The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-02-10
.GIOgAL DEPARTMENT. "

belts OH Wednesday.
Amos E. Pierson while fishing gil
net in the Elk river off Henderson Pom
last week caught dozen crabs in the seine
Alexander Campbell who formerly
resided near Elkton died on Monday at hi
home in Lewisville, at the advanced age
ninety five years.
Mrs. Emma Silyerberg, daughter o
John Stockton, formerly of Elkton, died IL
Philadelphia on Monday from consnmp
ton. The funeral was held on Thursday.
The receipts at the Elkton postofhce
for January were the highest ever reached
at the office. The sale Of stamps, cards.
envelopes, box rents, ETC., aggregated 900
The Polk farm situated near Warwick,
containing 416 acres OF land, owned by w.
R. Cochran, was sold on Saturday 20 the
Equitable Trust Company, of Wilmington,
for ST., 900.
The Cecil Paper Mills, operated by the
firm of 1. D. Carter s. Son, closed down
temporarily on Saturday owing to lack OF
orders. The suspension is expected to be
only for short time.
Persons resident in the vicinity OF
Cherry Hill, will take special notice OF the
auction sale of furniture, etc., in Porter
hall on Saturday night February II. Read
business local in another column.
The Thackery farm, near Elkton,
recently purchased by Mrs. L. FL. Litzen-
berg is being improved by the erection OF
additional farm buildings, and general
repairs. William n. Hughes is the con-
tractor.
Michael Wilberford, the travelling herb
doctor, who lived few miles from Elkton,
died at the Aims House from pneumonia.
He was of Portuguese and Indian descent
and was well known in Elkton and though.
out the county.
Mrs. Agnes E. Ball, wife of Philip Ball,
died on Saturday night of paralysis at her
home in Catonsville, aged 60 years. The
deceased was a daughter of the late Griffith
M. Eldridge, of this county, and sister of
S. Morgan and F. Howard Eldridge of
Philadelphia.
AT the regular meeting of the Epworth
League of the Elkton NJ. E. Church on
Wednesday evening officers were elected as
follows: President, Rev. 1. L. Wood; First
Vice President, Charles E. Alexander. Sec
ond, Miss Mary Terrell; Third, Miss Grace
Wells; Fourth, Miss Mamie Brown; Score
tary, Miss Marie Budd Tr easurer, Harvey
Mackey.
The special train on the Pennsylvania
Railroad which on Tuesday conveyed a
number of persons to the funeral services of
the late George W. Childs, in Philadelphia,
made the run betw cen that city and Wash
ington in the rem arkably quick time of
hours and % minutes. The train consisted
of three coaches and the special car of Genl
Manager Provost. A stop of five minutes
was made a. Baltimore, which makes the
actual time of the trip. distance of about
1876 miles, 143 minutes.
AT the annual meeting of the State
Council of Maryland of the o. .. A. NJ
held N Baltimore on Tuesday State officers
were elected. T. B. Miller of Elkton, was
elected Examiner, and E. P. Brickley of
Port DEPOSIT, Representative to the National
Council for the ensuing three years. Mr..
Brickley was also appointed a member of
the organization com mittee to promote the
interests of the order and establish new
councils. Joseph L Money, of Havre &c
Grace. was elected vice councillor.
"A sleek tongued impostor made round
of the drug stores in Elkton several days
ago with some success, palming off worGh
less mixture labeled Throp's Rheumatism
Elixir, at the rate of three bottles for 50.
1t was represented that the medicine was
manufactured by j. G. Throp & Co., of
Harrisburg, Pa, which firm would adver-
tise the elixir in this territory. The drug
gisUs quickly discovered the character of
the compound as well as the fact of the
non-existence of j. c. Throp & Co.
The Brandywine -four mill of the VIM.
Lea & Sons Company at Wilmington, was
destroyed by fire early Saturday morning
last entailing loss of 100000, with insur-
ance. The bright light OF the fire was
reflected so as to be visible in Elkton. At
this hour special watchmsn Moore was
passing up Main street when suddenly his
attention was attracted by a shaft of light
bursting forth in the rear of the Methodist
Church. He thought the church was afre
and hurried to the building, only to find
the blaze Of the Lea mills reflected on the
clouds.
The ground hog saw his shadow on
Friday and according to the ground hog
theory the winter season was prolonged
six weeks from Feb. 2. The rain of Satur-
day and Sundays snow fall tended to
strengthen belief in the ground hog s
prophecy and his constituents are looking
forward to experiencing five weeks yet of
winter weather. The ground hogs relia-
billty as prognosticator however is very
questionable, and records have been pro
duced to prove tn at his prediction has been
right but once in the last twenty five years
and that by accident. February 2, OF
last year was cloudy and the hog didn't see
his shadow. That meant no more winter,
as the ground hog story goes. There were
III inches of snow in February of that
year and inches in March, while the tenn
perature in each month was below the
normal
1t can be truthfully said, that DR. G
4. Matthews manager of the Kickapot
Medicine Company ID the most popular
representative of a proprietary medicin,
that comes to this town. This is not be
cause he is big man physically, weighing
1896 pounds, but because he carries bill
heart inside his big body. Beside
he is a gentleman, and knows how t
treat everybody right. Rich or poor, higl
or low every one receives the same polis
and agreeable treatment at his hands. TIL
company he represents is located at New
Haven, Conn, and stands A No. l, as
business house. 1t has on the road sevent
two organizations such as DR.. Matthew
now has in Elkton, and the medicines pr,
pared by Kickapoo Company at Ne,
Haven are on sale rot only in every dru
store in the United States and Canada, br
also In several foreign countries. Tt
doctor and his company of artists will |
in Elkton two weeks, giving nightly entel
tainments at Odd Fellows hall
Senator Gibson and Rspresentati,
Talbot, of Mary land, are urging genera,
appropriations far Eastern Shore river
including the Elk and North East. NJ
Talbot was chiefly interested in securiI
an appropriation to obtain survey of Il
Susquehauna river above and balow Pc
Deposit in order that ice gorges may be pr
vented either by deepening the channel
facilitate the plan of ice blocks or by sor
other means which should be deemed fea.
BILE by competent engineers. This is i
first effort ever made to devise some mea
to prevent these gorges, which entail su