The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1891-12-05

The Right Rev. Bishop Adams WI
preach in Trinity Church, Eikton, Il
morrow, Sunday, at the morning service
!. Miss Susan Currier coutemplates dis
continuing housekeeping, and it Is under
stood has taken apartments with the MlSSe
Walmsley.
A public entertainment, consisting o
recitations, music and dialogues will b
given in Crouch Chapel, on Christmas even
ing. Admission % cents.
Our veteran railroad gtteman at th
' Bow street crossing, Mr.. James ii. Morgan
is confined to his hcIne by sickness
Michael Whalen ills his place.
t The festival and supper recently glvei
by the ladies of the NJ. Z Church, at Chesh
peake City, of which R'v. l G. Fosnochi
is pastor, was a success, the r ceipts being
about $4,000.
The E9kton foot bal team has received
a challenge from the Georgetown College
Reserves 20 play on the grounds OF the
latter, Wednesday,, December 9.h. They
have decided not to accap: it.
Mr.. T. H. Cummings formerly CLERK
for MIR. G. NJ . Bonlden Of this town but now
in the employ Of srawbridge x CloShler OF
Philadelphia, is Ill with the typhoid pnel.
moria at his home in that city.
A meeting of the Board Of Directors OF
the Mccullough Iron Company, wa held
at the Office of the company at North East
on Wednesday. The members of the board
dined with Mr. James Malleu, the local
manager Of the mills.
The Guild of North Slssafras parish
will hold an oyster supper and festival in
the parish building, at Cecilton, Wednes-
day and Thursday evenings, December 9Th
aud 10th Doors open at o'clock. The
public are cordially invited to attend.
1t is reported tuat Mr. J. Don Price
who for some time past has been engl ged
as clerk by his brother Mr.. f. p. Price,
has rented the store house recently vacated
by the latter, and will begin business
therein ON his own account in March next.
A Lemon Squeeza" will bs- given by
the young ladies' of the Missionary Society
OF the Presbyterian Church, Of Chesapeake
City, in Masonic Hail, on Tuesday evening,
December Sth. Admission five cents. Pro-
cseds to assist in building little church at
Kadoli, India, one of Mr.. Ferris out
stations.
| A g,and fair will be opened at Bohemia
Manor \. NJ. E. Church on Thursday, Dec
18th, with Queens Contest" for a gold
ring. All are privileged to vote for the
! queens, who have been selected for their
beauty and intelligence; one from Phila-
| delphia, and the other from Washington.
An interesting programme every evening.
| Come one Come all ! Rev. j. II. Wooten,
| pastor.
We are glad to state that tho Rev.
Charles Hill the highly esteemed pastor of
the Eikt0n NJ L. Church, who has been i'll
with thu pneumonia has in the opinion OF
! bis physician, passed the crisis OF his disease,
| and has the prospect of an early recovery.
| Mr.. Hill contracted a severe cold while at
tending the funeral of the late Mr.. Perkins
| which he increased by going to Wilmington
to pay a last tribute of respect to his
personal friend, the late Captain Kelly, a
prominent Methodist of Grace Church in
| that city.
Mr. George Booth of this town, who
recently had a package of new clothing
taken from the cars AT the Wilmington
station, recovered it through Detective
Jones on Friday of last week. The con
templated thief on stepping off the train
with the clothing, noticed that the detective
had his eye on him aud rather than risk
arrest be voluntarily delivered the package
to the detective, stating that be had taken
it by mistake. The officer afterward learned
of the ownership of the clothing through
Wilmington newspaper. Whether the
clothing Spectator (?) would have had
this twinge of conscience had not the eye OF
the detective been on him As he stepped If
the train, is moral question we will not
discuss.
At the regular meeting of the Sirgerly
Fire Company held on Tuesday evening,
the following Cffjcers were elected: Presi-
dent, ex Sheriff Il. l. Thomas; Vice presi
deut. VIM. Mei,el; Treasurer, David l..
Sloan; Secretary, William c. Feehly;
Trustees, f. j. Denny and a, Z. Sewers;
Directors, William j. Smith, VIM Reed,
John Hcsg, o. Il. Chaytor, d. Price,
| Herman LETTERS and B. Euos; Chief,
Adam Meisel; First assistant, William
Naylor; Second assistant, Charles Denny;
| Driver, James Burke. 1t is understood
| that the comp any, in addition to the truck
recently ordered, Is negotiating for the
purchase of d steam fire engine from the
Washington Fire Comp ny of Wilmington,
tat company desiring larger engine.
Mr.. Amos c. Brinton, the local his
torian of Delaware, has recently contributed
an article to lie Wilmington Er3y EceHing,
in which he maintains that the Flat Iron,
the triangular wedge known ~ the Three
Corners" which contains about seven hun.
dred acres Of land, EN- boiyiug the boundary
lines bet ween Delaware aud P-nns ylvauia,
aud long in dispute between those states,
| really belongs to Maryland and forms
part Of Cecil county. Toe disputed territory
is the section OF land south of Masons and
| Dixons liue, west Of the Delaware circular
and south line, dividing Maryland and
Delaware. 1t is possible that the properly
holders of this county Interested in this
question may ask the next Legislature Of
Mary Iand to appoint a com mission, which
in connection with similar commissions
| from Peuusyi vauia and Delaware, to mark
tue location OF the boundary lines by per
maueut monuments.
jesse Hyatt, the well known weather
prophet of M!ddetown, sends the WING a
letter in which he makes the following
predictions for the month of December.
FIRST and I'd, cold and fair; between the 81
and 9Th, stormy; oh, and oh, cold; 10Th,
and 18th, warmer and stormy; 18Th, 14th
and 18Th, fair weather; between the 10th
and 2UJh, southeastery storms; Dist and
| 22i, tair; between the 23l and 27Jh, cold
wave and snow; % Ii, fair; 29gh and 3Oth,
warmer and cloudy; 31st, cold. There was
seven rains i'll the month of September and
nine for the month Of October, and ten for
| the month OF y OVEN Der There will la six
SHOWS this month, and four heavy storms,
two northeast and two southeast storms.
| There Will be eighteen day fair weather In
this month. There will be ice between the
| 18th aud ooh. 1 predicted nineteen
days of fair weather in November and hit
it, also thirty days q 60 that the 3Oth OF
| November would be an extremely cold day,
which proved to be the case, mercury 30
| above zero at . =. III.