The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-10-14
.GIOgAL DEPARTMENT. v

-"Ex;led" a beautiful ballad by Guy
has been sent us by Ascherfelds musi
store Hayre de Grace. Send Soc for copy
Frank l., Brysou, the victim OF tn
recent shooting affray near Elkton, returne'
from the Johns Hopkins Hospital, balti
more on Tuesday. His condition Is sulnc'
emily improved to allow OF his walking
= around.
The regular monthly of the Ceci
Farmers Club will be held at Mr. JOSEPH
Coudons (of Jos) near Perryyille on wee
nesday next the 18th inst. John 5. WIT
Esq. will be present by invitation ant
deliver an address on Taxation"
Henry f. Krause, who was arrested OIL
suspicion of having shot Frank Bryson
was given a hearing before Squire Cleavei
on Tuesday, and waived hearing, h'
was held undor $500 bail for his appearance
for trial at the December term of court
We call the attention of our readers tc
the fall card of Mr.. Thomas Depuy the
well known Carpet Dealer of Second ST
Philadelphia. We have known him foI
years, anu W ou' ASNS
handling only reliable makes of carpets
and floor coverings.
Father Birmingham, pastor of the Elk
ton Catholic Church, has been presented with
available horse and carriage by the par
ishioners of st. Pauls parish, Fourth and
jackson streets, Wilmington. Ten of the
prominent mem ers of St. Pauls visited
Father Birmingham and made the pres
entation, to which he responded in neat
speech.
Mr. Walter l.. Alexander of North
East and recently connected with the Star
of that town, has been appointed on the
city staff of the Baltimore american, and
will go to work on Monday next. We
know Mr. Alexander personally, and be.
lieve that his intelligence, and industry
will render him an efficient member of the
reportoriai corps. We extend
Mr.. Alexander our best wishes for his per-
sonal success.
After formal opening of the Epworth
League on Wednesday evening the
following interesting programme was
III" IL 4uahO UP
by Miss Grace Armstrong; trio, abide
With Me-" Miss Annie Pearson and Messrs
II. Vinsinger and j. T. Colvin; select read
ing, mo Sects in Heaven" Miss May
Budd; duet, sBe Not Afraid,' Misses
BERTHE McNeal and Mollie Perkins; select
reading, HE Ran the Night Express"
Miss Daisy Cameron; solo. H, Vinsinger;
recitation. "The Engineer" Miss Mary
Smith.
e. r. Williams the pedestrian who
left New York on Wednesday of last week
to journey to New Orleans by Decent Der
16 on a wager, reached Elkton on Monday
evening and spent the night at the Howard
House. through the hospitality of mine
host Burnley. He is making the trip on
wager of $500, one of the conditions being
that he shall not spend or carry cent of
money. If successful Mr.. Williams will
receive an additional $500 from the Police
Gazette. He left Elkton the next morning
and took dinner that day at the Hotel
Cecil North East.
The Rev. Ingram n. w. Irvine, form,
erly rector of the Episcopal church at
Chesapeake City, has presented his resig
nation to the vestry of the St. James
Episcopal Church of Philadelphia of which
he has been rector. The resignation was
presented through Bishop Whitaker. 1t
is said that the rector had several times
refused to resign and said he could force
the yestry to resign instead. 1t was claimed
that the rector had weakness for running
the church into debt and that he had done
the same thing in other charges which he
had previously held The charges are now
being investigated by Bishop Whitaker.
An annular eclipse of the sun occurred
on Monday being visible as partial eclipse
in all that portion of North America lying
west and south of a line drawn from Cape
Bathurst on the Atlatic ocean, and passing
through or near Fort Fon du Lac, on Lake
Athabasca, Canada; Bismarck and Yankton
in the Dakotas st. Joseph, Mo-, Memphis
Tenn, Birmingham, Ala, and Brunswick,
Ga. The path of the annular eclipse lies
almost wholly in the Pacific ocean and is
nesly parable to the west coast of North
America, passing about midway between
the Sandwich Islands and Lower California
No part of the &c lipse was visible in this
section.
Mr.. j esse W. Hambleton of the firm
of Hamb leton Brothers of Rising Sun who
o. are Cecil County Agents for the celebrated
keystone Suspension Wire Fence was in
Elk:on on Tuesday, having just return ed
from the First district where he had just
placed between five and six hundred rods
of it. They have appointed Mr.. Eugene
Pearce at Cecilton their agent for the First
and Second districts. As the merits of the
keystone Fence become known its saes
always increase and this is the case now
in Cecil. The Messrs. Harnbleton lave
just erected 200 rods for Col. Hogg at Cecil
Manor, who is so we'll pleased with it that
he has ordered 200 rods more.
Everybody who knows Mr.. VIM
Il. Nelson of this town is aware that he is
mechanic of ability. In the past he has
principally engaged in the restoration of
antique and unique furniture the lost parts
of which he can copy to perfection. Now
he proposes TO. widen and enlarge his line
of manufactures, and having placed the
necessary machinery, and introduced
water power, he will manufacture art
furniture and cabinet work, hard wood
mantels and exterior fittings, and any
class of turned work, Ballisters, &c, for
which no one need 60 to the cities Call
pnI hifrn ha yui1l oh rFtrllx onh,
designs for work and make estimates Of
the cost of the same.
National Lodge No. 81, 1. 90. f. of
Elkton, visited National Lodge No. 50, of
st, Georges, Del, on Tuesday night. The
occasion was the installation of officers by
the St. Georges Lodge, after which ban
quet was given. The Elkton Old Fellows
attending were: j. II. Clark, j. Will
Perkins, S. j. Keys, H c. Wells, Ricketts,
Nelson, George MoQuilkin, Joseph H
Sloan, NJ, r. Gilpin, Charles E. Alexander
J. II. Terrell, w. j, Smith, o. c. Giles,
Winfield Lewis, Harry Lafzalere, Harry
Henry, Charles Queck, w. w. Burkley
B. r. Drew, Norris Lewis, Malvern Jones
Thomas Hoffman, Alex E. Sewers, w. G.
Cole, Alfred Davis, John Dunbar, Justi,
Dunbar, Thomas Burns and b. B. Dunbar
AT the Republican City Convention hello
in Baltimore on Tuesday the omine, for
Mayor was w. 7. Malster, a Cecil cou ain
who has attained prominence in the bust
ness circles of that city. Mr.. Master il
president of the Colum ban Iron Work
and Dry Dock Company. He was early i,
life compelled to enter the great army o
those who toll for their daily bread. II
obtained employment on a steam boa
while yet youth and there acquired hi
taste for N achinery. From the position O