The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1891-03-14
Hon. j. Frank Turner of Easton was
in Elkto on Monday,

Collins offered at public sale on Thursda
the 9TH inst, by VIM. I. Warbutton' Esq
was withdrawn for want of adequate oius
Harry Richards, a Philadelphia, Wi
mingtou and Baltimore Railroad car III
spector, had his left leg cut off Thursday Il
Wilmington by being run over by freigh
car.
Dover is To have IA button factory liz
town got left on the silk factory which wa
to come, but didn't, and now the Board O
Trade. saws a Dover writer, will have but
ton factory or will bust.
Thomas Worrell a prominent mem DO
of the society of friends, and an early as
sociate of William Lloyd Garrison, ant
Thomas Garrett in the anti-slavery move
ment died al his home in Wilmington Del.
on Tuesday evening.
VIM. j. Jones, Esq attorney, thronsi
Shockley & Smith, Auctioneers, sold a
the Court House door on Tuesday tn,
William Waring property near Coiora IL
this county containing So acres, to Charles
E. Moore for 81, 26O.
The remains of Mrs. EliZbeth b
Twells. an aunt of States Attorney VIM. 5
Evans we're buried at West Nottingham in
this county ON Wednesday,, Mrs. Iwells
whose maiden name was Steel, died III
Philadelphia on Sunday last at an advanced
age.
Easter falls on March 29th, an unus
ually early date. The earliest date on
which Easter can fall is on March I'D, anu
tits only in case he moon is full on March
Dist, when this date happens to fall on
| Saturday. This combination of circum-
stances is extremely rare.
The pupils of Rock Academy, of which
Mr. Alfred B. McNey is the efficient prlhclp"l
will hold an entertainment Friday evening
| March Goth in the Rock Chuch, consisting
of recitatious, dialogues, reading anu
music. Proceeds for the church and acad-
envy 1t stormy the next night.
| John 5. Writ, Esq, trustee, sold at the
court house door on Saturday last the
Beaver farm located on the Cherry Hill
road near this town and containing NIFTY
three acres to John L. Alexander for 5000.
! The property is subject to a mortgage for
$1,000. John NJ. Terrell was auctioneer.
A moderate amount of sensible carpen-
tering, and reasonable outlay OF paint,
have converted the store room under the
old Exchange Hotel, into an attractive
| business stand. When Frank Kerr gets
his new stock of ready made clothing on
his tables look out for a sensation on Main
| Street.
"A dilapidated trunk in the home of
Abner Coker an aged negro who died near
Kenton Delaware recently has just been
opened. In it were found seventeen shares
of Lehigh Valley Railroad stock forty
shares of Delaware Railroad stock, ten
shares of Pennsylvania r. r. stock five
shares of Farmers and Merchants Bank
stock, Easton, Md, and one $1,000 per
cent Wilmington city bond The total per
value Of the securities is S4,350, and they
| have been divided among the several heirs.
Miss Matilda McIntire, daughter Of
the late Samuel McIntire who resided with
her brother Samuel on the farm between
Elkton and Glasgow, died early on Mon
day morning last from consumption, aged
thirty-:hree years. Miss Mclutire had a
large circle of friends both in this vicinity
as we'll as in New Castle county, Delaware,
to whom she was deeply endeared and who
feel the affection of her death. Her re-
IN aims were Inferred in the cemetery of the
Elkton Presbyterian Church on Wedbes-
day Afternoon.
Mrs. Louisa H. Staples formerly of
Ekton, and relct of the late S. w. Staples
died on the 9th inst, at the home of her
daughter Mrs. Kate P. Spencer, in her S3i
year. Mrs. Staples resided for number
of years in the large dwelling house on
East Main street now owned and occupied
by Capt. Nicholas P. Manly. Mrs. Staples
was most estimable lady, sharing the
esteem of large circle of friends. Of her
four children, three survive her, Mrs. VIM.
WEIGH, and Mrs Jervis Spencer of Kent
county and Edward L. Staples of West
Virginia, Miss Mary Staples lady of rare
accomplishments, having died during the
lesidence of her family IN this town.
| AT the recent meeting of the citizens of
the town hell at the request of the Board
of Town Commissi )ners relative to the
construction of system of local Water
! Works, several letters were read from those
identified with newly constructe works in
other towns of the State. Among those
letters was one from Beair 10 which Mr..
Williams speaks of the satisfactory
manner in which Messrs James H. Harlow
& Co., of Plttsburg performed their con-
tract with that town On Monday last Mr..
J. II. NARROW of this town was in Elkton,
and had an interview with our local Board.
As soon as Mr.. Classin shall have COM
completed, his plat of the towns, with its
accompanying details and specifications,
Mr.. NARROW proposes to return to Elkton,
and after a careful inspection Of the local
ity, will prepare an estimate, and tie
proposal tor the construction of the works.
E. b. McColley, a citizen OF Delmar,
has brought suit against George NJ. Moore
proprietor of the Girard House, Phila
delphia, for illegal arrest and imPrison'
ment and claims $50, 900 damages. He
alleges that while in the hotel talking with
his friends, E. T. Cooper and Professor II
G. Carpenter, of Dover, Del, Clerk Morris
ordered Special Offer Robinson to arrest
him on a charge of Indebtedness. claiming
that he owed the hotel S9.9I. Robinson
arrested htm, and he was taken to the city
hall and locked up. AT 10 O'Clock the mex
morning., he AYERS, Magistrate Pole gav'
hin, a hearing, at which he was charged
. with intent to defraud the Girard House
BY illegally obtaining food and lodging. NJ
bill that he had contracted, MIR. McColiel
J states was produced and he was held tor
: further hearing The second hearing was a
o'clock OF the same day, when ClerI
Morris not only did not produce the Girar'
House books, but asked the magistrate t.
hold the prisoner on his own recognizanc
+ for a future hearing The third hearin
: ended in McColley discharge. M"i|""".
further claims that he received nothing t.
eat during the time of his arrest on Jahu
. airy 9th until II 80 p. m January loth
and that after the second hearing he wa
l asked by the prosecutor to sign pape
h waving action against the arrest and lm
& prisonment. This was refused by McColley
, who intends to push the suit. "A caplas ha
been issued by the court and bail fixed a
= 81, 500.
;. For over twenty years the postotfic
y officials have been at work trying to Undue
Z Congress to establish postal telegraph an
:. postal savings bank system. They appea
d to be no nearer that end today than the
A. were when the subject was first agitate(
4 tbs is the opinion of veteran official
:: the Postoffice Department, who discusse
T. the subject recently with representau'