The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1891-07-11
ELKTON. JULY II. 1891.
&LOgAL DEPARTMENT. y

Insure your property with Manly
Dreppeu. 5,l6tf
For rent The drug store at Perryville
apply to DR.. George Stump Perryvlle
Cecil Co. Md.
Manly Drennen insures live stock
against fire and lightning in first class
companies at low rates. 5,16tf
You can buy good tan at Mrs. L. II.
Litzenb erg's from cents to S1.00 Il piece
lovely things at low prices.
For REST-A four room house, with
immediate possession. Inquire of Marks
Lieberman in the Hollow.
WIN Il. Reyu bids, Mddletown, Del :,
has fine line of busters and fly nets as
well as hand made harness for sale.
A. L Duyckinck s. Co., are building
new store room at their warehouse at
Rising Sun. It's dimensions are IS By 60
feet.
Mr.. j. NJ. C Cahart, Zion, had large
display of fireworks and a big dinner in
honor of Miss Frances Cahart 1t Rochester
N. Y.
When you visit Baltimore, stop at tn
Maltby House, where will be found first
lass accommodations and exceedingly low
rates. Mchi Tiff
The Rev Isaac Jewell and j 5. Willis
will officiate at the laying of the corner
stone of Port Penn Methodist Episcopal
Church to morrow.
Among the list of successful candidates
at the teachers examination at oxford, Pa +,
we notice the name of Miss Fannie Mahouey
OF Bay View, Md
MIR and Mrs. Johu C. Booth of Phila-
delphia, and Miss Saliio Miller, teacher of
Zion public school, are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. D. S l. lcy at Atlantic City, \. j.
The railroad station at Rising San has
been closed on account of the family of 5.
w. Lewis, who occupies the building as a
dwelling, having scarlet fever. The oGiCe
has been moved to the freight house.
Miss Annie NJ. Speakman who has
friends in this county, and who has had
charge of the Presbyterian mission school
at Los Vegas, New Mexico, is spending her
vacation at Kenneth Square, Chester county,
Pa.
The West Nottingham Academy grad
yates of the class of 81 were T 3 Shannon
Alfred G. Fsssitt and G. o. Gillespie The
receiver of medal for obtaining the highest
average in his classes throughout the year,
j. F. Kirk.
We are indebted TO Mr.. John Z. Cooling
son of ex Sheriff Benoni Cooling of this
county, who is located at Rice's Station,
Benton county, Minnesota, for copy of
"Ramble in w onderland,'' a handsomely
illustrated volume, descriptive Of the mar
velous region traversed by the Northern
Pacific Railroad.
The Delaware Commissioners 10 the
Worlds Fair have accepted Architect L
L. Rice, Jr.'s plans for the Delaware Build
ing, and missioners T. b. Smith,
George w. Emory and Robert w. Reynolds
will go to Chicago to select site. The
house will be of native wood, so by GO feet,
two stories high and will cost $1,000.
-Brickley and Mccullough will run the
only excursion by water to Colchester
from these parts on Tuesday July 2lst
leaving the wharf at Port Deposit at 8
o'clock. you want to spend one more of
those enjoyable days at the Beach, do not
fail to be on hand, as the Emma Giles is
competent and will take you all. SO come
and 60. 3w
Mr.. James Cochran, prominent ciu-
zen of Abingdon district, Hartford county
died suddenly on Monday morning. He
had been engaged in narrowing buckwheat
and mplainiDg of feeling SICK lay down
in the shade. His brother, VIM. Cochran,
who at work in the field, was call ed to bin
but before he could reach the spot Mr..
Cochran was dead. He was seventy four
years of age and unmarried.
Capt. j. 7. Jones left at the WING
office this week the finest samples of Early
Rose potatoes we have seen in Ekton this
season. They We're grown on Malvern
Jones' truck patch at Elk Landing by
George w. Roberts. He used Scott's Com
pound Fertilizer and Mr.. Roberts attributes
their fine growth to this manure of which
he used at the rate of twelve hundred
pounds to the acre. While the potatoes are
large they are also shapely and plump,
running uniform in size, and showing few
cuttings to the yield Ct marketable vege-
tables.
Mrs. r. C.. Duncan, whose husband
K. C. Duncan. of Washington, ID. c., is
shortly TO be placed on trial, charged with
murderously assaulting her at Bettws y
Coed, Wales, on May IL last, by beating
her over the held with a stone, has almost
entirely recO vered from the effects of the
Injuries she received. Mrs. Duncan has
made statement of the circumstances
connected with the affair, which statement
has been forwarded to the treasury depart
ment for use at the coming trial Mrs
Duncan, in her statement, declares that
she has no recollection of what occurred at
the time when it Is charged her husband
assaulted her.
On Friday night, the 3rd INST cyclone
passed over st. Inigoe's village st. Mary :
county Md. in which a number of Catholic
Students were lodging. 1t was followed in
few moments by a branching rain, which
burst through the roof of the villa. TIT
scholastics who were asleep On the top floor
were awakened by the rain pouring i'll OF
them, and made hastily preparations fol
moving their cots to dry quarters They
were in all parts of the room when blind
ing flash of lightning cut through the apart
nent. After the shock seven of the youn!
men were lying on the floor. Investigation
showed that Messrs. Lamb, Holden ant
Walters had been killed outright Thos
injured were Daniel Quinn, New York
Joseph Woods, Philadelphia; Mr.. Rnley,
St. Mary's county, Md, and Mr.. Nearey
who have been brought to Baltimore 70
treatment. The young men who were in
iured are now fully recovered except Mr.
Nearey. A singular incident is that al
the young men who were killed were j
different parts of the room. Others wer
grouped about them in conversation, bu
escaped injury. The house was bail
damaged. In three minutes after the acct
dent the clouds rolled away and til
heavens were filed with stars. The schol
astics were very sad over the affa ir.