The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1891-01-24
There will be Religions Service at Jones

Chapel Sunday 25th $50 p. III.
Miss Lewis, near town, was present at
the inaugural ball at Dover on Tuesday.
MIR John +. Harvey has been appointed
postmaster at Chlld's Station on the b. u
o.
Mrs. George A. Blake gave five o'clock
tea to a number of her friends on Wednes-
day evening.
Mrs Senator Writ will give progress
i've euchre party to her friends of the gentier
sex only, on the afternoon of the 2Sjh.
Our former fellow townsman, William L.
McCrery, of Towsou, was in Elkton on
Friday in excellent health and spirits.
MIR. John w. Cooper, father of DR.. D..
w. Cooper of this town, has been i'll at his
sons, DIR. Petor Cooper, in Wilmington.
Thunder and lightning last week. and
beautiful rainbow this week, are two
rather unusual features of the average
month of January.
Misses Berthe and Llurine Wilson and
Messrs. John E. Wilson, Harry Clemson
and Alex. Evans attended the ball last
week at Middletown.
Presiding Elder Murray will preach in
the Ekton NJ. f, Church to morrow (Sun-
day. evening; on Monday evening"t Bethel
and on Tuesday evening at Glasgow at I.
IN. m.
Miss Maud Crow who has been visiting
her brother, William X. Crow, at Minneap-
oils. Mimi, for four mouths, returned to
Elkton on Thursday much improved IN
health.
Mr.. Harry NJ Davis professional card
will be found in this issue OF THE WIG.
Mr.. Davis has closed his Office in Whining
ton and located in the Frazer building
opposite the Court House.
Matthew Harrison ,rine, the four
year old sou, and the youngest child, OF
Collector Marine, died on Wednesday morn.
ing at the residence of the Collector, in
Hartford county, near Aberdeen, from
congestive chill The child had heon sick
but a few days.
Our popular young townsmau Mr..
ElClaru llatSt VI lHt -Nii'ilii Jana VI
Elkton, attended the Fancy Dress Ball OF
ST. Johns College, Annapolis, last week.
He appeared as Mephistophiles, and played
The devil very well. Mr.. Hal j mar per-
sonatei Charles II, and NJ. Victor NJ.
Torbert Fra Diavola.
The case of Joseph Farr, of Ilavre de
Grace against the j. w. & b. Railroad
Company, action for $4,000 damages for
personal injuries received by plaintiff, by
falling from the platform of a car, in that
CITY, on Decem ber 2lst, 1886, was tried in
the Superior Curt Of Il tltinoTe City, last
Monday, and resulted i'll veriict for the
Railroad Company. The case will be taken
to tie Court of Appeals.
The Town Council will on Thursday
evening next take M The water works
question and proceed to arrangements 50
that the works will be begun in the early
spring. They have already secured from
neighboring towns valuable facts which
will be used to guide them in the matter.
The new council room will also be finished
at once aud the future meetings of the
Board will be held there
"A corucrib on the farm OF VIM. Roth
well, near Middet0wn, WAS set on fire by
some miscraaut, about one o'clock on Tues.
day morning, when the flames quickly
spread to the adjoining buildings, which
were destroyed with several tons of hay
and others articles. The horses and cows
E,,afi of
the owner who sold them at public sale on
Wednesday. The burned buildings were
old and somewhat dilapidated and conse-
quently the loss is not very heavy.
The first co!ored lawyers who ever
argued Case before the Maryland Court Of
Appeals are Charles w. johnson and Geo.
NJ. Lane Of Baltimore, VINO were al initted
on Thursday on motion of Mr.. Richard S.
Culbreth. They represented the appellee in
the case OF the Central Il iilway Company
vs., Elizabeth Smith. The action was
brought by the appeliea, who is colcred
woman, against the appellant, a street rail-
way company III Baltimore city, operated
by horse power, for personal injuries, and
a Jury in the Superior Court OF Baltimore,
j Judge Phelps, presiding, awarded $3.50
damages. From this Judgment the present
appeal was taken by the defendant.