The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1892-03-12
ELhTON, MARCH IL. 1899.
GLOgAL DEPARTMENT, d

Mr.. T. ii. Cummings of Pleasant Grove
Pa, spent Wednesday in Ekton.
Miss Mamie Neary of Wilmington has
been visiting Miss Bsrtie Dunbar OF this
town.
-Cecilton NJ. f. Church has invited the
Rev. 7. \. II. O'Bren to return as pastor
next year.
Miss Bessie Manly, is taking course
in stenography at the Wilmington Com
mercial College.
john w Scott, postmaster at Appleton,
Cecil county, Md, has resigned and recon
mends William G. Henderson as his sue
cessor.
Hon. Jacob Tome and Mrs Tome at
tended the dedication of tie Allison Memo
rial Church dedicated at Carlisle, Pa, on
Monday.
The RI Rev. Bishop Curtis ill Cth-
ciate in ST. Roses Church, Ches 'peake City
on Sunday, March 20oh. Hour of services
10. 50 p. III. All are invited.
MIR. Allan johnson, a well known
young man, OF thi, town left Eikton on
Thursday, TO assume a position as com
positor on the Times, Atlantic City, \. j.
Mrs. Fanny Bower, an aged lady resi-
dent near Elktou, and mother OF Miss
George Bower who has many friends in
this town, is now convaescent after a criti-
cal Illness.
The Blltimore Sunday Ne,rS, the lead
ing Sunday paper Of the S,u't, IL pages
containing all the associated press news of
the county, is served by newsb'H III Elk
ton each Sunday. at Sc per copy
Mr.. Blair Pie, of Newark Delaware,
while riding on the Public road near that
town, few DAYS ago, was attacked by a
vicions bull. Luckily he escaped injury,
but his horse was dangerously gored.
Every Erening notices the presenc7 there
of Charlie Phillips son OF NJ ChtlSley
Philips Charlie is a polite boy, and we
hope he had pleasant visit with his rela
tives.
The first Cleveland Bay COLI in this
county, was foaled on Sunday last, by
mare owned by Mr. Charles j misor, of
this town. This is high bred stock, and
has been adopted in the stables of the Queen
of England
About twenty members OF thu Etkton
Union Lodge, No IS, A. +. and a. NJ, upon
invitation attended a meeting Of the Lodge,
at \ aberdeen on Monday evening They
left Elktou on the 6.i3 train, aud returned
on a special reaching here At midnight.
The Rev. l. q. Fusnccbf of the NJ +.
Church, Chesapeake Ci J, will preach his
last sermons of the Conference year, to
morrow, Sunday Morning theme, Ameri.
can Methodism; evening, The Mythical
Apostolical Succession In the afternoon
at o'clock lie w i'll ctficiate at the NJ AMOR.
Mary Cooper, colo-ed, living near
Cecilton, one day last week, went into the
town to work for some persons, leaving
daughter of unsouud mind locked in her
room, at home. From some unknown
cause the house caught ii e, and before aid
arrived the unfortunate girl was.burDed to
death.
BY order of the Rev. Bishop Arnett the
annual meeting OF the Baltimore Afric al
NJ. f. Conference, which had been fixed on
April 18Th at Elkton, has been changed 10
April 10Th. Bishop Arnett will preside at
the daily Sessions of the Conference which
as heretofore has been stated in the WING,
will be held at o ID Fellows Hal, the capa-
city of the Church being too small. The
Rev. 7. W. ThurStou has in charge the bus
mess management of She meeting
DR. J. T. Whitaker of Cherry Hill,
short time ago received wound from cat
rifle which was accidentally discharged in
the hands of Mr.. Charles Grant. The ball
entered the front of his right leg. about the
middle of the shin, and imbedded itself
deeply, making Il dangerous wound. The
ball was proLed for, but could not be found.
and it is probable that it has entered the
shin bone. Erysipelas set in, and OF Tues
day he was taken TO the John Hopkins
Hospital, i'll Baltimore, by DIR. Ellis
The Maryland State Sunday School
Convention will be held Wednesday and
Thursday, April Is and I, and prepA atoms
will be at once comruenced with the view of
having the largest and most enthusiastic
convention hitherto held. The convention
will be held in Baltimore city as u-url.
Entertainment VII he furnished delegates;
reduced fare will be ontained on railroad
and steam boat lines. L .ch Sunday School
will be entitled to Two delegates. Pastors
and superintendents delegates by virtue
of this office
DR.. 5. NJ. Osmoud pastor of the Eikton
Presbyterian Church has now in press, and
which will be published in about three
weeks an extended Poem entitled Suamith
The Poem is a Metrictl Romance founded
on an early love of solomon, AND hi, subse.
quent polyamous practices, with special re-
ference to the Song OF Song supposed 20
have been written by him in the closing
years of his life. We have seen specimen
sheets of the Poem, which apart from its
high literary merit, promises TO be a beauti-
full specimen OF the art preservative.
President John ". Collins Of the G ,li-
fornia National Bank at San Diego, Cal.
which closed its doors in November last
committed suicide AT a motel in that city
on Thursday o. last week, by shooting him
self Mr.. Collins was a native of Yorl
county, Pa, his father living near Shrews
bury. He was arrested Feb. Dad on TIA,
charge of EN- bpZzlinE 5000. 900 of the bank
funds The United States Marshall agreed
to release him On a oul $50, 900, aud he has
received promises rom number Of bus
mess men, To act as his brudsmen Blu
several failed TO IN tterslize. and it is sup
posed that this failure drove hi to despsr
alton The STOCKHOLDERS of this bank ex
tended widely over the United States, an,
included a number of Cecil fountains.
"A calf, whose he al n gener i. outlu
somewhat resemh.ed that of an human be
ing was born, on Thursd y, OF last week
on the farm of Mr.. Joseph Kitchens, a shor
distance south OF Eiktun The animal wa
project in every other particular, weighIn
about forty pounds, ami !ivef2 short Will
after birth, The head was of abnormal sizt
being almost spherical excepting the r,c'
which WIS slightly Il rtened. The measur
ment across the forehead was inches, ii
distance between the eyes being about III
inches The latter were small, and cove
Ell almost entirely by the lids, and we