The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-09-21
PORT DEPOSIT NEWS.


UNI bLipSIl, september 1879.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Evans were the guests
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Cameron for several
days.
Rev. and Mrs J. u. Rigg are visiting Mr..
and Mrs. John NJ. McClenahan.
Miss Mary $. Montgomery. of Philadelphia,
is spending few days with her cousin Miss
Bessie Pugh.
Miss Annie Keene, of West Nottingham. is
spending few days with her cousin, Miss
Beulah Cresswe.
Mrs. Lyman Mauldin. of Wilmington, was
in town several days visiting friends.
Mrs. Buckley is visiting her sister, Mrs.
Evans, in Baltimore.
Mrs. a, 5. Davis is in Baltimore. the guest
of her mother, Mrs. Towson.
Miss Minnie Davis is at Miss Florence
McCullough's, Orkney for week.
Miss Cassie Durgin has returned after n
visit of some weeks in Baltimore
DIR. s. G.. Fisher was summoned to Cbester-
town last week owing to the serious illness of
his father. Mrs Fisher has Joined him
there. Doctor Brummell was attending his
patients during Doctor Fishers absence, but
he is now quite i'll and Doctor Vrdn is at
tending to the patients of both physicians.
Burglars tried to break into the store of
Mr.. H. G. Nesbitt but could get no further
than the cellar. as the trap door was too
securely boted.
The infant child OF Mr.. and Mrs. George
Lamm died Saturday after only weeks
illness of cholera infantum and was buried
on Monday at Hopewell cemetery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Anderson are at his
sisters, Mrs 7. c. Bond. Mr.. Anderson has
been i'll for long time, and his wife took
him to Ocean City, hoping he would be bene-
fitted by the change. but was only there n
short time when he had another stroke of
paralysis. He could not be moved until last
week. when he was brought here He is
very i'll and there are grave doubts as to his
recovery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emory McClenahan and son
have returned from charming trip to
Europe.
Miss Isabella Houser, of Cadiz, O., is the
guest OF Mrs. Jacob Tome. Miss Houser has
just come from Europe, where she has been
for number of months.
A colored man 10y the name of Webster got
into fight in Hartford county and had his
face beautifully decorated with a razor. He
came over here very weak from loss of blood.
DIR. CrotheS fixed him up in good shape,
and sent him on his way.
Grail (white) and Larue (coored) were
arrested on Monday for selling rum and
taken over to view the picturesque from
behind the bars in Elkton Jail. Grail said he
'would wait until Tomorrow" but Mr..
Mackey thought he had better go while he
had company. He has since been released
on $1,000 bail One man at Rock Springs
and two others at Conowingo have been
arrested for the same offence. The temper
ance people mean business.
An excursion for the weak minded from
Media went down to Happy Valley on Thurs
day, returning about four o'clock. The
shower in the morning evidently did not
affect them. as they seemed to have good
time.
The Tome Institute had formal opening
on Wednesday morning. The exercises were
as follows: Professional whole schooD
''They stand, those hills of Zion" prayer by
Rev. Mr.. Ocktord, followed by the Lords
prayer by the school, after which Sanctus
was sung by ALL hymn, CLARK! bark, my
soulr scripture lesson was responded to
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