The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-12-23

MIR. Charles III. Boyes, of Yale College
is in town spending his vacation with hi
parents.
The cunning club at Childs will hold
shooting match at live and clay birds o.
Christmas morning.
A meeting of the Woman's Missionar
Societies of the Elkton Presbyterian Churc
was held on Thursday afternoon,
The Banks will be closed on Monda!
next, it being Christmas and a genera
holiday. Notes due on that day must b
met today.
1t is probable that the glee and banj
clubs of Lehigh University, will give
performance in Odd Fellows Hall on al
early date in January.
AT special meeting of the Board o
County Commissioners held on Tuesday
w. S. Evans, Esq, was reappointed counse
to the Board for the term of one year.
The annual fair for the benefit of the
Elktou A. U. NJ. P. Church will open il
Providence Hall, December %, and con
tinue for five nights, closing on Friday
night, December 30. Everybody is invited.
The remains of Miss Laura L. Mckin
sey were inferred in the Cherry Hill NJ. E.
cemetery on Thursday, the services being
conducted at the home of her father, z. r.
Mckinsey in Newark, Del, at half past
ten o'clock
| Mrs. Mary A. Clothier died on Saturday
last at her residence near Edisville, Kent
county, from paralysis, in the sixtieth year
of her age. The deceased was a daughter
of the late Gideon Clark, resident of the
| First district.
Mr.. Goldsborough S. Griffith, president
of the MARYLAND Prisoners Aid. Association,
visited the Elkton Jail and county aims
house and insane asylum, and has sub
mitted report which will be published in
the next issue of the WING.
AT meeting of the Board of Directors
OF the Conowingo Bridge Company, held at
the residence of President James c. Bell,
dividend of 81 per share was declared pay
able after January 1st next. The stock
holders annual meeting will be held at
uary.
John Jewel a we'll known young man
OF Elkton met with a painful accident on
thursday evening while shortening
christmas tree with a draw knife The
knife slipped stricking his leg as the shin
INJECTING an ugly wound. The physician
in attendance states that the accident will
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time.
An inventory made of the stock
damaged by the recent fire at the Racket
Store, of c. c. Caldwell, Elkton, shows the
loss to be about $1,000. The &C tual loss sus.
tanned to the stock by fire does not exceed 5000
the greater loss being owing to water and
breakage. The insurance was placed in
the Norwich Union and American COM
panies whose representatives have adjusted
the loss.
An Oxford gentleman and wife were
among the people who attended funeral
county, Md. The gentleman had not been
over the road to the burying ground at
Calvert for 40 years and he drove after
several carriages supposing them part of |
the procession. At length he came out |
below Zion and was surprised to find his |
losing no time on the road. 1t !
was his first experience at being lost at a !
funeral.
In a communication from Zion last |
week. it was stated, that at the Johns
Stevens wedding in that town, owing to the
failure of Rev. w. j. Fitz Simon to arrive
in time for the ceremony, a clerical guest
-as invited to assume his duties. prom
nent member of the Rock Presbyterian
Church and who was guest at the wed
ding, stated at the WING office this week
that Mr.. FitZ Simon arrived in time accord
ing to his watch, which he thought was
correct, and he reached the house shortly
after the ceremony began.
A singular accident occurred in Newark
asst week. A horse and team belonging to
Geo. Casho were standing in front of w. f.
Iriffith's store on Main street, when steam
engine came laundering and snort
ing up the street like a juggernaut of old.
The owner seeing that his horse was rest
ess, ran to its head and attempted to quiet
t. When, however, the engine got near
md the animal had one frightened look at
he weird looking machine, he gave cen
vulsive twitcE and fell over dead being
literally frightened to death, the immediate
cause being heart disease, superinduced
If course, by the shock to his nerves. When
It was found that the horse was really dead
ne irony of fate showed itself, for the
engine steamed away with its victim in
low, attached by chain around its neck.