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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1891-08-22
Rev. Walter Il. Avery.

How this Elkton favorite is growing in
popular favor as a good and earnest man
and fearless and faithful minister of
the gospel is well attested by the follow
ing excerpt from the Wilmington Datiy
Republican Of August l4th, in its notes
of Brandywine Summit Camp:
LAST DAYS AFTERNOON SERMON
At 80 p m, Rev. Walter +. Avery,
of Mt. Salem church, Christiana hundred,
was announced to preach.
After singing and prayer, and the
taking up of collection, which Rev. L..
E. Barrett hoped would amount to 500,
Mr.. Avery announced as his text, the
first and second verses of the first chap,
ter of James, and the sermon he preach
ed was certainly one of the best that has
been heard on the camp ground for a
long time.
His chief effort was to fix upon the
minds of his hearers the necessity ID
conversion, the Importance of perseVer-
| ance in the service of Christ, the pos
session Of staying qualities, and the en-
| ioymeut of the reward that has been
prepared for the faithful from the foun-
| dat1oh of the world. There were many
| hearty amcns uttered by many tongues
in the large congregation that had lis
tened to him attentively fer the full hour
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1891-08-22
Death of General Mackan.

Brig Gen. " w Mackall OF the Con-
federate army, died at Langley, Fairfax
county, Va, last Wednesday. His death
was due to surgical operation in an
effort to remove a tumor. Gen. Mackall
was born in this county, at the wilma
homestead and was about "A years old E.
He was brother of DR.. L. G. Mackall.
He was a graduate of West Point, and
served with distinction in the Seminole
and Mexican wars. In the Mexican war
he was attached to the staff of General
break OF the civil war he held the rank
of major in the United States Army, and
Was stationed at San Francisco as assist
ant ad jutant general to the Department
of the Pacific. He resigned his commits
sion, and after tedious and difficult
journey reached Virginia and offered
During most of the civil war he was
attached to the Army of the Tennessee,
and served as chief of staff to Generals
Bragg. Albert Sydney Johnston, Joseph
E. Johnston, aud for a short while under
General Hood. When Gen. B. +. But
Ter was commissioned by the United
States government aud started South
with his army he asked that Major
Mackall be assigned to his staff as
aijutant general. The department., how
ever, had previously assigned Mayor
Mackall to the same position under
General Patterson in the Valley. His
resignation prevented him from obeying
this assignment. General Mackall leaves
widow and i've chidren-four sons and
one daughter.
His oldest son w. w. Jr., studied law
in the office of Elk Governor Groome in
| in EiktOn, and has been for my years
practicng with great sue Savannah
Ga.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1891-08-22
Mr.. Bye Denies any Purpose to
Decline.

The following letter has been received
by an Elkton friend of William T. Bye,
whom Democratic gossip had pronounced
an unwilling candidate.
FAIR HILL, August 17Ch, 1891.
DEAR SIR Yours of the 18th at
hand. Tho publication in the Cecil Ne~s
that | would not accept the nomination
is false. | never said anything of the
kind aud that was. put in PRINT before |
knew | was nominated. will willingly
accept :he nomination and use all hon
orable means to be elected. | was very
much urprised when | found l had been
timated any wish for the place. Ole of
the delegates said he understood | would
like to have the nomination for Clerk of
the Court I told him | did not want it
and would not have 1t if | thought
could get it. tIo then asked me if
would accept the nomination for Register
of Wills. The reply I made to that was,
you gentlemen delegates, whoever you
chance to be, should go to EIkton under
no instructions, aud | hope you will do
so, aud when you get there pick out the
| very hest men you can get out o! the
| offerings, and then | think you will do
| right | mentioned one man that |
understood was going to offer himself for
| Register, and made the remark that |
| thought he was first rate man and l
also mentioned one for Clerk of the
Court, and if | had been a delegate to
tho convention | should undoubtedly
| given them my support as long as there
was any chance for them. Yet | thank
the honorable delegates of that conyen-
tion for the honor conferred unasked for.
Yours very respectfully,
| w, T. BYE.
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Death of Thomas Ward.

