The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-08-25
COUNTY NEWS.
North East Items.

NoI 1ldSU
NORTH EAST, August q, 1894.
Miss Mabel Ewing is visiting in Hayrt
de Grace.
Miss Bortie Drummond is visiting il
Wilmington,
Mrs. Laura Beatty is at Ocean Grove,
New Jersey.
Miss Blanche E Matthews is visiting
in Elk Neck.
Isaiah Biddle roopcpcd his clothing
store this week.
Orman Cameron is preparing to enter
a store in Perkinsvile.
Mrs. L J. Muhlhausen aud sen have
been visiting in Wilmington.
Miss Mabel ingling, of Baltimore, is
visiting Miss Emma Mearns.
Mr.. George o. Carey speut tho early
part of the week at Easton, Nd.
Baihif j. A. Lambert has been acting
IS policeman at Woodlawn Camp.
Miss Florence McGbney, of Whining
ton, is visiting Miss Clara Grant.
Captain 7. G. McCracken left Friday
morning for Chincoteague Island.
Miss Fannie Brooks, of Chesapeake
City, is visiting Mrs. w. D. Coslett.
Miss Bertha Hodge has been appointed
teacher at Barns school this district
Miss Virgie Blake, of Chester, Pa, is
visiting her sister, Miss Mellie Blake.
Mrs. Reba MCCrabken, of Darby, Pa,
is visiting her auat, Mrs. t. {. McCracken
Many bushels of fox grapes are being
picked in this vicinity of very fine
variety.
Misses Mary and Jennie Anderson, of
Fair Hill, are visiting Mrs. George S.
Mattipgly.
One hundred and fifty tickets we're sold
on Thursday for the p. r. r. excursion
to Colchester.
Mrs Charles Remmy of Nays Landing,
n. j., is Visiting her parents Mr.. and Mrs.
Benjamin Maulden.
There will be celebration of the Holy
Communion at St. Mary's z. E. Church
Sunday at 1890 A. NJ.
Miss Fannie White has been appointed
a teacher in the Portsmouth, Va, High
School, her native town.
Miss Della and Carrie Campbell, of
Conshohocken, Pa, are visiting Misses
Nora and Jennie Campbell
Giles 3. Palmer will attend the Tome
Institute at Port Deposit. As yet he is
the only applicant from here.
Rev. w. G. Rooms is expected home
j.
and will preach here on Sunday.
James Mallen haG had fine set of
steps put in front Of his residence. The
steps are walled up with granite blocks.
Mr.. Joseph Thomson has moved into
and opened confectionery store in the
house recently vacated by II. w. Shall
cross.
Levi Reynolds has a sun flower il his
garden, the stalk of which is IS feet high,
and which has 35 flowers from the
ground up.
Rev. R. Day Cantwell, of Elkton.
preached an able sermon in the NJ, E.
Church last Sunday morning. His text
Was Matt. SIG.
The annual picnic of st. Mary's P. E.
Sunday School was held on the rectory
lawn on Wednesday. and was largely
attended. Refreshments were served in
abundance.
The colored camp meeting at Copson's
Park is in full blast, and is we'll attended !.
There are % tents. The camp will last
over next Sunday, which is expected to
be big day.
There was not the usual large atten-
dance at Woodlawn Camp from here last
Sunday but many went during she week.
The attendance last Sunday was said by
those who went as the largest for many
years
Rev. Giles B. Cooke will after Septem.
Der LIST, move to st. Marks Oh urch, near
Perryville, where he will board with
Samuel L. Chamberlaine. His removal
will in no wise interfere with tho church
services.
Mrs. B. A. Pierson, Mrs. f. E. Pierson
and Miss Emma Tyson, of Singerly, are
visiting Mrs. H. M. Piersou; and Miss
Susan Scott and Miss Susie Rose, of Pitts
burg, Pa, spent part of the week also
with her.
Business is booming at Days basket
factory, and during last week they
worked long hours 20 make up the many
orders. They recently received two large
orders for the Navy Department for sup
plying naval vessels.
The Town Council is pushing work on
the street, which is advancing rapidly.
By the time the work is done we will
have the best streets in the county. They
have had all the lamp posts aud telephone
poles removed from the side bitches and
will have the small bridges replaced with
eighteen inch pipes.
man, son of GeorgeW. Harvey, who two
knee. which resulted ia the decay of the
bone and marrow, and from which he
was gradually growing worse, was on
Friday last taken to Johns Hopkins
University hospital in Baltimore, where
an operation was performed. The doctors
have hopes of his ultimate recovery.
John McGlory, who served throughout
the war and was wounded twice, and
was known as brave and daring soldier
and who was Injured by bank of clay
falling on him two years ago, from which
he never recovered, was taken very Ill
this week, aud was removed to Cherry
Hill aimshouse, by advice of his physi'
clan, DR.. I. A. Worrall. He draws a
pension, but had no one to care for him.
The Grand Army members will endeavor
to have him admitted to the soldiers
home at Washington.
The trustees of the public school are
having the inside Of the school house and
the shutters and doors painted. There
have been soue changes in the teachers
for the coming year. Prof. E. B. FockleI
is principal; Miss Minnie Alexander, first
assistant; Miss Rachel S. Evans, second
assistant; Miss Ruth McCracken, third
assistant. The classical institute schoo
house has been thoroughly cleaned and
repaired. There are two or three appii'
cants for teacher, but Miss Mary Harris
| will probably teach it. Miss Mary L.
Brown has been appointed teacher of tht
| colored public school.