The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-03-23

in existence. THIS Is a good company 10 III
sure your homes and farm property in.
If there is better looking, more agree
able, int ligent and plausible representative
OF life insurance in the city of Baltimore
than Mr.. l.. IL. Baldwin, OF the Washing
ton Life Insurance Company who visited
Eikton this week, we would like to meet
that man.
MIR. Joseph Wildman, a well! known
farmer of the Fourth district residing near
Appleton has been very i'll with typhoid
pneumonia for two weeks past. Mr.. Wild
man who is nearly 20 years old had not been
well for several months before this attack
He is attended by DIR. Whistler.
Rev E. G. Atkins, of Cecilton NJ. E..
Circuit was rendered surprise by his con-
grrgation on Thursday evening of last week
About $50 persons visited the parsonage at
that time and gave the pastor many usetu!
| presents. Mr.. Atkins has been unanimously
requested to return to Ceciton charge.
George w. Gordon, a well-known Elk
ton colored man who sails with Capt. VIM
A. Wright on the Edith w. Scott on Tues
day discovered the body of man floating
in Baltimore harbor at the foot of Fell ST.
The body hid been IN the water good
while. 1t was buried at the expense of the
city.
-Sergeants Gilbert and Brannan and
Officers Whittle and Jamison of the Bsti-
| more police force were in Elkton on Tue sday.
| cd to hafn he
| grand jury as witnesses in the case of the
four colored men whom they arrested on the
charge of robbing the store of Israel katz, of
Port Deposit.
The West Nottingham Academy stu
dents and the boys of the Friends Normal
Institute of Rising Sun had a match game
| of corner ball last Saturday. The West Not
| tingham youths won the contest the score
being: West Nottingham Academy, games
and 81 hits; Friends Normal Institute, l
| game and 81 hits.
| Harry and Lewis Covngton will move
next week from the farm of Mrs. Kimblei in
the Fourth district to that of Mr.. John Nc
| Kane near Barksdale. James Ellison has
moved from the Miller farm in the Fourth
district to New Castle County. A Mr.. Cros--
san of Chester County will take the farm
| from which Mr.. Ellison removed.
| All persons who have not vet paid
their State and County Taxes should re-
mem Der that according to the provisions of
| the law, all tax bills unpaid on April LIST
| pass into the hands of the sheriff. These
| persons would save themselves much trou-
| BILE and expense by attending to this matter
before the end of the present month. 3t.
Robert Kirkbridge will move from the
| Mrs. Haipes' pace, in the Sixth district, to
| the Lewis farm and will be succeeded by
Jerry johnson. William Mcklnsey has
| removed with his son to the David Phillips
place and will carry on farming and mill
ing. Samuel Harlin will farm DIR. George
S. Dare's place, near Rising Sun, this year
A Wimingtonian who was at lion Hill
| recently took the opportunity of visiting
| the old Baptist church at the WEIGH Tract.
While passing through the graveyard he
| noticed head stone with the date born
| 1614-died 1899 !" The name il indecipher-
| able L. is asserted there is no more ancient
headstone date in this region of the country.
Judge Stump on Thursday in open
Court severely reprimanded a citizen of the
Eighth district who wrote a letter to the
| grand jury charging another citizen of that
district with violating the prohibtory law
and giving the names of many perso MS
who when summoned before the grand jury,
Ia
ter.
Mr.. J. X. Miller, Esq. of Washington,
d. c., will deliver his interesting lecture on
civilian Cullen Brysnt's Life and Char
acter" at Cords Hall, Main street, North
East, this Saturday evening AT o'clock.
Proceeds for benefit Of Saint Mary's Chap
Ter, Brotherhood of ST. Andrew. A rare
treat is in store for those who attend this
lecture.
AT the Annual Session of the New York
Conference held last week at Dover n. j.,
Rev. w. H. Laning was appointed to the
E!kton and Pleasant Hill Circuit. Rev +.
A. Perkins, who has been stationed here,
was unable to take AN appointment owing
to i'll health. Rev. j. I. Logan, formerly
connected with THE WING, was returned to
Vineand, n. j.
The Young Peoples Association enter.
tainment at Cherry Hill was success in
every way. The net receipts were SGT. The
same organization will give another enter
talnment in Red Mems Hall, Cherry Hill,
this Saturday evening. The plays "Infat-
-uation. or the Broken Home and "The
Boarding SCHOOL, will be presented. Ad-
mission Is cents.
II. j. Blackwell, auctioneer for J. W.
Falls, attorney on Tuesday sold at mortga-
gees sale in Elkton the farm of Reuben A
Y. Weidner, situated in Elk Neck, two and
| a-half miles from North East, containing
| LOG acres improved by frame dwelling
house, barn and other outbulldings. 1t was
purchased by J. H. Krause of Philadelphia
the mortgagee, for 81 800.
| 1t is rumored that the Conowingo bridge
has been sold to the Reading Railroad Com
pany and that the extension of the Susque-
hanna & Deer Park Railroad from Como
| wingo to Quarryville will be built next
August. A party of surveyors recently
spent some days at Conowingo levelng
about the bridge and hills. 1t is supposed
they were part of the civil engineer corps
of the Reading Railroad.
A collection was taken at the Elkton
NJ. E. Church TO raise small balance nee
esSary to pay the expenses of the church for
the wear The amount owing was smaller
La, e. , bar, haze
the fact that the pastors salary had been
raised 800. Rev. Mr.. Hill said that he had
during over 40 years in the ministry never
been pastor of a church where money was
so freely and cheerfully given as at this
church.
Henry S. Coudon, Esq, a prominent
farmer of the Seventh district has made an
assignment to Alfred S. Niles, Esq, of Bal
timore for the benefit of his creditors. Mr.
Coudon recently sustained heavy losses in
the cattle trade, herd of Texas cattle that
he had purchased dying of ''Texas fever"
Mr. Coudon has been one of the most active
managers of the Cecil County Agricultural
Society. His many friends will regret to
learn of his embarrassment.
1t is with sincere regret that we notice
that Mr.. Folger McKinsev. formerly asso-
ciate editor of THE WING, now a member of
the firm of Mckinsey u Carly, publishers
and proprietors of the Frederick, Md, daily
and weekly Times, has filed bill in the
Circuit Court for Frederick County praying
the appointment of receivers. The petition