The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-04-24
THROUGH THE COUNTY.
WHAT HAS TRANSFERRED in A
WEEK.
Special News From our Regular
Correspondents.
PORT DEPOSIT NEWS.
PORT DEPOSIT. April %. 1897.

PORT DEPOSIT. April %. 1897.
Mr.. VIM. +. Stone and family of Baltimore,
were entertained by Mr.. and Mrs Martin
Thompson, from Friday until Monday. Mr..
Herbert n. Gerry enjoyed the Easter gaieties
with Baltimore friends. Miss Lee. Of Bati-
more, enjoyed few days spent with Mrs.
Laura McClenahan the last of the week. Mr..
Frank Clapp with his friend Mr.. White from
Lawrenceville, N. j., are at the home of Mr..
j. G. Rowland. Messrs. Howard and Walter
McClenahan are home from Princeton, for
the holidays Mrs BERTHE Hailman and son.
of Virginia, are Miss Dora Bars guests. Mr..
McNlullin, of Wilmington, spent Sunday with.
Mr.. VIM. Jones. Mr.. George England. Of
near Rising Sun, was in town, Sunday. NJ iss
Grace Holm has returned from visiting Balti-
more relatives. Miss BERTHE Metzger was in
Baltimore, from Thursday until Tuesday.
Mrs. Mamie Hopkins and Miss H. Louise
Gardner, of Chestnut Hill, are visiting Mr..
and Mrs. w. w. Hopkins. Miss Charlotte
Williams returned Sunday evening from Elk
ton. Mrs. Homewood, of Oxford, was in
town on Monday Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Durgin and children. of Wrightsville, Pa,
enjoyed few days with his parents, this
week Rev. W. w. Shaw was in Philadel-
phia, Tuesday and Wednesday. Mrs. Enoch
Noyes who has been in Providence, II. l., for
nearly two months visiting her son, has
returned. Mr.. Henry C. Nesbtt was In Phil
adelphia Tuesday and Wednesday. Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Pugh, OF Philadelphia, and Miss
Childs. of Baltimore, visited Miss Elizabeth,
Pugh, this week. Mrs. S. c. Rowland was in
Baltimore, Thursday, the guest of her sister,
Mrs Charles Spottswood. Mrs. Louise Mat
thews and daughter, of Baltimore, are at her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. r. C. Hopkins. Mrs.
FL. c. NeSbitt and Miss Nesbitt are at the
Hotel Brighton, Atlantic City. Mr.. Kaufman
katz, of Baltimore, was seen on our streets,
Saturday. Miss Annie Quinn entertained the
night school, OF which she is teacher, Monday
evening. Mr.. Frank Benson returned Mon
day from short visit to Baltimore Miss
Mary Watts one of the young ladies of our
town, has graduated from the training school
connected with the Baltimore Medical Col
lege.
Mrs. Harriet Bond an old and estimabe
colored woman of our town, died Sunday and
was buried Wednesday.
Several patients have been added to the
Silver Cross Home.
The shad are fine now that the kerosene
has entirely disappeared from the river
Mrs. Hasson is occupying the house for
mery occupied by T. NJ. Alexander and
family.
The body of Mr.. John W. Malone was
brought here from Hartford county this
Thursday morning and taken to Hopewell
for interment. Mr.. Malone at one time
worked the quarry above the one owned by
the McClenahan Granite Co., but not having
sufficient means could not make it pay.
Before coming to our town he was foreman
in tho penitentiary in Philadelphia. Since
leaving the town a number of years ago
nothing was heard Of him until last night,
when the news of his death reached here.
Those who had charge of the tables at the
bazaar held this week by the band were:
Fancy table, Mrs. S. c. Rowland, Mrs. How
ard Hopes; flowers, Misses Marie Barry
Margaret Vanneman; cake, Misses Lizzie G.
Boynton and Lottie Williams, Mrs. Clara NJ.
Knight; ice cream, Mrs. L. j. Abrahams, Mrs.
John Creswell; fruit and confectionery, Misses
Amelia Holm, Carrie Vent, Maude Steb-
bings, Anna Stephenson; lemons, Misses
Mary Davis and Mary Armstrong; Mattresses,
Misses Florence Gerry, Beulah Creswell,
Nolie Wentz, Estea Butchenhart, Bessie
Holm, Katie lamar, Mary Durgin, Lulu St.
Clair. The designs for the table decorations
were made Mr.. John Creswell, and were both
new and exceedingly pretty. Rev. w W.
Shaw designed the well, which was very at
tractive and much admired. We are not at
this time able to state the amount cleared,
but may be in our next letter.
In last months issue of "The Jacob Tome
Monthly" it was announced that a story
would be written by a number OF the High
School students and the successful competitor
to receive two dollars and a half the merits
OF the story to be decided by the several
ministers Of the town. Wednesday morning
the decision was made. Each minister ex-
amined the papers alone and wrote his opin-
ion on n slip of paper which was not seen by
the others until all had read the papers, and
then it was found that the successful story
was THE Soldier Boy" written by Hugh
Caldwell The ministers were Revs. w. w.
Shaw (Presbyterian) P. P. Arnd (Cathoic),
W. P. Compton (Methodist), A. NJ. Rich
(EpiscopaD. We extend our congratulations
to Hugh and wish him as much success in all
his undertakings. The story will appear in
the May number of the "Monthly."
On Easter Sunday appropriate services
were held in all the churches. The Presby-
terian Church was prettily decorated with
both cut and potted plants, music and ser
mons suited the day. At the Catholic Church
eight o'clock mass was held as the pastor,
Rev. P. P. Arnd had to go out of town to
conduct another service. There was no
special music
At st. James Episcopal Church there was
choir of eighteen voices including five solosts,
Miss Bessie Pugh, Mrs. d. r. Armstrong,
Mrs. c. X. Creswel, Messrs. John Grant and
Roy Snyder. Order Of service "Hs is Risen,"
(E. A. Clare); Easter anthem, Henry Wilson,;
Te Deum Laudamus, &C. E. Stephsns); 80,
be Joyful in the Lord" (H. d. Banks);
| "Christ the Lord Is Risen Today" a. W