The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-10-31
THE NEWS in BRIEF.

PerryviIle, will give an oyster supper on the
evening Of November nth and 18th.
The body Of the late Elwood c. Smith
who died at Wilmington, Del, on the 21st
Inst, was buried at Cherry Hill on Saturday
last.
The closing exercises of Pierson Grove
Sunday School will be held Sunday afternoon
November lst at 2 o'clock. All are cordially
invited.
Tuesday next being Election day and n
state holiday, the Banks of the County will be
closed. Maturing paper must be attended to
on Monday.
Mr.. James H. Charshee a we'll known
farmer residing near Woodlawn, suffered
stroke of paralyis on Saturday last and
died on Monday night.
Miss Mary lowering sister of Mrs. Henry
S. Coudon of Aiken, and daughter of the late
Thomas W. lowering of Baltimore, died at
her home in that city on Thursday the 22nd
inst.
Mr. Lincoln Kirk, the celebrated Imper-
senator, will entertain the people of Zion in
the Academy on the evening of Saturday,
November T. for the benefit of the y. p. S.
G. L.
A dog believed TO be rabid, ran amuck in
in the ueighborhood Of Blue Ball on Sunday.
The dog was n Beagle, and was killed on
Monday by detachment of farmers who
gunned for him successfully.
Mr.. II. G. Wells las set up AT HIS popu.
lar drug store a handsome hot soda fountain
from which with his usual skill, lie DISPENSE
first class hot chocolate coffee soda and
bouillon. Try it as the weather grows frosty
The Mckinley and Hobart Club OF Colora
will be addressed by W. Edwin Coale this
evening, October 81. Mr. Coale is native
of Cecil county, but at present resides in
Delaware City, being in the employ of the
P. w. & b, railroad.
The storehOuse of A. H. Owens and Bro.
at Perryville was entered by burglars on the
night of Friday the 23rd inst, and IL consider
able quantity Of general merchandise stolen.
An entrance was effected through n front
cellar door. As yet there is no clue to the
robbery.
The Port Deposit Water Company, was
organized in that town on Thursday. with IL
capital stock of $4,000 The incorporators
are VIM. =. Leach Howard Frederick, of
Millersvil!e Pa, Geo II. Buck, John Falls,
John s. Writ. Adam Peoples and Joseph NJ.
johnson. The gravity system will be adopted
with reservoir.
Tho Republican mass meeting held at
Zion on Monday night last, was the biggest
political demonstration ever witnessed in
that town, and which was made by the first
Mckinley and Hobart Club of Risingsun.
Hon. VIM. b. Baker the sound money Candid
ate for Congress, and Messrs Young and
Cameron, of Baltimore were the speakers
A torch light procession, and a delegation of
horsemen were features of the meeting. H.
H. Haines Esq, of Risingsun presided.
We are in the receipt of a copy of the
"Washburn North Dakota) Ledger, )" in which
an account is given of the finding of the body
OF James H. Mcbride near Bismark on the
18th of October, and whose body, had been
mutilated by mis- dog, which he had chained
to his cot in hunters cabin. The deceased
is reported as leaving property valued at
$4,000, and which four sisters who reside at
Monkton Baltimore county, Md, will inherit
The Dakota papers spoke OF Mr.. Mcbride us
a former resident of Elkton, the presumption
being that Monkton was intended.
Tile "0lrl left behind Me" will be pro-
ducad al the opening of the new city Opera
House at Hnvrc de Grace on Thursday next
the 5th o., Nov II is one OF the most success
full American plays ever produced. 1t is-an
American drama in four acts, written around
Indians and white men with stockadc Tor
the most startling scene and Indian war
wboops for incidetal music. 1t has a cast Of
seventeen characters, and every human einJ-
ton is brought into play during thc action
OF the piece. Tickets will be OH sae II J.
Swami Everistt's Mammoth Store, on Tues-
day next and play Of tAIs character ought
to fill the new Opera House from pit to dome
1t is an event in the mercantile history
of this country that is passing before the eyes
81 the people Of Philadelphia just now in
the sale of the assigned stocks of Hilton,
& Co., who occupied close relations to the
property and business OF A. r. Stewart Il Co.
Of New York. The successorship of this old
concern, the greatest Of all American busi-
ness enterprises OF a merchantile character,
has passed over to Philadelphia and selling
off the assigned stocks of the great New York
store preparatory to the reopening of the
A. T. Stewart structure at Broadway and
Tenth Street, New York. These are great
undertakings disposal Of the present
stock and the demonstrating of the New
York business.
The Misses Jones moved this week from
the dwelling house occupied by them so many
years on Main street, to the Harding Property
nearly opposite them. The dwelling into
which they moved, is one Of the landmarks
of Elkton it having being the home for years
of Mr.. Harding the cashier of the old Elkton
Bank, whose son Walter 4. Harding was
prominent Commission Merchant of Balti-
more, and another son Philip Il INGREDIENT of
Philadelphia. The grandfather OF the Misses
Jones, Mr.. George Jones In his day a promi-
nent Methodist ofthis town occupied for years
the dwelling just vacated by them, and their
father Ellis Jones succeeded their grandfather