The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-06-29

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throughout the town.
There is talk of a quot pitching mattel
| at North East on Fourth of July between
Elktou champions. Ex-Sheriff f. w Jan
i ney, and Deputy Clerks Geo. NJ. Evans ant
Clinton j. White, it is reported will be
among the participants.
Church of the Good Shepherd, Chesa
peake City. Services next Sunday morning
and evening at 1890 and 3. In the evening
the rector will preach the third sermon
upon "Recoguition of Friends in Heaven
All are cordially invited.
Mrs. Sarah Carpenter, wife of Charles
! Carpenter, now of Wilmington but formerly
of Chesapeake City in this county, died on
Thursday at her home in that city. She was
| a daughter of WIN. H. Pearce, of Cecilton,
and will be buried there on Monday next.
Mrs. Annie Vanderford, wife of Henry
Vanderford, formerly editor of The Democrat
whose golden wedding was celebrated a few
weeks ago, died on Thursday afternoon last
at her home in Westminster, in her 18th
year. Funeral to day Saturday at p. m.
| Horace Greedy Knowles, a law student
of Wilmington, has been appointed consul
at Bordeaux, France. The remuneration is
| about $500 year. Knowles is a graduate
of Delaware College and gave lessons for a
time in private school here while attend
ing college.
| Presiding Elder w l. hurry preach
ed in the Elkton NJ. f. Church on Sunday
evening last. He announces that the next
quarterly meeting for Zion, Rising Sun,
| Port Deposit, Rowlandvile and Hopswell
stations will be held at Woodlawn camp
meeting, August 18th.
| Rev. A. j. Dolbow, the revivalist to-
getber with several others from Wilmington
will conduct revival services at Perryville
| NJ. E. church., Sunday morning at 10. 80 and
| All are invited to attend the meetings as the
services will be interesting.
The barn of Mr.. Hugh Cameron, near
Lombard, this county. was struck by lightn-
| ing recently and three boys who were in the
building at the time W ere stunned. A cow
| near by was found dead and horse in the
stable wac stunned. H. is thought the bolt
of lightning passed through the barn.
Richard E. King, colo-ed, was admitted
to practice in the Maryland Court of APP
peal on Tuesday. He restless in ST. Mlry's
county and studied law in b ,ston. He is a
member of the St. Mary's and Charles
county bars. He was the second cnlored
man admitted to practice in the Court of
| Appeals.
Rev j. b. Kendall, of Lincoln Univrr-
sity, Pr well-krnwn here, gave an exhibi-
tion of the scenes of Johnsto on Wedues-
day evening at that university. He showed
% stereopticOn views from photographs
taken since the fl ,od. Prof Martin also
| known here made an address explanatory
of the pictures.
"A Hallelui N Wedding" a decided nov
! city in this county will occur al \ nth f ,st
| on Saturday evening when two officers of
the Salvation Army will be welded. Tie
bride will be a Welsh girl who but recently
| arrived in this country. A Mammoth
Marriage Supper" will he served. A quarter
| of a dollar WI / admit to both
Joseph Gather, carriage painter re-
siding at Bel Air, died suddenly of heart
failure on Tuesday afternoon. He had been
at work all day or wagon body and had
| stopped for few minutes to help fellow
workman up stairs with "a phaeton body.
He stumbled, fell back wards and died with
out saying a word. He was about 30 years
old.
Several Cecil Cnuntians participated in
the closing exercises by Newark Academy
last week. John S. Settle, .Jr., of Leeds,
read an essay on advantages of the Rail-
way," Miss Fannie H. Grant of Cherry Hill
read one on "The Value OF Education to
Woman" and Miss Lizzie Harvery, of
Childs took for her subject Perseverance. !"
All the young people acquitted themselves
we'll
l&-ReDorts as to the prospect of a large
wheat crop are not very favorable from sec
tons immediately in the vicinity of Elkton.
A mum Der of farmers with whom we have
talked say the grain is not well filled in the
head and attribute this result to the heavy
rains when the wheat was in blossom. Well
filled heads, if the filling be the right kind,
are good things, whether the heads grow on
wheat stalks, or on human shoulders.
Mrs. Emma z. Ewing, formerly of this
town, will haye charge of the Chatanqua
Cooking School which opens July Sth and
closes August 18th. During the course of
cookery lessons Mrs. Ewing will give in
connection Herewith, series of lectures on
the following topics: 1.-The Bread We Eat"
"Bills of Fare" Cookery and Culture"
Seasoning and Flavoring." "Our Kitchen
Interests, :" 1.-THE Servant Girl Question:
"A lady whose house is a model of neat
ness, much admired, says she never uses a
broom or dust pan in her house. In the
place of sweeping she sponges her carpets,
| after first busting the furniture with a moist
cloth. The sponge is squeezed nearly dry,
| lightly pressed across the carpet and often
| washed clean. The broom is what wears
out your carpets. If the above taken from
the Smyrna Times is true the reign of the
broom as domestic sceptre will soon be at
| an end,
| DIR. Cooper, of Chestertown, Md, q
brother of DIR. j. w. Cooper, of this place,
lost last week by lightning his valuable mare
Madge B., record SO. The mare appar-
emily died instantly in the field of E. b.
Emory, Esq, Oh his Popular Grove Stock
Farm. She leaves FLY colt three months
old By Happy Russell, 2.21H. Fortunately
for the doctor she was insured for $500,
loss, as Madge b. was estimated to be worth
$1,000,
| Miss Sophia H. Aldridge, daughter of
the late Spry Aldridge of this county was
married at noon Thursday at the home of
the brides mother, No. 2l7 West Seventh
street, Wilmington, Del, to VIM. FL. Hall
of Woodbury., Md. Rev L. E. Barrett Off
ciated. About 50 guests were present in
Guiding Misses Hattie and LidIe Alexander OF
| Elkton. A reception followed the ceremony.
Many gifts were received. During the after
noon the couple went to Woodbury., where
they will reside.
MIR. Joseph l.. Wells on Monday Az
sisted by two employees attempted to drive
Ave steers being part of herd of 20 that he
recently purchased of the Mccullough Iron
Company. They were unmanageable and
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