The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-09-14
Mrs. Ferguson, wife of Hugh Ferguson

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Rev, Andrew b. Cross, a Presbyterian
minister known to many residents OF TIL
county, died in Baltimore last week. Rev
j. p. Kendall, of Oxford. Pa, was one c
the officiating clergymen at his funeral. ii
was educated at West Nottingham.
1t is stated that Mrs. Sally Currier
whose residence is near Principle Furnac
was born in 1874 and is therefore in he
l05th year. She has lived in Cecil count.
all her life and has good health yet. He
eyesight is good but she is little deaf.
Only about half dozen Prohibitionist
came to Elkton on Tuesday to attend tn
mass convention that was called for tina
day to nominate Third Party candidates TO
the Legislature. No organization was ef
fected and no nominations were made.
Church of the Good Shepherd. Chesa
peake City. Rev. Jacob Miller will preacl
next Sunday at ~ 80 a. m, and 7.3O p. m
Morning subject, go, and do Likewise
Evening, 1.-THE Broken Yoke Of Wood ex
changed for the Yoke Of Iron.' All ar
cordially invited.
Tom Harris, a we'll known colored hos
tier of Elkton, at present employed at Sin
gerly's Stock Farm, and Miss Lizzie Porter
the housekeeper at Mr.. Singerly's villa il
Elkton, were welded this week. 1t is to b,
hoped that the slight disparity in the age:
of the contracting parties will not interfere
with connubial bliss.
VIM. Lynch, of the Fourth district
came to Elkton one day this week and had
warrant issued for the arrest of Lewis
Cunningham on the charge of assault on
l the 10th of last month. Justice Scott gave
the accused hearing and thinking the case
not important enough to send to the grand
jury dismissed the case.
| Rev. T. Snowden Thomas, editor of the
Peninsula Methodist, will preach Sunday,
| the 18th instant, at Cherry Hill at 1890 a.
| M, at Big Elk at p. IN. and at Union at
7.30 a.. m. Mr.. Thomas was junior preacher
with the late Rev. c. T. Crouch on Cecil
Circuit, of which Cherry Hill and Union
Churches were then part, in 1s50-5l.
While racing home from a camp meet
ing held at Gray's Hill in the upper part of
the county the buggy in which were two
| young Cecil CONTAINS ran into post at
Barnsey in Chester county. The buggy
stopped and the horse went on. One of the
party soon after applied to DR.. ID. A. Stubs
to have an out-of- joint finger Strengthened.
Nearly all the roof of sixty foot hay
| barrack on the farm of John f. Wilson,
Esq, on Red Hill was blown off during the
big blow en- Tuesday night. Mr.. Wilson
says the wind blew harder than ever be-
fore since he has lived on the hill where he
torn off the stalks without the stalks being
blown down.
Mr.. George w. Cruikshank, has ac-
copied the position of editor of the Cecil De-
mocrat and will not therefore start a new
Democratic paper in Elkton as has been re-
ported. Mr.. Cruikshank will have full con-
troll of the management and policy of the
paper. 1t will be published either under
the name of the Democrat Publishing Co ;,
or Mackall & Co.
"A writ of habeas corpus has been issued
to have the children of Mary Lothian, alias
Mary Rabbit, of this vicinity, brought be-
fore Judge Harlin, of the Court of Common
Pleas, in Baltimore, tomorrow where the
officers of the institutions to which they
were sent will have to show cause why they
are kept from their mother. Several Elk
tonians have been summoned to testify.
Lieutenant Skidmore of the Salvation
Army, who was formerly stationed here.
has been promoted to captaincy. She has
been sent to Yonkers, New York, to organ
ize corps. Captain Merritt and Lieuten-
ant Guy, who were sent to take charge of
the corps here recently, have been already
notified of their removal. They will have
farewell meeting on Sunday night next
and will leave town on Wednesday. 1t is
not now known what officers will be sent
here.
-Wright's A. NJ. E. Sunday School will
have a grand picnic on the church grounds
Thursday. Septembe 18th. Sunday Schools
of neighboring stations are especially in.
vited. The Elkton Colored Cornet Band
will be present in the evening to enliven
the occasion. At 7.3O p. m. the school will
give literary entertainment and festival
for the benefit of the church. Committee,
Samuel Davis, superintendent: j. L. Till
man, assistant superintendent; d. G. Hill,
pastor.
The dead body of William Harris, aged
81 years, was found about two miles from
his home. in Mckinneytown, in the Fifth
district of this county, ON Tuesday morn
ing, where it lain since the dav before,
he having Sc. rated from a companion
about noon Monday to 60 hunting. Magis-
trate Deford was summoned, but declined
holding an inquest, az circumstantial evil
dence showed that he came to his death by
an accidental gunshot wound. In getting
over a fence the gun lad come in contact
witt knob ON the upper rail, causing it to
be discharged. The entire load en- .ered Just
over the left eye and tore off almost the en-
tire top of the head. Death must have
beef. instantaneous.
The September number of Straybrid9e
d Clothier's Monthly is of especial interest to
the ladies. The frontispiece is an exceed
ingly fine reproduction from Photographic
group of the cas-. of the Greek play of Anti-
gone, as presented by the women students
Of Swarthmore College. This is the first
| Greek play presented by women in Amer
| lea. The subject is made still more interest
ing by an article in the magazine, written
by the young lady who acted as stage man
ager, and giving history of the production
| of the play and description of the Co.'S
tunes. Frank Daring relates mock senti-
| mental experience. called. "Cousin Weezie"
and Besant's Bell of st. Paul's grows more
| interesting. September fashions for the
feminine portion Of the househould are fully
delineated. There is the usual variety of
miscellaneous matter, including kitchen
news and two pieces OF instrumental music.
\ In addition to all of which priced bulletin
4 of dry goods is given, to enable out-of-town
folks to shop by mail. Subscription price is
4 so cents year; single mum bers, five cents.
| Saturday night race riot broke out in
the lower part of New Castle, locally known
as Dobbinsville between gangs of Irshmen,
Poles aud Slavacks employed in the Taske T
Iron Works, in the course of which Hun
| garian named Francis r. Jankovsky was
shot in the heart and instantly killed by
some of the Irish rioters, and an Irishman
named Oven Kavanaugh was stabbed in ton
or eleven places by an unknown Hungarian.
Kayanagh will recover. The rioting was
the outcome of bad feeling that had existed
between the different nationalitiss ever
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