The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1899-12-02
NEWS IN BRIEF.
CoeaI matters Boiled DoWD
for Hasty PerusaI BY Busy
Readers.

The "Anthony Groves" of the Ericsson
Steamboat Company is being rebuilt in Bal
timore
The Sunday school at West Amwe!l
closed for the winter last Sunday with ap-
propriate services.
Clinton Matthews, the G-year-old son of
Seth Matthews, Of Perryville, fell and broke
his arm on Monday.
A loose freight ear door on through
freight last Saturday night, badly damaged
the safety fence at the Elkton station.
The commissions for the newly elected
officers for Cecil county have been received
by Clerk Of the Court John G. Williams.
Phosphate rock has made jump from
1866 ton to :i.5O ton within the past few
months. This will cause slight rise is phos-
phate.
Mrs. 4. c. Shippers, Of Colora, will be
one of the speakers before the Maryland
Equal Suffrage Association which meets in
Baltimore on Monday.
The congregation of Trinity P. E. Church,
Elkton, has presented n handsome cassock to
Rev NJ. HardcastIe, who has been acting
as their rector during Rev. William Schoulers
trip abroad.
1t has been decided to send the MAJ yland
National Guards. OF which Company L, of
Elkton, is part, into camp for a week or
ten days next summer. The place has not
been selected
Thursday Thanksgiving Day - was
appropriately Observed in Elkton. All the
public Offices, National Banks and many
Of the stores were closed. Extra services
were held il tn, various churches.
Robert A. Kirk, of Woodlawn. is the
name that appears second on the second
grade I;-t, just published, of those who took
the last civil service examination in Balti-
more for position in the Custom House.
DIR. John Il. lamar, of Elkton, who is
a member 81 the state Board of Medical Ey-
aminer-, attended The meeting OF the Board
held in Baltimore on MONDAY. Twenty-six
applicants Tor certificates were examined.
The records in the damage case Of Abra-
ham W. Evans against the Philadelphia, Will
mington and Baltimore Railroad Company
Wllcn was SET IbF n ttntlrIlS Ut TUE present
term of the Uarlord County Circuit Court,
have been removed 10 the Cecil County Court
by the mutual consent OF the counsel engaged
in the case In the criminal case of the State
of Maryland against Isaac Williams, of Havre
de Grace, charged with attempting to commit
rape, the prisoner was found guilty on Mon
day and rccommded to the mercy Of the
court. The punishment in the case is from
two to ten years in the Maryland Penitentary.
Gus Suns popular minstrels will appear
in the Elkton Opera House on Tuesday night
next, December ). This is the way the press
speaks Of them 1.-The hearty laughter and
enthusiastic applause which followed the
rendition of every number on the long pro-
gram of Gus Sons Rising Minstres at the
Academy Of Music Saturday evening was
sufficient evidence that the audience fully en-
joyed the performance from start to finish.
Mr. Sun has gathered together a capable
company of funny comedians, sweet singers,
clever specialists, artistic dancers and talent
ed musicians. The program was rendered
with Il snap and vigor and entire absence of
waits between acts, thus giving the auditors
continuous entertainments from beginning to
end.-Tyrone (Pa.) Daily Herald.