The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-01-19
North East News.
NORTH EAST, Jan. 18th, 1895.

Mrs. r. 7. Abrams.
s. ID. Mccullough, who has been confined
to his home by the grip for two weeks past,
Is greatly improved.
Miss Bessie Wingate fell on the ice on Fri
day last and broke her right arm. DR.. House
keeper is attending her.
Prot. +. H. Thompson opened night
school in the Classical Institute building on
Monday evening and now has several pupils
The w. C. T. U. will hold pink tea in
the Simcoe store building this friday even
ing. If stormy it will be held Saturday even
ing.
Service will be held at st. Mary's T, Il.
Church next Sunday afternoon at three
o'clock. The Grosh orchestra will be pres
ent.
Miss Bette Huston has left her millinery
business in the hands of Mrs Theodore
Abrams and has gone to her home in Oxford,
till spring.
Lewis and Spence's graphophone company
will exhibit in G. A. r. Hall on Thursday
evening next, for the benefit OF Shawnah
Tribe, |. o. r. NJ.
Marshall, the seven year old son of Harry
Pryor, had his left leg broken by Il collision
with big dog last Friday. DIR. Rittenhouse
attended him.
The new building at the iron works is being
rooted, and they expect to be able to resume
work ia the bar mill department by March 1st
with a greatly improved mill
Fellowship Lodge, No. AZ, X. of p, will
hold their postponed oyster supper in &. A.
r. Hall Friday and Saturday evenings OF next
week. which will be grand affair
During the last ten days there have been
some very high tides, but the river is covered
with lee As our ice men have their houses
full our fishermen are longing for an open
river.
Reyivals are in progress at Wesley Chapel,
Elk Neck, Bouldens' Chapel, Mechanics
Valley, Charlestown, and Bethel NJ. P,
Church. Several of our citizens are assisting
those who have charge
The Sons Of Veterans swore in their officers
on Monday night, and admitted two new
members. The Sons OF Veterans are making
an effort to revive the society here and should
have every encouragement.
W. l.. Coudon, manager of the Cecil Fire
the works are being used as loalng place on
Sundays. As he has notices posted through
the buildings, he says he will make it warm
for those so offending, if it is continued.
James Shippers. residing near Mckinney
town, died very suddenly of apoplexy on
Thursday night last aged S. The funeral
took place on Sunday from his late residence,
nd ,uo cd T.
officiated. Interment in McKinneytown bury
ing ground.
Two or three hundred people witnessed the
start in the fox hunt last Saturday. which
took place from the lower part Of town, the
fox being let go by William Arrants. 1t was
quite an exciting affair. Several of our
sportsmen took part. The fox was holed
near Old Fields Point after Il run of over
seven miles.
The NJ. E. Sunday School Missionary So
ciety elected their officers for the year last
Sunday, as follows: Rev. W. G.. Rooms, Presi-
dent; Vice-President, Mrs Lizzie White;
LIST Yice-Presdent, Miss Lizzie Hodge; End
Charles Z. Beatty; Sec. and Treas, Isaiah
Biddle; Charles E. Beatty, Bertha Hodge and
Nora Campbell, Curators. All the officers
elected will prepare for the mission.
A number of the many friends of Harry
Pierson, rendered him very pleasant sur
prise party on Wednesday evening last, the
time being spent in listening to music on the
organ, playing games and conversation
Those present were: Miss Elsie Grant, OF
Cherry Hill; Misses Maud Leedom, Ida
Reeder, Mabel Ewing, Emma Reeder Bertha
Haley Maggie Biddle, Carrie Meekins,
George Barrett. Mr. and Mrs Vim. b. Reed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Simpers Messrs. Robert
Reeder, Charles Stewart, Andrew Reynolds,
Walter Blackwell, Forrest Harvey and Aqulla
Miller
Five members of the committee appointed
by the National Association of the Local
Preachers and Exhorters of the NJ E. Church,
who we're appointed to consider the Local
Preachers camp, met here on Saturday last
They were Revs. George JONES' of Philadel-
phia S. II. Sherwood, Of Brooklyn N. Y,
Cotton Annie, of East Bangor, Pa, Isaac
Cooke, Of Phillipsburg, Pa. and William T.
Hammond of this town. They decided to
continue the camp which was started here
last summer, and to lease or purchase the site
which is Copson Park, above North East
and one OF the finest places for camp in the
country, and by the appearance of the
thousands of people who attended last
summer, one of the most popular in the
State. The national committee appointed
the following as an executive committee from
this conference to have charge of this sum-
mer's camp, which will be held from July
18th to 23d, including two Sundays: Reys
DR.. Smms and Charles A. Foster. of VIII
mington, Del, and Revs WIN. +. Hammond,
Isaiah Biddle and II. C. Wildsmth, of this
town, who will have the grounds greatly
improved and beautifled. There is no doubt
but the park can be bought or leased for a
period Of years, and the camp will be great
thing for our town and vicinity which is a
regular stronghold of Methodism, and for
this reason would do everything possible to
make it success. The members of the
committee held several well attended and
interesting meetings Saturday and Sunday
On Saturday evening, Rev. Isaac Bddle
preached an able sermon. Love feast was
held Sunday morning and was conducted by