The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-07-22
ELKTON. JULY %, 1898.
cLOgAL DEPARTMENT. v

postofhce for Mrs. David l.. LSWls.
A neat wire fence has been erected Oh
the property of George E. Ash, Esq, Nortn
street.
There will be meeting for children IN
the Salvation Barracks every Saturday
afternoon at o'clock.
-Hurrah for August 10th 1898! Elkton
Council Jr. O.. U. A. NJ, win give an eXcur
sion to that famous family resort, Lincoln
Park Thursday August 10th, 1898
The truck of one car of a freight train
was derailed a short distance below Elkto n
at three o'clock on Monday morning. The
wreck train was summoned and the truck
was quickly replaced.
Charles T. Miller, Jr., travelling man,
of Baltimore, on Wednesday morning was
attacked with vertigo while on the Howard
House porch. DR.. Mitchell was sum
moned and he soon recovered.
Quarterly meeting at the Providence
A. U. NJ. P. Church on Sunday. Love
feast at a. m. Preaching at 1890 a. IN,
and 3 Is and p. N. Able divines have
been invited to officiate. Rev w. I. War
den, pastor.
Miss Hattie Pascault who was frequent
ly the guest of Mrs. James B. Groome,
during her residence in Elkton, died on
Monday afternoon in San Francisco. This
news will be received with deep regret in
ElkSon where Miss PascaulG was well known
and admired.
Presbyterian Church. Sunday, July
23rd. Services and sermons by the pastor,
Rev. j. McElmoyle at 10 80 a. m, and p.
IN. Morning topic:-"Paul in the market
place." Evening subject: -"Salyationa-
lism." Service at Pierson Grove at $50
p. m. Every body is cordially invited and
welcomed to our service.
The ladies of Wesley Chapel Elk Neck,
will hold an ice cream festival at the resi-
dence of Capt. William Foster, on Satur.
urday evening, July the 22nd. The pro-
ceeds are for the purpose of helping to pay
the minister's salary. No pains will be
spared to make the festival success. The
public is cordially invited to attend.
The Salvationists have their camp
meeting at Glynaon Park again this year.
The dates are bstwesn August %, and Sept.
8. Commander Booth will be there and
there will be a hallelujah wedding. Appli.
cations for information concerning boarding
and sleeping accommodation should To- made
to Captain Sheppard, 221 Hickory avenue,
Hampden, Md.
Oh,
on the Pennsylvania Railroad coal pier at
Perryville on Monday morning the e. sineer
allowed his train to attain too much head
way and striking the bumper knock it off
sending one car loaded with coal into the
river and another car was left hanging MALT
way over the end of the pier A yawlboat
was demolished, but no one was injured.
collecting cancelled U. S, postage
stamps is III vogue among the Elkton
juveniles. There are number of enthu-
siasts and already one boys collection
includes three thousand and his closest
competitor has secured twenty six hundred.
Among two of the body a great rivalry
exists and one in order to prevent the others
securing a cancelled thirty cent stamp paid
the young owner of it quarter for his
coveted property.
The WING has been favored with the
June-July number of the Kes Mar College
Journal, published monthly during she
college year by the students of that excell-
ent ladies' College at :s,rstown. The
journal is neat and artistic in form and
contents are noted as being of soli>
cultured and highly literary character. At
this commencement a class of seventeen
graduated, reports OF which exercises are
conspicuous in this issue of the journal.
The officers elected by Perryville
Council No. s, Jr. o. U. A NJ, for the
ensuing term are: Councillor, j. w. Coch
ran; Vice Councillor, w. NJ. jackson; Jun
ior Past Councillor, NJ. E. Cole; Treasurer,
A. II. Owens; Financial Secretary, W. R.
Ward; Recording Secretary, c. w. Ward;
Assistant Recording Secretary, A Craig;
conductor, G. II. Knight; Warden, A.
Little; Inside Sentinel, B b. Horn berger;
Outside Sentinel. w. T. Calvert; Trustees,
A. Craig, G. w. Ward and !. w. Cochran.
On Friday of last week during the
absence of the family a sneak thief entered
the residence of Arthur Mcknight, on High
street, but observed however by several
neighbors. Upon Mrs. McKuight's return
she was Informed that a person had entered
and thinking it was her husband and hear
ing footsteps upstairs, called out which
frightened the intruder who jumped from a
window to the rear of the house making his
escape. The man lad not had sufficient
time to secure any valuables before his dis
covery.
Kirk Alexander, butcher of Lewis
vile, Pa. made a discovery on Monday that
all butchers should profit from. On that
day he purchased steer from George
Biles, on the Brick Hsll farm this county,
which he slaughtered. He then detected a
peculiar condition of the animal which
caused him to summon the veterinary, DR.
Frank Mackle who pronounced it tuber
'culosis or consumption, from which the
animal had been suffering. This disease is in
fictitious and butchers should use the utmost
caution in selecting animals for slaughter,
and examine with care the flesh of the
animals after being killed. In this case
referred TO, the animal appeared in healthy
condition before being slaughtered Though
it did not feed well and it was only Mr..
Alexanderss caution that prevented the
meat being marketed.
For The past week E.kton has been
over run by agents of a so called Philadel
phia Crayon and Portrait Company, win
utilize a deceptive scheme in order tt
dispose of picture frames. One of them
calls at your residence and offers you ;
crayOn portrait which they will copy from
any photograph free of charge, in order t,
introduce their work in your neIghborhood
Unsuspecting number accepted the Ill
eral offer and gave the agent the photograph
In a day or so agent No. 2, calls stating
that the portrait is finished and display
samples from which you select the framing
Offer No. 2, is hardly gratis, as the owne
of the photograph subsequently finds GU
upon receiving his crayon aud an exorbau
bill for a cheap picture frame On Tuesda
the Wilmington Every EreaiHg contains
the following respecting the picture men
operations in Newark. Two young me
who represented the Philadelphia Crayo
Portrait Company, barely escaped a fin
Monday. Mr.. Smith and Mr.. Betz ha
the parties before Squire Smith in til
morning, when there was only can info
NAL talk" instead of trial. The time ST
for hearing was o'clock. There was
hitch somewhere in the proceedings, an
the two young men packed their traps an
took the first southbound train for Elktol