The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1898-08-06

Elkton. went to Colchester Oh the railroad
excursion on Thursday.
ELAN Green aud Elmer Pryor are run
mig the Elkton Electric Light plant, Hugh
McGready having resigned.
The Charlestown base bali club will pla,
the High School boys to-day. Game called
at $50 opposite the High School.
Edna Boyd, aged 8 years, daughter of
MIR. and Mrs. Abraham Boyd, of Elkton, is
seriously i'll with catarrh of the stomach.
A number OF vegetable gardens at the
East End of town. are being visited by thieves
ahd large quantities Of vegetables carried Off.
The next meeting of the Cecil Farmers
| Club will be held on August H. at "Idlewid"
the home of Mr.. John p. Wilson near Sylmar
The festival held in Maxwell's grove,
near Colora. last Friday evening by the
| Mechanics was Il success, about $40 being
realized.
Cupid has apparently gone off on is
summer vacation. at least Clerk of tho Court
| Williams thinks so, for there have been no
| applicants for marriage licenses this week.
While playing on Tuesday, n little son of
George Bedwel, of Elk Neck, set on fire the
straw stacks which were situated near the
barn. Hard work was experienced in saving
the building.
The annual meeting of the members Of
the Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Of Cecil
county, will be held in Elkton today at IL
O'Clock. Nine managers will be chosen to
serve for one year
"A large number Of Elktonans visited the
Local Preachers and Exhorters Camp Meet
ing ut Leslie on Sunday. To. morrow both
Leslie and Woodlawn Camps will be chosen
by many for n visit.
-Goldey College, Wilmington, Del, has
elected Mr.. r. j. MacLean Of Rochester, n.
y, business manager For the last six years
Mr.. Mclean has been at the head of large
college il Atlanta Ga
Mercer Brown, ESD, representing the
G iarantee Building and Loan Company, %
Baltimore, is now in Elkton organizing II
local branch here. There is now branch Of
the Company in Rising Sun.
Miss Gregg, who lives on the Kimble-
vile road was attacked by white man. on
Monday night while she was going through
Hossingers woods. Her screams and an APP
preaching colored woman caused the SCUM
drel to fee.
Arthur Denny. son of Charles Denny, of
Elkton, returned from Hahneman Hospital,
Philadelphia, last Thursday, where he has
been for some days getting his arm straight
ened and reset which was featured about
two months ago.
On Tuesday Mrs Arthur Mitchell and
Miss Estella Haines sent the three little child
rem from the Fresh Air Society, who have
been spending delightful two weeks at the
homes of the above mentioned, back to Bal
timore.
AT so o'clock on Sunday morning last
the north and south tracks of the new line of
the p, w. Il b. Railroad between North
East and Charlestown, were put into service.
BY this the distance is slightly shortened and
Il dangerous reverse curve and several
grade crossings between the two towns
| avoided.
A. j. Kelley, of Newark has been pro-
noted to the position Of superintendent of
the b. Il o. railroad water stations between
Philadelphia and Washington Junction. and
his son, Irving Kelley, has been appointed
assistant superintendent of the water stations
on the Philadelphia division Of the b. & o.
railroad.
The State Board of Law Examiners will
me t in Circuit Court No. 2, Baltimore, on
November 10 to conduct its examination of
applicants for admission to the bar. Mr..
Arthur George Brown Of Baltimore is presi.
dent, Hon John S. Writ, of Elkton. secrc-
tary and Mr.. Benjamin Richmond. of Cum
berland, treasurer
T. allay the dust ana make summer tri,-
vel N IRE pleasant, the Delaware Railroad
Company is trying the experiment of sprnk-
ling crude oil on the roadbed. 1t costs SS5
mile to do this sprinklng, and two app!ica-
tons are supposed to last seven years. The
| section between Clayton and Dover has been
sprinkled with good results.
Reports received by the Peninsula Hotti-
cultural Society say that in New Castle
county. Del, and in Kent, Queen Anne and
Cecil counties, Md, there will be half crop
or more of apples and three ourths of a crop
Of pears, In the adjoining counties on the
south there will be half crop OF pears and,
perhaps, II fourth OF a crop Of apples. Fur
ther north both crops are practically failures
R. Day Cantwell, Assistant Superintend-
ent of the Prudential Life Insurance Com
pany at Elkton has appointed George Viz
cent, of Christana, as collector and agent Of
| the Delaware district and Miller McGraw. Ct
Cherry Hill, the Maryland district. Before
his promotion Mr.. Cantwell held both these
districts, but they were found almost two
large for one man, consequently were made
| two districts.
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