The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-10-20
THROUGH THE COUNTY.
WHAT HAS TRANSFERRED IN A
WEEK.
Special News From our Regular
Correspondents.
NORTH EAST NEWS.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS GETTING READY FOR THE
spoRT-A POPULAR PUBLIC SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
FIRST ICE OF THE sEAsoN-HoNEY IN THE
SIDE OF HoUsE-AN EXCITING MAD DOG
cHAsE-ANTI-LICFNsE CLUBS FORMED IN ELK
NECK AND BoULDEN's oHAPEL-THE ANTI
LICENSE CAMPAIGN WARM IN THE FIFTH DIS
TRICT.
NORTH EAST, Oct. Is 1894.
Mrs. H. NJ. Pierson is visiting at Cherry
Hill.
Miss Carrie Caldwell is visiting at Prin-
cipio.
Mrs. Joseph Shallcross is visiting in Phil
adelphia.
Mrs. Il. J. Warner is visiting at Norrisvile
Hartford county.
party of young people gave straw ride
to Calvert on Thursday evening.
Next Friday night is Halloween. stitch
in time saves nine, so tie your gates.
Our gunners are making active prepara-
tions for the fall slaughter of ducks.
Rev. w. G.. Rooms preached another tenn
perance sermon on Sunday night to large
congregation.
Arthur Little, of New York. is visiting his
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. John Little. He is
employed in the Navy repair shops.
Under the new principal, Prof. L. b. Fock-
Ter, our public school was never more pros
porous, nearly all the rooms being full.
Misses Eva and Alice Churchman, of Aber-
deem. Hartford county, spent the early part OF
the week with relatives and friends here.
Captain George A. Jones, of the Boston
NIass Fire Department. is visiting DR.. Ii.
G.. Underwood and enjoying the balmy Mary
land air.
There was quite Il skum of ice frozen here
last Saturday and Sunday nights on still
water, which also injured the tomatoes.
beans and other garden vegetables.
Two turns of heaters went from her" to
Wilmington on Monday to work in the
Mccullough Iron Works there and to make
iron for the sheet mills at the North East
works.
Messrs Jesse Lumm and W. d. Reynolds
got wash tub full of money out of the sid"
of Edward Wingatc's house at Hances Point
on Tuesday. Eight feet of siding between
two studding were full Of honey ,omb mai"
by two swarIns Of bees.
The brothers aud sisters who reside h"f
of Mrs. sylvester McGihney. of Wilmington
were summoned to her bedside on Monday
us she was seriously i'll and not expected t.
live She is the daughter of Mrs. Katie
Grant of this town. At this writing she j.
still living.
IA I ii, tl,,,it ,tI.
ton of Rev W. q. Rooms. is preparing an
entertainment for Thank giving evening.
They held a sociahlc in the basement of tn"
church on Saturday afternoon, where lemon
AIDE and cake were served and IA pleasant
time passed.
The Town Council have opened fin,
quarry on Mr.. George Craig's farm along
Stony Run, from which they are taking stone
for the streets. TA2 work : progressing;
rapidly. and they have the stone road bed
bed laid as far as the postoiiice. The pave
ments are also bains; greatly improved.
An anti-icense club was formed at Boul-
denis Chapel on Wednesday night of last wee!
where several from North East were present
William r. Mccullough was elected president
John T. Holt vice president; II. G. Rose,
secretary: r. NJ. Tyson, treasurer number
signed as members of the club and to vote
against license.
There was an exciting mad dog chase il,
Elk Neck last Sunday. A dog, cross be-
tween beagle and terrier, coming from
the direction of our town, made tour OF the
country and bit large number OF dogs. hogs
etc. William Mckinney pursued it for mil'
or more but failed to kill il as it was lost in Il
swamp near Elk river.
An auti-license club was formed at Hart,
M. L. Chapel on Wednesday evening. j. W
Falls, ESQ, and Rev VIM. I. Hammond were
present and made speeches. Rev. MIR. hlrhA
was elected president. and Frank Gardner
secretary. Twenty-Five or more men SiSnec
tn pledge to vote against license, and became
members of the club. They will meet every
Wednesday night.
Rev Giles b. Cooke is attending the Mis-
sionarv Council of the church which is being
held in Hartford, Conn, this week, as one
the delegates from the Diocese of Easton
He will not be home until next week, but thu
Sunday by Allan H. Grosh and W. H. Simco
mt 10. 80 Il. N. and 3 o'clock p. m.
The anti-license campaign is warming NJ
in this district. as will be seen by the club
formed. well attended meeting was hel'
in the basement of the NJ. L. Church on Tues
day evening, and was addressed by ).
Falls, William 7. Hammond and Magistrat
al. ,I.nN
largely attended meeting was also held a
Reeds A. U. NJ. p. Church and was addressed
byJ. W. Mccullough and Albert Fooks, VIII
also sang an old time temperance song, whic
was heartily received by those present AM
Rev. J. H. Medley and Henry Ruffn, tn
president.