The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-10-27

A Democratic meeting will be held in
Elkton on Friday night of next week.
Harry Morgan, an Elkton boy, painfully
cut his left hand while using sickle on Fri
day. The wound was dressed at Wells Drug
Store.
A Chester river fisherman on Tuesday
caught flying fish in his nets. This fish is a
comarative stranger to the Chesapeake and
its tributaries.
An anti-license meeting will be held at
Moore's Chapel tonight at 7.3O, H. r. Torbert
Rev. VIM. p. Taylor, J. L. Scarborough and
others will speak.
The axle of coal car ON u north-bound
freight train on the p, W. & b. railroad,
broke near Bacon Hill on Wednesday after
noon, and blocked that track for short
while.
-Bailiff Boulden is still engaged in town
improvement relaying certain parts of the
pavement on North street. pavement has
been laid in front of Trinity parsonage on
Bridge Street
An anti-license meeting will be held in
Porters Hall, Cherry Hill on Tuesday even
ing. Oct 80, at 7.3O O'Clock. Rev. L. E,
Barrett, and others will speak. All are
invited to attend.
Miss Belle Kearney, of Mississippi, will
lecture in Odd Fellows Hall, Elkton, on
Thursday evening, November l, at 7.3O
o'clock. Miss kearney is an eloquent speaker
and everybody is cordially invited to hear
her
President and Mrs. Cleveland passed
through Elkton on Thursday evening on
their way to Washington. They occupied
special ear 60, Of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, which was attached to the Col
onial express, which stops at Elkton at 1928
o'clock.
owen Hayes, prominent citizen of
Locust Grove, Kent county, made narrow
escape from death from having taken NOR
phla in mistake for another medicine. The
error was promptly discovered. Medical aid
was summoned and the most vigorous reme-
dies administered and the patient recovered
The warehouse and sheds of John p
Leisht, proprietor of the fishing shore at
otter Point, Hartford county, were DESTROYED
by fire Wednesday night with their centents.
In these buildings were stored Mr.. Leiyht's
complete fishing outfit. large bark canoe
belonging to Mr.. Henry w. Archer and other
property. The loss will amount to over
S2,OOO, with an insurance of 1866 in the Har-
ford Mutual Company. Nothing is known as
to the origin of the fire.
The sample ballots have all been sent TO
the boards of supervisors of election in tbe
various counties and the city of Baltimore
There are full sets of sample tickets for the
Republican, Democratic and Prohibition can
didates. The Populists have candidates onlvin
the First Fifth and Sixth, the three districts
where the Democrats have the hardest work
10 hold their own. a singular fact connected
with the $50 names required to be on the
nomination papers of the Populist candidates
is that numbers of the petitioners to helm
make up the requisite number are of prom
inent Democrats, who do not intend to sun-
port the Populist candidates.
A crank giving his name as Charles D.
Walters. of Atlantic City,. arrived in Elkton
on Thursday night on the colonial eypress
the same train to which President Cleveland's
ear was attached. Walters who is a tall and
slender man Is dressed in a navy blue mill
tary coat heavily braided and wears an army
officers cap. He imagines he has been pro-
claimed MAJOR General of the army, Admiral
OF the Navy, and a superior officer over
President Cleveland. He is working his way
| to Washington to assume his position and
draw his pay. The man did not know of the
President being on the train last night. He
Is at present harmless crank but his
insanity may assume violent form with
serious results.
William Cooch of Newark, has received
notification from the Agricultural Depart
ment at Washington of his selection as n
member Of the National Road Council which
Will meet in October of next year at Atlanta.
Gt., in connection with the Atlanta Exposi-
ton. The council is composed of prom
inent men Throughout the country who
are interested in good roads or who
have assisted in arousing interest, in
the matter and Mr.. Cooch's name was
suggested by Governor Reynolds in recog-
milton of his efforts in this direction during
the last session of the Legislature Next
years meeting is looked upon by advocates Of
the good roads movement as perhaps the
most important gathering yet held to advance
the cause.