The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-04-15
county NeaVs.
NORTH EAST NEWS.
DIRECTORS OF THE MCCULLOUGH IRON
COMPANY. -PERSUNALS. -DREDGING
THE CHANSEL.-SU SUIT AGAINST
TILE Il. AND u RAILROAD.

| THE Il. AND q. RAILROAD.
NORTH EAST, April II, 1898.
j. Murd Clark, of W ashington, was in
town Saturday and Sunday.
Rev. w. q. Rooms preached in Elkton
NJ. T. Church on Sunday evening last.
Prof |. W. Coslett assisted in the music
at Zion NJ. Il. Church on Sunday last.
Several of our citizens went to Zion on
Sunday last TO attend the re opening Of the
church.
Rev. Wm. T. Hammond conducted the
service at the NJ. E. Church on Sunday
evening last
Captain Amuadson. of Havre de Grace,
conducted the meeting at the Salvation
Army on Saturday and Sunday.
Mr.. Granville Jel14ries a former resident
here but now of Chester, was visiting here
this week.
Mr.. Charles Ford, of Washington, visited
his sister Miss Sallie Ford this week.
Mr.. Henry Ford formerly of Washington
has taken charge of the farm formerly
owned by his father Rev. John Ford, and
will live with his sister Miss Sallie Ford.
Mrs. Cooke, wife of Rev. Giles B. Cook
was taksn very ill on Tuesday, but is i'm :
proving.
There was an unusually large number Of
visitors hers ON Sunday and during the
week, being entertained at the residences of
Edward Muhlhausen, j. w. Falls, t. E.
McCrackcn and several others.
| The entertainment given in the G. A Il.
hall Oh Thursday evening for the benefit of
| success.
The general opinion prevails here that
the run OF herring will not come up to
| former years, thousands were being
caught Ibis time last year, while but 3 or 4
hundred per day are being caught now.
The employees of the Mccullough Iron
| Company are delighted with the prospect
of steady work for while, as several ship
ments of steel have arrived.
| Wheat is looking unusually bright in
this vicinity and the farmers have their
oats planted, hay is also beginning TO grow.
Thsre is rot better kept or more sui
| stantial farm in the Fifth district than
that of Samuel Scotch, adjoining our town.
Mr.. l. Il. Dean also has good one, also
Chas. j Byard.
Mrs John l.. Moore is i'll with the scarlet
fever. This is the first case herr this winter
Shad are selling at $50 per hundred, and
are very scarce, the average catch per night
being thirty and forty.
| There is some talk of booming John w.
| Falls, Esq, for the nomina ton of State
| Senator on the Republican ticket. He
would make a strong candidate aud would
command more than the party vote.
Quarterly Conference was held at Reeds
y. U. NJ. p. Church on Sunday last. Rev.
| b. II. Knight preached in the morning,
Rev. w. q. Rooms in the afternoon. and
| Isaiah Biddle iii the evening.
II. Is. Cordes and Eli Strimmel of this
town have begun suit to recover 50, 200
damages from the b. q o. Railroad for
| injury 10 their farms from the recent fire.
| Presiding Elder l.. L. Barrett will preach
ii the NJ. E. Church Sunday evening.
| y larterly conference will be held Saturday
morning.
The Wake field Fire Brick Company is
building a new addition to their factory
/ and will also build a new kiln.
The vestm ents for the chancel and altar
of st. Mary's z. L. Church, presented by
| ST. Neronica's Guild, OF It0xborough Phiia
del hia, are very handsome and are made
of plush aud satin and consist of five
| pieces.
Miss Ann Clark came here from Phila-
delphia on. Monday tor the summer.
Sheriff Wright, OF Philadelphia has great
| ly improved his summer residence two
niles below here and now has fine summer
resort.
| William Regain night operator here has
been removed to Bacon Hill to succeed
Aaron Grosb, resigned. Day operator Geo.
Mott, Of Newark, Del, succeeds him.
1t appears that the Democrats are not so
bad after all, as it is almost certain that Mr.
Samuel Sturgeon will be appointed post
master, and Mr.. McCrocken will be kept IN
the Ctiice, to which effect petition has
been extensively signed by both Democrats
and Republicans. Therefore our office
seeking brethren are turning their attention
to the Baltimore Custom House.
The stockholders of the Mccullough Iron
Company met ct the compsny's office on
| Tuesday morning and elected the follow ing
directors: L. A. Harvey and G. w. McCul
Tough, of Wilmington, Enoch Mccullough,
of Rowlandville, W. Irving Walker, OF
Baltimore, Henry Whitley and Huxley
Harvey of Philadelphia. They then repaired
to the mana gers residence and partook Of
dinner, after which they went through the
works.
Mr.. Harry Rooms, brother of Rev w. G
Rooms, of Dorchester county, is visiting al
the NJ. L Parsonage.
| A large number of our citizens attended
the wedding of Mr.. Edward Gillespie, o
Nottingham, and Miss Lou Simcos at Bay
View on Wednesday
On account of boarding with Mrs. John
l.. Moore who is i'll with the scarle. fever
on complaint of the principle Prof. Geo.
Mattingly, Miss Rachel Evans. was suspend
e from teaching in the public school OF
Monday There are two cases of measles il
Mt, Mat'lhSlS laihlly'
A dredse accomp anied by the steam tug
Frank Pidgeon, of Baltimore, arrived herr
on Wednesday last and began work o
cleaning out the channel on THURSDAY
morning commencing opposite Shad,
Beach. We will give further particular
J next week.
Rev. H. w. Ewing, of Port Deposit, ha
been visiting at the NJ. Z. parsonage tai
week.
Allan H. Grosh has taken the place o
Harry Hitchcock in the Mccullough 1rol
, Co.'S, office as clerk He is a son of W. Il
! Grcsh, of Bacon Hill
Miss Rhoda Thomas is very i'll and he
g., death is looked for at any moment. MI
Thomas has the sympathy of the entir
community.
William McCracken and daughter, Reb;
/ of Darby, Pa, were visiting his brother, ]
t L. McCracken this wesk.
!, Several improvements have been IN AIDE ;
d the p. w. & b. station. The lawn is ais
& being baautitied and flowers set out.
Port Deposit Items.
8 PORT DEPOSIT, April -, 1898.
S Miss Sue V. Kline, sister of Mrs Josep
q b. Pugh, died at the residence of Mr.
Pugh from heart affection and compl
cation of diseases early Sunday mornin