The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1891-11-14


illness we mentioned last week was re-
ported worse on Thursday. He is attended
by DIR. E. Hall Richardson and DR.. Finney
OF Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Mrs William Jenkins, aged seventy
three and a resident of Rising Sun In THIS
county. died suddenly of heart failure at
her home in that town on Monday evening.
She was sitting in her chair at the time OF
her death.
The Rev. Mr. Vincent of Philadelphia
has received Il call from the congregation
of Pencader Presbyterian Church at elias
cow the vacancy in the passionate having
been caused by the death of their former
| Pastor the Rev. Mr.. Anderson.
The funeral of Mr.. Allah Knight an
aged citizen OF the county resident at
Woodlawn, and who died on Thursday OF
last week in his seventy second year, took
place ON Sunday last. Mr.. knights re-
mains were inferred at Hopewell Cemetery.
-Aunie Lewis aged twelve years,
daughter of Mr.. Joseph X. Lewis, died
at the residence of her parents, at Walnut
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illness of diptheria. Her funeral was held
Thursday morning, interment in Sharps
cemetery.
BENJAMIN Nieds as Solicitor for Austin
| w. Godell of Philadelphia has filed bill
in the United States Circuit Court at
| Wilmington Delaware, asking for the
| appointment of a receiver or receivers for
| the Theodore C. Kuauff Organ Company of
Newark Del.
On Thursday night of last week an
| Arab girl whose name was said to De Mary
Antonio was struck by a train and instantly
killed near Frenchtown in this county on
tha Port Deposit and Columbia Rail Road.
The emains were taken to Philadelphia for
interment by two male companions neither
of whom could speak English.
While the students of Wilson Female
College at Chambersburg Pa, were attend
| ing chapel services on Monday, thief
climbed up fire escape, entered the dormi.
tories, and secured a number of watches,
money and jewelry amounting in value to
about $1,000. The Misses Mary and
Cornne lamar of this town students
at Wilson College.
| Several boys of Rising Sun were fined
| by Magistrate Isaac Il. Taylor s. 90 as the
| cost of suit against them by MIR, j. ).
| Pogue, whose wagons they dragged into
the street and left there on Halloween
night. Possibly a similar proceeding i'll
other towns would put an end 10 such sport
| and expense of other people.
Mr.. d. Smith Talbot, who was the
recent Republican nominee for the State
| Senate III Chester county, Pa, has entered
suit against W. w. Polk, editor and pro-
| prietor of the Kenneth Square 4dcaace, for
alleged lbelous articles that appeared in
that paper Mr. Talbot is at present a
member of the Legislature from Chester
| county and is prominent member of the
| bar of that county.
Mr.. A. P. Shockley has informed us
that he has received from Messrs Henry
| Disston & Soas an order for 1900 turkeys
to be presented to their employees at
| Christmas. He pays cash upon the deliv
cry of the birds at Elkton, more advan
tageous manner of sale than sending them
to the cities. MIR. Shockley has pail out
over $4,000, since he beg Al buving turkeys
| for the Messrs DiSston.
The Sabbath School of Bohemia Manor
| will give an entertainment consisting of
music, recitations, dialogues, tableaux, etc.
| in Bethesda NJ. f. Church, near CayO:t's
| Corner, Wednesday evening, Novem Der 49,
exercises commencing promptly at $50.
An interesting programme has been pre-
pared Admission, % cents; children, 10
| cents II the weather should prove unfav-
! orable ii will be given the first clear evening
AT a meeting of the Singerly Steam
| Fire Engine and Hook and Ladder Com
pany held in their room in the town coun-
Gil hall on Tuesday evening, after some
discussion as 10 the rela tive merits of
several hook and ladder trucks, it was
decided by a vote of eleven to ten to pur-
| chase a machine of Messrs Gleason and
Bailey of New York for $500. 1t is eX-
pected that the new truck can be ready for
use by the first of January.
Tue many friends of Rev. w. w.
Reese, the pastor of the Presbyterian
Church at Port Deposit regret very much
that he has been compelled to tender bis
resignation, because OF sickness. Mr..
| Reese never fully recovered from the It
tack of la grippe, and he is suffering from
nervous prostration. Mr.. Reese accepted a
call from the Presbyterian Church there
little more than year ago, coming from
Sweet Air, Baltimore county.
William Smith Campbell of Chester
county Pa, who has recently figured
cOnspicUously in the Circuit Court OF this
county in "a suit for SANDER against Mr..
Job Haines, and who has been presented for
perjury and suboruation of perjury at the
September term, was arres ed ON Thursday
the 9TH inst by the sheriff, and discharged
upon giving security for $1,000, for his
appearance at the December Term of Court.
At hearing on Monday of last week
before Squire Hudson at Hopewel, Chester
county, Pa, on complaint of job HaInes of
Rising Sun against a. c. Cooper and w.
Smith Campbell of West Nottingham
Township, for testi:ying falsely in the suit
of Campbell VS.. Hanes, IN the Circuit
Court for this county, VIM. j. Campbell
testified that short time before the burn
ing of VIM. Whitman's barn in February
1886, VIM Smith Campbell had offered him
$50 to fire said barn.
Amateur as well as professional astron-
omers are getting their instruments ready
in anticipation of the total eclipse of the
f moon which will take place to morrow
(Sunday) night. This eclipse which IL the
| first of its kind since 1874, will not occur
, again until 1909 This time the eclipse Will
, be observable over the whole of the United
3 States, which is in the part of the earth at
f that time turned away from the sun. In
= the Western States the eclipse will com
mence before sunset In this vicinity,
| however, the moon will be well above the
5 horizon before it enters the earth's shade W q.
t The various points of progress OF the moon
e during the eclipse will enable astronomers
g to see and photograph the topography of
4 the orb, It's mountains and valleys being
: strongly marked. The amateur photo.
4 grapher has practically come into existence
n since the last total eclipse of the moon, and
= next Sunday he viii! have a great oppor-
o tunity if favored by a clear sky Pre-
t vioUsly, astronomers have been encum-
$ bered with wct-plate and other old-fash.
d toned Photographic appliances. Now how
k ever, the plates and cameras have been
N brou ubt 10 srIrI, uprfgCtiQu that reTpa hi .