The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1898-02-12
FEBRUARY.
WING OFFICE TELEPHONE, No. 80.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Local Matters Boiled Down for Hasty
PeruSal By Busy Readers.

quay, itpIualy l%th, Is Lincoln
birthday.
The cold wave Of the past week, was
welcome to the ice men.
The coal dealers have advanced the
price of coal % cents per ton.
MIR. Frank H. Jones, of Chester, Pa,
visited friends here on Sunday.
Lilly =. Parker gave birthday party
to her little friends on Thursday, of last
week.
A flock of Wild ducks, II in humble r,
passed over town on Tuesday. They were
going north.
Marshall, the little son of Mrs Lizzie
Jones, is seriously i'll with rheumatism at
his home on East High street.
The next legal holiday will be Wash
lSton's birthday, Feb. 22d.
MIR. 5. c. Parker has been invited to
attend the banquet to be given by the
Young Mems Temperance Union, at Har-
risburg, Pa, on Feb 18th.
A reward of 500 has been offered for
the arrest and conviction of the person or
persons, who are supposed to have set fire
to the barn on the Clayton property near
Mt. Pleasant, last week.
The Rev. Mr.. Coffee, the colored evan
gelist, who has been holding revival meet
ings in the Elkton A. L. NJ. p. Church has
finished his work here. Twenty-Five have
been received into the church.
There is not family in Elkton, that
has been in need this winter. A represent
lookout for such people has been unable too
locate any in actual need.
Mrs. Clements, formerly Of Pocomoke
City, Md, but for the last year resident
of Middletown, died suddenly at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Louis Barnard, at
noon on Sunday.
The horse which disappeared so mys-
teriously from the barn OF George Derrick
son, farmer residing near Middletown,
has been returned after two days absence.
Horse stealing is becoming somewhat of
general nuisance in that locality.
"A little boy from Philadelphia, who
has been selling stationery through this
county for sometime was unfortunate in
losing 500 of his hard earned money, while
travelling from Childs to Elkton, on Satur-
day. The little fellow walked all the way
back in hopes of finding his lost money,
but someone had already been that much
weathier, while the little salesman
mourneh his loss.
AS a result OF the recent railroad acct
dent at stanton crossing where Mr.. and
Mrs. Mcbride were killed, three damage
suits against the =. w. q B. X. II. Com
pany were entered in Wilmington, on Sat
urday, on the behalf of the administrators
of Mr.. and Mrs. Mcbride, and on the part
daughter who was badly I'M ured in the
accident. The amount is understood to be
SO, 600 in each case
A representative OF the WING, made
visit to New Castle, on Monday, and found
number OF families in a destitute condi-
ton, owing to the stoppage of the iron
works. which gave employment to q large
number of men. The appeal for aid has
resulted in the supplying of the applicants.
1,In
received at the headquarters on Saturday,
and was placed in the care OF Mr.. Alfred
Foster, who has been appointed store
keeper 500 has been received and this
has been spent for provisions and the
needy are were supplied with food for
short time. But it will be necessary for
the committee to try and provide for the
wants of the needy during the coming
weeks, and coal is greatly needed to help
the many unfortunate people to tide over
the cold weather. The entire list now
who have applied for aid, is about 100
families, and the probabilities are that all
will be cared for by the good people OF
Delaware.
The pretty eighteeny ear-old daughter
of Samuel Grist, blacksmith, at Calvary,
Hartford county, was roughly treated on
Friday afternoon by negro. The girl,
with her little sister, was returning from
her uncle's and while going through the
woods about half mile from her home wa.
confronted by negro, who struck her over
the head with club, knocking her down
and partly rendering her unconscious. The
sister ran for help, and met man in a
wagon, who frightened the negro off.