The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1891-07-25

-Mr John A. Rankin, one OF our ".de>
citizens is very unwell.
r -Rev. William Schouler will hold SERVE
: in the Andora school house tomorrow
Sunday, at 3 p. III.
; -Found-a linked bracelet with loo
attached. Owner can have same by calm
upon DIR. j. IL. lamar.
A horse belonging to MIR. Wm. Walter
) of this town, was quite severely injured On
lay this week, while hauling stone.
-Rev. j. w TambIyn, will occupy th
pulpit of the Free Methodist Church I
morrow afternoon Sunday at ) o'clock.
A calf owned by John Reagan, Twin
on the McIntire farm on the subuI lbs O
Elkton, was badly injured by a dog thi
week.
Go to Frank kerr's for your clothing
He has honest prices and sticks to them
and will not charge you Sl3 for what cost
him 81.
Rev. r. Day Cantwell will preach !
missionary sermon to morrow, Sunday
morning at 10 80 o'clock, in Baldwin,
chapel.
The Elkton and Persons Grove Sun
day Schools united in picnic at Holly Hail.
Wednesday. 1t proved very enjoyable
day, for all in attendance.
The Rev, William w. IIebertou, o,
| Philadelphia, preached last Sunday, IL
the Presby terrain Church, Newark, Del,
both morning and evening.
-Brickley and Mccullough gave an
excursion from Port Deposit 30 Colchester
Beach, on the steamer Emma Giles Tues
day. over 200 tickets were sold.
-Trusiy and Browns colored MINISTRIES
| will give il performances at Porter's hall,
| Cherry Hill, July 18th, under the manage
ment of Messrs f. 5. Lewis and c. Il.
Spe' &C.
A feminine organic ltiou of base bail
players, called the Chicago Black Stockings
is announced to appear in contest with the
Elkton base ball club at the fair grounds
this afternoon.
Mrs. Black, widow of the late Esquire
DldCh, VI bIhNSp"b i'SA' AhNA INV 'hi't'''''
of the famous Worcester Academy, OF Wor
cester, Mass, is the guest of friends in Elk
ton aud vicinity.
The new house of Miss Nary Wamsley
which is i'll course of erection on East Main
street. has been planned with water pipes,
which will be in readiness to be attached
tc the street man.
-Sallie Wilson colored daughter of the
once famous Joe Pood, died Thursday noon
from cholera morbus, as a result Of too
mu h fruit eaten at the picnic at Holly
Hall, Wednesday.
A force of workmen under BaiHtf
Boulder, are now engaged i'll cleaning the
streets. They havr finished a Culvert at
the Episcopal Church, and are now build
ing one on West High street.
Rev. Giles b. Cook, who for the past
two years has been rector of Christ Church,
Denton, has accepted call from St Mary
AIMS Parish North East district. He Of
ticiated at North East last Sunday.
Mrs. Ellen Whitridge, wife of John y.
Whitriige of Baltimore, and sister u the
late w. Ward Henderson of thi. town, died
IN Thursday at her summer home in
Howard county near Relay Station.
"A Farmers Institute" under the aus
pices of Cecil Grange, No. 3, will be h Ia on
the Woodlawn camp or unds September , l
and 3d. Several eminent speakers will he
present and deliver addresses on various
farm topics.
The Chicago Black Stockings" an
aggregation of female base ball players, ex-
pect to cross bats with the Elkton club Al
the fair grounds this afternoon. No doubt
a big crowd will be attracted by the anoma.
lous spectacle.
"A serious accident happened to Alfred
Kay an employe at Baldwin's Mills last
week. AS he was working about vat of
scaldipg liquor he fell and one of his feet
entered the liquid, sCa(ding him badly.
DIR. Whitaker has besn attending him
daily.
1t is not generally known that 'rooHg
horse is now browsing in the pasture OF a
farm two miles West of Elkton. Some pro.
nounce him the vertable woolly horse of
Freemont-Barnum fame. Whether so or
not, the creature is a curiosity well worth
seeing.
The meeting held by Jonathan +.
Rhoads and Joseph E. Elkinton, ministers
of the Society of Friends from Wilmington,
Del, was a novelty in this town. The
h., a
prayers and it was conducted in the regular
Quaker manner.
The doom OF the Elkton fair is only an
other case of too much pork for a shilling"
1t was a big enterprise, literally yet pru-
IDENTIFY managed, but it is rather much to
ask of the elements compensation for such
necessary outlay in the brief annual space
of a half a week.
detective Jeffries, of West Chester, Pa,
passed through Elkton, MonGay, in search
of two youthful horse thieves, aged 16 aud
IS years respectively, who were accused of
stealing a horse, buggy and harness They
were arrested in Delaware City that even
ing, having registered at the Delaware
SlJY HOLtI as lJlDCt DTbIueG6y "a w IL
mington.
1t is now understood that the proposed
new railroad to extend from Singerly's
mills to Quarryville will be constructed
next fall, and that branch from Siugerly
station, on the Baltimore * Ohio line, to
Singerly's mills, distance of three miles,
will be built at once. Ii was the intention
to run it through to Oxford, but this has
been deferred until fall
1t is generally admitted that the mar
velous result of stopping prize fight in st.
Pau, last Wednesday evening, between
FitZsimmons and Hall, in which probably
a hundred thousand dollars was at stake,
is chiefly due to the persistence OF Capt j.
Z Noyes, a brother of our friend Enoch, of
this county. The Mayor of the city wanted
the fight to 80 on and went a fishing. The
Governor of the state wanted it TO 90 on,
but Capt. Noyes of the Law and Order
League said no, and il didn't go on.
The young men having charge of the
races at Middletown, Del, next Wednesday
afternoon, July Goth, have completed the
arrangements for n number of interesting
trials of speed. DR.. j. c. McCoy's "Gipsy
Cir" , pa, and "Fascination, the Won
derful three year old, have been entered,
besides numerous other well SnoN II trotters.
r T. c. Crouch, of the Elkton Stock arm,
has .entered Sonnet" 45, and "E reka"
a three year old, and Manly Drennen will
send Dixie. The Middletown band will
iscourse music during the racing. There
will also be a special race between Morris
\. and Gypsy Girl.
Enjoyable Dance at Chesapeake e.
The young men of Chesapeake City