The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1892-11-05
ELKTON, NOVEMBER 5, 1892
sGL0gAL DEPARTMENT.. v

The total receipts of the Belair Fair of
go, are 81, 1927 %.
Improvements are being added to the
residence of Mr.. John 7. Brown, on East
Main street.
Election Day being legal holiday, the
banks will be closed. Paper maturing on
that day should be attenden to on Monday.
"A number of Elktonians will attend
the Princeton U University of Pennsylvania
foot ball game played IN Philadelphia to-
day.
Mr.. E. T. Taggsrt has purchased the
good will and stock of the cigar store of r.
d. Rowland, under the Howard House,
and is now conducting the business. .
In view Of the fact that Tuesday is
election day the Board of School Commits
sioners will hold its regular monthly
session On Wednesday next, November 9th.
The regular monthly meeting of the OFT
Temperance Society, of OFT Chapel, will be
held to day. George A. Blake, Esq will
deliver an address All are cordially
invited.
Will all w. c. T. U. Unions who failed
to put post office address to list of officers
and Supts. for publication in county min
utes, please forward the same at once and
greatly oblige. Publication Comm ittee.
The young men of Newark gave very
pleasant dance in Caskey Hall on Friday
evening, and which number of Elktonians
attended. The committee was A. G Oliver,
j. II. Hossinger, A. H. Raub and B. L.
Ross.
Sparks from Locomotive on the B. &
o. Railroad fired the woods near Childs
Station en- Sunday afternoon and a consider
able area was burned over before it was
gotten under control by the people of the
vicinity.
The congregation of the First Presby
terrain Church, Wilmington, has called the
Rev. j. Il MillIgan, of Zion, to become
pastor of that church at a salary of $500
per year. Mr.. MilIigan Is a member of the
New Castle Presbytery.
All Saints Day services were held in
the Church of the Immaculate Conception,
Elkton, on Tuesday. Mass was solemnized
in the morning at 30 O'Clock. On We'd
nesday All Souls Day services were observ-
ed Mass was held at 8 a. M, the altar being
draped in black.
james T. Hardin, general manager of
the Kelley Institutes for Maryland and
District of Columbia; Charles p. Utley,
representing the institute at Hagerstown
and Oak Crest, aud DR.. w. G. Tilden were
in Elkton on Tuesday and Wednesday
prospecting for the location of an institute
in this section of the state. There are at
present three Kelley Institutes for the
treatment of inebriates in Maryland and
which are located at Laurel, Hagerstown
and Oak Crest.
Intelligence reached Elkton last week
of the death of Miss Anne E. Hasson, a
former resident and lady most highly
esteemed in this county which occurred on
Monday night, October 24th, at Roswell,
New Mexico, of a eongestive chill. She
was a competent educator and at the time
of her death was principal of the girls
department of the Goss Military Institute
which position she accepted over year age
Last May she spent her vacation in Mary
land, visiting in Elkton. She was the
daughter of the late James Hasson. of this
county, and leaves four sisters, Mrs. Tobias
Rudolph, of Elkton, Mrs. William Hazel o
Ceoilton. One sister resides in Pennsy ivanii
and the other in Wheeling, W. Va. For
number of years Miss Hasson was princips
of Chausworth Institute a young !adie
school in Baltimore.
An inspection party of Pennsylvani
Railroad officials made a'trip over the T
w. & b. and b. & P. lines on Tuesday. Ii
the party were Chas. E. Pugh. genera
manager; HI. H Kenny and j. b. Hutchin
son, division superintendeuts, aud j Ii
Brown, chief engineer. They lett Philadel
phia in the morning and made a thoroug
inspection of the P. w. & b. line to Bait
more, reaching Union station at o'clock i
the afternoon. Here they were Joined b.
Mr.. George c. wilkins, general manage
of the Pennsylvania lines in Baltimore
and Hosea w. Kapp, division superinter
dent at Baltimore, who made the trip wit
them over the Baltimore and Potomac lin
to Washington. AS heretofole stated i
the "WHIG" the Pennsylvania Railroa
Company awards cash prizes to the supel
intendent of each fifty mile division and I'll
bosses of every four mile section, respec
lively, which shows the hest care aud attel
tion. The present inspection is made wit
the view of awarding these prizes. The traC
the ballasting, the ties, the bridges and Il
signals are closely exam ined, and by
system of decimal marking each is Civ,
its proper value by the inspecting officer
The division and section receiving the hig
est average on all points secure the prize
The system, it is said, has awakned spir
of rivalry between the superintendent ar
bosses which has resulted in greata dyanta
to the Pennsylvania Company. As resi-
of this encouragement their lines are near
always in good condition. The awards a
made from Philadelphia.