The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1891-02-14

There VIII be preaching at Balu"lh
Chapel tomorrow Sunday afternoo
at 3 o'clock by the Rev. T. b. Hunter.
The parlor comedy 1.-The Jack Tcust
recently given in the parlors of Mrs. DE
John II. lamar was repeated on Monday a
Mrs. Mary E Tull's.
Rev. VIM. Schouler, of Elkton. vii
ID. W administer the Holy Commurio
in the church of the Good Shepherd, Chesa
peake City next Sunday at IL a. m.
The subject of Rev. Charles Hill
sermon at the Elkton NJ. +. Church or
Sunday morrow morning will b
"Christ the hiding place" In the evening
"Absalom, the fast young man"
james Warters who lives near CEesa
peake City was lodged in Jail on Sunda!
morning by Constable Carpenter chsrg'
with the larceny of chickens from Mr.
George Derickson Noticed in last week.
issue of the WING.
Abraham Wilson and Jack Rice two
colored gentlemen of Sullivanistic proper
stiles had DrSsoRal encounter on Monday
fists and empty bottles being the instru
meuts of attack and defence. They were
arrested by Deputy Sheriff Mackey, and
were fined each one dollar and costs by
Justice Partridge for disorderiy conduct.
Miss Ellen Barrol gave an enjoyable
progressive Whist party to large number
of her friends on Tuesday evening. Among
the ladies the honors of the game were won
by Mrs. w. A. Mitchell Mrs. Holly Mack
all, and Miss Maggie Giipin. Messrs
Daniel Brattou, John S. Writ, and l..
Marshall Haines took the gentlemen Z
prizes.
| Mrs Ann Brown, widow of the late
John Brown, died at her home, near Colora
on Thursday last, in the S4th year of her
age after lingering illness OF heart disease.
| She was a daughter of the late Tobias Pc
terson and was born near Fair Hill. She
united with the Methodist Episcopal
| Church in early girhood, and was for
nearly two generations a member of Mount
Pleasant church. Her funeral took place
at Mount Pleasant last Sunday.
-SylmaI in this county expects i boom"
Messrs. w. G.. West and 5. L Denny have
purchased from James Vansant a plot of
building ground containing several acres,
close to the station, which they will at once
lay out in lots and sell to parties who
want to be in at the start of the embryo
City of Symar. Dwellings, stores, bust.
ness establishments, Sc, are to be erected.
Mr.. Denny will soon break ground for the
erection of big building to which he will
remove his skewer and cart factory.
There has been con siderable talk in
Smyrna since the death of Col. George w.
Cummins, over his last will. Mr.. Cum
minis owned eight nice farm besides con-
siderable town property. Upon his death
his will disclosed that fact that he had left
it all to his wife, his two daughters and
nephew. To mis- wife he beeueathed the
home farm and stock in fee simple and his
town property; to each of his daughters he
left three farms for their life time with float
ing Indebtedness of about So, 900 and to his
nephew, a son of Mr.. A, G. Cummins, a
farm. His sons Walter and George he has
cut entirely off.
The exhibition of the North East
public school on the 2lst inst under Prof
George S. Mattingly, promises to be one of
unusual excellence 1t will consist of dIa-
logues, readings, recitations, drills, Calls
thenic songs and exercises, instrum entail
and vocal music, Geography Bee etc. Prof
E p. Prettyman, Principal of State Nor
nal School has accepted an invit alton to be
present. The county school board has
been invited. There will be solos, duets,
trios, quartets and choruses. Among the
dialogues are can Indian raid, The ex-
pected visitors, THE Matrimonial adver-
tisement," and ''The train to Mauro". No
effort will be spared to make it the best
ever given by the School.
While lady of Elkton was entertain
ing a number of friends one evening this
week, one gentleman of the party, took the
precaution to remove his buffalo robe from
his carriage to the porch of the lady's resi-
dence. In the meantime party of Elkton
boys intent on mischief, captured the robe,
and climbing friendly post deposited the
tempting piece of property on the porch
roof. On opening the shutters the next
morning the missing property was dis
covered The owner of the robe is an anna
BILE gentleman, but hasn't determined yet
what to do with the youngsters, whose
names he has con his list, and who cora
PEELED, him to drive home through the
chilly night air without his accustomed
wrapper.
The case Of the United States against
Thomas Delany, of Port Deposit, Md was
tried in the District Court of the United
States on Tuesday. He was charged with
doing retail business without payment of
the special tax. Thomas G. Hayes, his
counsel, upon the conclusion of the govern
ment's case. asked the court to instruct the
jury that the offence was shown to have
been committed two years before an in
dictment was found, and that under a re-
cent act of Congress, the limitation had
been changed from three years to two years.
The court granted Mr.. Hayes's request and
the verdict was not guilty. Caspar G. and
Charles Mohrlein, also from Port Deposit,
were also before the court on a similar
charge Ex-District Attorney Hayes de-
Tended them. They pleaded gui lty to an
Indictment charging them also with selling
manufactured tobacco without paying the
special tax and each was fined 500 and
costs and the liquor cases were dismissed.
james II. Piummer, one of the proprie-
tors of the Kent News, after short illness
died at his home, in Chestertown on We'd
nesday night, in his sixty sixth year. He
had been unwell, but not until Wednesday
Of last week did he retire to his bed and
summon medical attention. Ga Friday
the sym ptoms OF a severe case of pneumonia
had developed, and he rapidly grew worse
until the end came, on Tuesday. Mr..
Plummer was born in Kent county. He
learned his trade as printer in Centerville
after which he went to Baltimore and work
ed in job prilting office. He was volun-
teer in the Mexican war. In 1860 the late
irm of Plummer * Usilton was formed, and
and the first issue of the Kent News under
its new management was made November
l, since which time Mr.. Plummer has re-
manned associated with the paper as senior
editor He was an active member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, and for the
past twenty years has been trustee of the
church.
We take from the Lawrence Kansas
Journal the following notice of the late
Robert NJ. Osmond son the Rev. S. NJ Os-
mond of this town. Robert NJ. Osmond,
whose untimely death was announced in
the Journal of Jan. 26, was young IAN of
exceptional qualities. He came to Law
renee in 1879 and entered the freshman class