The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-06-15

The ladies of the Elkton Catholic
Church held festival on the church grounds
f on Monday. Tuesday, Thursday and Satur
day evenings OF this week. They met with
considerable success notwithstanding the
the threatening weather. The cake table
was i'll charge of Misses Maggie Feehly and
Eleanor Canley A refreshment table was
in charge of Misses Ella Feehy and Emma
Halves. Nj. McCaiferty and Ella Cartier
were in charge of n table. Misses Frances
Duffy, Maggie Cartier, Mamie Kennedy and
Bessie Finnan were in charge of Jacob
Well. At another reireshment table were
Emma Murphy, Katie Feehly, Katie Brake
and Lottie Halves. Miss Minnie Rourke
was cashier. Rev. Father Carey superin-
tended the festival.
The June number of Strawbridge &
Clothier's Monthly furnishes the usual va
riety of articles of interest to women. Fash
ions for feminines of all ages and conditions
are discussed and illustrated through many
pages. There is an interesting instalment
of Besant's serial, The Bell of St. Paul's.
The illustrated article ON wild flowers in
also. from another point of view, the in
structions given for the treatment of fire.
places in summer. Kitchen matters receive
due attention; and there is the usual miscel-
lany of readable paragraphs. The pages de-
voted to the needs of the stay at home shop
pers will be the most attractive to that
otherwise to be pitied class. The music of
this number is a song, written by Hunter
MacCulloch, and composed by John Philip
Sousa, Director of the Marine Band, Wash
ington, ID. c.
Sixteenth Annual Commencement Ex-
ercises of the Conference Academy, Dover,
Del, will be as follows: Sunday, June IL,
| 1870 a. M, sermon before the graduating
Glass; by the principal, w. l. Gooding; Sun
dav, June .16, p. M, sermon before the
school, by Rev. Adam Stengle, of Union NJ.
E. Church, Wilmington; Monday, June II,
8 D. n, address before the Scott Literary
Society, by Rev. Geo. f. Reed, D. D., Pres
ident of Dickinson College; Monday and
Tuesday, June II .1S, examination of classes;
Tuesday, June 1S, 3 to p. M, art recep-
ton; Tuesday, June IL, p. M, exercises by
the middle class; Wednesday, June IS. p.
m, business meeting of the Alumni Assoc
citation; Wednesday, June 49, Sp. m, adj
dress before the Alumni, by Prof. NJ. d.
Learned, Phi. D., of Johns Hopkins Univer-
sity; Thursday, June 20, II 80 a. M, annual
meeting of the Board of Trustees; Thursday,
June 20, 8 p. m., exercises of the graduating
| class Orders for excursion tickets will he
furnished on application.
Fourth of July will be gala day at
North East. A grand celebration will be
held at Copson's Park, near the town, and
| a large fund has been raised for the purpose.
| The Declaration of Independence will be
real and there will be Fourth of July ora
| ton by gentlemen to be hereafter announced
| There will be sports and games including
the following: Catching creased pig, climb
ing creased pole sack race, wheeling bar
row blindfolded to stake, plunging head
into tub of flour for coins, foot race, hur-
die race for boys and men, walking slack
wire and many others too numerous to men
ton. Prizes will be given successful COM
petitors. Those wishing to compete in races
will send names to committee so that they
can be printed on program. There will be
a dancing pavilion. Also match games of
base ball. Refreshments and meals will be
sold on the grounds. The committee having
the affair in charge is composed of Enos
Drummond, S. d. Mccullough, S. w. Day,
A. A. Sturg: On, James Mallon, Andrew
Anderson, Jno. H. White and Juo. Abrams
1t is given out in Republican political
circles in Easton that Mr.. H. Clay Dodson,
of st. Michael's, Talbot county, has been
settled upon deputy collector of Internal
Revenue for the fifth division of the district
| of Maryland, comprising the Eastern Shore
counties, in place of George f. Haddaway,
the Democratic incumben Mr.. Dodson is
a leading Republican politician in Talbot
| county. He is a member of the present
House of Delegates, and one of the Republi-
can State Central Committee. Mr.. Dodson
was settled upon at a conference of leading
Republicans from the first congressional dis
| trct in Baltimore on Tuesday. The other
| applicants for the place were, from Talbot,
| j. f. Tylor, editor of the EasI On Gazette, Dr.
| Geo. F. Nickerson and A. L. Tharp; from
| Queen Anne's, Charles 7. Rich; from Kent,
Samuel Mallaleu; from Cecil, Col. l.. A. c.
Gerry, Mr.. Haddaway's predecessor, and
| from Dorchester, w. p. Frazier. Collector
Hill. it is said, long ago determined to give
the place to Talbot whenever a satisfactory
man was presented by the proper political
| influences.
| George A. Blake, Esq, treasurer for
the fund for the sufferers states that the
total amount collected by VIM. G. Feehly
was S17S. OF this one-half was sent to
Drexel & Co., of Philadelphia, for the ben;
| fit of the Pennst lvania sufferers, and one
half to Mayor Latrobe, of Baltimore for the
Maryland sufferers. The contributors not
included in our list of last week are as fol-
lows: A. b. Grosh, 50; j. f. Wilson, 81; NJ
Hollingsworth, ST. Manly Drennen, 81; r.
f. lamar, 81; NJ. Egnor, 81; VIM. T. Lee,
81; Rev. DR.. Osmond and wife, So; Susie
Bratton, 81; Chas. L. Heatzig, 81. The con-
tributors to the railroad company's fund not
men tened in our last issue were Charles G.
Wells and Charles j. Rudolph. Six boxes
of provisions, bedding, clothing and shoes
were sent to the Conemaugh Valley from
Elkton this week. Also coal oil cooking
| stove with fixtures and childs crib, mat
tress etc. Providence A. U. NJ. P. Church
sent a donation of groceries. there being %
articles There is still great need OF provi-
sions and they will be forwarded to the
needy as fast as they are sent to Mr.. Par
tridge's office, in Odd Fellows Hail.
SchG oil Commissioners.
The Board met on Tuesday, June 18th.
The following designations were ten
dered and accepted: Teachers-Miss M.
Biddle, school No. 1, Fourth district;
Mr.. A. NJ. Mackey, school 4, Fourth dis
trict; Miss Willotta Valentine, school 10,
Fifth district; Miss Lera White, school
No. s, Ninth district; Miss Annie M.
Cameron, school No. 2, Ninth district;
Miss Mary c. Anderson, school No. 6,
Fourth district.
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