The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-10-17
THE NEWS in BRIEF.

The regular October meeting OF the Cecil
Farmers Club will be held Mt Mr.. John p.
Wilson's near Sylmar, on "Wednesday next
the DIST inst.
To decide the championship of Cecil
county. the Appleton base ball club will play
the North East team on the Elkton Fair
Grounds this afternoon
State Senator Crothers, Ex-senator Writ,
Albert Constable, Jr., J. G. McCay, and J
Heister Hess, addressed a Democratic meet
ing at Warwick last week.
Rev Merritt Hulburd Pastor of Grace NJ.
E. Church Wilmington Del died suddenly on
Saturday last of apopleXy. DIR. Hubbard
who was Il prominent and influential clergy
man had been sick but one week.
Jesse j. Murphy, OF CharIestown, died at
his home in that town on Monday. of con-
sumption, aged 20 years. His funeral took
place on Thursday, at 1890 ?. m. Services
at the Charestown, NJ. Z. Church.
Our readers will find on page Of this
issue OF tho WING an excellent address written
by Mrs. NJ. A. Newell, and read by Hugh
Caldwell at the Founders Day Exercises at
Tome Institute on Thursday October /, 1896.
j. Wesley Falls, ESQ, has been attending
the Court of Appeals at Annapolis this week.
He and George Y. Maynadier of Hartford
county, are counsel for Thomas H. Patten in
the cage Of j. II. Spencer ct al VS.. Patten ct
al.
A prohibition meeting was held at Colora
on Thursday evening which was addressed
by Col Il. S. Cheers of Kentucky. He
addressed a meeting at Cecilton on Tues
day evening, and one at Cherry Hill on We'd
nesday night.
While Mr.. b. F. Taylor, OF Cnr!estown
was attending the funeral Of Mrs Rebecca
Craig on Friday of last week, Il THIEF entered
his house and ransacking the rooms up stairs
including Mr.. Taylors clothes captured all
the money they contained.
The masons began laying the foundation
for the new Perkins and Frazer building on
Main street on Tuesday. The work is being
pushed with enterprise and rapidly, and
soon fine modern front will adorn that
prominent section of the town.
The Trustees of the Elkton Academy on
Saturday last, made the appointments to the
five state scholarships of that InstitattoD, by
the rc-appointment of Alice Perkins, and
designated Eunice Reed, Willie Tult. Maud
Chilis and Mary AIrch for the four vacancies
The W. C. T. L. OF Calvert, propose tc
hold u series of par'or meetings during the
fall and winter. the first to be held Mt Harry
Pyle on Wednesday evening, 21st, inst. The
last meeting of the W. c. 7. U. was wei
attended and several new names were added
to the list of membership.
The Company calling itself the Southern
Racing Association have their opening races
on the Singerly track, along the b. & o.
Rail- Cad to-day. Two special trains will run
from Philadelphia, and the meeting will con.
tinuc for 80 days. Mr.. Wood Martin viii
act as Judge, and Ralph Bayard as Secretary
In reporting the big Republican mass
meeting at Rsinesun last week, we neglected
to mention q large bust portrait of the mex
President of the United States. which adorned
the front of the speakers stand. 1t was = y
8 feet and attracted much attention. 1t is
a way Mr.. Mckinley himself has about this
time.
The Baltimore american of Tuesday con
tanned an account of tho projected tour o
the world by Commodore Weaver on hi.
yacht Norma. Dr. T. A. Worrell, Of Nortl
East Is the physician and botanist Of the ex
petition The Norma isl Clyde-built schooner
yacht, 1l5 feet in length, % feet inches wild,
and 10 .oet deep. She is rated Al AT Lloycls
Her tmbers are OF oak, panked with four
inch white oak, and sheathed and fastened
with copper. The yacht carries crew 0
sixteen uen, captain, two mates, chief ant
assistant, besides mess cook and two cabin
boys. Two rapid-ire guns and Il supply o
rifles. revolvers, and other weapons for tn,
defense of the Norma will he carried. Com.
modora Weaver confidently expects that tn,
collection OF curiosities. photographs auo
hitherto unpublished information which his
party will make will be by far the most re-
markatle and valuable that has ever heel
broug from the comparatively unknown
countries which will be visited. Throughout
the voyage the Normal will fly the Atlanti,
Yacht Club flag.
Tie carriage exhibit at tho Bel Air fail
Of Mcssrs. W. L. Burns & Bros, OF this city
attracted much attention and proved con,
clusvely that i'll Havre dc Grace this firm i,
conducting an industry OF which the whole
county should be proud. This HHp has
grown from small proportions few years
ago, to mammoth pretentions, and i'll theil
large four-story factory on Green street they
are constantly kept busy filling orders from
points in Hartford and Cecil counties, through.
out Maryland and other states The firm
builds carriages "from the ground, - mp, and
the superior workmanship, material used and
beauty OF the production itself are commented
on whenever a carriage turned out by this
firm IL examined. They viii stand the criti.