The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-03-11

Letters addressed as follows are adver
tsed this month at the Elkton pos: office
Mrs. Maude Reed, Geo. NJ. Russum, Alfred
Sidney, j. y. Ramer, Charles Briley, Thos
Riley, John Ballandson.
-George w Sutton's sale of Western
horses held at Havre de Grace on Monday,
was largely attended and successful, horses
and colts realizing from $50 to 5000. Is. I,
Taylor was the auctiuneer.
Mrs Elizabeth Ramsey, wife Of John
T. Ramsey, died at the residence of her
husband in Cherry Hill On Friday, March
3. She was 90 years OF age and before her
marriage was Miss Elizabeth Davidson.
The funeral services were held on Tuesday.
In this weeks issue appears the adver
tisement of The handsome Cleveland Bay
stallion "Pride of England" which opens
the season to day at the stables of John
Meredith, Elkton. The high qualities of
the Cleveland Bay stock recommends
pride of England" to the breeders of this
county.
AS tho result of imbibIng TOO much
JClSSS OSStAt leu ~ % W Cpu
| sawyers' contest, near Laurel, Delaware,
on Thursday, in which Emory Phillips
was struck on the head and prob
ably fatally injured, and Frank Bradley
had thumb nearly bitten off.
"A passenger train on the Philadelphia
and Baltimore Central Railroad ran into a
Wilmington and Northern freight at Chadds
Ford Junction, Pa, on Thursday morning.
Engineer George Phillips, Of the passen ger
train, was killed, and Conductor William
Cammins was slightly injured The coro
ner's jury found the accident was due to
the negligence of Engineer Phillips.
Record OF marriage licenses issued by
the Clerk of the Court of Cecil county:
March 4. Howard Terry, of Bay View and
Roberta England, of Zion. Mar. Z, William
j. Crothers, of Calvert, and Hattie q.
Boucher, of Philadelphia; Charles Goslin,
colored, of Georgetown, and Charlotte Coale
of Cecilton; Joseph r. Ham5leton and
Annie NJ. N1ckle, both of Rising Sun.
POSTMASTER General Bissel is accredited
with the announcement that no local bust
ness men need apply for post office under
his administration. He objects to commits
sioning local business men as postmasters,
for the reason that tie actual duties are
performed by irresponsi BILE and often
incon petent clerks and substitutes. Post
masters under MIR. Bissell must promise to
devote their entire time to the work and
personally keep strict office hours.
The case of the Baltimore Copper Smelt
ing and Rolling Company against the
Eureka Fertilizer Company, of Cecil county
which was recently tried in the Hartford
county court verdict being given for the
plaintiff, it is understood will be appealed.
The verdict was for S20S4, amount claimed
by the Baltimore firm as due upon the sale
of a boat purchased by the defendants
who claimed the vessel was not as war
ranted and which sank because of defective
timbers.
Mrs Hannah b. Taylor, very estima-
bic lady, wife of Jesse Taylor and mother
of William j. Taylor, residents of the
Fourth district, died al her home on Monday
from apoplexy. Mrs. Taylor was in The I'D
year of her age and had lived at her late
home for upwards of forty years. She was
a Miss Meudenhall, of West Chester, Pa.
The funeral services We're he'd at the house
on Thursday at II O'Clock, the Rev. I. b.
Hunter officiating. Interment at Cherry
Hill cemetery.
The annual meeting of the Woman's
Home Missionary Society of the Wilmington
Methodist Episcopal Conference was held
in Asbury Church, Wilmington, on Thurs
dav. Two hundred deleg ates were preseut
representing branches in Wilmington, New
Castle, Middletown, Milford, Newark, Elk
ton, Port Deposit, Centreville, Greensboro,
Easton and other towns of the peninsula,
Mrs. n. NJ. Browne presided. Mrs. Annie
Taylor made ting address of welcome in be
half of the Asbury Branch, and Mrs. Mary
Challenger, of New Castle, responded. Mrs.
Emma l.. WeIdin, of Wilmington cores
ponding secretary of the conference societies
read report of the years work,
Without warning, a chandelier, con
tanning six lighted lamps, fell at Claymont
VI Il SllIlCu GEu-L W lltli III : OiA WI " ~
nesday night, w:ile prayer meeting was in
progress SEATED under the chandelier
were Joseph H. ,tey, Ambrose S. ostey
and Miss Nam Z. fuestone. The latter was
knocked senseIk "A \ panic ensued, which
was duelled EsAome one starting up
"Praise Col 80 Whom all Blessings
Flow" Tad. ,reEation took up the
hymn, whilE Awouuded people were
being draggeE the broken chandelier.
A. S. Ostey Il Eluhurt, but Joseph ).
Ostey had i! pne half inch cash in
his forehess and tn ank offer
ing were r escape,
The A.of the Directors of
the Phil2t *gton & Balsim ore
Railrold see - eu ISSUED. This
Comp Al PsS1 miles of track,
fucludi n fillmore & Potomac and
Washington s. Southern Roads. Last year
II 1896, 339 passengers we're Carried an In
crease ove previous year of 29l, VA. Dur
ing the same period, 1916 $50 tons of freight
were carried, an increase OF l35,S59 tons
The gross earnings amounted 10 Si,156,
225 e. and the operating expenses to
1891 ,013 50. making the net earnings
;, 81 1864 o.. Earnings from passenger
traffic increase . &C per cent; from freight
traffic, l per cent, and from express tralhc,
q per cent. Ten locomotives, ten PaSseh
ger coaches and two hundred freight cars
were last year added to the equipment OF
the road
The phenomenal success of the h""d
JacturerS' Record OF Baltimore, affords
striking illustration of what enterprise
coupled with persistent perseverance, IN
> well defined purpose can accomplish lh'
; Record is quarto illustrated trade journal
u STARTED some ten years ago, with INC ueh
mite view Of ADVERTISING and publishing u
the world the many and great advantages
of climate, fertility Of suil, great forest
hnest timber and immense dormant "eaitt
OF undeveloped Goa! and iron ores-oi 'h'
southern States, TO induce lmm lgra''ou
capital and manufacturing for their ue'eioi
u ment. The Record, in the short space v
Time named, has grown to be one oil 'h'
: solid Institutions Of the country, Win
J. greater and widespread influence than an.
purely industrial paper published IN thi
country. From its new hone, sf'h'
y seven story building, erected last year
l. corner Lexington and North streets, baiti
9 more, it publishes aud sends out the initia
u number of monthly, the hahJ"ct"reS
9 record Magazine, which, like the weekly
= Is devoted to Southern resources and pro
II gress, but in more compact FORM ant
e better adapted for fine illustrations, ant
IS more elaborate and original articles from