The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-03-21
WING OFFICE TELEPHONE. No. 90.
THE NEWS in BRIEF.

The Sillft factory ut MluulelOWn on Satur
day paid salaries aggregating $4,000.
Tho Elkton postohlcc now sends q mail
to Philadelphia in the morning at s.ll
o'clock.
Newark NJ. L. Sunday School collections
amounted to 5204.34 in the conference year
Just ended.
Tho next Cecil County Fair will be held on
Tuesday Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
September $, 9, 10 and IL.
VIM. Kemp, Ida Reed and John Murphy
were released from Jail on Thursday the
grand jury having failed to in1ict them.
Scarlet fever is reported to bo raging in
the vicinity of Upper Cross Roads. Hartford
County largo number OF persons are ill
with it.
Miss Mary Mccullough will sell at Public
sale all her household furniture today, Satur
day, at one o'clock p. M, at her residence on
West Main street.
A regular meeting of Elkton Grange will
be hold on Saturday, March %. A full
attendance is desired as business OF import
ance will be transacted.
William II. Cooper, while returning from
Chestertown, was thrown from his carriage
and had both bones of one wrist broken and
the elbow of the other arm dislocated
Brakeman, Charles Shanghassy while
coupling cars on the now railroad work. near
Elkton. on Monday morning had his hand
mashed-it being necessary to amputato the
member.
Past Master Workman r. ID. Rowland, Of
Elkton, represented Cecil Lodge. No. 80. of
Elkton, at the seventeenth annual session of
the Grand Lodge of Maryland, i'll Baltimore
this week.
Alexander E. Sewers. who for some
months past has been conducting the rcsau-
rant business on Main street, will remove to
Philadelphia to engage in barbering as
journeyman.
A number of the members of Little Elk
Tribe, of Red Men, of Cherry Hill, visited
Mattahoon TriUe. of Elkton, on "Wednesday
and presented them u handsome bible for the
use of the TRIBE.
The Cecil Farmers Climb had Il pleasant
meeting at Mr.. Thomas c. Bonds, on We'd
nesday, The report of the meeting reached
us too late for publication this week and will
appear next week.
On account of the storm on Monday last
the sale of personal property. of Ellis NJ
Terry near Nowlands Corner in this county,
has been postponed until Monday next, the
23rd inst, when it will positively take place
at II II. m.
Corner Perry Litzenbe-g, was called upon
on Monday to investigate the death of Il
young child, Mary l. Ferguson in Elkton.
but found no suspicious circumstances
about the case, the death having resulted
from natural causes.
A number of Smyrna boys burned a
Spanish flag on Thursday evening. They
formed in line and marched to the outskirts
of the town, where the flag was burned.
The older people about the town took no
part in the possession and paid 10 attention
to the boys.
BY special request the Y. P. A. of Leeds
will repeat their entertainment, "Donution
Party" Saturday evening March q 1896.
commencing at eight o'clock. Should the
weather on Saturday be unfavorable the
entertainment will be given Wednesday even
ing March 25th.
The farm of the late Samuel II. Miller,
containing 100 acres OF land, situated two
miles north OF Elkton. on the Blue Ball road,
was sold at public sale in Elkton, on Satur-
do. I,,yN
Reynolds, of Elkton. for S2,475. John NJ.
Terrell auctioneer.
A meeting of citizens will be held at
Newark on March 9th for the purpose of dis
cussing the question of how the delegates to
the constitutional convention should be
divided between the two parties Prominent
men OF the town representing both parties
will be present and speak
John B. Meyers. who for number of
years conducted the tailoring business in
Elkton and from here removed to Havre do
Grace, has returned to Elkton and rented
the old hotel property at North and High
Streets, whore he is again serving the pco-
pie of this town in the tailoring line.
Mr. Ollie C. Giles engaged in business
with his father the well known caterer on
North Street Mr.. VIM. 7, Giles. has broken
the record for shrcwdness in entrappng
that willy rOdent the undermining rat. He cap
tured in one trap on Sunday night in his
stable sixteen full grown specimens of this
familiar pest. Everybody wishes Ollie sue.
cess in the continued determination of these
reckless rodents
in a report from Frederick county tho
Baltimore Sun published this news:-George
Freeman, of Cecil county. who has been
tramping around this county for several
days, slept in the barn of Willam A. Smith.
near Liberty, Frederick county. During the
night he fell through the haychutc and fall
ing in a constable, was badly kicked by one
OF the animals. He is sixty odd years of age
and on account of his injuries he was taken
to the Montevue Hospital near that city for
treatment
Samuel easy, a well-known politician and
farmer Of Kent county, died at his home at
Massey Saturday night. He had been siak
with brain trouble for several years and
passed away surrounded by his family His
age was go years. He was close friend of
fhn lotn 4 =. 4.