Thomas Ward, twin brother of William
Ward, Esq, formerly very prominent in
CECIL affairs, and one time a mem Der of the
House of Delegate of Maryland, died at
his home, "Woodlawn," in Sassafras Neck,
Thursday night last, of general debility.
Mr.. Ward had been in failing health for
several years, and his death was not unsx-
pected. Mr.. Ward was the son of the Iate
Thomas V. Ward, and his wife, Mary Nc
Lane, who was a daughter of DR.. McLane,
of Wilmington, and niece of Hon. Louis
McLane, once Minister to England, L. 5.
Secretary of Treasury and Secretary of
State. Elk. Governor McLane was her first
cousin. Deceased was about forty four years
of age. His wife was Miss Henrietta Davis,
of Wilton, near Wye Mills. The funeral
service AMI intermeut will be at St.
Stephens Church, where the remains OF his
torefather's for many generations rest, to-
day at 80 a. IN.
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BRIDGE PROPOSALS.

PROPOSALS. WILL BE RECEIVED BY
the County Commissioners OF Cecil County
to he directed 10 them at their office in Elkton up
to 10 O'Clock, Il. m, ON TUESDAY, SEPTEM-
BIER Sth, 1891, Tor the building of a BRIDGE
over DawsOn'S Run, on the Blue Ball road near
Leeds in the Third election district; abutments of
large, sound one and two man stone, sixteen feet
long two feet In thickness, five feet high above
the bed of the stream and faced on one side, the
wing walls each side to be built OF the same
class of stone, twelve feet long, measuring from
the back OF the abutmentS two feet thick where
they InterSeUt the abutments and eighteen inches
at the outer end to be seven feet high at the
abutment with fall of one inch to the foot, the
abutments to be sixteen feet between the face
walls and to be covered on top with two inch
whiteoak plank.to receive the seepers. FOunda-
ton to be carried down TO firm gravel far enough
below the stream to be secure from scour, to be
level and to be subject TO the inspection of the
commissioners or their agent before the masonry
is commenced, the mortar to be made of any
approved brand OF American hydraulic cement,
euual parts of good clean cOwSs AMI and cement
to be used. The sleepers to be six in number OF
OF whteOak or chestnut, 20 feet in length,
and to dress not less than six inches at
the small end; the flooring TO be II feet long and
two inches thick whteoak plank clear of sap and
to have substantial railing on each side, of
white oak material. The Commissioners reserve
rig hit to reject any all bids,
G. H. SMITH,
a22tf Clerk to the County Commissioners.
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Record Breaking.

The ocean greyhound Teutonic Cap.
tain Irving of the White Star Line has
still further lowered the record in ocean
steam navigation. Last Wednesday she
arrived at New York, after having
smashed all previous records with phe-
nomenal run of days, 16 hours and 81
minutes, from Roche's Point, Queens.
town, to the Sandy Hook lightship.
The best run previous to this splendid
performance was made by the Majestic
on the 9Th of this month, when she ar
rived off Sandy Hook in 5 days, IS hours
and minutes from Queenstown. Be-
fore that, days, 10 hours and Is minutes
had been the record, held by the Inman
steamer City of Paris since August %,
1882
This is list of steamers which have
broken the ocean record since the tran
sa tlantic lines began to call at Queens
town for their mails in 1866, the time
always being reckoned from the moment
the steamers passed the Roche Light, at
at Queenstown, until they arrived off the
Sandy Hook lightship:-
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Hucl< shot War.

A shooting altray, which will in all
probability result in murder, occurred
Thursday morning near Rock Springs, in
this county, near the Pennsylvania line.
The man who it is supposed did the
shooting is Frank Jordan and his victim
is Harry Wright. In the same house
with him live Jordaus brothers and soy
eral women.
For some time the neighbors have
been trying to run them out of the
ueighborhood On "Wednesday evening
| Frank Jordan went to the store at Rock
Springs, but before he had made his
purchase he was run away by a plumber
of Young men led by Harry Wright, a
reputable young man, whose home is in
Little Britain township, in Lancaster
country, Pa, and but a short distance
from the store. AS jordan ran away he
threatened vengeance upon the crowd
but only passing notice was given to the
threats. 1t was not long after this event
that one of the women from the house
| came to the store.
Not much attention was paid to her,
aud when she left the store she took
with her package OF gunpowder and a
pound of large sized buckshot. Nothing
more occurred that night. Thursday
morning young Wright, on his way to
work, had to pass the Jordan house
When near the place Frank Jordan
came out of the house and emptied a full
charge of buckshot from gun into his
side. Some of the shot passed entirely
through his body. With difficulty
Wright succeeded in dragging himself to
the nearest farm house, where he now
lies in precarious condition. The ply
stefan says his injuries will, in all ikeli-
hood, prove fatal. All the occupants of
the Jordan house We're arrested.
At hearing before Justice Cummings
of the Eighth district the facts as above
were ELECTED, and Frank Jordan was
committed to Jail to await the result of
Wright's wound. Sheriff Boyd who
brought Jordan to prison reports Wright's
condition as favorable to recovery.
When Frank Jordan had been COM
mitted to Jail he made complaint before
Justice Comegys that he had been viol-
emily assaulted by William Riley, Jr.,
and William Pearce, Justice Cummings |
fined each of them SO and cost, which
they refused to pay aud tue sheriff |
brought them to Jail with Frank.
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A Tragedy in Somerset County.

