The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1891-07-18


c bremen a lot fronting fifty feet, on East
Main street, adjoining his residence.
= Graham Duckehart Esq. of Baltimore,
grand lecturer of the Masonic order, was
4 the guest of Mr. Charles b. Finley ON We'd
nesday.
= The Sunday School of oft Chapel Chest
nut Hill, Delaware, will hold a peach
festival on Thursday evening next at the
; chapel.
On his way home Saturday night Mr..
Evans Taylor, ran into n stake in front
of the new building of Frank Price, slightly
ipiuring himself
Private w. w. Porter, Of Company G.
Elkton, was sent home sick from camp
Douglass Thursday. He is dangerously i'll
with typhoid fever.
The Epworth League held "A business
session Wednesday night. 1t was deter
mined to give a picnic at Locust PORT,
Wednesday, July %.
William 5. Evans, Assignee, on Satur
day last offered for sale at Colora, the
buildings and plant of the Clendennin Manu-
featuring company. 1Hey were "IInuEd"H
for want of an adequate bid.
"Wednesday was st. Swithius day, and
as it was a rainy day We are to have If the
old savings hold true, forty more DAYS
with rain. There isn't much in sigus and
old sayings in these latter days.
Notice the Sweeping Reductions" in
the price of fine ready made clothing AT
Frank Kerr's on Main street. He must
make room for fall stock. Now is Your
time to buy, if you would save money.
A game of base ball will be played 1T
the Elktou fair grounds to day at 80. AS
the game is for the championship of Cecil
county, sharp contest may be expected.
The Hawke brothers will be Elkton's bat
terry.
| A festival for the benefit of Ashurv
Sunday School will be held at the shurch
on Thursday evening July %, S9l, Should
the evening be uufavorable it will he held
the next fair evening. All are cordially
invited to come.
Preaching at Chesapeake City NJ. f.
Church next Sunday morning and night
and at the Manor at 3 p. IN, morning
themes THE Happy People, evening
&c DDS Book its antiquity and excellence
by Rev. 1. G. Fosnocht.
Jonathan E. Rhoads and Joseph S
| Elkinton, ministers of the society Of friends
| propose holding meeting for divine |
worship at Odd Fellows Hall Elktou on
| first day seventh month, nineteenth at
o'clock. All are invited to attend.
AT the Glyndon Park Camp meeting
! in Baltimore county, Tuesday July 2S.h, |
will be the w. G. 7. U. day, and the 29th |
inst the Convention ofthe Prohibition Party |
| of Md, VII convene. The meeting began |
on Friday and lasts to August 9TH.
The schooner Alice Carlisle of Tappa- |
| hauuack, Va, was at Singerly = wharf this
week discharglng wood. She is the only |
three masted schooner that has ever been at
Elkton, and her captain w. w. Parks is .
| the youngest captain that has ever been |
here.
Rev r d. C.ntwell is III receipt of Il !
Letter from Charles Is Ter, of the National /
Hotel, Wa. lington, ID. G stat ny that his
son had been found i'll Virginia. He is the
man who had the body of the boy killed at
Bacon Hill, May 2Sth exhumed, thinking |
it might be that of his son who had left
home.
The Baltimore Herald of Wednesday
has the following about ElktonI. ans, among
It's encampment notes: Captain Purnell, OF
TIE Third, is the old stand by of the battalss
ion, and has first class company. Harry
Purnell, the adjutants orderly, has nearly |
used up all the headquarters paper writing
to his sweetheart.
MIR. Robert Reedy an aged gentleman
of Baltimore, and father of Patrick Reedy,
recently of North East in this county but
now an official of the Baltimore custom
house, died at his home in that city this
week. His remains were brought to Elk
ton on Wed nesday and inferred in the
Catholic cemetery.
A horse driven by VIM. and Mrs
Michael Hartnett Sunday evening, became
frightened at a bicycle ridden by Charles
G. Wells on the Cherry Hill road, opposite
the residence of f. C. Collins, Esq. The
horse in kicking SO injured the carriage that
it necessitated their securing another team
in which to drive home.
AT the races at Warwick, Thursday, the
2 80 class was won by Flirt, owned by w. |
B. Biggs, of Middletown. Del, Wilkes |
Bird, second. Sonnet, from the Elkton |
Stock Farm, the winner in the 2.4O |
class. Six started in the two year old colt |
race, which closed with Ereka, Elktou |
Stock Farm, in the lead, time 2. 81.
A horse owned by Joseph Taylor,
| brother of Edward Taylor our popular
| liverymau, which had been turned loose
on the Fair grounds Wednesday night.
| was found the next morning with its hind
| leg broken 1t is not known how it happen
ed but 1t is supposed that the horse had
| been kicked. Mr.. Taylor was compelled
to have the horse shot Thursday.
The Elk ton Amateur Fair the
grounds of the Bethel A. NJ. L. Church
under the management of Rev, 7. w.
| Thurston opened on Thursday evening.
There was creditable display of fruits,
vegetables and grain raised by colored
people of the county. Last night the Rev
| w. ID. Cook lectured beforea good audience.
| The Fair will be continued until next
Thursday evening.
| Edward Fools, twelve year old son
of Albert Fooks of North East, had mar
row escape from drowning Tuesday alter
! noon. In company with three other boys
who were swimming in the North East river,
| he ventured TOO far out in the stream, and
| being unable to i'm consequently sank.
! He soon became exhausted and was rapidly
| drowning when man who CHANGED to be
| near saw him sink, and succeeded i'll rescu
| ing him nearly dead. DIR. Worrall WIS
| Immediately summoned and after strenuous
efforts saved his life.
| The Cecil county boys were well up in
their score at the ritle,rauge at Camp Doug
lass Loreley Park, on Thursday. The fol-
lowing were scores made by members of
| the Third Battalion:
| Sergeant f. +. Taggart .............3 ! 4 3-l7
| Private f. +. White..................3 4 As
| private huuolpH. . D . 90
Sergeant Mesel. .....................4 3 Al!
| Lieutenant Neal. ) As
| Sergeant Burroughs. 3 . o.
| Sergeant SOnnOr. ...................4 5 i-ls
Sergeant Robinson. ...-..............2 y D
| Corporal Robinson. = I'll
Sergeant hea.......... ..............0 . U u
Corporal Bennett. .---....--...--..O y =