The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-06-03
county Ne1US.
NORTH EAST NEWS.

! Evan Neal, of Wilmington, spent
| Sunday here.
= Mrs JosephV casey is visiting relatives
in Pennsylvania.
Several OF our citizens will go to the
Worlds Fair this month.
Mrs. Wesley Neal, of Birmingham,
Park, is visiting Mrs. NJ. w. Logan.
j. r. Wilson, of Baltimore, spent last
week visiting Dennis Cawley of Charlton
Mr.. and Mrs. Hurlcok OF Washington,
There are plenty of strawberries in
market this week at two boxes for 20
cents.
Mr.. H. G. Mutt and wife, of Baltimore
spent the early part of the week at Jesse
| Vests.
Rev. w. T. Hammond conducted ser
vice in the NJ. E. Church last Sunday
evening.
Henry Ford is having the double house
opposite L. G. loves grocery store
repaired.
in this county, is visiting her sons
Archie and Robert.
Rev. John Medley, the new pastor of
Reeds A U. NJ. p. Church arrived this
week, and is at Wesley Anderson's.
Mr.. Charles Ford, Of Washington, was
here on Sunday. From here he went to
the Worlds Fair.
Rev. Giles B. Cooke will attend the
convocatlon OF the p. E. Diocese of
Easton at Centrevile, Md. next week,
beg inning June 9th.
Mrs. Benjamin Drummond and Miss
BERTHE Drummond are visiting John
Dunlap in Perkinsville.
Contractor Levi o. Cameron has nearly
completed the new addition to Dr. p. B.
Housekeeper's drug store. When finished
it will not be excelled in the county.
William Hargraves with his family,
Mrs. Kitty Hargraves and daughter, and
Mrs. John Cleaver, moved to Marshall
ton, Del, last Tuesday night by moon
light.
Several hundred telegraph poles have
been hauled to the p. w. Il B. station
this year and shipped, mostly from the
Shady Beach woods in charge of Chas.
j. Bayard.
Mr. L C. McKsuuey brother OF Sheriff
Mckeuuey moved his family to Beldir,
Hartford county this week where he'is
employed in Record aud Co.'S, -four mill
as manager.
Five hundred and fifty six tickets were
sold at the Uncle Toms Cabin exhibition
last FRIDAY evening. George Anderson
aud Charley Rpbinson. colored, went
with the troupe.
A warm time is expected at the Demo
cratic primaries on Saturday. That the
FlIth's delegation will go to the conven-
ton pledged to r. L. Thomas is con
coded at this time by the opposition.
Work is still progressing on the streets
under the supervision of Bliiitf Lambert
The bitches are being cleaned out, drains
taken on and c'eaned. We knew the
when they started.
Laura Beatty, the small daughter of
Charles +. Beatty, had a very narrow
escape on Decoration Day. She was
running across the street when horse
and buggy ran over her. Fortunately
she escaped uninjured.
Three colored girls, Emma Brown,
Gabrielle Ray and Harriet Berkins were
arrested by BAilif Lambert on warrant
sworn out by Peter Jordan for disturb
ing public worship in Reeds A. L. NJ p.
Church last Sunday, and taken before
Squire Hammond and fined $3.50 in all,
and severely leotured by the magistrate.
Rev. W. G. Rooms and family left for
Wilmington on Saturday last. From
there they will go to his boy hood home
in Frederick county. During his absence
his pulpit will be filed by preachers
supplied By the presiding elder aud local
brethren. Rev Mr.. Hubbard of Union
Church, Wilmington, will fill tie pulpit
on Sunday and administer the Holy
Communion in the morning.
The council room OF Independent
Council o. L. A. II was crowded by
membel of the OF der from Baltimore and
Banner Council, of Calvert. Geo. w.
Banks, Edward Trohmau, Geo. Davis
and VIM. Hugh of Baltimore, were
present. After several speeches from
members and visitors refreshments were
served in abundance W. II. Abrams
| State Council or from this town presided.
| While loading telegraph poles at the
station near the warehouse Oh Monday
evening pole was allowed to extend too
! far out on the main track and a fast
express coming down struck it. The cab
| frame on the engine was broken and the
| flying q SIS struck the engineer cutting
bis face severely; q hole was smashed in
the baggage car and corner knocked
| off 4 pullm an We were unable to learn
the engineers name or the number of
| the train.
Wingate pest G. a. r., accompanied
| ny Tue SpbS vi ans, IoiOnobl y
| Lodge Knights of Pythias with new and
handsome parade cps also Independent
| Council O. L A NJ attended worship
at our churches last Sunday. In the
morning at the NJ. E. Church where a
| large congregation was assembled, an
appropriate and able sermon was preach
ed by Rev. | l.. Wood, of Elktop. The
church was handsomely decorated with
flags, bunting and flowers. The same
organization turned out to the p. E
Church III the evening. The church was
crowded, and was also decorated with
flags and flowers. a special program
was rendered by the choir in an excellent
manner. The rector Rev. Giles b. Cooke
was assisted in the services by Mr. Allan
X Grosh. Mr. Cooke preached an excel
lent sermon On peace, and said the future
OF our country will be made glorious by
Union.
Decoration Day was generally obser-
we'd here as a holiday. The Mccullough
Iron Company paid off on Monday, SC
they could take part in the decoration
exercises. After the G. A. r. and Sons
OF Veterans returned home from Bay
View and outlying cemeteries, they pre-
pared for decorating the graves in oul
cemeteries Th ey arrived at the =. +