The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1890-09-27

Westamwell, has enlarged ana repaired his
house.
The Orphans Court was in session on
Tuesday last. No business of Importance
was transacted.
-Workmen on the p. w. & b. railroad
are replacing the old cross ties with new
ones near the Elkton depot.
The Scott Fertilizer Company's mills
are running night and day manufacturing
their reliable and popular brands.
Harry E. Giles will keep supply of
fresh meats at his store on the corner of
High and Bow streets beginning with Fair
week.
Miss Jennie Stafford, of Baltimore, is
Mrs. L. Litzenberg's head milliner this sea
son. Give an order and get the benefit of
an exquisite taste.
"A horse named Elkton was the winner
of n race on one OF the New York race
tracks last week. There is something in a
| good name occasionally
The dwelling house of Edwin g. Smith,
situated on North street above the railroad,
was sold on Saturday last by Shockley s.
Smith, auctioneers, for VIM. T. Warburton,
attorney. to Jacob Rambo for $3.50.
The VIM f. Thompson farm, contain
ing 81 acres and situated IN she Fifth dis
trict, was sold at public sale on Saturday
afternoon last by Reuben Haines, Esq,
attorney, to Eliza V. Cameron for 81, 100
An Elktonian and a member of the
party of civil engineers engaged at this
place have had two personal encounters this
week Both are plucky and as one is rot
satisfied with the last duel of FISTS it is said
that the end may not be yet.
Joseph II. Hossinger, class of 80, has
lege foot ball team which has begun prac.
tice for the opening of the season. The
Ereru Ereniag correspondent says some
very good work is expected from it this fall.
The Elkton Woman's Foreign Mission
airy Society of the Methodist Episcopal
Church has elected Miss Hattie Terrell del
egate to the annual meeting of the Balti-
more branch to be held in Hamline Church,
Washington, D. c ,on October 9th and 10th.
Notice the seasonable dry goods an
nouncement of that leading firm of Straw
bridge & Clothier in this issue of The
| WING. They claim to be the largest re-
tailers of all grades of dry goods in Phia-
phia. We have never heard their claim dis
puted.
A new ticket case was placed in the
| ha
ton and Baltimore Railroad Company in
Elkton this week. 1t is Blades patent and
holds the tickets in such a manner that the
agent can put his hand very readily on the
| one desired.
H. L. Cheyney. of Philadelphia, and
| Miss Bean and the two Misses Bartol, of
| Cheyney, Pa registered at the Howard
House on Wednesday night. They are on
pedestrian tour to Baltimore and had walk
| ed from Kenneth Squaae, Pa, 10 Elkton
that day. They left about o'clock Thurs
day morning taking the road leading to
North Elst.
| AT a meeting of the Elkton Non Per i
san w. c. I. u, held Tuesday in Temper
ance Hall the following offices We're elected
for the ensuing year; President, Mrs L NJ.
Haines; Vice President, Miss Jane Torbert;
Secretary, Miss Matte Nicols; treasurer,
Miss Julia Boone. The appointments of
superi ntendeuts of departments was post.
poned until the next meeting. Several new
mem bers were elected.
DIR, Howard Bratton has been appointed
/ I'LL
| is empowered to name an executive COM
mittee. Some of the members of the team
practice each evening and others who de-
sire to become members are requested 10 do
likewise All who desire to practice for
positions on the Elkton foot ball team are
requested TO report for practice every even
ing at 4 80 at the Fair grounds.
| John L. Alexander & Son, the enter
prsing stove and hardware merchants of
this town, have just put on the streets of
| Elkton the hanisomest business and eX-
press wagon ever seen in this section. we
| remer1 Der when as attractive turn out as
this would have astouished the natives But
Elkton has grown and its trade III the hands
of business men has grown with it. Long
may the new wagon run, for n thing of
beauty is joy forever.
The Manager of the Elkton base ball
| club received information last Saturday
from the secretary of the Middletown club
that that club would surely come to Elkton
on the following Wednesday. A member
of the Middletown clnb witnessed the game
between Elk ton and Towson on Saturday
and probably the great game that the home
| club played on that occasion was response
BILE for the word received from Mddletown
a day or two later that they could not come
as the club had disbauded for the season.
| -Messrs. Joseph E Bradbury and Frank
Bradbury, of this plaee. have opened
livery, boarding, sale andexchange stables,
at 222 French street, Wilmington, Del.
Ike firm name is j. f. Bradbury Il Bro.
| We wish them success. They make the
fourth firm in that business in Wilmington
the members of which are from Elkton and
vicinity. Mr.. Joseph Lort has stable on
Eighth street, Mr.. George Whiteman one
on Shpley street, and Messrs. Benjamin ID.
Brown and Henry Hess have boarding
stable in the same city.
Milford is having the same trouble with
poor electric light that Middletown and
| other small Places have experienced. The
| Milford correspondent of the Wilmington
Every EUening writes as follows to that
Journal: For about two weeks past the
| electric light Lere has been giving very
poor service and much complaint is heard
on all sides, and last night the lights went
out, leaving the town in total darkness
for about an hour and a half As 1t was
Thursday night, the night prayer meetings
were being held, the churches had to dis
| miss services.
| The Knau fl Organ Company of Newark
| hopes to start its new factory machinery
for short test some time within week.
October LIST is the d ate that they hope to
put the whole factory into permanent oper-
alton in order to contemplate many large
contracts for organs within the stipulated
time. Already several of their workmen
have moved to Newark and many more
would follow were there any suitable
houses to be rented. This is not the case
| anu the company has ABOUT ueciueu " ~
ahead building their new houses as soon as
they get possession of the Lewis tr act OF
land.
The Salvation Army demonstration In
Odd Fellows Hall on Saturday, October
4th, will be grand affair. 1t will be led by
Commissioner Ballington Booth, the leader
of the Salvation Army in Auerica' who
will be accompanied by the staff brass band
of New York. The commissioner and band