The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1900-02-24
NEWS IN BRIEF.

GRACE Orchestra will give one of its
popular entertainments in the Elkton Opera
House. Monday evening.
The Philanthropic Society of the Friends
Meeting House at Calvert, gave an enter
ment III the Friends school house on Friday
evening. Samuel H. Broomell delivered
lectuIc.
Hon. John Bassett Moore, late Assistant
Secretary of State and Secretary of the Peace
Commission that met at Paris, will deliver
the commencement address at Delaware Col
lege June goth.
Samuel T. Terry, Jr,, OF Sixth district
was dragged some distance in a runaway on
Tuesday. which was caused by the bit break
ing, He was not seriously hurt, but badly
bruised and Jared up.
Frank Bradbury's gilt-edged roadster
"Ben Bolt" (trial mile $3.50 showed to good
advantage among the sleighers on Main
street Monday and came off first in several
brushes with the good ones
George W. W. Naudain, Victor f. Kohl
and Frederick Brady have been appointed a
committe to ascertain what inducements FL.
J. HeintZ 4 Co., Of Pttsburg, want to estab-
fish sailing house at Middletown.
The Rev J. ID. C. Hanna, lectured in the
Newark Methodist Episcopal Church Monday
night on "To Niagara Falls and Watkins
Glen in Sixty Minutes" The proceeds,
SAT %, will go to the Wilmington Confer
ence's Twentieth Century Thank Offering.
The seventh annual session Of the State
Council OF Junior Order United American
Mechanics, of Delaware, was held at Lewes,
Del, this week. State Councillor Justin n
Anderson's repor showed that there ara 3OS9
members OF the order in the State and the
total receipts from all sources during the
year were S24 lib %, while S24, 40 II were
paid for relief. There are thirty-four coun-
ellis and there was an increase OF 1888 members
over last years report. Roxanna Council
was presented with silk flag for the largest
proportionate increase in membership. while
State Councillor Anderson was presented
with gold medals of his office by his fellow
members.
Mr. and Mrs. A. NJ. Culp, who were re-
Gently married, had quite a rough experience
while returning home to Chestertown from
their honeymoon Saturday afternoon. The
happy couple had gotten Off the train at
Prices station and when two miles from
home found it necessary to abandon their
carriage in snowdrift. The horses were
unhitched, and the bride was placed on one
while the husband rode the other. The col
ored driver was sent on ahead afoot When
near homo the animal on which the bride was
riding got stuck in the snow and threw Mrs.
Culp off into deep snow bank. The groom
succeeded in getting her out. The couple
reached their home early Sunday morning
nearly dead from exposure.
ON Tuesday Mr.. Harry A. Nesbitt, OF
Port Deposit was in Elkton, and in speaking
OF the rumored trolley line from Port De-
post to Perryvlle, for the benefit of the
students at tho Jacob Tome Institute and
general public, said: There was some
talk Of building such a road but the reports
which appeared in the city papers were not
exactly right 1t would never pay the lnsti-
tute to build such a line and the matter never
amounted to anything more than newspaper
talk. We intend. however, to make large adj
dltioDs to the Institute property. In the
way OF new buildings. The work on them
will begin as soon as possible, as it is the
idea OF the trustees to have them completed
by next fall, if they possibly cam Among
the improvements will be large dormitory
for the students who come from distance.
The trustees OF the Institute have purchased
large lot of land in the southern end OF the
town on which the buildings will be erected.
There are now about five hundred schol-
ars attending the school who are furnished
tuition and all other incidentals absolutely
free. Mrs. Evalyn s. Tome, the widow Of
the founder, Jacob Tome, is president of the
board Of trustees. She takes great interest
in everything pertaining to the welfare OF the
school and the scholars.