The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1890-11-15

who was elected to the City Council from
the eleventh ward, has the distinction of
being the first of his race 80 hold an elective
office i'll Baltimore City. He is % years of
age. His parents who have always been
free people are natives of Baltimore.
One of the "fads' of the times is what
is known as the Friendship ring" 1t
comes in various designs and is generally
worn on your little finger. You can con-
tribute any small amount You please to
your friend, and the accumulated amount
| is invested in the ring as token of a syn
dictate of friends as it We're. Miss Elizabeth
Porter. Mr.. WIN. NJ. Singeriy's housekeeper,
who hasn't travelled through This world
with her eyes shut, has a small box of lI5
| pennies all contributed by her friends on
the friendship ring basis. Twelve babies
| figure in the pool, the krastel baby, the
Smith baby, the King baby, the Hurn baby,
the Bennett baby, etc, etc. Elizabeth en-
Joys the fun better than the babies.
The Rev. DE-. II ans Adamsen a native
of Siam preached very acceptably in the
Methodist Episcopal Church of this town
on Sunday morning, and at night in the
Presbyterian Church. On Monday evening
he delivered an interesting lecture in the
latter church on the manners customs and
religion of the Saimese. DIR. Adamsen was
born near Bangkok his father being Dane
and his mother a native of Siam. When
fourteen years of age he determined to leave
Siam, and collecting IA small sum of money
he travelled alone to Singapore about 1000
miles, where he accidentally met an Ameri-
can missionary Mr.. Chandler who offered
him free passage to America. On arriv-
ing here he was entered first in an academy,
and afterwards was graduated at Pennsgl-
vania College, later he studied medicine and
entered Jefferson Medica. College at Phila-
delphia where he graduated. After his
marriage at Gloucester n. j. he practiced
there some time also lecturing and preach
ing. His purpose is to return to Siam next
year as a missionary. He lectured Ill
Providence Church on Tuesday night, also
in North East on Wednesday evening, and
will preach and lecture in Port Deposit.
The body of Mr.. VIM. Hollahan, res
pected citizen of Havre de Grace, was found
in the canal basin on Wednesday. Mr..
Hollahan left his home about noon on We'd
nesday of last week, and on his failure to
put in an appearance next day search was
instituted by friends and members OF his
family. This search has been going on all
the week, but no tidings OF his whereabouts
could be had until Wednesday morning,
when it was reported that hat resembling
the one worn by Mr.. Hollahan had b IN
found near the outlet lock of the canal.
Men were soon at work, and about II
o'clock the body was found in about six
feet of water. Justice Penning summoned /
Jury ofiuquest, who elected the fact that
Mr.. Hollahan had been in a melancholy
state Of mind since the death of his wife, Il
few years ago, but especially 50 the last
two or three months. He was last seen
Wednesday evening about O'Clock by
some one, of whom he asked the way home.
He was directed towards his residence, but
wandered i'll the wrong direction, toward
the canal, and fell in and was drowned.
The jury rendered a verdict Of accidental
death by drowning. Mr.. Holahan was
about 81 years old.
illustrations of the nice sense . taste
and smell possessed by that faithful friend
of mantle horse-are frequent. a bus
mess man in Elkton owns two horses one Of
which will never drink the water from
pump in his yard. The other horse drinks
it readily, and the water is in general use
in the ghborhood, but there is something
in the taste of the water disagredbe TO this
horse, and he has to be watered elsewhere.
\ little incident told us by Il gentleman
who formerly resided in the Sixth district
of this county is to the same point. He
owned favorIte horse, and one day when
driving he came to small shallow stream
at which his horse showed every desire to
drink Knowing that much larger stream
was but a short distance further ahead, he
didn't unrein bu: drove When he
reached the better stream of clear aud pure
looking water his horse refused to drink.
He was puzzled 1T this, as he had watered
the same horse there many times before,
and being of an inquisitlve turn, the deter
mined TO discover the local cause. He tied
his horse, and after walking short dis
lance up the stream, he found lodged on the
bank of il, the putrld carcass of hog, to
which he reasonably attributed the faint of
the water, and which the quick sense of
this horse had readily detected.
The Rising Sun NJ. +. Church Of which
the Rev. Isaac Jewell is pastor, will cee-
brate its forty first anniversary tomorrow
the 10Th inst, and also during the week
The Rev. John Lanahsu d. ID. will preach
in the morning at 10 30 o'clock and at 80
p. IN. Prof II. c. Colby and others will
address the Sunday school at go p. m.
There will be special singing and recitation ,
by the children. On Tuesday and We'd
nesday at 80 p. M, the Rev. VIM. Il.
Chalfaut will preach. Thursday the Rev
Or. Hubbard, on Friday night preaching
by the Rev. j. p. Otis.
The Elkton and West Nottingham
Academy Foot Ball Teams played on the
grounds of the latter on Saturday, but on
account of some disputed decision of the
referee, in foot ball parlance known as
rank the Elkton team lett the field be-
fore the game was finished. The score
stood II for West Nottingham TO some in
definite quantity elaine for Eikton. The
frequency of disputes both at games Of
Base Ball and Foot Ball, has become disa-
greeably chronic in this Section, and which
detracted from the interest ,as well as lessen
ed the popular attendance at the former
games during the season just closed. Re
f, TN it gentlemen if you wish to popularize
your plays.