The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1892-05-14

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ished, and his horse reported thrown over
fence.
Mr. Levi +. Boulder of this town ha,
brought suit in the Circuit Court agaiu 81
the town of Chesapeake City for 5000 dam
ages for the injury done his right foot in
falling through d hole in the board walk in
that town.
Our former fellow townsman Mr..
Washington II. Bennett who is salesman
in the well known Philadelphia Chin a
House of Bruce Fisher & Co, started down
the Peninsula on Monday after spending
seve al days in Elkton.
A valuable cow owned by Mr.. Calvin
Merritt of this town got loose in her sta BILE
! free access to the feed bin oyerate herself.
Wind colo followed aud Mr.. Merritt
mourned the loss of valuable animal on
| Sunday.
| MIR. Chalkley Phillips proprietor of the
FELTON, House took possession of the French
town property recently purchased by him
from Mr.. Townsend Poole on Thursday.
| Mr. Phillips coutemplstes making extensive
improvements 10 the property and which
Mr.. Levi o. Cameron the well known
| contractor and builder will have charge of
The hours for service during the sum-
| mer at the Church of the Good Shepherd
are on Sunday $50 and 80 a. m. and
| Sp. m Sunday School, 9.45 a. M. Friday,
745 p. N. Saturday, $50 p. u. st.
| Augustine (the Manor), Sunday school,
$50 p. M; service, 3 p. IN, Thursday p. m.
One of Mr.. Frank Whitney's horses on
Wednesday afternoon entangled himself in
| a fallen wire used formly as a guide for an
| automatic bucket to convey water from
spring to the House, and before he could be
extricated, injured himself severely. A
surgeon was required to sew up the injured
| animals wounds.
Mrs. Julia H. Van Reed the mother of
Mrs. Noble 7. BiddIe died at San Jose
| California on the first instant. Mrs. Van
Reed at one time lived in Reading Pa, but
| after the removal of Mr. and Mrs. Noble I.
Biddle from Elkton to California has since
her remains were buried on Tuesday the
3 I'd inst.
Mr.. William Fears, Jr., is about to
open the fourth season of the Elk
River House at Town Point, the confluence
| of the Elk and Bohemia rivers. This house
beautifully located at the Head of the Ches-
| apeake Bay, Can be readily reached from
either Philadelphia or Baltimore by the
Ericsson line of steamers, or by rail to
Elkton or Mt. Pleasant where Mr.. Fears
will meet parties on notice being given him
Mrs. Lourina Wright the wife of DR.. j.
j. Wright of Warwick died at her home in
that town on Wednesday night. Mrs,
Wright was native OF this county and
daughter of the late Samuel Gillespie who
resided at one time in the Eighth district,
but afterwards removed to Warwick where
he kept hotel for many years. Mrs.
Wright was highly esteemed by a large
circle of friends and acquaintance. Three
children survive her.
The forty-secoud annual conference A.
U. NJ. P. Church met at North East, in
E. w. Scott presided. The conference
opened with religious services. Roll, was
called by Rev. C. FL Williams. the number
answering to their names being forty-five.
The presiding officer appointed committee
of three on credentials. While it was pre-
pairing the report Rev. j. w. Rooms and
Prof P. S. Henry were introduced to the
confe ence, both of W HON made addresses
of welcome.
The Baltimore sun reports mum Der of
entries for the Fourth Annual Meeting of
the Trotting Horse Breeders Association of
Maryland and the District Of Columbia,
| made by Mr. r. T G. Crouch manager of
the Elkton Stock Farm For trotting foals
of 1890 he enters Mabel NJ, b. f.. sired by
New York Dictator, dam by Forest Yer
mont, and Cecile, b, f sired by Merit, dam
by Rienzi. For the third stake for trotting
foals of 1889 he enters Erica, blk. f., sired
by Star Duroc, dam by Posts Handle
| tonian, and Opdyke, sorrel f., sired by
| Indian Hill, dam by Jim Monroe. Mr..
| Crouch is also subscriber to the stakes for
| the three minute and Pas classes.
The spirit of improvement is manifest
in Elkton this season. William S. Evans,
Esq contempates adding story to his
| dwelling on North street. Mr.. l.. Marshall
| Haines has just completed an addition to
his dwelling on East Main street. Mrs. E.
B. Groome has made needed repairs to her
dwelling. The mechanics are at work on
| Mr.. Il. Z Jamars house on Main street.
Mr.. John T. Brown has just finished interior
improvements to his dwelling on East Main
street. Mrs. Flora Henderson's residence
is being put in order for her early occu
pancy. The dwelling on Main street to be
occupied by Mr.. Charles Perkins is looking
better than ever, and Mr.. William I. Giles
| on North street has given the old corner
fresh touch of white.
"A train of 10 cars, loaded with powder,
from the DUPONT Mills, was run into at
| Greenville Station, five miles from VIII
mington, on the Wilmington and Northern
Railroad on Tuesday afternoon, and tum-
| bled down a Is foot EN- bankment in con.
fused wreck. There were 400 kegs, or five
tons of powder in the train. Fortunately
no explosion resulted or the loss of life and
damage to near by property would have
been heavy. By the force of the collision
the kegs were burst md the powder was
strewu around for considerable distance
from the wreck, The accident is attributed
to misunderstanding OF orders. Engineer
HUFFMAN aud the fireman of the powder
train were thrown from their caooose and
were seriously. though not fatally injured.
The loss is estimated at from eight to ten
thousand dollars.
The Epworth League of the Eikton NJ
E. Church held a sociable at the residence
of Mr.. VIM. j. Alrich, on Wedn esday even
ing. Musical selections were rendered by
Miss Mamie Brown, Miss Lille Alexander,
and Lille Alrich, and social amusements
participated in. A bountiful collation. was
, served'and the evening very aDjoyably spen
BY the large number present, among whom
) were: Misses Mamie and Lula Brown
| Lille Alexander, Carrie Brown, Emma
Lewis, Lula Kitchens, Lizzie and Mary
, Wlamsley, Mrs j. L. Alexander, Mrs. DIR
Sykes Miss Mckinney, Mrs. S. j. Keys
) Miss Marshbank, Mrs Chas. Rudolph, Mis-
8 BERTHE White, Lotie Williams Clara Merritt
Katie Merritt, Henrietta Hague, Amanda