The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1890-05-31

IN. .Juufnr b,s, hall club, at El'tnu.
! Will rity the Fru,uds' S'h''l ''n', at Wi
mnsrnn nn tie E;kton fair grounds this
/ afternoon.
II : Grant Post M. 10, of Tins place
! attended Trinity Church last Sunday and
i,teue.r to m able sermon by Rev. Will u,
! Schouler.
! Miss Louisa Caldwell, of Wilmington,
/ Del, who has been visiting her uncle, Mr.
| Milton Caldwell, returned home on tur-
day last.
Hoe Mack. a young Philad' Union visit
1 i,.o friends in E}kton. while fishing one DIV
nm. week had the misfortuns,to run "A fish
! hook into his hands. l. was removed 10y il
/ physician.
An old fashioned breast pin in the shape
I Of, diamond with setting confirming nine
/ SIN Il STONES was lost recently. \ suItthl"
reward will be given it LETT at the home Of
Mr.. Harry E Giles.
That leading dry goods honSe Of Straw
bridge & Clothier, Philadelphia, tell our
readers what they can do through tue Mail
| Order Department in new advertisement
| IN this issue y ,tice it, aud read il.
! The |. dies Mite S ,ciety of the Chesa
peake Cts Methodist Episcopal Church will
hold "A straw berry aud ice cream festival in
the town hall on Wednesday and Thursday
| EVENINGS, June 4Jh and 5tb.
Mr.. William Sommers. of Philadelphia,
with his wife and daughter came to their
handsome country place, ivy bite Hall"
Yesterday for the summer. They enter
tanned mum Der of Philadelphians on that
dav. Drnner was served or the lawn.
Mr.. and Mrs W King Ingersoll, of
Philadelphia gave reception on Weanes-
dav AT their home in Philadelphia. Among
those present were sex eral young people
from Elkton including Miss Henrietta
lamar and the Misses Wilson. Mrs Iuger-
soil was formerly Miss Katie Heherton.
Mr. Joseph L. Mcdaniel of the McCul-
Tough Iron Company, has donated cup
valued at 500 to be aw arded as a prize to
the winner among the third class Sleeps,
at the fifteenth an, ual regatta of the Quaker
City Yacht Club, which will be sailed over
the club course on Monday june ,.
A meeing of the Eikton non-par'iSan
w C T L was held on Wednesday even
ing. They now b. We thirty tnur regular
mem bers and several gentlemen a. honorary
members The ladies intend holding les.
tival next week to raise money TO pay the
rert of the pl"1s,nt room they oacnry in
Gilpin building.
Mrs. Lirz-nbp-g has SOLD more hats and
hornets the season than any previous sea
son. This week she made n big venture,
bought hats in lots, wagon load of hat anu
wrealhs. Prices no object. She means ."
make a noise in the world this year. Come
and see hecutS in prices OF IA hionab.e new
shapes. She is not afraid 10 buy in hlg lots
There was a rather narrow escape from
a collision on the p W & b railroad At
this place on Monday. A construction train
was standing on the nurthhound track
around the curve near the colnred church
A through freight approached on the aanIr
track. IL blew for brakes aui Gully sue
ceeded IN stopping hundred feet or Of
The construction train.
A tobuegan slide hes hrpn erectei nj
colchester. Il is near the race tr: ok md is
expected to be the drawing card for lie re-
sort this year The slide is 1890 feet long
and has three turns. It cost the company
between $1,000 and $4,000. y new ci,rousal
has been put on the grounds at a large eX
pense. 1t i, run by steam and Supplied
with a large scan organ equal to any in
the east
The State Board of Education on Wed
nesiav elected x Deputy Naval Officer /
b. Prettyman, OF Montgomery county, rs
principal Of the State Normal School il
place NJ Prof. A. VI. Newell. The salary OF
the principal st tie Nnrmai School in s., 800
a year, besides "A comfortable Residence a.
the college, rent fire., and fuel furnished
Pref. Newell hid held the position fnr -
years.
Tomorrow will be observed rs Child
rei's Day hy the Sabbath Schoo! and con
grrgaTion of the Presbyterian Church of this
town. H. tie morning TIE pastor will
preach sermon 70 the young md the sing
ing will be by the Sabbath School In the
evening an Interesting programme of exer-
cises will be reS-nted and III" pastor viii
deliver address The evening exercises
begin at half past seven o'cocG.
We are Informed ID one Of the ~aaa
supervisors in the county Eas h"eu takiu-
advantag" Of the men working und"r him.
The County Commissioners have fixed the
wages of supervisors at $50 per day AMI
those of larorers IT 81 % Oae supervisor
we are informed only paid one of bis hand,
dollar day for thirteen days wort, an,
otf'red others the same money hut they re-
fused it.
-Gsorge fred Townsend, the Eastern
Shoreman who has gained g wide rsputatipn
as newspaper correspondent ana writer OF
fiction will issue a new Eovel or Saturday.
The scene of the plot is locafs il Phil,7el-
phIa. Those who nave ~. mined the 40.
vance sheets Of he novel assert hat it is .
little biz strong in its plot, being based aror
the unfortunate experience Of AlexanHsr
Hamilton when he was Secretary OF the
Ire :snry.
Prof. We'll, S. o., 3O5 Market St, vii
mington, Del, has opened an Opthalmic
Institute at the above address. where he
tests the eyes for all defects of the vision
free Of charge. Persons suffering from weak
ewes, headache, dizziness, spots before the
eyes, can I've fully cured by wearing Prof.
ellis celebrated %. L. p -pectuclrs. they
being the hardest, cteare-l and widest
lenses ever invented. Competent orulist-
always in attendance. Ma!2i im.
Capt. Owens, supervisor Of the Census
for the Eastern Shore, has named :he fol
lowing persons as enuInarsturs III Cecil
County: First district, Esrae3 Guukel; Sec
oni district, j. W j 5hnsan; Third district,
j. A. Shippers, w. j. Smith; L urlh district,
j. 5. Smith; Fifth district Il w. HeHja
min, S. w. Day; Sixth district william
Coale; Seventh district, Thos. W NDwland,
A. NJ. Vanneman; Eighth district, John II
White; Ninth district, A. B. Cameron The
enumerators begin work on Monday.
II tell you what it is said Flck1ebv,
II don't propose to answer all those cen
sus questions. Sposen I've been divorced;
do L want the Government to know all about
I'll Sposen l have got tie liver com plaint;
do want the fact to be put on record for
ever? Sposen I've got a mortgage or my
house, am | going to give it away 10 all my
neighbors just BECAUSE this measly Govern
meht wants TO know it? guess not. It's
none of the Governments business whether
I've got one leg or the lumbago, or live in
LIy own house or somebody eise's."
1t appears that Delaware College 4unot
play ball without the assistance of Cecil
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