The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-10-26
THE NEWS in BRIEF.

The family of William Lyle removed to
Wilmington, on Tuesday.
A disease of diphtheretic nature is
epidemic in Havre de Grace.
A. NJ. Strickland. contractor of Elkton. is
building a dwelling house at Glasgow, Del
for Mrs Black.
Fred S. Garrett, of Ekton, has secured
Il position as salesman with Strawbridgc and
Clothier, Philadelphia.
james Drennen. of SingerIy, has removed
to Elkton and rented the property of Mrs.
John Long in the hollow.
-Tobias b. Merritt. the Wilmington MOTEL
man, we'll known in Cecil county. died sud
denly while out driving near that city on
Sunday afternoon.
Ricketts, Nelson and Simon Levinsou, of
the EIkton Bicycle Club, made Il trip to
Wilmington on their wheels Sunday aud
returned by way of New Castle.
Coal promises to be high in ElktoE this
winter. A local dealer stated on Tuesday
that the increase in price per ton over last
year would be from so to Is cents.
The family of Stephen Ash at Iron Hi
isill with scarlet fever. Mrs. Ash and two
children are now down with the disease.
while two children are convalescent.
The work on the hippodrome at the Elk
ton Stock Farm is progressing rapidly and
the building, covering the eighth of mile
track will be completed in several weeks.
A new time table went into effect on the
B. and o. Railroad on Sunday and number
of changes have been made. The corrected
table appears on the seventh page of the
WING.
Deputy Clerk of the Circuit Court John
S. Green will be at Camerons drug store,
Perryville on Wednesday and Thursday, oct
30 and 3lst for the purpose Of issuing duck
ing licenses.
The Cecil Farmers Club met at Falls
Hotel, Port Deposit. on Wednesday. On ac-
count of unusual pressure on our columns we
are compelled to delay publishing the full re-
port until neXt'week
Draper and Brother are painting the
residence of W. II. Mackall on East Main
street inside and out. They have Just COM
pleted painting the house of John S. Writ,
ESQ. on East Main street.
C L. Foard, the Elkton grain deal er, re-
cciycd a shipment of 36 tons of hay from the
farm Of j. G. Price. in the First district.
Since July 25th Mr.. Foard has shipped 100
carloads of hay and grain from the Elkton
station.
-Susquehanna Council, No. 70, Jr. o T..
A. NJ. at lakewood. held a fair and festival
on Friday and Saturday evenings of last
week. W. $. Evans delivered an address on
Friday evening and W. J. Smith on Saturday
evening.
On Tuesday morning as Dennis Pope ana
another hand were shocking corn on the farm
OF John Meredith, near Elkton, a rat ran out
of the pile of shocks. The other man struck
at the rodent with his corn knife, but inst ad
of hitting the rat the knife cut off the end o.
Pope's thumb
The County Commissioners have con-
traeted with George McQuilkin, of the Enter
prise Machine Works, Elkton, for a new iron
bridge to replace one of the bridges just west
of North East known as the Iron Bridge,
which has become unsafe The bridge is TO
be completed by December /.
Mrs. W. j. Jefrers, of North East, is cir
culating Il petition, addressed to Governor
Frank Brown, for the release of Henry b..
Cotdes, of that town, from the Maryland
House of Correction, to which he was s"n-
fenced at the last term of court for a period
ofnine months. The petition has many prom
inent signcrs.
The large plate glass window of Payne'5
Jewclry store on Main street was smashed at
IL late hour on Saturday night, and the window
OF the tailoring establishment of Frank Kerr,
opposite was also broken. Two young men
OF Elkton, it turns out, We're out for lark
and allowed their horse to become unmanage-
able and run against the windows. Mr..
Payne's window is insured.
The annual meeting of the Maryland
Society of the Sons of the American fevolu'
ton was held in Baltimore on Saturday, and
at which DR., J. H. lamar, of Elkton, was
elected one Of the society's vice-presidents.
In the evening Peggy Stewart Day, Com
memoratng the burning in colonial days of
the ship Peggy Stewart in Annapolis harDor.
was celebrated with banquet at the Hotel
Rennert.
William 7. Hassinger who established the
Eureka Pharmacy in Elkton. is now pro-
prietor of the corner drug store' in Easton.
MIR. Hassinger took possession of his new
purchase last week and did an act that caused
the prohibitionists of that town much gratiil-
cation. In order to show the public that he
intended running temperance drug store he
took the stock Of whskey and gin from the
store and knocked the heads of the barrels in
allowing the liquor to run down the cutters
in streams. A large crowd of the citizens
had gathered and there was loud cheering
when the liquor was emptied. The temper
ance people of the town are highly pleased
and declare it is one of the greatest moves
that has happened in Easton for many years.