The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1890-11-01


AT leasfour columns of interesting
local mattetave been crowded ont of THE
WING this eek through want of space.
Tbs E,bn Foot Ball Team defeated
the Yves. Ningham Academy eleven on
the Elkton Dir Grounds on Saturday last
by a score OF to 1.
The B.lmore Synod of the Presby-
terrain Churc which was III session IN Cen
trail Caurch. sifmlnseoh' last week closed
its session opSaturday.
Mrs. s martin, State Superintendent
of temperate WORK among railroad men
will speak inne a =. VI l. ohurch oil THIS
town to morm afternoon at $50.
Wilson Earring, formerly OF the War
ing Manufacring company OF Golora, is
making prepsstion to remove with his
family to Pamont, Alabama, where he
will engage lime iumoer business
Mr., ,Jersiah G. Price of the First
district. who as in Elkton on Tuesday, re.
ports that thSarmers OF that section have
been retsrdedn their wheat sowing by the
frequent rainiand that very little corn is
yet gathered.
| We are cd to report that the McCul.
Tough Iron Chpany at North East started
three of theiPuddling Furnaces on Mon
day last Thsurnaces have been idle since
January lastand their running viii! give
employment ABOUT twenty men.
A privateetter writer to the Oxford
Press states tb fact In the assertion that
| there has not zen in the present canvass a
single man topenly advocate the reopen
ing of the SALONS. either in public discuss
ion. or in prinover his own signature.
ALI the Mthodist church es of Wash.
ington City oiTuesday voted ON the ques-
ton of the ADHESION of women delegates
to the Genera Conference. The vote was
unexpect ted Wight, the total hardly reach.
ing 1000 Ineveuteen of twenty churches
voting the vo. was 375 for and 42s against
| admission.
A Boston acht named the Wanderer
came to ElktQ on last Saturday with her
| pumps out of rder, and had them repaired
| by our local rachinist Mr. McQuilkin oil
the Enterprise Machine Works. Mr.. Nc.
Quilkin we Understand would like to talk
moments.
Cupid phys his pranks among the
Gipsymen aswell as the Jerseymen, for
last week par of gypsy lovers were united
in the bonds q holy wedlock by the Rev.
Charles Hill. They came from the encamp
ment near Badwin's Banks. They were a
runaway couple, but the great chief re-
Tented, and NV the moonlight is nelodi-
Gus, with tn, mellow music of the merry
maiden.
The ladis of the Elkton Presbyterian
Church havebeen active for the past week
providing homes for those who will be in
attendance upon the annual meetings OF
the Home AMI Foreign Missionary Societies
of New Caste Presbytery which will be
held in this own on Wednesday and Thurs
day next. The meeting of the Foreign So
ciety will beIin at II a. m, on Wednesday
On the evening of that day a public meet
ing will be addressed by Mrs. Bainbrldge
to which all are cordially invited.
The supervisors of Election met the
election officers of the county on Tuesday
at Odd Fellows Hall, for the purpose of ex-
planning the new system of voting to be
adopted for the first time on Tuesday next.
Possibly the most important matter settled
was that ballot clerk in assisting a voter
to mark his ballot, should accompany the
voter into the voting compartment to do So
They decided that the rubber stamp must
be used in all caess by the voter in MAI ing
the official ballot.
AS a special induce ment, Prof. We'll
Scientific Oplician, 305 Market street, Will
mington, Del, IN anticipation of the holi
day season, has on hand Il large and elegant
line of gold spectacles, opera glasses, etc,
all purchasers IF holiday gifts will be ex
changed if required. Persons receiving the
gifts can have their eyes examined free. Oul
o. E. P. Lens in competition with Others is
now pronounced the best in the world.
We noticed last week the possibility o.
the construction of what will be known a.
the Lancaster and Southern railroad witt
its Southern terminus at Singerly in this
county. Ex Sheriff Robert Mackey is re
ported as obtaining the valuation of thu
owners of land along the Little Elk Greek
the proposed route to Singerly, and among
whom are John Lungren, VIM. Foster
Alfred Mackey, Walter Armstrong, Arthu
Mackey, John McCrery, James Steele
Joseph X. Lewis, l. d. Carter, James Nau
dain and others.
1t is quite coincidence that on Sunda,
last three noticeable church centennial
should be held, the centennial of Bethel NJ
| E. Church in this county, one of the carries
homes OF American Methodism, and on tn
same day that of Bethel African Methods
| Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, which i
| believed to be the Oldest cololed church il
| American and possibly in the world, ant
/
old John Street Methodist Church in New
York city which was the first Methods
Church built in America.
| The Epworth League of the NJ. E
Church of this town had an enjoyable meet
ing on Wednesday evening at the residenc
of Mrs. John E. Alexander, about sixt
persons being present. The programme c
the evenings entertainment was varied ant
pleasing, and which opened with an instru
mental solo by Miss Lille Alexander
Then followed character reading, Veto
! Hugo, by Miss Maggie Hill. An excellent
rendered solo bv Miss Annie Pierson. TO
ter reading, Helen Hunt Jackson. Mis-
Allie Boyd rendered a solo, "Leo's March.
Character reading, George stephenson, b
DR. G. S. Sykes, followed by duet by Mis-
Annie Hill and Henry Vinsinger. Chara'
ter readings, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Mis-
Grace G. Wells, and John Greenleaf Whit
tier by Henry Vinsinger. After partakln
of refreshments the company dispersed
pronouncing it to be an evening well spen
Our readers may remember that
May last number of ladies of Raltimol
conceived the very laudatle design of raj
ing the sum of one hundred thousand dol
ars to be offered to the Trustees of JOIN
Hopkins University on condition tn
women be admitted to the medical scho
soon to be established, upon the same foo
ing as men, Committees of ladies inanumb
of Eastern cities at once took up the wor
Mrs. Jacob Tome being secretary of q
Port Deposit committee in this county. I
Tuesday last, the ladies engaged in this a
} mirable enterprise saw their hopes reailze
, and the entire sum placed in the hands
the Trustees of the University, on the co