The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1899-10-21
Oehfn's Acme Hall
So W. Baltimore St, adj'g Charles
Baltimore, Nd.

- L li'' loDIISOu tHHuclS ul SutStpttFc
City will can pears this season.
- The runner 'AQuilla,' owned by William
T. Harriet of Chesapeake City won first
money at the Hartford county fair last week.
p. Blair Pie left Newark Friday morning
for California, where he expects to join Il
transport for Manila. He will be "A lieutenant
in the 47th regiment.
The annual district convention of the
Christian Endeavor of the Methodist Prot
estant Church will be held at Bay View. this
county, November 9th, 1899.
The ladies OF Zion NJ. L. Church will
hold an oyster supper Thursday evening,
October q. on the grounds OF A. NJ. Cameron.
Ice cream, cake and fruit in abundance.
An interesting game of foot ball will be
played in West Elkton, next Wednesday
afternoon at three o'clock between the Elk
ton Coored Stars and West Cheste. Tigers.
Jefferson IL LELAND, OF the Hotel Will
mington, have purchased from David NJ.
Hess, of Philadelphia, the site Of the Bright
House at Rchoboth, which was destroyed 10y
fire about four years ago.
J. C. Parker 4 Son Co., of Mddletown.
is one of the Incorporated concerns at Dover
this week. This is the Diamond State Har-
Less Factory which has grown from Il small
plant to a $50, 900 corporation.
"A horse hitched to buggy belonging to
John Meredith, of near Elkton, ran away on
West High street on Saturday morning last.
1t was stopped at the corner of Main and
North streets by James Cameron.
Rev. W. w. Shaw, of Port Deposit, the
moderator presided at II meeting Of the
Presbytery Of now Castle III West Church,
Wilmington Wednesday afternoon. Among
the proceedings was the arranging for the
installation of the Rev. W. j. Rowar, rs
pastor of the Newark Presbyterian Church on
Oct. %.
Samuel J. Rceder, prominent merchant
OF North East, has Introduced novel scheme
to keep down dust He has sprinkled his
store floors with oil, and claims that it is
entirely satisfactory. one oiling it is said
will last about two years. There is an oil
prepared for this purpose for use on railroad
beds which is about the same kind Mr..
Reedcr used.
The body of the unknown white man
that vas found along the railroad near Iron
Hill Friday morning, last week, and who
was supposed to be NJ. Sweeney, of Balti-
more, was unclaimed up to Saturday noon
by any OF his relatives The remains were
then taken to Cherry Hill and buried by
undertaken Henry Vinsinger
The Delaware College foot ball eleven
defeated the Pennsylvania Military College
team at Chester on Saturday last by a score
of % to 0. Bob Mitchell. OF Elkton,
played left guard for Delaware College. The
.Etna team. of Newark, defeated the Brandy
wine eleven. of Wilmington, ut Newark, on
the same day by the score of Ii to 0.
The convention of the Epworth League
OF the EastOn district, which takes in one or
two of the NJ. L. Churches of this county, was
postponed from Tuesday and Wednesday Of
this week, until the same days next week
with Thursday added, in order to secure the
attendance Of DR.. Berry, of Chicago, H.,
editor Of the Epworth League Herald. The
convention will convene in Chestertown.
The Wilmington NJ. L. Preachers As.o-
citation held a meeting in Wilmington, last
Monday morning, and it was decided to have
Il union service on Thanksgiving Day, Pre-.
siding Elder Watt and Revs. W. l.. s. Murray
and James Grove were appointed IL com.
mittee to make arrangements. During the
meeting DR.. Watt read an interesting paper
on "The Iteineracy,' which was discussed.
The Forty-Sixth Regiment, United States
Volunteers, of which Jack Constable of
Elkton, is one of tho first leutenants, left
South Pennington, Mass, on Monday for San
Francisco, where they will embark for the
Philippines. 1t required flfty-seven cars to
carry the men, horses and equipments.
large crowd of citizens assembled at the
depot who cheered until the trains were out
sight.
The Court of Appeals has decided that J.
Harry Covington, who was nominated by the
Democrats of Talbot county for the State
Senate, cannot have his name on the official
ballot in the Democratic column, but the
friends of Covington will write his name on
the ticket, and the State Senate will have to
feited his seat by accepting Federal ap-
pointment which the Democrats claim he
has. This case was before the Circuit Court
for Cecil county, last month.