The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-09-01
COUNTY NEWS.
North East Items.
NORTH EAST, August 81, 1891.

! Miss Agnes Neal, oil wilmington, 10
visiting Miss BERTHE Drummond.
John Alexander, of Oxford, Pa, spent
the week with George o. Carey.
Rntter & Thomas started their cannery
this week with twenty-five employees.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. S. Simcoe have been
at Atlantic City for the past ten days.
Mrs. Annie BoucheIle is visiting her
brother J. S. Deford in Camden, n. j.
Mrs. J. G. Davis and children spent
part of the week with Mrs.T. A. Worrall.
Prof +. H. Thomson has been ap-
pointed principal of the Classical lnsti-
tute.
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Muhlhausen are
visiting IN Delaware and New Jersey
this week.
Arthur Beatty has secured position
IN Wilmington drug store, and left for
there Monday.
MIR. and Mrs. c. T. F. Mearns and chill
dren have been spending the past week
at Ocean Grove;
There will be celebration of the Holy
Communion at the NJ. E. Church Sunday
morning at 1890.
Mrs. Gsrdy, of Philadelphia, and Mrs.
Henry Gardy, Of Chester, arc visiting
Mrs. j. b. Anderson.
+. B. Fockler, principal of the public
school, arrived on Thursday, and is
delighted with his new field.
Mr. George w. Baldwin will move here
from Wilmington at al early date. He
was formerly resident of the town.
The private school house has been
painted inside and out, aud now presents
fine appearance. Harry West did the
work.
Mr.. William II. McCCacken, of Darby,
Pa, moved his household goods here
this week, and will once more become
resident.
The sections house at the P. E. Church |
has been repaired inside and out. This
is very old house, and is occupied by |
William T. Minker.
There will be two tickets out for the |
Republican primaries, but no contest to |
speak of Will take place. There will be
quite vote polled however.
The colored camp at Copson's Park
will wind up Sunday evening. There
has been large attendance this week,
and Sunday will be big day.
The three large wood scows of the
Charlton works were sold last week for
hauling stone on the Delaware river.
They were taken away on Monday.
The public school has been thoroughly |
cleaned and painted for the fall term of
school, which begins on Monday. The
attendance promises to be as large as
usual.
The large house and lot on High street
known as The Chambers property was
sold on Monday at public sale, ard
purchased by Mrs. j. A. Lambert for
$1,000.
Huckleberries are still being gathered
in the woods, and on Tuesday two per
sons shipped zoe quarts to Wilmington
of the late variety, which are very
plentiful.
Samuel E., the five months old infant
son of E. G. Lowe, died on Wednesday
Of choleral iufantum. The funeral took
place on Friday; interment at tho NJ. E.
Cemetery.
A large amount of oak timber is being
hauled from Reno's mill in the upper
part of the district aud shipped by boat
t. Deibert's beat yard, Chesapeake City,
for boat building.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry F. Buckley, of
Philadelphia, spent the last ten days
with Mrs. Ann Clark. Miss Maggie
Ulrich and Mrs. Back, Of the same city,
are now guests of Mrs. Clark.
The band men received their new horns
on Wednesday, baviDg purchased them
from NJ. Slater and Company, of New
York. They are truly fine Instruments.
The band will attend the fair Friday, and
those attending that day will hear the
best band in the country.
John McGlory, aged 81 years, who
was taken to the aims house at Cherry |
Hill on account of being very ill, died on
Tuesday last OF injuries received several
months ago while digging clay. He had
lived nero for over thirty years. He |
was a war veteran and received a pension |
Our sportsmen are looking forward to |
September 9th, and are making extensive
preparations for a raid on the marshes, |
which are literally alive with rail, reed |
and black birds. The grass is taller and
more extended than last year, and DR..
Underwood will try TO break his record
of last year. The birds are very fat.
A large number of our citizens, men,
bers of Fellowship Lodge, X. of P and
their wives attended the X of P. encamp
ment at Wash ington this week. A mum
Der went down on Monday, and remained
Wednesday evening, but the majority
spent Tuesday. About forty attended
from here.
A salesman who travels throughout
the county, and is we'll known here, says
the people in the other towns of the
county are taking considerable interest
in our town improvements, and if they
prove to be a success, of which there is
no doubt, they will follow tina example,
aud have substantial improvements
made. They are tired of living in the