The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-07-20
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The colored peoples excursion to Rock
away Beach on Wednesday was well at
tended.
The Conowingo Women's Christian
Temperance Union will meet at Penn Hill
meeting house on Thursday, 18th inst
-Wanted-A boy to learn the harness
trade. Call on or address j. Will Perkins,
1O1 w. Eighth street, Wilmington, Del.
The excursion to be given by the Elkton
Masonic Lodge to Colchester on Wednesday
next promises to be an enjoyable'atfair.
A young Elktoniau this week walked
into store where confectionery is sold and
asked "Do you sell black licsrice for moth
ing?"
When you visit Baltimore, stop at the
Maltby House, where will he found first
class accommoda tions and exceedingly low
rates. hchlIu
Church of the Good Shepherd, Chesa-
peake City. Services tomorrow at 1870 a.
M, and y. m. All are invited. Jacob
Miller, Rector.
Mr.. Henry Wood will have chargs of
the farm recently purchased by Mr.. Sin
gerly He will soon turn 1000 Southdown
sheep on the farm.
Three Elkton boys in search of adven-
ture ran away from home one night this
week. They had enough of it in two days
and returned home.
Mr.. William NJ. Singerly has five hun
dred fine Ewes on the Elkton Fair Ground
ready to let out to farmers on shares. Call
on Shockley & Smith. =.
Town Point Schoolhouse. Rev. Jacob
Miller will hold services to morrow after
noon at 5 o'clock. The people of the neigh
borhood are cordially ivited to attend.
DIR. A. n Raub, president of Delaware
College, left Newark on Monday for Louis
VILE, Kentucky, where he will attend the
National Teachers Association Meeting.
The annual excursion of Elkton Grange,
No. 145, p. of H., will take place on July
;}1st 1t will he on the steamer Chester to
Bay Ridge and promises to be an enjoyable
affair.
Rev. r. H. Adams, of Middletown.
Del, preached at Cecilton on Sunday last,
and Rev. E. c. Atkins of the last named
place filled the pulpit of the Middletown
Church.
A party of about % employees of the
Baltimore Central Railroad and their friends
went from Port Deposit last Sunday in the
steamer City Belle to K ,mley Beach, on
Chesapeake Bay.
A horse recently kicked Mrs. Mary
Willis, who resides near Cowantown while
she was attempting to drive it out of her
yard and fractured two ribs. She was at
tended by DIR. Lort.
John 5. Writ, Esq, attorney on Tues
day sold at mortgagee's sale the farm of
Henry c. Warren, containing SO acres sit
mated in the Ninth district to Lewis j An
derson for 1925, subject to mortgse of 3D.
500.
1t is rumored that the owner of the
ship yard at Elk Landing contemplates
moving his plant from this place owing to
his inability to secure more ground. 1t is to
be hoped that the new industry will remain
here
David Loeb, who clerked for a numb her
of years for his uncle Herman Ball of this
place is again in his employ. He left Elk
ton about year ago and has seen consider
able country since. He was last located at
Omaha.
The Conference Academy at Dover,
Del, Boarding and Day School for both
sexes, prepares for college, business and
teaching. Terms, $500 per year. For cata-
logue, apply 10 w. l.. Gooding. Princi-
pal. July20 5w.
The young ladies' of St. Johns congre-
CATION will give festival and apron baZa IT
1T the grove surrounding the chapel OF St.
John, in thew ilderness. Elk Neck, on
Saturday afternoon and evening, jury q,
No postponement on account of the weather.
u Jacob Stein, wishes to inform his friends
that he has opened a barber shop on High
Atreet in the building formerly occupied by
amuel Collins as a grocery store. He would
! pleased 20 receive calls from his friends
anc Tue pu''o se"e'A''S' All "o'A "''''
elias
4 grand rally will he held at Elkton A.
p. Church on Sunday next the Dist
Able preachers have been invited in
Rev. B. Scott, G. V. Peterson, f.
lung hey, ID. J. Russell. Rev. C. S. Tam
-, on'pp lister, Pa, will preach at p. m
ST. SD Che Better Country"
wland, at one time clerk in
-, o'no No C. Lewis in this town was re
o'e OF kS tecretary and treasurer of the
Eor;,ahss ea Rntee and Safe Deposit Com
pany new org 'Na'ion Vi
He has resigned prs,''on 90 '''n'o' VI
the National Bank wilmington
-Four hundred an one persons went on
the excurs;on a;rau by the Elkton and
Tue excursion gwen av Schools to Toll
Westamwel NJ. e. Sund ','"To'' ~ ,o'
chester on Wednesday la ~ p'e"'"n' u"s
was spent. Owing to the n""'e' u
scholars carried without "" t"o 'o'n
mittee failed to meet expensS ny ''o
A young child of Mr.. &eorse l. Am
had a narrow escape from dro&nihg on oa'
urday last. Mr.. King resides near tn
brick yard near which there are severa
ponds. Hearing a splash he went 10 the sid
of the water in time to see the child, : han'
as it went under the water. He rushed il
and rescued il.
Mr.. job England a well-kDown farDe
of the Ninth district was injured recently
in the harvest field bv being thrown from
machine. He fell in front ct the knives bu
the cutter bar fortunately passed over him
Other parts of tire machins, however. caugh
and dragged him IA considerable distanc
causing severe injuries.
John r. Brown, a colored man of III
S. coud district was arr, sted this week b
Constable r Emory Lee and lodged in ia
on the charge of stealing nine pieces c
bacon from Mr. James w. DeviDe. He wa
taken before Justice A. j. Scott who hel
him in 5000 bail to answer to the grand jur
at the next term of court.
Trains now pass over the tresse-wor
on the p, w. & b. Railroad at Red Mil
instead of over the old culvert which I'll
railroad company is going to replace wit
an iron bridge. The trains now pass out
sight for a time to persons standing at IL
depot. The tressle-w work was completed G
Sunday last, the first train south passir
over it shortly before eleven o'clock in I'll
morning. and the first north about tu
o'clock in the afternoon. Over hundre
men were employed sunday in completir
the work.