Twelve or 10 white and
black men anu boys and two women, who
! came TO that town from down the road on
the $50 train, were the disturbers. They all
left the station for Newark. They carried
baskets or bundles containing jugs or demi-
Johns. A little after 10 o'clock the party be-
gan TO return and from this time until the
70 80 train from Philadelphia arrived AT
Newark, they made the night hdeous with
their drunken brawls. A general fight oc
Cured. Razors and knives were tlourished
and threats made as to what they would do
| should any one interfere. The occasion was
most disgracefu.
The New Era, of Lancaster, Pa, has the
| following about g. b. Haines. of lancaster,
| who was arrested in Elkton some days ago
for doing business in Cecil County, Md, for
the Conestoga Live Stock Insurance Com
pany without "A license:
"Mr. Haines is back in Lancaster, STOP
ping with his son-in-law, Mr.. Zortman, at
the Pennsylvania railroad restaurant. He
was not in Jail, in the common intsrpreta-
ton of that phrase, but boarded with the
sheriff for three days, and was treated with
the utmost kindness by the authorities. He
is a very successful agent, and attributes
| his arrest to the jealousy of some rival in
surance men. He IL now under 81 900 bail
for trial at Court in September. The Cones
toga Company will now take out license to
do business in Maryland, and will push
things more lively than ever
Il. X. Brown, writes from Goshen, Pa
to the oxford Press some interesting reminis-
censes. He was in Philadelphia in March
1888 purchasing goods for store which he
was atort 70 open ii. Oxford, when violent
snow storm set He continues GA friend
of mine, the late Norris Lewis, who owned
a paper mill and resided near Elkton, Nd.
was also IN the city on business. Finding
ourselves completely "snowsd in" we con-
cluded to take steamer for New Castle,
thence by railroad across the peninsula to
| Frenchtown, where a steamer from Balti-
more intersected at that day the main
thoroughfare between Philadelphia and
Baltimore. At Frenchtown we took the
mail stage (with the curtains flying) some
three miles to Elkton. Here we were met
By lad with two horses. My friends kin.
dly gave me one whilst he and the boy rode
the other to his hospitable residence, foul
miles distant. The next morning (stil
snowlng) my kind friend sent me ON horse
back to the Blue Ball where my old friend
w. Bailey Biles, the famous proprietor Of
that renowned inn, furnished me with a
noble steed that brought me safe through
drifts and over fences TO Oxford the SAINT
evening.
Death of Walter Armstrong.
f Mr.. Walter Armstrong, well-knowr
farmer and business man of this county
died on Sunday afternoon about foul