The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1890-05-24

The Elkton ard Bay View h,ya bor
clubs will play here this afternoon.
Mr.. Manly Drennen sold a uumhar nj
carriages at public sale OF Saturday after
noon last.
Miss Neltie Miller, of Wilmington
Del will start III il few DAYS ON a Trim f.
Columbus, Texas, where she will he III.
guest of her cousin Miss Alice Boulden
Rev. Mr.. Cross, of Lincoln University.
will occupy the pulpit of the Presbyterian
Church of this town To morrow in tba n.
seuco of the pastor, DIR. O1mond. WIN il at
tending the General Assembly at ,r.topa
Engineer David Mcdonald, of Port De-
posit, who works on the Baltimore Contra,
Railroad had one of his hands b .dly scalded
on Friday of last week by a boiler pau.pe
cock blowing out.
| -Dou'G forget that the annual strawberry
| and ice cream festival is helng held in Win
gate Post Hall, North East, this evening
under the auspices of the Women's Relief
Corps Come and help along good cause.
The ladies of the Zion Prcst yterian
Church will hold strawberry festival and
supper on the church grounds on Weakness
day evening, June 4th, and if stormy that
evening will be the next evening 5th, Thurs
day. By order of Committee.
Rev. Hunter Davidson, who has been
called by the vestry of st James Eniscopal
Church of Port Deposit, lived many wears
in Cambridge. He is about % yeats of age
and has been attending the Theological
Seminary at Alexandria for several years
Three horses formerly owned In Cecil
County won races at Belmont Park on Fri
day of last week. They were, Velox form
erly owned by K. I. c. Crouch, Mystery
once owned by Manly Drennen and Billy
Boulder at one time the property of VIM
Boulder of the S cond district
"A special train took a number of Cecil
bama, this week. Among the party leav-
ing on Monday evening were Job Haines,
H. H. Haines, John Keilholtz, DIR. q. ID
Dare, c. Kimble, A, l.. Duyckinck, Jesse
A. Kirk and Enoch Mccullough.
| The Misses Davis announce to the la
| dies of Elkton and vicinity that they have
commenced fashionable dress making in all
| its branches, at their residence Oh Main
street, opposite the Presbyterian Church.
A share OF the public patronage respectfully
| solicited May24 1T.
A mad dog passed through Cowantown
going towards Fair Hill Thursday e. euing
of last week. Dogs belonging TO Jacob
Biddle, Charles Frank, John Pritchard,
Robert Wilson aud John Brown are report
ed to have been bitten. Mrs. Brown made
a narrow escape from the mad dog Several
of the dogs ha, been killed.
| Anniversary exercises of the Conowingo
Woman's Christian Temperance Union will
be held at Friends Meeting House at Penn
Hill on Sunday afternoon, May %, begin.
ming at 2 p. IN. The exercises will lie inter
spersed with Rotations by Miss Amanda
Landes, teacher of elocution in Milersville
Normal School. The public are very cor;ii
ally invited To be present.
Samuel Thomas, was arrested on Mon
day by Deputy Sheriff Mackey and lodged
in Jail. He is charged with ste ding "a mus
ket, powder and shot pouch. d cap and
pocket book the property of Edward Hitch
ems, Joseph Kitchens and H Try Ccrrid an
He was given hearing JhaE night by JUS
tice Scott and was held for court in 5000
bail in each OF five Cases OF petty larceny.
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| ton will be made to the Governor of Penn
| sylvania on June 18th by WIN. NJ SiugerIy,
Robert E. Pattisop, George y Singerly,
| Benjamin A. Van Schaick and James S.
Mccartney under the Incorporation act for IL
| charter of "A corporation to ne called the
Record Publishing Company of Puladei-
phia, the object of which is the transacting
of printing and publishing business.
S. b. Foard, the popular clerk of Falls
| Hotel, inforils thar he is the manager of
a base ball cub called the Workingman's
! Club and that the following are the players:
Jacob Fulton, Thomas Freeman, William
| Hudson, Charles Martin, Emmett White,
| Charles White, Hooper FREEMAN, Glide
/ y
and William Shivery. The club is open to
challenge which should be addressed to S.
B. Foard, manager.
The house of Mr.. Don Price, on Bow
street, was en- tered by thieves on Wednes-
day morning between ten O'Clock and noon.
The family We're in the rear portion of the
| house at the time of the robbery and the
thieves are supposed to have entered by the
front door which was open. The thief rum
mayed all the upstairs rooms a lot of old
coins were taken from bureau drawer.
The face value of the coins WAS fifteen dol.
lars but many of them being rare dates
were at premium.
John Price, aged % years, young far
GU Saturday evening last by John Black,
postmaster at that place. Price was stand
ing on the side W Tx with his back turned
to Bl ok " hen the latter approached with a
revolver aud fred at him. He fired again
and Price retreated taking refuge III store
Neither shot took effect. Price came to
Elkton on Sunday and after consulting
States Attorney Evans went before Justice
Scott and had warrant issued for the ar
rest of Black ON IA charge OF assault with III
tent to kill. Deputy Sheriff Harvey Mackey
| served the warrant on Monday. Black went
before Justice Redding and gave bail in the
sum of $500 for his appearance at the Sep
TENDER term of court Black charges Price
with the betrayal of his daughter aged II
years.
The last issue of the North East StdI
contained the following: Judge Stump has
approved the articles of incorporation of The
Wakefield Fire-brc Co of Cecil county
The incorporators who will be the directors
for the first year, are H. c. Wildsmith, Jas
n. Cameron, w. T. Hammond, Andrew
Anderson and Hiram Shallcross. The fol
lowing Ulcers have been elected: President
Ii. G. Wildsmirh; secretary and manager
JAS. n. Cameron. The directors are well
known business meu of North East The
manager, Mr.. Cameron, was the manager o
the Green Hill Co., for ten years, and one o
its originators. The new company sakes Its
name from the Wakefield Valley property
near North East, owned by Mr.. Cameron
which contains extensive clay beds, wher
, the works will be located. \ new two story
building 30x40 feet, with large sheds, viii
be erected at once
, The New Castle, Del, correspondent o
Wilmington daily relates the following
For some time the SAUNDERS of residents O
the lower end of Pearl street, in New Gas
, tie, have been nightly disturbed by discord
ant feeling felines. \ night or so ago tn
cats were exceedingly noisy and one OF tn
residents of the community, after trying Il
vain to sleep, dressed himself and with fir
in his eye started downstairs determined j