The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1891-04-11

| Conference, WHICH mas Dteu III soSoioh III
Baltimore, closed on Wednesday. The Rev.
Henry w. ID. johnson of Bay View in this
county was ordained an cid er, and the Rev
j. b. Jones returned to Cecil.
Joseph w. McVey, who has been carry
ing on the painting business at Zion and
North East, Md, intends to remove TO
Ridgeway, Elk county, Pa, about the
middle of April, where he will engage IN
the business with his brother, w. 5. McNey.
| Mrs. Margaret Simpson, wife of Mr..
John Simpson of this vicinity, died at her
home on Saturday afternoon last in her
fifty first year. Her remains were inferred
in the NJ. E. Church Cemetery at Cherry
Hill on Wednesday, the Rev. I. B. Hunter
officiating.
AT the town L ,eting held last Friday
evening Messrs Jonn L. Alexander and F.
| P. Price were renominated by reclamation
as candidates for Town Commissioners.
They are capable and faithful officials, and
| it is scarcely probable that their re election
will be contested.
Mr.. William Balderston, son of Mr..
Lloyd Balderston and younger brother OF
| George Baderston the well known florist
and Prohibitionist of this county has pur-
chased a controlling interest in the Aspen
| Times, a daily newspaper of Colorado. He
is a writer of ability.
AT a meeting of the Vestry of Trinity
Parish, held on Monday, Messrs. Alfred
Wetherill and John S. Writ were chosen
Senior and Junior Wordens respectively
John Partridge, Registrar; John S. Writ,
Treasurer, and DIR. r. G. Mackall, Lay
Delegate to Diocesan Convention, with
John S. Writ as alternate.
The friends of the Cecil County Agri-
cultural Society are notified that the post
poued meeting of the stockholders will be
| held on Tuesday next, the 1ith inst 1t is
very important meeting and it is very
necessary that there should be fel
attendance of the stockholders as we'll as all
those interested in the continuance OF the
| fairs.
Mr.. Robert C. Lewis the well known
merchant of this town received on Saturday
| by wire the intelligence of the death OF his
| sister-iu.law, Mrs. Lewis the wife of his
elder brother William, which occurred IN
Dayton Ohio, early on that morning.
William Lewis is the oldest son of the late
Norris Lewis. and has been resident num-
her of years in Dayton.
The case of the petition of the National
Marine Bank Of Baltimore against Thorn as
and Wilson Waripg, to throw the latter
into insolvency, was argued in the Court of
Appeals at Annapolis this week. L. Mar
shall Haines, and Albert Constable, Esqs.,
represented the Messrs. Waring, and
Robert c. Thackery and William H. Daw-
son, Esqs., of Baltimore represented the
bank.
Thomas Williams, a respected farmer
of this county, died at his residence near
Principle on Sunday morning last in the
| 74th year of his age. Mr.. Williams was
born and lived all his life in the house in
which he died. \ widow, five sors and
three daughters survive him His remains
were inferred in West Nottingham Gene
terry on Wednesday, April Sth. Services
conducted by the Rev. E. X. Miller of North
East
| Among those who attended the last
dance of the series given by the Young
Mems Social Club of Middletown, Del, on
Friday evening of last week, were Misses
Berthe and Laurine Wilson, John E. Wilson,
| H. f. Clemson and A. H. Reynolds of
Elkton, and Misses Mary Ellison, Carrie
Brady, Miss Barwick, and T. j. Conrey,
Bennett Steele, Henry Brady, Harry Jones,
Delbert Smithers, Frank and Harry Howard
of Chesapeake City.
| Mr.. T. II. Cooper declined a cash offer
of SO 800, for his handsome Cleveland bay
stallion pride of England" No. 16l, last
Tuesday by Philadelphia parties. This is
grand horse, a perfect type of his family
and Just what our farmers need to tone up
their stock to a salable and profitable
standard. He will be at the FELTON, House
stables next week, and each alternate week
thereafter. pride of England is the only
Cleveland bay stallion in Cecil county.
The Northern Convocation of the Dio
cese of Easton will meet in st. James
Church, Port Deposit, on Tuesday, Wedues
day and Thursday, April 81 -23 inclusive.
Services morning and night, beginning
Tuesday evening, with addresses at the
night services by the clergy in attendance
This convocatiou embraces the parishes in
cluded within the bounds of Cecil and
Kent counties. An interesting time is ex
pected. Fuller particulars of the meeting
will be given next week.
Mr.. William NJ. Singerly, proprietor of
| the Philadelphia Record, was at the Balti
| more and Ohio Central Building yesterday
on business with Vice President Thomas
NJ. King In the afternoon he called on
General Agnus, at The american office. Mr..
SiugerIy publishes very newsy and inhu
entail journal in Philadelphia, and also has
large manufacturing interests and property
at S.ngeriy y, Cecil county, Md. MIR. Singerly's
visits to Baltimore are always very agree
able -Aneerecan Of Thursday.
The Chesapeake City Social Club gave
their semi monthly social Thursday even
ing at residence of Miss Allie Boulder.
The evening was pleasantly spent in card
r plaving, dancing, etc. Among those present
were Misses Carrie Brady, Mary Ellison,
Ka'ie Price, Ella Conrey, Bessie Conrey,
Kate Lorraine, Allie Boulder, Elsie Ksrsner
= Jennie Boulder, Mamie Steele, Miss Bar
I wick, Mr.. and Mrs. Irving Griffith, and
q Messrs Conrey, Steele, Howard, Smithers.
. Vansaut, Williams, Boulder, Freeman,
Jones, Ellison, Clemson, Reynolds, and
6 many others.
A Several prominent general officers o!
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
3 were shown the dispatch from Dover saying
that bill had been presented in the Della
a ware House of Representatives to incorpol
Y ate the Delaware Terminal Railroad Con
n pany, to build a line from Lewes to any
@ point on the line of Newcastle county and
# the state of Maryland, and they all declar
a ed that the b. & O. had no interest wha
, ever in it, One of the vice presidents said
l., the b. & .. had been asked not long ago tC
"a make a bid for the Delaware Railroad, ant
v replied that the b. & o. was not DESTROYS o
!. making the purchase. 1t has long beer
r known that the b. 81 o. considers that thu
d logical starting point for line down tn
r neniusula from the Philadelphia branch
Il: should run from some point in the vicinit,
d of Elkton, but they have not given any a
70 tention to the matter lately, because the!