The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1890-03-01

and hitehed his horse iii front of the resi-
aenc. of Mr.. James Boulder of thar place
W hen he wanted to return home later he
found that il had been stolen. 1t had not
been recovered up to the close of the follow
ing day.
Miss Mollie Drennen who is visiting
Mrs r. L. Gait, nee Rhetta Burton in
Washington, ID. c., is receiving social hon
ora in that city. Miss Shock gave an en-
ioyable progressive ring-toss on Thursday
evening of last week in honor of her, and
Mr.. G. w. Shallcross of New York gave a
thearer party on Monday evening last in
her honor.
AT literary meeting of the Elkton
Chapter of the Epworth League to be held
on Wednesday evening next in the NJ. +.
Church, Rev Vaughn Collins, of Whining
ton. Del, will lecture on the origin and
purpose of the League and give an account
of the National Convention of Epworth
League held at Chicago recently which he
attended as delegate.
Chicken thieves are operating in the
upper districts of the county. a fine lot of
hens belonging to Miss Adelside Nickle
near Colora, were stolen few nights since.
Henry Loffiin, near Liberty Grove, suffered
The loss of IA fine lot of chickens and a fine
turkey at the hands of thieves recently. On
Saturday night last hearing noise at his
harm he fired in that direction, but when
morning came he did not find any game.
Edwin Prettyman, formerly of this
town. now in the shoe business at GIL Mar
ket street, Wilmington, had narrow es-
cape from death Thursday morning. He
took aconite in mistake for Jamaica ginger.
His mouth began to burn and his tongue to
swell. He ran to a drug store and was af-
forward treated by physician. He did not
fully recover until noon. His escape from
death was a very narrow one.
The attendance at the berefit of the
Elkton Cornet Band given by the Harry
| Lindley Company at Odd Fellows Hall on
| Thursday evening was large, ''Romauy
Rye" was rendered to the entire satisfaction
of the larger part of the audience. The re-
ceipts amounted to S72 and the band re-
ceived one-forth of this amount or SIS, which
will be added to the fund for the purchase
of new uniforms.
| The bill to make all persons selling
cigarettes pay a special license of fifty dol.
| lars has passed the House of Delegates. 1t
| is not likely that more than one store in the
town would deal In cigarettes should the
| bill become law and it is not Improbable
| that there would be no one deal in them.
| An Elkton dealer calculated this week that
| it would take the profits on 90, 0G0 cigarettes
at the present prices to pay the license.
| Miss Lizzie Mcdaniel, daughter ofJohn
Mcdaniel of Cherry Hill, died last Saturday
aged about IA years. Her funeral took
| place on Tuesday afternoon at 2 O'Clock in
Cherry Hill NJ. E. Church. The Rev. T. A.
HI. O'Brien preached, and the Loyal Legion
and Sunday School with which the de-
ceased was connected sang selections. She
was an apt pupil and general favorite.
| Her former teacher Miss Martha Biddle, of
| Liberty Grove attended the funeral.
A colt belonging to John F. Alexander,
the well-known hardware merchant of this
| owner on Wednesday near Persons Grove
school house. The colt had only been driven
two or three times and was frightened by
dog barking at its heels. The crossbar
broke and Mr.. Alexander was thrown out
of the vehicle into hedge which scratched
his face considerably. Otherwise he was
not hurt The vehicle was badly damaged.
Edwin V. Hnchliff., f(his town was
a participant in the annual mid winter
athletic exhibition at Dickinson College Oh
Saturday last He participated in several
events and made a college record in rope
climbing. He climbed rope 20 feet high
using his arms only in l . seconds. The
record with name of the winner will be in
scribed on a tablet in the gymnasium where
it will remain until broken. He was second
in fence vaulting, scoring 6 feet l inch. The
winner made an inch more. Mr.. Reese of
the Second district also participated in one
| of the events.
Robert Cullev, a well-known citizen of
Havre de Grace, who died at his home on
on Thursday of last week was native of
Cecil County having been born near Port
Deposit, June 6th, 1909, on what is now
known as the Steele farm. He learned the
tailoring business in Wilmington and con
Quoted business in Baltimore for a year or
| two. He moved to Havre de Grace i'll 1882
| and has been in business there ever since.
He leaves widow and three children They
are, W. c. Culley, agent for the p, w. &
B. Railroad at Perryvile, Robert Culley, OF
| Havre de Grace and Mrs. John Doane, OF
| Baltimore.
The body of George Leslie, of Chesa
peake City, was found on Sunday morning
last about o'clock lying in the basin of the
Delaware and Chesapeake Canal at CEesa-
peake City. He was lying on his face, with
his arms doubled under him. The water,
| which was less than foot deep at that
| point did not entirely cover his head. He
| died some time between and7 o'clock that
morning. Justice Christfield summoned
| jury of inquest, with Samuel Wood as
| foreman. A verdict of accidental death
was rendered, as there were no marks OF
violence on the body and no suspicious cir
| cumstances attending it. He is supposed
to have been taken i'll and fell into the
basin. He was "a years old, and leaves
widow and several children.
There was an exciting chase on We'd
nesday night on the streets of Elktou about
$50 o'clock. Mrs Hannah NJ. Whelen who
resides about three miles from Elkten had
a warrant issued for the arrest of her sou
John, claiming that he was incorrigible
John was committed that night by Justice
A. J. Scott for a further hearing Thursday
morning. As he was on his way to Jail &C
companied by Deputy Sheriff Harvey
Mackey, the lad attempted to escape, when
he broke into a run and led the sheriff :
fast chase. The latter fired his pistol several
times to brighten the lad and atterwurd
captured him in the yard of Mr.. James II.
Scott on High street. The lad spent the
night in Jail, and the next morning his
mother withdrew the charge. He is nearly
81 years old.
-Washington's Birthday was observed
in Elkton by the closing of the national
banks and public offices. Company A,
Third Battalion, commanded by Lieut.. w.
A. Wright, paraded the streets in the after
noon headed by fife and drum corps, and
afterward engaged in rifle shooting con-
test. 1t was tine tenth contest for silver
medal which has to be won three times sue
cessively before becoming the possession of
member. Private E. f. Taggart had won
the medal at the two previous contests and
had he succeeded in making the highest
score on Saturday it would have become
his property. The score was as follows ::
Private, Robert Rudolph, 20; Private, Shall