The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-09-04

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Henry Wilson, of North East, is cerking
in the store of Ceilings 4 Son Main street.
The El&tou Comet Band re-organized at
a meeting held for the purpose on Monday
night.
The rail and reed bird season opens on
Monday morning and it is lawful to kill this
game until February /.
Repairs are being made to Crouch's
Chapel near Flkton. The exterior of the
building will be reprinted.
Thieves entered the store of Singles &
Nields and took away over 5000 worth of
shoes. shirts and clothing.
A valuable thoroughbred mastifr dog
owned by Victor r. Bennett died ON Sunday
from some unknown cause.
Sunday was big quarterly day at Will
mington and large number Of colored
people from this town were in attendance.
Monday next is Labor Day, legal holt
day. The banks will be closed. Paper ma
turing on that day should be attended to to-
day, Saturday.
-Elkton now has two hacks running to and
from the railroad station. In addition to the
Howard House bus, Taylor McKenney. the
new livoryman has one in service.
Little Elk Tribe, No. 90, l. o. r. NJ, will
attend divine services in II body at Cherry
Hill NJ. Z. Church, on Sunday, Sept. 18th at
1890 a. M All members are requested TO be
present.
A lot containing several acres. on North
street. north of Stockton street. owned by the
Mitchell estate. is being laid out i'll building
lots and will shortly lie sold for building
purposes.
Mrs Sarah A. Baker. Of Hartford county
jumped from the thrd-story "inaow OF II
hotel in Washington, on Monday, and sus-
tanned fractures Of the thigh, arm and uose
She explained that she was tired Of life.
-Lcslin Cornet BouI will hold festival on
the camp meeting grounds at Leslie, Nd" Oh
Sept. 10th. and nth. The Principle Furnace
Silver Cornrt Band. perryvile Band and the
North East Band are expected to be present
to furnish the music.
"A Cecil county young lady visited Oxford
recently and departed for home with her
hosts dog under the buggy seat. The dog
had crawed under the seat to take snooze
and the young lady didn't know it until she
got home. The canine returned the next
day.-OXiord Press.
A quarterly meeting is now being held in
Ricketts, Grove, Pleasant Hill, which opened
yesterday to continue over tomorrow. The
quarterly meeting is held in connection with
the grove meeting now in progress. Rev. A,
G. Miller. district elder, is in charge. A cor
dial invitation is n,tonhed all to attend.
-M.CianahaL IL! Brother, Of Port De-
post, have i.rg, contract in Philadelphia,
in supplying granite for the now bridge over
the SchuylkiIl river. Last week they shipped
to that point three car loads OF derricks and
tools for the new s;ohecuttcr's yard which
they now nave in operation there for this
contract
The Fourth Annual Picnic and festival Of
Bay View Council No. 49, o. L. 4. NJ, will be
held at Gilpin' Falls this Saturday, afternoon
and evening. Rev. A. S. Mowbray of Elkton,
and Rev. \. 2. Prettyman, of Zion. will speak
at $50 Professor Coslett and family. of
North East. will furnish music. The public
is cordially invited to be present.
The County Commissioners passed an
order sometime ago, that no work shall be
done for the county except by order of the
whole Board. Some persons have been doing
work in violation of this order and their
claims have been and will be rejected by the
nv, ~.
fused to pay for any work, unless ordered by
the whole Board.
The project OF having an artesian we'll IN
Newark has been abandoned. Two unsuc-
cessful attempts to sink IL we'll that would
supply 50 Gallons If water per minute have
been made, but the cost Of this work will not
be borne by the town. One WE'LL SUM to Il
depth of 50 feet suppicd y gallons OF water
per minute, aud the other, sunk to II depth
of 1T fo"t, supplied 2G gallons. Rock was
struck at depth OF 80 feet. and there was
rock at The EIa2cs whcro the operations were
discontinued.
}. Howard Hanna. charged with beating
his WIFE, Gdi,h stephenson Hanna, at Oxford,
was indicted ny the rand jury on Tueadn'
at West Chester. His counsel, Congressman
l.. S. Butler. asked the court to have the case
continued until tho next term, which was
granted. Mrs. Hanna appeared against her
husband, with :. .4.EuLer OF Oxford and !iHr
ford county residents as witnesses. Mr..
Hanna was released from Jail recently on
$500 bai.. iiir Ni''s iather, r. n. Smith and
her aunt, Mrs. j. Il. Stephenson, OF Hartford
county, Md. were with her in court
Jake Hazard, coored, shot and instantly
killed John Boyer, colorcd on Sunday after
noon at colored camp-meeting in Sandy
Bottom, Kent county, about seven miles from
Chestertown. 1t is stated that the two mon,
in company with several others, had been
playing crap and that Boyer had won some
money from Hazard, and that is what the
trouble between them grew out Of. Another
statement is to the effect that the trouble was
over woman. Hazard, it is stated, first
knocked Boyer down with stick and then
shot him. Hazard halls from 1.-THE forest,'
in the upper part of Kent county. Boyer is
from Rock Hall. Hazard was arrested and
is in the Chestertown Jail.
Moses Moore, a venerable colored man OF