The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1891-03-21
ELKTON, MARCH 81, 1891.
GLOgAL DEPARTMENT, y

Thursday.
DIR. j. w. Cooper. f. P. PRICE.
Write to William Il. Reynolds, Middle
town, Del, for prices on Hand Made
Harness and Turf Goods.
Mrs. E. B. Dunott was in Elkton on
Wednesday and expected to start from
Philadelphia for California on Thursday.
When you visit Baltimore, stop at tn
Maltby House, where will be found first
class accommodations and exceedingly low
rates. Mchl Itf
Every lady wants new hat with a
lovely spray of spring flowers and pair
of nice kid gloves for Easter, Mrs. Litzen-
berg has them ready for you.
-Ouija Owe. ja), that mysterious parlor
game, the wonder of the age, surprises and
delights every one. This most interesting
and mysterious talking board for sale by
Mrs. c. Hall. 2t
Daniel NJ. Hanna the skillful cooper of
Mechanics Valley is busy bee turning
out big lot of fish barrels for the spring
trade. When it comes to making fish bar
rels, there's nothing the matter with Hanna
The Ladies of Wesley Chapel NJ. E.
Church will give an oyster supper at the
chapel on Tuesday evening the oath inst
All are invited. If stormy the next clear
evening. Ice cream and contectionaries
will be served.
Rev. Father Carey, formerly pastor of
the Catholic church of this town, is now
located at Port Deposit He is an earnest
and energetic worker, aud the Catholic
church OF Port Deposit will doubtless soon
feel the inspiration of his presence in build
ing up the waste places.
Mr.. John w. Mahoney who purchased
in January the property of E. L. Dram
mond near Leeds, will move on the 25th
inst. He leaves the farm near Warburtons
Mills owned by James \. Davis, on which
he has been a tenant for Is years. Joseph
Shippers succeeds him on the Davis farm
The Mccullough Iron Company adver-
tises for sale in another column of this issue
of THE WING that very desirable water
power, farm and manufacturing site known
as West Amwell near this town. The OPP
portunity is offered so secure an unusually
desirable location for manufacturing pur-
poses.
Mr.. Dennison Moore, who about two
years ago was in the ready made clothing
business in this town and Is one of the most
popular and obliging clerks ever in it, is
now with Mr.. Frank Kerr at his new ready
made clothing store on Main street, next to
the Hurn building. There's goin G to be
racket in prices in that line in Elkton.
Mr.. S. 2. Walmsley of New Orleans and
a son of Mr. Robert Walmsley formerly of
Elkton and who has been a successful
cotton broker in that city, was one of the
prominent business men who signed the
call for the public meeting of the citizens Of
that city in denunciation of the outrages
perpetrated by the local band of Scilian
assassins known as the Malta.
The latest appliance adopted by the
evangelists of the cities to reach class of
persons who are out of the reach of ordinary
church work i3 the gospel wagon. The
Free Sunday breakfast Association of
Baltimore is now having one built at
cost of 5000. The wagon will be by Is
feet, and beside carrying al organ and
platform for speakers it will have accom-
modations for thirty persons. 1t will be
drawn by two or four horses, and will be
stopped at convenient places for holding re-
ligious services. The association expects
to become incorporated in few days.
Mr.. Winter L. Wilson, the eldest son
of Mr.. John E. Wilson of this town, and
who is a promising civil engineer, has been
selected as one of corps of engineers to
make the preliminary survey for the pro-
jected Inter Continental railroad which will
connect the Mexican railroad system with
that of the Argentine Republic. The pre-
liminary survey is in charge of William +.
Skunk, prominent New York civil engi-
neer, who expects to be engaged over year
in the work. The surveying party will
start early in April for Ecuador via Panama
ank Guyaquil.
Every one in the South interested in or
knowing of the proposed starting ofany
new manufacturing or mining enterprise,
whether large or small or of the extensions
of factories or mines, now in operation, or
the erection of large buildings, would bene-
fit himself, as well as the Sonth generally,
by sending particulars to the Manufacturers
Record of Baltimore. That paper has for
years made business of reporting every
new manufacturing concern, from cotton
gin to furnace. every new mining com
pany, and every bank started anywhere in
the South. This information is read by
thousands of people all over the United
States and is often republshed by hundreds
of other papers that look to the Manufac-
turers. Record for information about this
section. The result is that every new en-
terprise, and the town in which il is located
are widely advertised without cost, and
great good often results.
The new store of A. G.. Yates x Co.,
opened so recently at the corner of Thir-
teenth and Chestnut street, Philadelphia,
is one of which the firm may well be proud.
Rising four full stories upward, with a
frontage of 70 feet upon Chestnut rect and
extending solidly built up deph 1O1 feet
along the west side of Thirteenth street to
Drury street, it makes an imposingly hand
some structure A G. Yates & Co. has
been one of the most successful firms in the
retail sale of mems youths, boys' and chill
dren's clothing, and have made the present
consolidation of their stores to accommCd
ate the greater number OF their customers
The well-known Ledger building location
which for the past fifteen years has been 81
popular, has been permanently abandoned
and the entire business transferred to the
remodeled builing at the corner of Thir
teenth and Chestnut street, a portion Of
which has been occupied for some time pas
by branch store with most encouraging
results. The entire corner Of the new build
ing on the first floor is one vast show win
dow, in which is displayed attractively
mems and youths clothing. This window
is at present decorated most beautifully by
grouping of nearly two hundred Easte
lilies, with background of thriving yOunl
palms, setting off to advantage the alread.
tasteful arrangement. This great improve
ment places the firm in a most advanta
geous position, both in regard to themselve
in the convenience to their customers, tn
new stores being within three square of th'
main station of the Pennsylvania RalirolC
and the same distance from the projectet
terminus of the Philadelphia and Reading