The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1899-01-28

Wiiamsport 80 " " "
This includes the water tax of ten cents on
the 800 on the assessable value Of property.
AT the coming session of the Wilmington
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. which will be held at Cambridge
in March, a number of pastoral changes will
take place among the churches in Cecil
county. Tho Rev. A. s. Mowbray, OF Elk
ton, has been called to the Tome Memorial
Church, Port Deposit, succeeding the Rev
w. 2. Compton. who will 20 to a church in
Wilmington. The Rev Thomas E. Terry, Of
Harrington. Del. has been called to the
Elkton charge, the Rev. W. A. Wise, OF North
East, having been called to the pulpit made
vacant by Mr.. Terry. The Rev. Z. II. Web
ster, OF Denton, Nd. is wanted at North East
church, while the Rev. Henry Thompson, OF
Delaware City, is likely to take the Rising
Sun charge, succeeding the Rev. s. j. Morris,
who will likely go to the Clayton Church.
Rev. Fl. A. G.. Westerfeld, OF chesapeake
City, will succeed Mr.. Thompson, OF Della
ware City, and the Rev. Ernest Greenfield. Of
Colora, is slated for Chesapeake City. A
change is likely to occur ut Cherry Hill. the
Rev. George P. Jones having completed his
pastorate. The Rev. Thomas Holt will re-
main ut st. Johns, and Rev. W. Z. Avery
will leave Perryville for a much better place.
Mr.. Avery was compelled to resign last spring
as elder OF the Salisbury district. on &C.
count Of i'll health, and is now entirely
recovered, and will be given good appoint
ment, but just where the Bishop will locate
him is not positively known.
The arrangements necessary for the es-
Establishment Of free rural delivery of mail
about the country adj cent to Havre de Grace
has practically been completed. NJ S. Plum
mer, special agent of the Postoffice Depart
ment, has been there at intervals for the past
ten days looking over the surrounding coun
try laying out the proposed route, etc He
stated Saturday morning that all now lacking
was the securing of Il competent carriNr for
the distribution and collection of the mail
over the route, comprising twenty miles Mr.
Plummer states that within the route as laid
out 300 families would be served with their
mail lTDlu lnTtb 10 i've hours earlier thdD at
present, beginning February 18TH The route
laid out is as follows Leaving Havre de
Grace by way of the Belar road, to Lapidum
road, distance two miles thence out I.api-
dun road to Lapidum postotIlce, three miles;
thence out Darlington road to Rock Run
Mills, one mile ; thence out Rock Run road 10
0sborn's blacksmith shop, one mile thence
by Rock road run to Stevenson road. one
mile; thence out Hopewell road to Garland
postofflce, one and one-half miles thence to
Wikinson'5 store, one mile thence cut
Aldino road to Havre de Grace road, one
fourth mile thence down Havre de Grace
road to Christian Walkers place, one and
one-half miles thence on Aberdeen road to
Wesley Chapel, one and one-ha miles
thence to Havre de Grace four and one-hali
miles, via Baltimore and Ohio Railroad sta
ton The establishment of this service is due
to the effort of Congressman William b.
Baker, who has also established the Powhnt-
tan, Baltimore county, route and an extern
sion of the route at Ellicott City.