The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-07-13
THROUGH THE COUNTY.
WHAT HAS TRANSFERRED IN A
WEEK.
Special News From our Regular
Correspondents.
PORT DEPOSIT NEWS.
PORT DEPOSIT. July IL. 1Sl

II.
and Mrs. S. G. Fisher
Mr.. T. C. Williams and son Edward, were
in Baltimore, Tuesday.
Mr.. HI. c. Nesbitt entertained Rev. Henry
Budd, OF Perryville, Sunday.
Mrs. Mary Wakeman, of Philadelphia, is
visiting Mrs. George Wilson.
Miss Francis Hopkins was at Black Barren
Springs. the first of the week.
Miss Lizzie G. Boynton has returned from
Atlantic City and Philadelphia.
Miss BERTHE White, of Ekton, visited Miss
Lottie Williams the first of the week.
The Misses Cunningham, of Baltimore, are
the guests of the Misses Hubbard.
Mr. J. Creswell Heald, of Washington, D.
c., was in town Sunday, at his mothers
Miss Brumfeld and niece, of Washington,
visited Mrs. Hannah Gilmore, this week.
Mr.. George L. M. Stenge was in Smyrna,
Sunday, visiting his father Rev Adam Stengle
Mr.. Henry Ewes, of Wilmington, Del, spent
Sunday, with his aunt Mrs NJ E. vanneman.
Mr.. and Mrs. John NJ. McClenahan and son.
have returned from weeks visit at Old
Point
Misses Merte and Anna Moore, of Colora
were the guests of Miss Jennie Martin, We'd
nesday.
Mrs. Jacob Tome and Miss Houser are the
guests of Mrs. Samuel Gavin, at Spring Lake,
New Jersey.
Mrs. John Heald. of Baltimore, was the
guest of Mr.. C. NJ. Heald, from Wednesday
until Friday.
Miss India Thompson died on Tuesday
after an illness of several months She was
buried on Thursday morning.
The Getty Belle took large number Of
our colored people to Havre de Grace Sun
day to attend quarterly meeting.
Mr.. Howard McClenahan has just returned
rom Princeton. He remained week or
two after school closed to study.
Mrs Oliver Haggerty and child. who have
been visiting Mr.. and Mrs John McClenahni
Jr., returned to their home in Baltimore.
Monday
The brass band made the town lively Tues
day evening with their music. They begi.l.
by ssrenading a newly married couple at
Rock Run, and then marched down serenad-
ing several people on the way.
A dispatch from Mrs. Harvey Anderson
announcing that her husband had suffered
another stroke of paralysis was received Oh
Tuesday. They are at Ocean City, N. j.,
where they have been spending some weeks.
He has since recovered consciousness. and
the doctor holds out some hope. As soon as
he can be moved he will be brought to his
sisters, Mrs. I. c. Bond.
The Republicans Of the Seventh district
held a meeting Tuesday evening to nominate
delegates to be voted for at the primary on
Saturday to go to Elkton next Tuesday to the
County Convention. The meeting was very
harmonious, and those who vote for the
nominees will undoubtedly be voting for the
best interests of the party. The delegates to
be voted for are Messrs. w. W. Hopkins, T.
c. Bond, William H. Cole, Jr., Frederick N.
Irwin, NJ. Oliver.
At meeting Of the choir of the Tome
Memorial NJ. E. Church, Saturday evening
solutions were passed thanking all who in
any way contributed to the festival held the
g. 4, and 9Th, of the month, especially to the
chairman of the committee, Miss Lulu s.
Gerry. 1t was a success in every way as
there were no jars from the outset to the
close. Despite two nights of rain they
cleared S75, which will go to pay for repair
ing the organ bench and purchasing new
books for the choir.
A crowd of men, women and children gath
cred on Davis wharf, Wednesday night to
witness a tub race. The participants were
Messrs. Cres and Ollie First, George Stengle,
Cooke, Lawrence Paxton. The race began
at 7.45, but it was impossible for some to
keep in the tub. Gwynne Shure went out u
few yards, Clifton Keatly not so far but Ollie
First padded about forty yards and back
then he and his brother Creswell went about
the same distance. the latter yard or two
beyond, this winning the race. There was
much laughter at the mishaps of the rest but
all in the water enjoyed it as much as the
lockers on.
We have the 'new woman" in town and
are not at all pleased with her. About three
o'clock on Sunday morning DIR. Boyle was
awakened by some one moving around on
the porch. He called out, "Who's there ?"
and the answer came at once, "Send the
doctor down, l am bleeding to death ~ Dr.
Crothers hurried down to find man named
Carter bleeding profusely from "A razor
cut in the face. He fixed him up and sent
him home The man was in the house of a
colored woman by the name of Ella Body,
with IA crowd of others, all hands drunk
A fight was started and the woman Joined
the fray, caught up razor and cut the man
cash from the forehead, laying open his
cheek and lip and gashing his chin. Nothin ;
was done with any of the participants.
Where, oh, where are the town authorities ?
The sad intelligence reached Mrs. H. W..
E wing on Friday that her only brother had
been drowned on the Fourth of July. There
was small private picnic on the bank of a
creek near Chestertown. The farm ran down
to its bank and Mrs. Jlnvier with her son
| and a ;ew others went down to spend the