The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-06-27
THROUGH THE COUNTY.
WHAT HAS TRANSFERRED IN A
WEEK. Z
Special News From our Regular
Correspondents.
PORT DEPOSIT NEWS.

Mr.. Charles Homestead and Miss Frances
Falls, of Philadelphia. visited her brother,
MIR. John Falls, from Saturday until Monday,
Miss Isabelle Hauser who has been Mr. e
Jacob Tones guest for some weeks has
turned to her home in Cadiz, Ohio,
Rev. and Mrs. j. d. Rigg, OF Chester,
visited Mrs Laura McClenahan from Satur-
day until Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wm. Hopkins. of Furnace,
Pa, Spent several days with his brother, W.
W. Hopkins.
Miss Linnie Falls was in Washington, D.
c., Monday.
Miss Beulah Creswel is away on a visit to
friends in Columbia and near Leading.
Mr.. Philip Bond attended the commence
ment exercises at the p. NJ. c., Chester last
week.
Messrs. G. W. Berry, Brooklyn, n. Y; ].
NJ. Freeman, Germantown, Pa; y. L. Kauf-
man, Harrisburg. Pa. and Miss Boykin, Nor
folk, Va were at the Institute Saturday.
Mr.. Charles Reckefus, "A student at the P.
NJ. c., Chester, is home for the holidays.
Miss Margaret Mckay is visiting her sister.
Mrs Dickey at Lansdown. Pa.
Mr.. Gwinn Shure has an excellent position
in the Hartford county paper mills.
Rev. Van P. Northrup. while in town from
Saturday until Monday was entertained by
Miss Pusey.
Miss Edith Barnum. of Norwich. Connecti-
cut the assistant kindergarten teacher, first
year of the Institution, is visiting Miss Bsssie
Pugh. Miss Barnum has fine position in
Chicago as head of IA kindergarten with four
assistants.
Miss Elijah th Dawson, who has been en-
joying the cool breezes of the Naples, has
returned to her home in Baltimore.
Miss Helen sheldon was in Philadelphia
Saturday to complete arrangement for a posi-
tion she has accepted in the DreXel Institute
as lst assistant librarian.
sunday morning the regular Love Feast
will be held in the NJ. L. Church. DIR. I. L.
Barrett, presiding elder, will have charge.
After this service he will preach in the Audi
torium at 1890. All are cordially invited.
Mrs. Levy, of Havre de Geace. came up to
see her daughter Mrs. Morris Acler. on
| Wednesday.
Miss Edith Palmer has left town for the
holidays. SIDE will visit New York, Boston,
attend the teachers convention at Buffalo.
Messrs. 7. J. Vanneman and Joseph A.
Everist went to Oxford Wednesday evening
by special invitation of Mr.. Dickey, and
attended house warming given by the Ma
sonic Lodge of that place.
Mrs. Molle Clapp has returned from visit
to Pawtucket. Her son. Frank, who attends
school at Lawrenceville, n. j.. came with her
for the holidays.
Mr.. J. Il. Campbell who has so efficiently
filled the position as Director OF the Tome
Institute for the past two years left Wednes-
day morning to join his family in the Catskill
Mountains. 1t is stated that he has received
several excellent offers. The good wishes OF
the town go with him.
Two gentlemen from the geological depart
ment of the Johns Hopkins University were
in town for week or ten days getting speci-
mems from our hills.
The pastor of the Pcrryville church, Rev.
Henry Budd, Jr., has sent Il number of pro-
grams announcing the dedicatory services OF
the new NJ. L. Church for Sunday to the peo-
pie of our town. The steamer "Clty Belle"
will run between here and that village for the
accommodation Of those who desire to attend.
Sunday was Il big day for the colored folks.
A Baptist minister from Oxford came down
and services were hold in Abrahams Hall.
About l o'clock they came out went down
| to Bucks wharf where crowd awaited them.
both white and colored. Shortly after 2
o'clock as all was in readiness the baptsinS
began. John Stewart, two boys, johnson
and Hilliard. and IA woman were baptised.
| BENJAMIN Brown will conduct the services
here as he has been ordained preacher.
Mrs. Wm. Rosenthal died suddenly Tues
day evening. She was ~ years old and had
been married fifty years. Her husband and
large family of sons and daughters survive
| her. The body was taken to Baltimore on
Wednesday morning where the Jewish rites
were performed.
Miss Iglehart, of Annapolis, is visiting the
Misses Hopkins.
Some small boys were teasing Cecil Stroud
Monday evening. He became angry, picked
up a large stone. threw it. striking little
Johnnie Bender and cutting deep cash on
the back of his head.
Out of respect for. the bereavement OF MIR.
Rossnthal the Riverside Band did not give its
usual Tuesday evening concert.
Tuesday afternoon about $40 Miss Lizzie
| C.. Boynten and Miss Ida L. Gerry started out
! for n drive As they were driving through
| Sleepy Hollow the horse became frightened
at Il very large and ugly stump by the road
side. She sprang clear across the road throw
ing both ladies out. Miss Gerry clung TO the
reins and was dragged "A few feet, she was
obliged to let 90 and the horse dashed on but
was stopped at Kinks mill, and thinking she
belonged to Mr.. Harding they took her there.
| The harness and one shaft were broken. The
| ladies walked over and were told where the
horse was, they then went to Mr.. Hardngs
who was about to put the horse away for the
night gentleman by the name OF Rutter
was coming into town let the ladies drive his
| team and he drove their horse. Except for
few bruises and little stiffness they are per-
fectly well. The horse sustained no injury.
A gentleman by the name of Dunlap was
moving household goods Saturday and his
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