The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-12-14
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reading room of the w. C. T. U. for the ben
eft of the Sunday School fund. Supper
both evenings at reasonable rates.
| Found AT LAST-Tubular Steel Sled.
This Sled was loaded with 1860 pounds and
drawn some distance on bare ground by
team of horses without injury to the Sled
This Sled itself only weighs pounds. When
y1u get one for your child it will last for
your grandchild. For sale by c. Hall.
The following pupils attended every
day during the fall term: Edith Cooper.
Ella Cooper, Sue Logan, Edna Black, LIZ
Zie Taylor, Adam Cooper, Ernest Cantwell,
| Hamilton Clayton and Bert Cooper. Sarah
Murphy and Ernest Norman made every
day but one. Maggie j. jackson, teacher
school No 10. district No. 5; Rose Graham,
assistant.
A chapter of the Epworth League was
| formed at the Elkton NJ. E. Church on
Wednesday evening. The following officers
were elected: President, Rev. Charles Hill;
| Vice Presidents, first, r. Day Cantwell;
second, Miss Maggie Hill; third, Miss Mol
lie Mccoy; fourth. Miss Mary Terrell; Sec
rotary, Miss Grace Wells; Treasurer, Henry
| Vinsinger.
The new Board of Co unity Commission
ers organized Tuesday. NJ. S. McNamee
was elected president and c. Fl. Smith clerk.
The roads were divided as follows: Districts
1,2,3, Mr. Steele; 4, 5, 9, Mr.. Willis; 8, Z,
s, Mr.. McNamee. Clerk Davis submitted a
statement showing unsolicited taxes to he
SAL, 769 20 and assets transferred to new
board $50, 1853.
| Our readers will find it to their advan-
of Oehm's Acme Hall, Baltimore, which
will be found in another column, as the
Leading Clothing House of Maryland's me-
| tropolis. Their statements can be unhesi-
tatingly relied on, and our subscribers and
readers would do well to call on them or
write to them when in need of Holiday
| Presents for gentlemen.
The Rev. George r. Kramer, formerly
of this county, who changed about dozen
years ago from the Methodist Church to the
Household of Faith and recently became
Baptist, has accepted an unanimous invita-
ton to become pastor of Union Avenue
Baptist Church, Brooklyn. Mr.. Kramer has
been supplying this pulpit for several Sun
days and the Brooklyn Eagle says is draw
ing large audiences to hear his able sermons.
Cecil Lodge, No. Sc, A. o. U. W. of
Elkton at a recent meeting elected the fol-
lowing officers TO serve'tor the ensuing year:
Master Workman, j. II. Sloan; Foreman,
George McQuilkin % verseer, Reuben lamar;
Guide, w. T.. Lee; Financier, John T.
Brown; Receiver, p. H. Cleaver; Recorder,
c. J. White; Inside Watch, Geo. A. Blake;
Outside Watch, c. Wells; Trustee, j. c.
Dunbar; Representative to Grand Lodge,
w. J. Alrch
Miss Annie Il. Smith, daughter of Rev.
Vaughn Smith, and well known in Elkton
where she resided for some time, was mar
ried on Tuesday evening to Benjamin f.
Harrington. The wedding was celebrated
at the home of the brides father, Seventh
and Pine Streets the Rev. d. H. Corkran,
of the Epworth Chapel officiating. Ii was
very quietly conducted none but the rela-
tives of the bride and groom being present.
The young couple repaired after the cere.
mony to their future home at Eight and
Pine streets, where they were given a recep
ton.
There was another accident on the Phil
adelphia, Wiminton and Baltimore Rail-
road on Monday about noon between
Charlestown and North East, one mile from
the former place. fi,nge came off box
Car causing it to leave the track. The south
bound track was blockaded for three hours
and the northbound track for four hours, A
wrecking train from Wilmington cleared
the tracks. The accident occurred within a
mile of the scene of the express wreck of
October 10Th and two miles from the freight
wreck of Wednesday of last week. 1t also
occurred within two or three miles of where
Thomas Heath and Aaron Kinsloe were
killed last week by the cars.
The Decem Der numb of StrdUbridge d
Clothier's Monthly is embellished with a
frontispiece that is very appropriate at this
time of worlds fair discussion; it is Bruzik's
columbus at the Court of Ferdinand and
Isabella Besides Rice's serial and cou
pie of short stories one of humorous kind)
there is the usual miscellany of fashions,
fancy work, home art, and kitchen wisdom
(from Juliet Corson), all provided for the
patrons of this woman's magazine. little
comedy in one scene serves to introduce the
madrigal composed by Adam Geibel. The
monthly bulletin of seasonable dry goods,
illustrated, described. and priced, forms a
feature that will be of great utility at this
period of preparation for the holidays.
Many prominent lawyers from other
counties were in Elkton this week. We MOTTO
ed ex-Congressman Chas. b. Lore OF Will
mington, Robert Archer, of Hartford, son of
the late Henry w. Archer, James Alfred
Pearce and Harrison w. Vickers, of Ches-
tertown, Henry V. d. Johns of r fillmore,
and Lawyer Fulton, of Oxford. The Ches-
tertown lawyers and Mr.. Johns together
with Mr.. Constable were engaged in arrang-
lug the exceptions in the case against the
Colchester Steamboat Company in which
a verdict of 81, 800 was recovered at Ches
tertown for false imprisonment. The case
will be argued before the Court of Appeals.
Messrs. Pearce and Vickers represent the
plaintiff and Constable and Johns the de-
PENDANT.
| An executive meeting of the Cecil
County Womau's Christian Temperance
Union was held at Calvert on December 7th.
The unions represented were Rising Sun,
Colora, Woodlawn, Calvert, Zion, Rock and
| St. Johns Mrs. Emma Haines read an
essay on "High License" and Mrs. Lizzie
Lincoln one on fWoman's Work" The
superintendent Of press work announced
that she had inaugurated plan for filling
a front page column OF THE CECIL WING
once a month with matter in the interest of
the work, original and selected. Rev. E..
H. Hynson delivered an address at night
before large audience, Miss Magruder who
was expected to speak being unavoidably
absent. Calvert Union served lunch to all
present morning and evening.
Ga Saturday Sheriff Boyd learned that
colored man named Robert Allen, who
escaped from Kent County, DEL, Jail two
or three weeks ago. at the same time that
Dill, convicted of murderous assault, se-
cured his liberty, was in this county. On
Sunday a trackwalker saw Allen in this
vicinity and informed the sheriff. Ascer
tanning that Allen had passed through Elk
Ton and was heading for Delaware the sher
iff accompanied by Mr.. John NJ. Dunbar