The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-03-18
ELKTON. MARCH IS. 1898
.GLOgAL DEPARTMENT. "


residence in Perryville'
The BLY, thedale public school has beer
presented number of BOOKS costing $40 o5
the Junior Literary Society,
Letters addressed as follows are adver
tised this week at the Eiston post ounce
Miss Mary j. McLane, Mrs, Frank Gonce
David Harris, Emmit Lilly, John Boyer.
Ruth, aged months, daughter OF MI
and Mrs, Patrick Reedy died on Sunday
after short illness from pneumonia. The
funeral services were held on TUESDAY
afternoon, interment in Elkton cemetery.
-Merryman Craig will erect store
house in Perryville this spring on the LOT
opposite Cameron's drug store. The bnild
ing which is to be 1882 feet will be occu
pied by the meat and provision firm OF
Taylor s. Co.
Marks Lieberman at the National
Clothing Emporium in the "hollow" is out
in an attractive new card in this issue OF
THE WING. His stock of new sprine
clothing for men, boys and children is even
more attractive. Call and see him.
MFR. John Frazer has erected notice.
ably neat sign &C his tailoring establishment
on Main street. The storeroom has been
extensively remodelled and improved and
Mr.. Frazer now occupies one OF the most
attractive business homes on the Eastern
Shore.
A disease very much like the dread
cerebro spinal meningitis has appeared
among the horses in the neighborhood OF
Perryville. Mr.. Joseph G. Naudain has
lost two valuable animals from it, and a
number of other horses are affected, several
not expected to recover.
Col. Edwin H. Webster, of Bel Air is
again ser iously ill and his friends fear
that he will not recover. Eminent Balu
more physicians have been In consultation
this week with the family physician, but
no hope is held out of any permanent
improvement in the Colonels condition.
Ball announces the grand re opening of
the new Oak Hall Clothing Store opposite
the Court House. The store has been
entirely rebuilt with a recess plate glass
time for his April reopening. it certainly
will tie one of the largest clothing houses
in the State.
Mr.. E. E. Sutton practical electrician of
TIC Shipley street, Wilmington, has
recently introduced into a mum Der of houses
in that city his patent bell ringing and
electric gas lighting apparatus which are
pronounced superior to any yet invented.
Write to hin, for particulars relative to
these usefu, dom estic in yentions.
The farm containing 101 acres situated
on the North East load two miles from
Elkton owned by William j. Major and
Emanuel Major was sold in Elkton at
public sale on Saturday by George A.
Blake, trustee, to Frank G. Corriden for
$3.50. The property is improved by frame
dwelling house, granary and other out
buildings.
AT the sale OF Absalom Hyland in Elk
Neck, last week, Phillip NJ. Groves, auc
tioneer, excellent prices were realized, one
mare 10 years old selling for SIT, more than
was paid for her five years ago. Other sales
were a cow S35 co. pigs $1,000 per pair,
chickens 13cts per pound and the furniture
brought excellent prices. Mr.. Hyland
recommends Mr.. Groves to any persons in
want of the services of auctIoneer as he
gave him full satisfaction.
The Elkton creamery, William
Dawson proprietor, is no" running
four days of the week, Monday, Wednes-
day, Friday and Saturdays, the daily
amount of milk received averaging from
1900 to 1000 pounds. The milk is sepa-
rated here and shipped to the Newark
creamery, also operated by Mr.. Dawson,
where it is manufactured into butter. The
price paid for milk is governed by its
quality, tbs average rate being 81 90 per
hundred pounds. j. Harvey Groves is in
charge of the plant.
Malcolm B. jackson, son of John E.
Jackson, died on Sunday morning at the
residence of his father near Jackson, in
the 2lst year Of his age. His death re
suited from paralysis the outcome of a
heavy cold contracted while he was suffer
ing with an attack of the measles. Mr..
jackson was engaged to DO married to the
eldest daughter of Mr.. William j. Little, a
resident of Perry vile. His funeral ser
vices were held on Wednesday afternoon
from his late home at o'clock, interment
at S.. Marks Chapel.
q ~ Philadelphia Record publish ed the
ling item of interest recently: Two or
selrtsf of Tho ,l1oSt housau in thiu oouptrv
- standing in the village of Port Penn,
= Y Castle county, Delaware, at the head
elaware Bay. The main portion of the
18th homestead, occupied by family
I'd from British post captain who
married during the Revolution
y of the patriotic Governor
Early 200 years old, and another
Fwelling is supposed to be half
der. There has been a Doctor
~ praeticing medicine at Port
szrs.
Arbuckle of Cherry Hill
*. >c5gnizad cEcken faneier, is
sG-larly successful ii raising the
plymouth Rock varieties, bad rooster
exhibited by him at the Maids, =. Square
Gardens, New York, having eed go
points out of a possible 100 Hs has recent
ly purchased prize 81 point bird of the
same variety, from Jones Wilcox, a fanciel
of East Chatham, n. Y, who has secured
the George W Chids prizs cup two year.
for the excellence of his exhibit of tb,
American varieties At the last show in
Philadelphia Mr.. Wilcox secured the
premium, one of the birds being nov
owned by Mr.. Arbuckle. 'Ol one occasion
at the Elkton fair Mr.. Arbuckle secured
first honors on an exhibit of Plymouth
rocks in competition with several of tn
leading fanciers of the country.
George Macdonald, the Scotch novels
is presented to the readers of March Boo
Ne,cs (Phila. as the frontispiece portrait
Or. McDona aid is as benevolent and a
kindly faced as his many readers nigh
expect to find him, for his writings sho,
him to be sincere and straightfor ward, ant
moreover he is a good story teller, Boo
Ne,cS aims to give complete list of th
latest publications as they come from tn
publishers, and 100 new book titles, prop
erly classified, are included in descriptiv
price list for this month. A few words O
long review give the reader just MOTTO
of the critical value of each work. L
addition newsy notes and short sketches G
authors and publishers appear under tn
various departments: Notes, Mr.. Doles'
Boston Letter Asked and Answered, o
Miscellany. Mr.. Talcott Williams con
tributes "W 18th the New Books" POI
traits of Cyrus Field, OF Trsns-Atlanti
cable fame. of the Hon. Frederick Douglas
of the poets Dante and Heine and of Mr.