The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-08-18
ELKrON. AUGUST IS. 1894
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The Elklou base ball club viii play a
match game with the Havre de Grace clul
on the f air grounds this afternoon at 3,1s
O'Clock.
The regular August meeting of the
Cecil Farmers Club will BE- held on Wednes
day next the 22nd inst, at Mr., f. l..
Duyckinck's near Calvert.
The rivermen on the Susauehanna are
now kept busy booming the logs which
washed ashore in the food of last May.
The lum Der is lowed to Sparrows Point and
there saved.
w. S. Lewis of Middletown Del, is in
Elkton in the interest of the Improved
order of Heptasophs, an organization OF
fraternal insurance in which he is meeting
much with considerable success.
The dry dock which will be used by
the Messrs. Deibert at Chesapeake City, is
now in course of construction at their yard
in Eikton, and it is expected will be COM
pletsd in about weeks. Its dimensions
are 1S5xi4 feet.
David II. Taylor has been elected
president of the Farmers National Bank,
of Oxford, Pa, to succeed the late James
Wood. He has held the position of cashier
for several years past. Mr.. Taylor is a
brother in law of H. H Haines. president
of the National Bank of Rising Sun.
-Perryville possesses celebrity in the
person of a railroad employee, who it is
said has the record of having eaten 365
yards of cells during the past gear. His
usual allowance is a yard day, but upon
one occasion recently he consumed 81
feet at one sitting. Perryuille Record.
Hon. William NJ. Singeriy's steam
yacht Impatient" of Elkton, is now lying
at the yards OF Pussy & Jones, in Whining
ton, to undergo several improvements, the
most important being new boiler to supply
her quadruple expansion engine. Captain
William A. Wright is in charge of the
Impatient"
Rock fishing has been extremely bad on
the Susquehauna river this season and the
first catch worthy of mention was made
several days ago by Robert Green, of Havre
de Grace. Green was buck mes fishing in
1864 pounds, the fish ranging in size from
six to twelve pounds.
Mrs. Rebe3cs Stops, relic5 of Jesse
Stops, died On Tuesday night at the home
of her son jesse L. Stops, near Elkton,
after an illness from dysentery. Her
funeral took Place yesterday, Friday, after
noon at O'Clock from her late home, the
Rev r. Day Cantwell officiating. The
interment was in Wesley Chapel cemetery.
The smaller of the two frame dwelling
houses on East Main street owned by the
heirs of the late Mrs. Elizabeth McNamee
was sold at public sale in Elkton on Sstur-
day by William G. McNamee, Admins
traitor, for S1140 the purchaser being Mr..
Samuel j. Keys. Mr.. Keys owns an adjoin-
ing property. r. G. Thackery, Esq was
the attorney.
AT the republican convention Of the
First district, TO meet at Ocean City on the
Goth instant, Kent count will probably
present Mr.. Westcott's name, Queen Aune's
Mr.. Mallalieu, Caroline Mr.. Russum,
Dorchester Mr.. Goldsborough, Somerset
Mr. Dryden, W icomico Mr.. Graham,
Worcester Mr. Barnes, Talbot DR.. I. A.
Barber for the long term.
A new religious organization known as
the Mount Pleasant Independent Congre-
gational Methodist Church has been
formed at Mount Pleasant, Eighth district.
The church is an outgrowth of the camp
meeting now being held at Mount Pleas
ant under the auspices of the Independent
Congregational Methodist Conference. the
Rev T. B. Miller being in charge.
1t is the universal comment that the
condition of the Fair Ground track is, this
year, the best in its history, and which is
due to the care it has received during the
year from DR.. Ulrich, proprietor of the
training stables there. DR.. Ulrich now has
. stable of fourteen horses, which he is
handling on the track. His stallion, Gina
rion, with a record of .27A was driven over
the course in 2S the other day.
The dates OF the Tri State Tro:ting
Circuit Virginia, Maryland and Dala-
ware) which includes Elkton, are as
follows:
Cape Charles City-August q "A.
Timonium-August 2S-3l,
Upper Marlboro-August 2l-24.
Elkton-September A..
Dover, De-September lila.
Easton, Md-September 1921.
Baltimore City-September 1928.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES -5.
Tome Institute Library Port at Deposit
will open with about l 800 volumes. 1t now
contains about 1000 volumes, conslsting
mostly of reference books and works on
history and travel. The 500 remaining will
include works of a lighter character suisei
to home reading, and works recently pub
lished When the school session begins
and more books are needed and called for
by students and townspeople, the library
is expected to grow rapidly by purchase.
1t was an early belief in Pennsylvania
that the Susquehauna could be navgated
profitably by steam vessels from its mouth
to the junction of its branch at Northum Der
land As N after of fact steamer did go
in 1870 from balIlmOTe TO SunDury, OU
miles above Harrisburg, and for awhile
there were great expectations of the stream
in it's upper part and of steam navigation
There is no guessing what might have de-
veloped, but for the shortly subsequen,
demonstration that railways with steam
driven locomotives were possible where
streams were too shallow for proftabl,
navigation. Two railways and a canal now
parallel the upper course of the Susque-
hanna-NelC York Sun.
An exciting runaway occurred il
Elkton on Tuesday morning. A hors
driven to buggy by Mrs. Walter Clay toI
of near Chesapeake City was left hitche,
on Main street in front of Lewis store an,
becoming frightened, reared tearing OF
his bride. The horse then dashed III
Main street at very rapid gait Nea
the bank the team of William Gyles
furniture dealer, was collided with, MI
Gyles being thrown over the dashboar