The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1890-06-14
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Rev j p Osis, of Port Dep psit.
Governor b. T. Biggs has appointed his
brother, w. "Prce" Biggs, Clerk of the
Peace for New Castle County.
-Delaw are Democrats will nominate can
didates for Governor and Congress at Dovor
on Tuesday, August 18th.
A new iron fence is being placed in
front of the property on Main street OF Mrs.
Cosdon OF North East.
). f. Bradbury & Bro. will have beef
and veal tomorrow notwithstanding the
heavy expense of ice Give them your or
der.
An ice cream festival will be held at
C.rter's Bank on Thursday eveuing, June
I9lh A band of music will favor the
occasion.
-Joshu. Cooper Ash, infant son of Mr.
Joshua Ash, aged few days, died Wednes-
day and was buried on Thursday evening
in the Elkton cemetery.
A strawberry and ice cream festival
will be-given at the Salvation Army bar
racks tonight. Attend the festival and help
along the cause
The Delaware College Press Association
has elected S. Edwin Grant, of Cherry Hill,
business manager and Harry E. Clemson,
of this vicinity, one of the a sociate business
managers.
-Messrs. Lurge and Raphael of Whining
ton practical watchmakers and jewelers.
have opened a branch store in the HeatZig
building on Main street. Notice their ad-
veriisement.
Three applicants for increase of pension
were examined on Wednesday by Drs.
lamar. Roman and Wotra!l. The board of
examiners had eight applicants before them
at the meeting last week.
-Childf. ep's Day WAS observed by Cherry
Hill NJ. E Church on SUNDAY last. Rev. T.
b Hunter preached al appropriate sermon
in the morning. The music was enlivened
by q coruet played by William Otley.
The new building of the Hartford Nj
ti0nal Bank of Bel Air. is nearing compile
ton. The safe and vault will soon be
placed in position. The cost of the structure
complete will be about 5000
Congressman Stump last Tuesday.
presented to the House petition of John
E. Gallagher and other residents of Rising
Sun, Cecil county, Md, for the passage of
law prohibiting the transportation of alec
hlic liquors into States adopting prohibi
ton.
The demand for fine bred Jersey stock
seems on the decline. At the sale of The
herd of Andrew Banks at Chatsworth, Bal
timore county, on Thursday, seventy three
he ID only realized 81, O59 80. Ten Years ago
same stock would have brought six times
that amount.
To show how much more advanc I'd farm
work is in the upper part Ut Cecil Than In
this section, Mr.. VIM. NJ. Moore, who lives
above Colora states that he had already
moved one grass field and had given his
corn, which Is about two feet nigh, its last
cultivating for the season.
Mine host, VIM. w. Burnley, the enter
prisfng proprietor If the Howard House,
will have the Elkton Cornet Band give con
cerlS on the pbTtu Vi HIS H'tCi C"lS % -" COh
during the remainder of the summer. The
band renders good music and these semi
weekly concerts will be enjoyed by our citi
Zens.
Harry Z. Giles. for several years com
posiror on THE WING, has purchased the
grocery business of John NJ Terrell, on the
northeast corner of High and Bow streets.
He will open line of groceries on Wednes-
day or Thursday next. Harry Is an indus
trious and deserving young man and We
wish him much success in his new venture
The Philadelphia Times Eight O'Clock
Club gave an entertainment at Gilpin Hall
Thursday evening. No admission fee was
charged and III. exhibition was attended by
many friends of the members. The pro-
gram included Rotations by Miss Effie
Smith and William Feehly. vocal solos by
Miss Lulu Brown and John H. Terrell, a
quartette and dialogues by mem bers.
The Philadelphia, Wilmington and
Baltimore Railroad Company. on last Tues
day morning, commenced the work of
Strengthening it's three and half miles of
track between Principle Furnace and
Cha?lesaown, IN undertaking of consid-
cradle magnitude Messrs. Straton &
Co who had contract for B. o work,
during that Company's operations here,
have engaged TO do this work
AT a meeting IF Granite Castle, No. q,
knights OF the Golden Eagle of Port De
post, vote of thanks was given the Catho
lie Church and Mrs. Il G. Hopkins for ar
tices loaned tor the bazaar held last week,
to the ladies who assisted in decorating the
hail and who assisted at tie various tables,
to Cameron Bros, Riverside Band and all
who contributed articles for sale. We are
glad to inform tue community that the net
proceeds amounted to to $500 70.
-Messrs. McClenahan & Bro, contrac-
tors, have erected, in Angel Hill cemetery,
a very handsome monument for Mrs. Joan
ma Vosbury, in memory OF her late husband
Arthur Vosbury, Esq. The monument is a
massive obelisk of highly-polshed Quincy
granite resting on a solid base of Port De-
post granite, The lot on which the monu-
ment stands is beautifully located, on the
brow of the southern slope of the cemetery
grounds, and is enclosed by very hand
somely designed curbng of granite.
We regret that Mr. John S. Everist, a
we'll known and highly respected citizen of
this county, who is director in the Cecil
National Bank of Port Deposit, and father
of F. S. Everist, president OF the Board OF
fran, ~,
horse, last Tuesday, while returning to his
home near Colora, from a meeting of the
directors, and severely hurt about the breast
and ribs. DIR. Crothers is attending him.
Mr. Everist is IN his eighty -seventh year,
hut is as active as a man of fifty. His many
friends are seriously concerted about his
condition.
The suit of Mrs. Harriet X. Weaver,
Administrative of Cecil +. Weaver, VS.. the
Baltimore 81 Ohio Railroad Company has
been carried to the Supreme Court of the
United States by the plaintiff. The case
was tried in the Cecil county court and the
court instructed the jury to find for the de-
PENDANT. The Mary land Court of Appeals
contir ned this decision. Cecil +. Weaver,
a popular citizen, of this town, our re aders
will remem Der, was employed as a railway
postal clerk, making the run" between
Baltimore and Grafton, West Virginia.
While engaged in catching mail bag his
head struck a bridge and he was instantly
killed The plaintiff claims that the de-
PENDANTS were negligent in having the
brid 90 too near The cars