The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-08-26
.cIOgAL DEPARTMENT.. "

Jun, opens on August 18th, continuing
four DAYS. Another great exhibition vii
be held this year.
There is to be a presenting of loca
officers, commissions and swearing in of
couple of recruits in the open air OF TN
Salvationists Thursday night.
Marriage is not a failure IN Cecl
county at least judged by the license record
for the Clerk issued marriage license las
week to man who is &c years old, his bria'
being ~ years.
Hawke, the former Elkton pitcher, who
is doing such good work for the Baltimore
club, says his mascot is soft felt hat ut
bought sometime ago. He has not lost
game since he bought the hat.
The champion ear of corn OF the season
arrived at the cannery on Monday. Man
ager McGaw weighed the big ear when
tipped the scales at twenty five ounces
A twenty two ounce tomato grown oy
William Roberts is on exhibition at Frazefs
drug store
A lamp exploded at the residence OF
Miss Mollie E. Falls on Wednesday night
but the flames were extinguished before
much damage was done. Miss Falls had
sent to a store for coal oil and the CLERK
in mistake sent gasoline with when the
lamp was filed
The sheds of the cannery of William
Fell near Calvert were destroyed by fire last
week. A fire had been started Under one
of the kettles used for boiling water, and
communicated to the building, which with
its contents and quantity of cordwood
was consumed. 1t has since been rebuilt.
Mr.. Fell had no insurance.
The pulpit of the Elkton NJ. E. Church
was acceptably filed on Sunday by tue
Rev. Gilmore Jones, of Cscilton IN the
morning and Rev, r Day Cantwel, OF
Elkton, at night. The Rev, DR.. Osmond OF
Pt4ad elphia preached ably sermons in the
= Prasby terrain Church of which he was a
former pastor. He OBLIGATED at both
services.
Mr.. Joseph Coudon, of Akin has lost
five cows within week. Four OF them
died of some unknown disease while the
fifth a promising thoroughbred heifer was
killed on the B. & o. + tilroad on Tuesday
night She had been separated from the
herd on "Ellersly" farm as proper precau
ton, but escaping was killed within twenty
minutes after being at large.
The following changes have been made
affecting star route mail schedules in Cecil
County: North East to Calvert. Leave
North East daily excep, Sund y II a M,
arrive Calvert by p. n; leave Calvert daily
except Sunday $50 p. m, arrive North
East by 7.30 a. m. Blue Ball to Leeds.
Lsave Blue daily except Sunday $50 a m,
arrive Leeds by 7.15 a. m; leave Leeds
daily except Sunday 1915 a. m, arrive
Blue Ball by II 40 a. IN.
The service at ST. Mary's Episcopal
Church at North East, Md, will be made
especially attractive, Sunday morning,
August 9th. The choir OF G ice NJ. E
Church, of Wilmington, Del, 2nsistiag of
Mrs. Thomas Benson, Sopranc; Hiss :lary
'Thielman, Contralto; Mr.. William Todd,
Tenor; Mr.. Thomas Benson, Bass, will
render choice program during the service.
As this is one of the finest choirs in Will
mington. lovers of good music may expect
a delightful service.
Rev. William Sctouler expects to be
absent from home on a trip to Chicago and
the West, returning in time for Sunday
September 10Th. Morning service will be
held n Trinity Church on next Sunday and
the Sunday following, the evening service
being omitted. The Rev. E K. Miller will
be found at the rectory during the later
part of the present week and may be sent
tor at mis- home, Newport, Del, after that
date by any who may desire special In.Iis
trations in the rectors absence.
The body of an un known N an was found
along the tracks of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad at Barksdale on Saturday morn.
ing. An inquest was held the jury render
ing the verdict "killed by an east hound
train in a manner unknown to the jury"
Nothing was found by which the man could
be identified. The only articles found in
his pockets were a piece of soap, a clay
pipe, and a wooden pipe. He was about 5
feet II inches high, dark hair, light nous
tache, blue eyes, probably % years old and
weighed about $50 pounds. He wore dark
striped pants, black coat and vest and
brown overshirt.
Our cid friend John II. Mahoney, of
Mechanics Valley called at the WING office
on Saturday last and conversation turning
on farming ALTERS he told US of a pig days
threshing of wheat his son Edward had
done this season for Mr.. Husfelt in Sassa
fras Neck. With a Stevens Traction engine
and thresher, he threshed over 1900 bushels
in a day. but beginning late in the day, the
, afternoons work showing over 500 bushels
With another machine one of Farquars
build at YORK, Pa, on the farm of Thomas
Lort, they threshed 260 bushels in 257
minutes. This 10 good work which all
farmers will admit.
Two smash ups occurred this week on
the Delaware railroad. Early Tuesday
evening a rear end collision at Middletowr
between two peach trains destroyed about
1000 baskets of peaches. Seven cars ant
an engine were completely wrecked and
the tracks were blocked seven hours. TIT
engineer whose right arm was oadly
bruised. On Wednesday evening passen
ger train No. 81 known IS the Norfolk
express was in collision with a freigh
train at Porters Station. The firem an
William B. Weathley, was fatally injured
4; o1 f., ,ft ha;a tol,
the Delaware Hospital in Wilmington
The engineer, James A Grub, wa
seriously injured, as was also William
Carey breakman. A freight train ha
stopped at Porters and was about to star
up when the Norfolk express crashed int
its rear end which was unprotected by
brakeman. None of the passengers wer
Injured. The locomotive of the expires
train was badly damaged and three freigt
cars were demolished. Engineer Grub
of the express did not see the freight trai
until he was within a hundred yards of i
The continued blast of a locomotiy
whistle attached considerable attention i
Elkton on Sunday evening shortly aft,
elBnb CLOCK, III using al HrsJ supposed tins
there was some object on the track or tn:
the train had broken loose. When IL
blowing did not stop within hearing di
tances some thought it was a mad man
the throttle and scanned the morning pap
for the account of collision on the p. v
81 B., and those who perchan kne
asserted that it was powerful whistle OF
of order. the whistle had no respect f
the Sabbath and openly defed the law |
disturbing religious meetings. The VIC
shippers at the colored churches along Il
railroad heard it with both ears and d