A cool blooded murder and suicide
occurred at Kings creek, station on
the New York, Philadelphia and Nor
folk railroad Friday afternoon of last
week, in which one colored man slew
another and deliberately killed himself.
Thomas Wallace, his wife, and James
Maddox, alias Tull, lived in a small
| house, with two rooms within sight of
| Kings creek, both men had always been
| great friends and had lived together
eight years.
Friday afternoon man named johnson
came over TO see the two men, and to
| get Maddox, who was a barber to cut
bis hair. While johnson was in the chair
| Wallace said that he wanted to be shaved,
and was told alright, and to get his razor.
| Wallace said: have been looking for it
| all day and cannot find it, and l have
also missed some of my papers and
books, and want to tell you, Jim, I'm
getting tired of you having so many
women around here, and if you don't
stop it will make you: l don't care a
d-n for you or any other man.
| Immediately Maddox, went up stairs
and came back with pistol in his hand
Wallace was standing at the front door
facing Johnson.
Maddox then placed the pistol in his
pocket and crossed the room picking up
an axe.
Nothing had been said since Wallace's
speech, aud without a word, Maddox
walked within two feet of Wallace, who
never moved, aud, without one word of
warning or without the slightest indica-
tion OF what he intended to do, Maddox
raised the axe and let it come down with
full force on Wallace's head, the force
being so great as to drive the blade OF
the axe up to the handle. Wallace fell
his full length out on the ground. Mad
dox still holding to the handle of the
axe, walked out the door, and setting
it up along side of the house, took the
pistol from his pocket and said to John
| SOuJ WHO uau never IuOFeu !IOin LIS
seat: Pete, am going to kill myself.
| am Eever going to have it said that the
gallows broke my neck, and | know |
will be hung"
Johnson jumped up, grabbed the pistol
in Maddox's hand, and told him not to
do it. After quite tusSle Maddox
finally got the pistol free, and pointing ii
at johnson, told him to stand back, and
if he did not he would shoot him too.
Maddox then walked to the corner OF
the house, aud putting the pistol to his
breast, said: Good bye, Pete, | am
gone!" Immediately he pulled the trig
ger of the pistol and fell to the ground.
He died instantly, the ball going directly
to the heart. Wallace lived until late
hour Friday night, when be also died.
Saturday morning a coroner's jury
was held and the following verdict was
found:
Thomas Wallace, colored, came to
his death from a blow on the head, by
an axe in the hands of James Maddox,
alias Tull, colored, and James Maddox
came to his death by wound caused by
a pistol ball, by the hand of himself.
Both men were buried in the same
grave Saturday afternoon.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1891-08-22

Pennsylvania, and its air aud water is
celebrated, for purity and healthfulness.
Excursion tickets, including one day.
board at the Mountain House, will be sold
Baltimore, IS 90, Washington S. 90, and AT
prupurtiui.ttoly low t"tes from al pripci-
pal stations on the Pennsylvania System
east of Harrisburg. They will he valid for
ten days. A special train will leave Phila
delphia At 10 40 a. m, and tickets will be
accepted for usage on all regular trains
of the date named connecting with the
special at Philadelphia or Harrisburg.
This will undoubtedly prove one of the
choicest trips of the late summer.
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Delightful Pleasure Tour to ALE
gheny Mountains and Creson
Springs,

In order to afford the public an oppor-
tunity of visiting the celebrated pleasure
and health resort of Cresson Springs the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company Will, ON
Tuesday, August eth, run a personally
conducted pleasure tour to Gresson. Stu
ted on The summit of the Alleghenies. Ores
son is one of the most attractive mountain
resorts of the land 1t is surrounded by
the most romantic scenery of Western
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1891-08-22

