The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-05-11
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New York College of Dentistry, has opene,
an Office at Cohoes, New York.
Rev. George r. Kramer, formerly o
this county, has united with the Bsptis
Church and will accept pastorate of tina
denomination. He was in the Methods
Episcopal ministry until 1877 when he be
came identified with the Second Adven
brethren.
The Elkton Women's Christian Tenn
perancs Union has rented Gilpin's Hall
The meeting of the Union and Loyal Legion
will be held there. The hall is to be papereC
and reprinted before they take possession
The Union will hold a strawberry festiva
in the building in few weeks.
| The Cecil Star of n orth East has awarded
the prize offered on the word Temperance
as follows: Minnie Gatchell, Fair Hill first
$3.50 words; Warren j. Haines, Elkton sec
ond, 1856 words; Beatrice Keilholtz, Rising
Sun third, 3S2 words; Carrie c. Ksilholtz
| Principle fourth, 1863 words; John Mil,igsn,
Zion fifth 1863 words.
The warm weather of the past few days
is very unusual for this season. The Their
mometer on the porch of Mitchell's Drug
Store registered 80 degrees IN tie shade on
Baltimore the same day the thermometer
registered 90 degrees at $50 o'clock. In
Lynchburg, Va, it was 90 degrees.
MIR. Singerly advertises elsewhere in
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low price of four dollars per ton. In pur-
chasing it you are not buying a worthless
article because it is low priced, but that it
has value as a fertilizer has been shown bv
its beneficial results on Vegetation, particu-
larly in increasing growth of grass.
The "Corner Stone" of the new Metho-
dist church, in Cecilton, Md, will be laid
on Sunday next, May 18th at .. IN. Rev.
R. HI. Adams, of Middletown, Del, will
preach at 1870 a. m. Rev. j. S. Willis, of
Milford, Del, at 3 p. m, and Rev. j. G.
Fosnockt, of Galena, Md, at 8 p. m. All
are invited and good time is anticipated.
Go to Giles North Street market for
your table supplies. He has the finest dis
play of early vegetables in town. New pota-
toes, tomatoes, beans, squashes, cucum bers,
onions, spinach, cabbage, and asparagus.
He will supply you the season through with
fresh fish of all kinds, oysters and CLAIMS.
Call at the North Street market Giles is
always ahead.
The Rev. Charles Payson Mallery, of
New York, formerly of Chesapeake City,
Md, has accepted al invitation to deliver
an address before the Maryland Historical
Society in the hall at the corner of St. Paul
and Saratoga streets, on next Monday even
ing, May IS. The subject will be "Histori-
cal Sketches of nemia Manor" Admis-
sion is free and. are invited.
Several dwellings on West High street
have been improved recently. Mr.. Edward
TAYLOR has had new porch placed in front
of his residence and the outside of the house
painted. Mr. George McQuilkn recently
added a new front porch to his residence
Mr.. james H. Scott is about to have his
residence repainred. The residence of Rev.
j. D. Carey has been reprinted.
Our enterprising Elkton liveryman,
Edward Taylor has just reorganized his
stables for the summer season. He has
purchased two new carriages and refitted
and repainted all already in use. He has
the largest and hest equipped livery ever
kept in the town, and deserves his success
not only because he keeps the best teams,
but because he is clever and obliging man.
John NJ. Carter, P. G. NJ, of the Grand
Lodge of Maryland, A. F. A. NJ. delivered
an instructive lecture on "Architecture" on
Wednesday evening in Odd Fellows Hall
before the members and friends of Union
Lodge, No. AZ, of this place. Refreshments
were served after the lecture. The commit
tee in charge consisted of D. Bratton, w.
NJ, c. B. Finley, S. W., and H. H. Nicols.
j. w.
Don't miss The musical and literary en-
tertainment Tu sday evening. The Phila-
delpha Press states s'Mrs. Chas III. Wevill,
of this city, filled the place of Miss Clara
Louise Kellogg, AMI the disappointment
which was apparent when the indisposition
of Miss Kellogg was announced was soon
dispelled by the delightful singing of Mrs.
Wevill." John Wauamaker said Mrs. Wevill
"gave great satisfaction
Henry Deibert, who came to Elkton
last month and engaged in building canal
boats at Elk Landing, came near ending his
life last Sunday morning by taking tea
spoonful of carbolc acid, which he mistook
for medicine. Emetics were administered
and DR.. j. HI. lamar summoned His con-
dition was at first regarded as dangerous.
Mr.. Derbert is about TO years old and has
been in ill health recently
Cecil County had two graduates in the
Department of Medicine of the University
of Pennsylvania this year, S. Ross Crothers
son of Jonathan l.. Crothers, we'll
known citizen of the Ninth district,
and Frank Gillespie. The commencement
exercises were held in the Academy of
Music, Philadelphia, on Wednesday of last
week, when degrees were conferred on 124
graduates in medicine and 90 in dentistry
The surveying corps engaged in the
work of surveying a route for a new railroad
between Oxford, Pa, and Singerly Station
on the b. s. o. railroad early this week
reached the neighborhood of Rock Church,
Cecil county. 1t is now said that the Peach
Bottom Railroad is ha wing the route sur
veyed. If the proposed road is built, how
ever, the Baltimore s. Ohio and Reading
Railroad Companies will have a strong hand
in the matter
"A runaway horse attached to a dug-out
ran down North street about eight O'Clock
Wednesday evening and turned up Main
street where the animal was soon caught.
North street, in the neighborhood of the
Court House, was crowded when the horse
came along, an open air Salvation Army
meeting being in progress. Fortunately 10
one was injured. The horse, it is said, be-
longed to colored man living in Delaware
near the Mary land line
On Thursday night of last week the
large barn of Robert Wilson, at Cowantown,
was destroyed by fire. The flames were first
noticed about midnight and had gained
such head way as to make all attempts to
save the building useless. The stock was
saved but several tons of hay were destroyed.
There was no insurance on the building and
the loss is from three to four thousand dol
lars. The origin of the fire is not known
and there is said to be some mystery about
the burning.
Hosea X. Smith, auctioneer for WIN. S.
Evans, Esq, on Saturday sold at public
sale the far IN of r. Finley Rowland con
tanning IS acres situated in the 7th district