The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1898-09-10
SEPTEMBER.
WING OFFICE TELEPHONE, No. 90.
NEWS in BRIEF.
Local Matters Boiled Down for Hasty
PeruSal by Busy Readers.


PeruSal by Busy Readers.
The residence OF VIM. T. warburton
is being reprinted.
Good watermelons are now selling in
the Elkton market for 10 cents.
The canning houses through the county
are running at their fullest capacity.
H. W. Bell has sold his entire ice crop
and is now purchasing ice from the city.
The County Commissioners expect to
have the bridge at Landing Lave open for
travel by next Saturday.
Edward Payne, who conducted a
phot, graph gallery on Main street for sew
eraI years, last week removed to Dover.
Wesley Chapel Sunday School, Elk
Neck, will hold festival at the chapel on
Saturday evening" September "a, for the
benefit Of the school,
Charles Culleney, member of Com
pany E, First Maryland Regiment, is at
his home in Elkton from Fort Monroe on a
fifteen.days sick leave.
There is money in boys over in Har-
ford county. Ralph, son Of J. A. Swing
ley, of Aberdeen, swallowed nickel five
cent piece several days ago.
The Powers Il Robinson foundry, in
Elkton, was compelled to close down last
Friday afternoon owing to the heat. Oper.
ations were resumed this week.
The Stevenson Wrench Factory, which
was built at North East, several years ago,
but which was never put in operation, will
be used b. ). E. Shippers as feed and
saw mill.
oil Brown, coi0fed, brought into Bel
air Monday evening a grounding nearly
three feet long, and stout in proportion,
which he had shot on the "Homestead"
fa"aa, near Bel Air.
While Mrs. Thos Mullin, OF Newark,
Was lighting a stove on Thursday the gaso.
lene, which was running out, became
ignited, and her hands were burned and
her hair singed. The wood work of the
kitchen was also burned
Sarah Gardner, an old colored woman
who resided here many years ago, died in
Rhoad Island and the remains were bur
ried here on Sunday. She was 80 years
old, and her husband Rev. J. II. Gardn er
had charge OF the old colored church on
Water street, twenty-eight years ago.
The pulpit at the Head of Christiana
Church was declared vacant, Sunday last
by Rev. DR.. Vallandigham. lie also an
nounced that he would supply the pulpit
until the fall meeting OF the Presby terry,
and would assist the people to secure
pastor as soon as they were in conditio
to do so.
AT an early hour on Friday morning
Mrs. Ellen Gillespie was awakened from
her slumbers by noise in her room caused
by a colored man. She at once gave an
alarm! and several members Of the house
hold responded. The negro jumped from
window to the roof of the porch, and
thence to the ground, making his escape.
Mrs, Gillespie resides with nier daughter
near Zion, In the Ninth district,
Admiral John Rodgers POST No. 50, q. A.
R., OF Havre de Grace, will have an ex-
oursion to Baltimore September IL on the
steamer Susouehanna, to take part in the
parade Of tbs e. A. r., on that date. The
Havre de Grace veterans are expecting to
see the gunb5at Dixie lying in the harbor,
with the Maryland Naval Reserve on
board. They want to give the Maryland
Jackies an old soldiers greeting. They
will carry with them the battleAag Of the
Second Eastern Shore Volunteers, and their
new stands of colors, presented by the
ladies of Havre de Grace, and made by
Sisco Brothers.