The Elkton club easily defeated the
Reserves of the the Athletic Club of the
Schuy!kill Navy, Philadelphia, Wednes-
day Afternoon, on the Elkton fair
grounds, by score of six to two. Hawke
and Green wero the battery Tor Elkton,
while Emerson aad HUMPHREYS covered
the points for the vi 0rs. Elkton secu e /
eight hits ami suffered seven strike outs
as against three hits and nineteen strike
outs for the Reserves. Ha@ke pitched a
skilllul game, and was well supported by
the whole team. Score
EkkTNN ACS n RESERVE.
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Mrs. RardIng's Death and Burial

On Sunday evening, July 10Th, Mrs.
Susan Harding, wife of William w. Hard
ing, residing near Mechanics Valley, left
her home to search for "A turkey that had
strayed in the woods adjoining her home.
As she did not return, her husband became
alarmed and early on Monday morning
called in his neighbor, Mr.. j. IL. Mahoney,
who at once organized searching party.
The search resulted in finding the untor-
tunate lady in the woods, about one hun
cred yards from home. She was dead when
found and had apparently been dead for
some hours. She had been suffering from
heart disease, which no doubt caused her
death. She was buried on the following
Thursday and her funeral was largely at
tended. She was sixty three years of age.
Mrs. Harding was most estimable lady, a
kind friend and neighDor, consistent
memb Der of the Union NJ. Il. Church and
highly esteemed by all who knew her. The
funeral sermon was preached by Mr.. VIM.
t. Miller and the pail bearers were al
uepLews of the deceased. The intermeni
was at the GENE, cry at the Union Church.
New Castle is troubled with youthful
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1891-08-22

John n. Spencer, after mercantile
life in Havrc de Grace dating from his
boyhood, has determined to seek another
field for the exercise Of his energy and
ability, and viii remove, ~ an early
date, TO Hagerstcwn, where in partner
ship with j. Swami Everist, of Port
Deposit, he will conduct large mercan
tile operations.-Er.
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,CORE EY INNINGS

SCORE EN INNINGS:
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Vt
ACS N............ 0 0 . l ! . u:
Earned runs-EIkton, >. Two base hitS-Per
kins = Cassidy, Horter Double play-Perkins
and Cassidy Purviance and Blake. Struck out
by Hawke IL. EverSon :. Passed balls Greene
= HUMPHREYS l. Hit by ptchet hall-EverSon.
Umpircs-Stokes and Camll. Time hours.
To day the Elkton club plays the
return game with the Aberdeen team
Cunningham aud Hardie, ex Baltimore
players, will be Aberdeen's battery VS.
Hawke aud Plummer for EIkt0u. This
will be one of the most exciting games
of the season and large attendance is
expected.
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which he occupied, and Presiding Elder
Murray said to those who stood around
him That is powerful preaching"
The congregation then sang, II have
anchored my soul in haven of rest"
and after prayer and singing another
hymn Ur two the heuedlction was pro-
nounced and the congregation dismissed.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1891-08-22

The racss at the Gentlemen's Driving
Park were the best given in this vicinity
for some time, the attendance being
about 500. In the $50 class, Red Cedar
and Fred tied in the fifth heat, but
Fred's owner, Mr.. Pleasanton, refused to
trot another, claiming to have won the
fourth. Summary:
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The Committees.

The following was inadvertently and
unaccountably omitted from the report
of convention proceedings in tho last
issue of the WING
COUNTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
LIST, district John w. Taylor ; Pad dis
trict, Walter Buckwith 3rd district,
d. Davis, Townsend Poole and RDbert
Mckaue; / til district, Thomas p. Dale
9TH district, John d. a brahams, 9th die.
trict, d. w. McNey; Isl district, NJ. l.
Oliver; Sth district, J. N. Kennard ; Oh
district, j. H. England.
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
Harry VI. Davis, II. NJ. Mccullough,
S. d. Mccullough, aud DR.. L. r. XIX
were named as the State Central Com
mittee.
DELEGATES To STATE CONVENTION.
Jacob Tome, John Il. Bond, j. w.
Falls and John L. Wilson, were named
as delegates to the State Convention to
be held at Ocean City, August 9th.
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Exemption from Town Taxes
FOR 10 YEARS..

The Board of Trade of Elkton will convey land
in the town free to any responsible Manufacturing
firm or corporation who will locate manufac-
urng plant upon the same; and the town
authorities will exempt such plant and land from
taxes for ten years.
Water works will be constructed in the town
this summer.
The climate is healthy. Labor is abundant.
The town is within 20 minutes by rail ri Phila.
delphia and So minutes OF Baltimore over the
Philadelphia, Wilmington ard Baltimore rail
road Also good water communication to either
Philadelphia or Baltimore.
Population over > 500.
Churches and excellent schools.
Address all communicate IS to
IL. b. FRAZER,
Secretary Board of Trade,
Elkton, Md
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RECORD OF PUBLIC DRUNK
ENNESS.
FRIDAY.

