The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1891-08-01

| Saturday morning last the amateur
athletes of Elktou, gave an exhibition OF
the fair grounds track In front of tn
grand staud. Messrs Johu b .kar of Phila
delphia, Hal lamar and Jack Constable, .
Elkton, received the laurel wreathes.
The Rev |. G. Fosuoc ut, pastor of tn,
NJ L. Church, Chesapeake City, Md lief
by steamer, Thursday night for Ccear
Grove, \. j. He will return i'll time tt
occury the pulpit, Sunday August S:h
both at Chesapeake City and at the Manor.
Our friend Mr.. Calvin Strickland
deputy postmaster at EIkton, returned Sun
day night from s.. Paul, MINI. We under
stand That Mr.. Strickland made a Christian
Endeavor to be good while in 81. Paul, and
that he didn't see the Hall-F tzsimmou,
prize fight.
AT meeting of the building committee
of Delaware College Monday the bids fol
the erection of the new building at Della
ware College were opened The contrac
was awarded to Joseph L. Willis of Newark
as the Lowest bidder. The cost is estimated
at about $50, 900.
A young man of good address and good
moral character, having experience in gen
eral merchandise, may find permanent en-
| ployment in first class business house
Name reference, where formerly employ ed
salary expected, sc. Address l. d. A,
care of WING, Elkton, Md.
A new era in rail roading is advancing
\ special train of five cars, constructed en-
tirely Of steel, is on exhibition at the
Chicago and Northern Pacific station III
Chicago. 1t is claimed that the cars neither
cost nor weigh more than the old style,
while being practically iudestructible by
| fire or in a wreck.
AS the 5 Ovation Army was holding its
usual service last 5 ,turday night, in front
of the Howard House, = drunken man
| from Providence Mills Insisted upon join.
| ing in the religions worship. To the music
| OF the tambourines, he danced to the pleas
ure of the crowd and discontinue of the
SAlvationists. AS a result he WAS fined s.
by Justice Partridge
w illiam Darling, of North East, Md,
met with painful accident Tuesday, while
| working on the farm of Newton Coudon,
near Head of Christina Church. Hs was
engaged in harvesting oats, using self
binder, when be noticed that one of the
wheels was not revolving, and etching it
TO give it start, his hand was caught and
badly crushed. All the fingers were broken.
The reopenipg of the Chesapeake and
Ohio canal has been practically accomp-
lished The water was turned on at Cum
berland, and the big ditch is slowly filling
up. 1t will be several days, however,
before traffic will be resumed, for the direc
tors are DESTROYS of testing the strength OF
| the embankments before the canal is
thrown open for transportation purposes.
| No boats are expected at georgetown before
the end of the week.
The venerable Robert Dawson now in
his Goth year, was seen on the streets oil
Elkton last Monday stepping as briskly
and looking as hale as many a man of halt
his age One of his daughters, Mrs. John
Hughes is living in Patterson, New Jersey,
and another, Mrs. Jas S. Foard is resident
of Kent county in this State. Mr.. Dawson
is a welcome inmate of both their homes
and divides his time largely between them,
but he cannot resist the temptation to occa.
sionally return to native Cecil.
About four hundred tickets were sold
last Saturday 10 persons who thought 1t
worth while to witness a contest between
nine frail girls and the strong Elkton team
of base ball players. OF course the game
was one sided and uninteresting, as even
gallantry could not make our boys play
poorly enough to arouse competition. The
| spectators went away with keen sense of
having been sold, but our boys are happy
in the reaiz tion that they can certainly
beat one professional club on the bail field.
The weather bureau pronouuces last
Monday the coolest day for the season OF
which there is any record. Following art
some minimum temperatures with theil
relation to the lowest pre- viously observed
during the third decade of July O3wego
4S degrees, 3 below; Roche ester, 4G degrees
below; Erie, 46 degrees, below; San
dushy, 81 degrees, 1 o5low; Toledo, 50 de
grees, 2 below. Similar conditions of eX.
treine low temperature for the season oc
Cured on the 20:h in the upper and north
ern portion OF the lower Michigan penin-
sula where minimum temperatures of $50
and 80 below, and light frosts were reported
The races at Middletown, Del, which
were postponed Wednesday were hello
Thursday afternoon at the Gentleme en- ;.
Driving Track. About five hundred per
sons were present, despite the disagreeabl,
weather and heavy track. The 3 minute
class was won by Gilt Edge (Price) il
three straight heats; tme-2 5315, = 5l24
2.53. The colt race, four years old an,
under closed with Fascination (Barnes)
winner in two heats; time SO and 256I5
Gypsy Girl (Btrnes) won the match race il
two successive heats; time-2 1917 and ; 81
A 100 yard dash for the State championshi
and a silver medal was won by w.
Brady in III seconds. A number of Elk
tonians were present.
Governor Reynolds of Delaware ha
. appointed Elk Governor Stockley Registe
, of Wills for Sussex county, Del. The es
; Governor is a genial gentleman and goo
man whose rare fortune 1t has seemed TO b
to justify the scriptural admonition 1t
him that hath shall be given and he sha
have more abundautly." Governor Stockle
, has spent most Of long lifetime in Off c,
q and yet no one seems to grudge the popula
? favor Beginning as town constable, he ha
f been Levy Courtman, Sheriff, Delegate I
f the legislature, State Senator and Governc
gas supposed to have rounded out b
il life, when 10! it appears he is calle
Aify another dignitied office. May
i've to enjoy it.
he farmers of this county are surel
srodigll in their Ii yes than the follow
rom the CheSterto,0n Transcript woul
ate to be the condition in Kent, but
be well to note the warning neverth,
Says the Transcript SIT is safe
late the number of self binding barve
now in the fields, without any prote
whatever from the weather, at fift
ing one days ride Eve recently countt
o a dozen, and as many two on OF
L H. These machines are expensive, al
t icuarly liable to damage from Il
j, its of rain and sun. A strange con sis
this, for farmers who are depiorir
neal depression and calling for rei
ugh chan nels of gu 0nable economy.