The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-09-08
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v,o6.o.," ..otsmber y legal holi
.Ihs closed on that day.
eo,d. of Perryville, last
"''ei Am duty as a Waterman
,rstom house, at a salary
of 500 per month
.r,Iiuger, of Wilmington,
h., ,,s hotel of Delphos Price
~ ,,bich includes tue building.
~ n 49, ,ook charge on Monday.
-sircs horse thieving has become so
FREQUENT IN and around Newark electric
a,rm ha,ls arc now much used, and the
l,..I ,,sa,r;eian has all he can do in this
line.
The Principle Furnace Band sersnaded
tbs Newspaper offices on Thursday. The
RI bad q men handsomely informed
and bssides being asplendidly uniformed
rendered excellent music.
Mfr. Norris B. Slack of Strickersviile
Pa. exhibited the celebrated keystone
Dsborning Clipper at the fair this week.
This is the leading clipper in the market.
Farmers should correspond with him.
"A team owned by Isaac Whalen, of
Red HILL was stolen in Elkton on Wednes-
day night. Mr.. Whslen hltched the team
at the hitching post on Main street at eigh:
o'clock, and upon returning found it miss
ing.
while under the influence of liquor a
colorsd man named Ruley upon being
demonstrated with for the disorder ne and
his friend were making on Thursday in
front of the North street market, struck
Elk Sheriff Smith in the face and was
comm tilted to Jail by Magistrate Cleaver
for disorderly conduct.
--Fakirs were plentiful in Elkton this
week On Wednesday night a man ar
preached Bailiff Boulden aud stated that
he was the representative of Il drug firm
and desired to advertise his goods, This
game failed in its purpose, and when the
fakir appeared at the corner of Main and
Bow streets he was "nabbed."
The Annual Convention of the Cecil
county W. c. I. L. will be entertained by
Wood Lawn W. G. 7. Unions Wednesday
September u, commencing at 10 a. m,
visitors welcome to all, the meetings day
and night. Gentlemen are especially in
vited to come hear Mrs. Barker, Treasurer
of the National w. G. 7. u of Chicago at
s o'clock p. IN. Mrs. Barker has National
reputation as fine speaker and will inter
est you on the most absorbing question of
the times.
Miss Katie Bourger, of Delaware City,
with several friends was gust at the
Howard House on Tuesday. While at din.
ner chicken bone lodged in her throat, and
refused TO move either up or down. The
case becoming serious, DIR. Buchanan was
summoned, and later Dr. Bratton, who
together after some difficulty succeeded in
getting the bone down her throat, Miss
Burger in the meantime having become un
conscious. The case looked alarming for a
time, but the skill of her physicians finally
relieved the lady.
The many friends of Father W. j. Ber-
mingham, pastor of the Elkton Catholic
Church, will learn with much regret of his
transfer to Wilmington as assistant pas
tor of St. Msry's Church. His successor
here will be Rev. George Bradford, now of
St. Patriok's Church, WiImip gton. Father
Birmingham, during his passionate here of
one year, has made large circle of admir-
ers, and his efforts for the advancement of
the church have profted much. Public
spirited and sociable he was particularly
successful among his congregation, by
whom he was much appreciated and
esteemed as well as by the community at
large.
The finest fishing party of the season
on the Susquehanna was given on Monday
by Mr.. r. X. Vanneman, the popular
cashier of the First National Bank of Havre |
de Grace. The yachts Bluewing and Bobo
link, and the tug Keystone were called into
requistion, and caterer served the party
In the best style. When Mr.. Vanneman
dispeuses his hospitality he does it right.
The following gentlemen composed the
party: L. f. Brooks, superintendent P,
W. & B. Il. R.; E, g. Shortlidge, mayor of
Wilmir gton; C. j. Bechdoldt, superinten-
dent Central Division P, w. and B. r. R.,
George Stephens, division freight agent P.
W. and B. Il. r.; L. Ct. Dixon, division
freight W. r. r. of n. j.; Emlen Hughes
OF Bush & Co., Wilmington; E. T. Warner,
president Delaware Railroad; W lillian Por-
ter, of Wilmington, Del, director of P, w.
& B. r. r.; A. p. McCombs, president
First National Bank; J. w. O'Neill, S. !.
Seneca, Thomas Sadler, Jr,, and W. S.
McCombs, of Havre de Grace.
Mr.. Il. G. Hyde. of Philadelphia, was
in Elkton this week and made PROPOSE
tiou to the President and Town Council for
the naming of the streets and numbering
the houses of the town. The proposition
will be formally submitted to the Board
next week and we hope the improvement
will be accomplished. While Elkton is not
vet IS large rs New York or Philadelphia,
and it may be some years before it is, still
there is no reason why its citizens should
not. in all local respects, lie up with all
other progressive towns of it's size ard pros
pecta. We have water works, electric
lights and gas. SOIne day we will havea line
of street cars. We are not an incorporated
city, ffik,, our enterprising neighbor, Havre
de Grace, bat we are getting there all the
same. By ally means let US have neat and
attractive MANI rs such as Mr.. Hyde makes
placed at our street corners, and cur homes
and places of business marked by equally
neat and attractiv 9 numbers. North street
Is the natural centre of the town. Adopt
ing the decimal system, the section of the
town located east and west of 1t constitute
natural divisions for numbering, just as
Charles street, Baltimore, marks the boun-
dairy between East and West Baltimore.
The cost of the Improvement is trifiing, and
before Thank sgiving Day we can have the
question of the names of a.. the strests in
Elkton settled on plat, and their names
placed conspcuously in neat letters.
Several hundred Wilmington sports
congr egated in Newark on Monday night,
the tip being passed around that the mill"
between G. j. Moriarty and Ed Mcconnell
would take place at Strickersville, Pa,
near Newark. Accordingly all roads led
Newarkward and by midnight as many as
fifty conveyances, from closed cab to a
carry-all, had poured their contents into
that town, the b. 81 o trains bringing
many more. The ring was to be pitched at
point three miles north of Newark, where
the Delaware and Maryland state lines
meet, the scene of several notable battles in
the past. The spot was quietly selected
late Monday afternoon, and among the
first to arrive in Newark. at 10 O'Clock by
train, was Moriarty, with half hundred
'pards." He was in good condition and
drove at once to the place of meeting.
Mcconnell arrived later in closed car