In the afternoon, drunken row occurred
on North street, one man dubbed on the
head, while another was chased by the
crowd out of town where he made his
escape in a corn field.
Evening-A man who has spent much of
his time in Jail of late, drunk Oh Main
street.
A large number of men drunk ON the
streets.
Evening-A fight on Main street between
noted barreniter and a saloon keeper, both
arrested and held under bond for their APP
pearance for hearing on Monday morning
Late at night, a drunken and noisy crowd
on Main street, escaped arrest by running.
a drunken man on East High street,
swearing and disturbing the entire neigh
borhood.
SUNDAY.
Two men at Farr Creek with Jug of
rum, drunk and down all day.
A party down the river drunk, one fell
over board and was rescued with difficulty
MONDAY.
A large number of DRINKS.
Saloon keeper who was rrested Saturday
tried, fined s. and costs So, am bunting to
$40 Barreniter fined with costs 81 both paid
fines in afternoon.
Late at night a man drunk marched up
the middle of Main ST., talking loud enough
10 awaken nearly every one on the street.
Another man taken home entirely help
less by two friends.
TUESDAY.
In the afternoon two men from the
country, had to be lifted into their wagons
ard taken home, where they raised G. eat
disturbance.
WEDNESDAY.
Early Wednesday morning big row on
Water street, two shots fired.
A number of noted characters drunk on
the streets, during the day.
In the evening the parties who were
fighting and shooting early IN the morning
were arrested, tried and two of them sem
fenced to the House of Correction, for a
term of six months.
TUESDAY.
Old Conservation" drunk again and
hauled home in a wagon by friend. A man
drunk and down on pile of lumber on
Bow street.
Another man fell on North street helped
mn nv a friend
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BASE BALL.


The Elkton club or tho Mighty Elk
tons" as termed by Baltimore paper,
visited that city Saturday last, and
play ell I"sug game with the PAstlme
club. The latter club had been materi
ally braced through the signing of
Warmsley, who proved to be formid-
able rival for Hawke. The game was
closely contested, ard several brilliant
plays were made on both sides, notice
able plays OF our side being made by
Gibson. Hawke secured fourteen strike
outs, and suffered five hits to Warm
sley's two. Four errors were made on
both sides. The game was due to Elkton
being outbatted. The score follows:
ELklON. PASIIAIES
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ADMINISTRATORS SALE
OF
LeasGlOld Property.
BY virtue of an order of the Orphans Court for
Cecil County, the undersigned will sell
On Saturday, August 29th, 81
AT IL O'CLOCK, A. NJ

At Milers Hotel in Port Deposit, Md, ALL
LEASEHOLD INTEREST IN LOT OF
LAND OF which Henry Jones, fate of Cecil
county, died seized being the same lot conveyed
to Henry tones by Ann Archer by deed dated
r.. No. = folio go, etc one of the Land Record
Books of Cecil county aforesaid, for the term OF
ninetynine years renewable forever, subject to the
yearly rent of ten dollars, said lot being situated
in the town of Port Deposit, Nd on the north
side OF the old Still House road now called
Cedar Street" and having front OF SO ieet on
said street near to adjoining the lands oil J. j.
Buck. John Little and others.
The improvements consist OF GOOD @
nNIT Ri I, TWO STORY lul
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SCORE BY INNING:

PaStImeS.............. - . 3 U U Ca
Two base hits-CummiugS >, Pummer. First
base on errorS-PaStmG ), ElktOn >. First base
on balls-E.ktOn /. Lett on hases-EktOn l.
Pastime 8. Struck out-By Hawke IL Warmsley
s. Double play-CiibSOn, Bartlett and Neavitt.
Passed balls-H. Hawke rIummer l, Foster =
Wild pitcn-Warmsley. Stolen baseS-PaStime
q, Elklon = Time-l.I5 Umpires-R. Oldham
and George HOrSey.
The Elkton club vanquished the
Eagle Tips of Havre de Grace, on the
Elkton fair grounds last Saturday. The
game was uninterestlug, being too one
sided for ElktOn, and resulted IN score
of fifteen to three.
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TUESDAY.

Old Conservation" drunk again and
hauled home in a wagon by friend. A man
drunk and down on pile of lumber on
Bow street.
Another man fell on North street helped
up by a friend.