The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-09-02

There promises to be a brief Sc sion OF
court at the September term, c",Tenins
Monday the 18th inst.
Charlie NJ, blk. G. owned by Mrnly
Drennen. of Ektou, secured fourth place in
the 23O class, trotting race, at the Balti'
more county fair on Tuesday.
The Judges in the Academy scholarship
prize contest will meet applicants in the
Academy at II a. m, on Wednesday
Defamation to be given in Mitchell Hall,
Fair Frounds.
| The ladies of the Elkton Catholic
Church will hold fruit and ice cream
festival in the basement of the church on
next Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and
Saturday evenings, Sept. 6, Z, and 3.
The firm of Barnes & Hartenstine, of
Rising Sun, has been dissolved, partner
ship having been formed by DR.. j. B.
Slcer and John A. Hartenstine, which new
firm conducts the warehouse business.
| MIR. Ii. s. Jones of Philadelphia has
accepted the position of book keeper with
the Armstrong Stove and Manufacturing
Co, at Perryy;lle. He is a brother of Mr..
Frank w. Jones a member of the firm.
The County Commissioners were in
special session on Thursday. The contract
for building the roadway to the abutments
of the Akin bridge, was awarded to Mat
thew Russell at 21I4 cents per cubic yard.
Mr.. Winter l.. Wilson, eldest son of the
late John E. Wilson, and Miss Mary M.
Turner, OF Washington, d. c., were married
in st Pauls English Lutheran Church OF
that city at o'clock on Thursday after
| noon.
j. d. Carpenter of Montana, who
held a sale of horses in Elkton on Saturday
was arrested on Monday for assault upon
| Samuel LOTHIAN son of Capt. Geore Lothian
He was funded S. and costs by Squire
Cleaver.
The Principle iron works of the wheel
ing (West Va.) Iron Company are running
on but half time, and notice has been
given out that on Monday the wages of the
laborers will be reduced from Sl.25 to
81, 10 per day.
Record of marriage licenses issued:
August %, Casper E. Lang and Annie Pope
of Elkton; William i. Freeman, of Earle
vile, and Rebecca Whitlock, of Crumpton,
Kent county; Joseph Walters and Emma
E. Wesley, colored, both of Pleasant Hill.
AT a meeting of representatives of the
Cecil and Kent county Boards of Commits
soners the contract to build an IRON bridge
across the stream at kennedy's mill, on the
boundary line of the two counties, was
awarded TO David Connel, of Cecil county,
on bid of So, $50. The foundations are to
be of store built on piles.
Mrs. Martha Frame, daughter ofshe late
Mr.. Eli Pierson, of Elk Neck, died on We'd
nesday after a protracted illness at her
home at Trainors, Pa. She was forty three
years of age and beside her husband, a
family of six children survive her. She
was a sister of Mr. Richard Pierson of Elk.
ton.
The Perryyille Public school will open
on Monday next under the auspices OF
Miss Martha Biddle. Patrons are urged
to enter their children the first day, as
their attendance promptly will secure at
once the second assistant teacher. The
inducement should not be ticket to the
Fair but the success and progress of the
years work.
The organization of the Elkton foot
ball team this season will be under very
promising conditions. The players who
did such excellent work last season are
again on the field, which insues strong
foundation for the team. Several eSper
fenced players of ability have already
joined Elkton, and there is every promise
of success for the team.
The stone work is being rapidly
pushed to completion for the new bridge
over Mill creek, near Akin, and the
masonry will be of substantial character.
The stone used is from the Richmond Hill |
auarries, of H. Arthur Stump, Esq Mill
creek will also be bridged at Bacon Hill.
Henry Watson is the contractor for the
stone work at bids of $1375 per cubic
yard at Bacon Hill, aud 1896 at Akin. For |
the bridge at Akin about $50 cubic yards |
of masonry will be required and the esLim-
ate for the Bacon Hill bridge is 70 cubic
of both bridges was awarded to George |
McQuilkin of the Enterprise Machine works
Elkton, at bid of S116J.00. The stone |
work is TO be completed on or before |
October l.
1t is understood that Gov. Brown has
applied to the State Department at Wash |
SGgC ION Tor oA..~Sii::::5a papers for Albert |
Mitchell, who disappeared from Havre de |
Grace July 10Th, 1892, with a package of |
$1,000 in notes shipped by the United |
States Express Company. Misohell's |
wherea bouts it is said has recently been |
discovered through the search of the
express company. He was driver for G. G. |
Pussy, the express company's agent at
Havre de u race, and the money was sent
to r. X. Vauneman, cashier OF the first
National Bank of that town by the Seventh
National Bank of Philadelphia. The |
package contained So and $40 notes prin
cipally, and a few fiftles. Mitchell received
it about O'Clock in the morning and
drove off with it at once IN his wagon.
Searching parties secured the woods and
country in the neighborhood of Havre de
Grace for several days many persons believ
ing that Mitchell had been murdered and
robbed. Detectives of the express com
pany found traces of Mitchell on the
Delaware Maryland peninsula and his
horse and wagon were recovered in the
Darlington woods two miles and half
| from Havre de Grace.
TEXAS FEVER IN CECIL,