The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-06-06
Grabs are reported to be plentiful on the

Murray and Adams have had Il neat iror
frame awning erected in front of their Mali
street store.
-Mattahoon Tribe l. o. r. NJ. of ElktCn
visited Little Elk Tribe, of Cherry Hill. OIL
Thursday evening.
Examinations for teachers in the county
public schools were held in Elkton on Tues
day and Port Deposit on Wedno sday.
H. II, Haines. of Rising Sun, has been
appointed State Director in the Philadelphia
and Baltimore Central Railroad Company.
The Board of Public Works. composed OF
Governor Lowndes, Treasurer Shryock and
Comptroller Graham met on Thursday and
made the appointment.
Glass '96 Report, Elkton School for month
of May:
Helen Larzelere. IS; Mona Dean, 97.9 Eva
Foard, 97.7; Guy johnson. 97.7; Margaret
Scott. 81 Laura Bryson, ga; Alma Dean.
96.9: Emma Mearns. 9G9; Ella Witworth.
96.7; Mary Perkins. 966; Will Scott 90 5;
Chas. Warburton. 95.3.
Mr.. Reuben Haines has an interesting
communication in this weeks issue of the
Wing. Like many other readers of Emma
Alice Brownies beautiful poem he has often
wondered whether Skidloe Rock really existed.
or whether it was only Il creation of the
poets fancy. Mr.. Haines has solved the
question, through letter received from a
son of the gifted poetess
Jnbn AM ab;l
of near Fair Hill. accompanied by Miss Lizzie
Cox. while driving to Highland Park Pa. on
Saturday met with irving accident in
which they had II lucky escape from serious
injury. When near Ismbard n bolt coming
out of the shaft, caused the horse to run
about fifty yards with the occupants in the
top. Mrs. Anderson pluckily held on the
rcigns and succeeded in stopping the horse.
While the occupants We're bruised no serious
il iuries were sustained.
How any place can bn impr wed by Il
little care and attention is shown in tine case
of Charles Dcnn"y and William Warren. tin.
respective watchm"n mt the North and Bow
in Elkton. who have turned the grounds
around their watch boxes into veritahIr
Il ,wer gardens. and where instead Of tn.
IN" dust and dirt. associated with tine r,ul-
r 'ad they have attractive WORK places. The
RpilruHd Company Encourages the mon in
this Improvement of property and furnishes
trcm flowers rs they may ask from III" hCt
houses at Newark.
The EIk View Homing Club. of ElktoR.
few IL number of birds on Sunday from Oden-
ton and Aberdeen to Elkton. Nine birds were
shipped to Odrnton ON saturday, distance.
GN miles. and were liberated there at 7 o'clock
ON sunday morning The frs, bird returned
ut 9.l7 Il. M the winner being owned bv
Charles F.. Pierson. who also owned the see
ond bird. John L. Conway took third place
Eighteen birds were sent to Aberdeen, dis
tancr 90 miles. In the fly. birds owned by C.
f.. Pierson took first and third places. Allie
Maxwell. Il new member of The club. took
second place.
AT II "cake walk" held 10y the colored
peopl" in Kent County. last week. near Fair
lee, II romarkabl" incident occurred. Among
the participants in tn" walk was NIahaIey
Lively. aged about &c. The excitement was
too much Tor her and she fell dead on the
Noor. About the same tim" Lizzie Hynson.
aged 20. who was looking on ut the sport. fell
unconscious. She was carried home and died
within few hours. The cake walk came to
az abrupt ending. Justice Bramblc held an
inquest over the elder woman, the Jury ren
d"rin:- II verdict of death from heart disease.
An inquest was also held over the younger
woman, the verdict being that she came to
h"r death from natural causes.
Jim Holland. coored. of Elkton. was
gived hearing before Magistrate Groves on
Monday afternoon. ON the charge of shooting
Joe Hughes, also colored. with Il shot gun.
The evidence brought showed. that the
gun bad gone off accidentally in Hollands
hands. but rs his possession of the gun was
with malicious intent, he was committed to
costs in the case amounting to So. The load
took effect in Hughes leg and from which he
is just recovering The affair took place
several weeks ago, but Holland skipped the
the town promptly, and was not captured
until Thursday OF last week, when he was
taken into custody by II policeman in Will
mington.
Leeds public school closed on Friday
evening May 80 with the following program
Singing, America by the school. Memorial
Day Address. Belle Pounds. Recitation, Put
the Bright Side out to Mother, Bessie Peter
man. Recitation, The Tattered Flags. Anna
Mahoney. Dialogue, Step by Step, Violet
Lynch, Anna Mahoney Bessie Peterman and
Ernest Howard. Recitation, The School Flag,
Violet Lynch. Essay. The Civil War. Viola
p. Mahoney Reading, Honor the Mother as
Well Charles Verratt. Dialogue. Grace's
Party. Viola p. Mahoney Bertha Lynch,
Hannah whitley, Bessie Peterman, Anna
Mohoney. William Settle and Ernest Howard
Essay Ernest Howard. Reading. Decoration
Day, V. P. Mahoney. Address, Mr.. John S.
Settle. Recitation, The Soldiers Dream.
Mr. james McCauley. Singing, Unknown
by the school. Address, Miss H. A. McCauley.
The school, festival held on Friday evening
was quite success, the net proceeds being
ten dollars, which will be appropriated to the
school libary. This library contains about
eighty volumes Of good standard works, and
all in excellent condition.