The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1890-06-28


driving III Chesapeake City ON Saturday
last. Fine and costs amounted to s. 40.
"A large tree leaning over Bow street in
front % the dwellings belonging to WIN. j.
Jones, Esq WAS cut down IN Thursday.
Bohemia bridge was examined by the
County Commissioners on Wednesday, 1t
is in need Of repairs.
p, w. y b. railroad workmen were
engaged this week in making rep IRIS to the
platform at the Elkton station.
The Elkton Academy and public school
of this town, both closed yesterday for the
vacation.
Dickinson College has conferred the de.
gree of Doctor of Divinity upon Presiding
Elder w. l.. S. Murray.
st Augustine Church, Bohemia Manor.
Services tomorrow afternoon at 3 O'Clock
Preaching by the rector, Rev j tcub Mll,er
Church of the Good Shepherd, Chesa
peake City. Services tomorrow at 10 80 A.
NJ , and p. NJ Preaching by the rector,
Rev. jacob Miller.
DIR. A Z. Crothers, of Port Deposit,
was elected Il vIce-president of the Alumni
Association of Washington College, az Ches-
tertown on Wednesday.
George King, charged with assault
and battery on Frank Mcdaniel, waived a
hearing on Monday and gave bail for his
appearance at court
MIR James Y ,teS, formerly of this town,
had one of his legs broken last week at
Lyuchburg, Va, where he is eng lged in
business A safe which he was assisting to
move fell against his leg.
The County Commissioners will make
the annual levy on Monday next. 1t il re
ported that the levy for county purposes
will be about 10 cents on the 500 rne last
lew was 81 cents and Il fraction.
A game of base ball between the Elktou
and Middletown clubs was announced tor
Yesterday afternoon. The North East cluh
will play the home teau on the fair grounds
this afternoon at four o'clock.
Mrs J. Taylor Cause, of Wilmington,
is alarmingly ill at Spring Lake, \. J. DR..
Peter Cooper, a brother of DIR. j. W. Cooper,
of Elkton, is in constant attendance upon
her. Very little hope is entertained OF her
, recovery.
Twenty five yards of body Brussels
carpet, a genuine Hair mattress for single
bed. an excellent +, tiher bel, al ii double
Mahogany bell, cad left over from the sale
of household goods last Monday. viii he
sold cheap Apply It this ollie
A yoIng man from the FIRST district,
who is confined in the corunty insane
asyIum, escaped yesterday aud cam" to
Elktou DR.. Howard l;rtttou had cousiti-
cradle difficulty IN getting hlm back 10 HE
asylum. Tue unfortunate young man, be
sides his mental troubles, suffers from an
abscess OF the lungs.
-R.v. James aut! Mis- Conway return
their sincere thanks TO the COZ grrgation of
the Presbyterian Church for ri.e very hand
some silver forks, table ~ q Tea spoons Pee
seured them briarr. lraviug for their new
field of labor, ard will ever cherish the
many acts of courtesy and kindness by Heir
many friend, "f Port Deposit.
The Town commissioners passed town
ordinance on Mondr providing that all
signs, sheds, etc txtrh'ting over the pave
meni b. at least eight f~et above the size
walk The shedding liz front Ut lhi pro-
vision store of A q Brow II has been raised
and numb"r OF others vii have 10 do like
wise Sever Il gus will ais" either have to
be raised or t,kru down.
A mud d.. < r.c....tly bit a number of
dogs along he Maryland and Delaware line
near the Buck briiz., a "a there has been
"A general slaughter Of DIGS in consequence
The dog came from The direction II Chesa-
peake City Two dogs belonging To Mr.
Crumpton went mad last week, and were
killed by Mr. Ge,rg Denny Of tnis town,
who WAS i'll the nrrghhorbnod.
With thn rxcrp ion of iva districts, the
census OF Wilmington Is about cJmI.ete'i.
Tie>e two districts ne murt populous ttau
was Expected, hence the delay. From The
returns already in, : is known "a Ger
taiuty hat The p, ul.'ian Vt lj.e city VIII
exceed $4,000 Supervisor Wiley believe
that the work has been fully and carefully
performed.
The Baltimore AHtericnn reports that
for the past two weeks seine Que has Geen
flooding that city i.h $40 counterfeit bills.
The counterfeit is not new one. hut i,
extremely hard to ,ir!rct, and has puzzled
experts. IL is on the GarnaIiia y ,tinnai
Bank of New Orleans, L,., bears check let
ter G, nu! is sigI-.l W. 5. K ,>eGrtus. R'gis-
! ter of tie Treasury, and G. y. Jordan.
Treasurer.
An E!ktoniau W ~ one of four PERSONS
! who named the winners in the six races at
Shrepsheai BY on S .turday las, and re-
/ ceived five dollars from the Phi .adeiphia
! Times for so doing. Tne Times uffsrs a l,rize
/ of $50 daily to the person or Persons who
! name the winners in all of the races. III
! prize has been off-rrI daily for three or tour
| weeks past, aud has only been Won three
/ times.
/ There IA driving ,c,,:.!e 1t Oh y nth
street above the RAILROAD "a Sunday evening
last. A team driven by farmer ne ~ tow.,
and one coutai:inE yauog III IN and lady
! came III collision on North stree; above th-
railroad. The lady, Miss Layton, who re-
sides at Itridgeville, Del. and was visiting
Miss Walton at Iron HUI, was thrown out
! ard Injured. She was taken Into "A dwell
ing and soon recovered sufficiently to be
removed to Iron Hill
A party Of young people from Newark
had picnic al Clay's shore Oh the Elk river
about two miles from town On Wednesday
| William Bnrnite, memhtr OF the party,
met with al accident during tile day. While
running after another III IN Der of the party
he struck his he al AZ .iu>t 4 tree with such
force that he was unconscious for several
minutes. His forehe,d was cur consider
ably. His injuries were attended to at
MitcheIl's drug store by Dr. II. c. Wells.
| Michael Carr, veteran soldier and a
| mem Der of the &. a Il Post az EGktou, died
at his home near this town on Wednesday
afternoon al five o'clock. Mr. Carr leaves a
wife and one daughter, the wife of John NJ.
| Clark. He was brave soldier, aud during
the war was member of a PENNSYLVANIA
regiment. He will be buried today at ten
o'clock. The services Will tie held at BuuI-
der $ Chapel. Mr.. Carr was as Odd Fellow
and member of a Philadelphia lodge
Collector Marine of the Gilmore Gus
tom House, on Wednesday made the fol.
| lowing appointments: Samuel |. Little, of
Carroll county, laborer, at S72O per year;
Alfred a. Troxell, ex soldier, If Frederick
county, watchman at $40; John 5. Bartol,
ex-soldIer, of Hartford country. on the custo
dian force at 500; Philip b. Hahn, Of the
Thirteenth ward, laborer at $50, and Fred
erick a. Rommell messenger at S720 Joshua
| Robinson was nr,,unt.I H., k,, ,,,,. -, u